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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1930
Page
11
Veterinary note describes Ascaris lumbricoides in pigs, detailing worm size up to 12 inches, larval migration causing pneumonia, and the high egg production of mature females. Eggs resist weather and chemicals. boiling water with lye is recommended to destroy eggs in cleaning hog quarters.
Separate twins and triplets from singles and feed them generously. Provide twice daily grain plus clover or alfalfa, and a creep feed of bran oil meal then oats and corn. Creep fed lambs reach market earlier, grade higher, weigh more, and ease maternal care.
Over ten years at the Edgeley substation peas and corn were grown for hogging off. Peas brought 18.65 to 82.92 dollars per acre while corn brought 20 to 62.64 dollars. Four years showed no profit from peas. profits ranged 1.99 to 20.28 per acre in six profitable years. Daily dog gain on peas ranged .5 to 133 pounds. corn yielded 1.26 to 1.7 pounds. In five years peas produced more pork than corn.
The article argues feeding alone does not ensure quality stock. Breeding is equally crucial, as breeders recognize, noting a small share of pure bred stock in the country. It suggests many stock producers undervalue the importance of improved blood for breeding.
Reed Canary grass, a native perennial, will be tested on Michigan college experimental farms at Lake City and Augusta. It grows 2 to 8 feet tall, is nutritious and drought tolerant, and can withstand winter flooding. Seeding advice includes a 2 to 4 pound per acre rate, drilling 14 to 20 inch rows, spring or possible fall sowing, with saved seed for future plantings.
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