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Ruston Leader

Location

Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1931

Page

5

Lincoln Parish Farmers at Home in Douglas Community

A veteran Lincoln parish farmer John A Baker of the Douglas community discusses long rural life, family heritage, and dairy farming as a profitable system. His farm spans 305 acres with 120 cultivated, a dairy herd of 22, terraces to prevent erosion, and an acre orchard supplying fruit.

H. L. McKnight Ruston John Baker Bienville Parish Mr. Baker John F. Baker John A. Baker Baker Jane Davis la Salle Parish Debbie” Rinehart Sumpter Rinehart Lincoln Parish Guy Baker Lincol Parish Ie Baker Farm Jinan Uki Dolin Mauty Lorin

Records dairymen should keep records in dairying profits

Article urges strict record keeping for dairy farmers to track cow milk output and butter fat, feed intake, and sold product. It argues many cows lose money, notes fat testing importance, and outlines feed mixes, pasture plans, and breeding dates to maximize profit per cow unit and per acre.

C. E. Tooke Boock Gurler Noxubee County Mississippi Dekalb Illinois United States Jtractiog Prades Dumamion American Dairy Science Association Bull Association

Two-Headed Cabbage Grows From One Plant

Bac Coughran of the Thomas Siddon place near Winnsboro reports a cabbage plant with two hearts, both normal in appearance, in a local parish garden. The Caldwell Watchman notes the claim brought to a Sun representative.

Bac Coughran Winnsboro Thomas Siddon Sun Munday Caldwell Watchman

Agricultural Book Is 297 Years Old

The beekeeping library of One Department of Agriculture has about 2000 volumes, including the 1634 printed work The Ordering at Bees by John Lovett. Around 175 journals focus on honey bees and the library serves 60 in 22 foreign countries.

Department of Agriculture John Lovett

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