Use of Silage in Fattening Steers and Plum Varieties
The Wisconsin experiment station director envisions corn silage as a valuable bulk feed for steers, while Thomas McMillan of Sea forth Ontario asserts silage is essential to his export feeding system. Japan plum varieties perform poorly in Iowa and Maryland tests, though they offer breeding value for hardier, higher quality fruit when crossed with native stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Henry
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Illinois Life Stock Breeders’ Association
Thomas McMillan
Seaforth
Ont
McMillan
Japan
W. M. Bromberger
Harlan
New Yorker
Iowa
Burbank
J. W. Kerr
Maryland
Bromberger
Fall Calves Are Best in Bradfute Plan
Ohio Angus breeder O B H Bradfute champions fall calves over spring calves. He advocates calves arriving in October or November, preferring mid fall as they avoid early-season diseases and fit barn conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. BH. Bradfute
Ohio
Cost of Raising Corn in Kansas Report
Secretary F D Coburn of Kansas presents county statistics on corn costs per acre with a total of 6.40 and average yield of 40 bushels per acre. Costs per bushel range from 16 to 106 cents depending on yield, seed price, rent and labor variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. D. Coburn
Kansas
Central West
Coburn
Peanuts in Oklahoma: small crops with multiple uses
The Stillwater Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station notes peanuts as a viable minor crop. Spanish and Virginia varieties suit local soils, with planting from late spring to early summer. For hog pasture or market, harvest methods vary. vines and nuts offer feed value, while seed yield relies on proper seed bed and row spacing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Experiment Station
Stillwater
Oklahoma
British View of West Point Inspires Cadets and Audiences
Correspondent for the Times extols West Point as a stately riverside citadel with modern and memorial buildings. The piece notes the scenic Hudson setting, towering Highlands, historic monuments, obsolete batteries used for instruction, and ample social life for cadets through dancing halls and summer visits from New Yorkers.
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Westpoint
Hudson River
Newburg Town
Newburg
Washington
Hudson
India
Himalayas
United States
Cullum
Dale
New York
The
Lon- Times
Wall Street respectability and Montana railroad threats
A historical column argues that Wall Street respectability masks clever financial manipulation. It cites the Pennsylvania Coal Company and Louisville and Nashville as examples of charter capture, stock manipulation, and profit while the public bears costs. It warns Montana brigands threaten Northern Pacific with a railroad war over a $50,000 demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Tidewater
Ttc
Louisville &, Nashville Railroad
Stock Exchange
Montana
Wall Street
Northern Pacific
Notable Oddities From Dull Economics And Biology
The text notes United States Steel earnings approximating government grass revenue, and reports Professor Lingle preserving a dead turtle heart in oxygen, its beating sustained for three days in a jar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Steel Corporation
United States
Lingle
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Iscoeace
Wal Street
Monntana
Noblesse
Morgan
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