Dairy Heifer Breeding Age and Economic Notes
Breeding heifers at 14 to 15 months is favored to start early milk production and long lactation. Breeding at two years yields smoother management and longer milking, while early calving risks shorter milking periods. Prof F W Woll compares feed costs and butter fat returns, showing high producers cost more feed yet yield far greater net returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fraf
F. W. Woll
Western Guernsey Cattle Breeders’ Association
Wisconsin
Caroline Paul Parthenia
MACHINE AND HAND MILKING COMPARED
Nine years of NSW agricultural experiments show machine milking does not reduce milk flow or lactation length versus hand milking. Cows milked by machine five years maintain yield, solids content, and udder health. machine milking is cheaper and cleaner with proper upkeep. The note urges careful selection, feeding, and management for quality and profitable dairy cows and progeny.
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Agricultural Experiment Farm of
New South Wales
Dairy Cow Care and Management Notes
Practical guidance on improving dairy herd productivity through cleanliness bedding feeding and proper ripening of cream. Emphasizes vitality, stable management, bedding, silos, and selective breeding to raise healthy cows and boost butter fat output.
Profit in Geese and Ducks
Those living near water should raise geese and ducks to obtain much of their summer food from streams and swamp lands with little grain needed.
Toulouse geese and duck farming tips in old notes
The article profiles Toulouse geese as hardy prolific layers often raising two broods yearly and reaching about 20 pounds by Christmas with careful feeding. It also covers four duck varieties Rouen Cayuga Aylesbury and Peking, favoring Peking for size early maturity and prolific egglaying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toulouse
Rouen
Cayuga
Aylesbury
Peking
Coffee tasting at Treasury by station minstrel
In a Washington treasury building a veteran messenger served coffee to young women at noon. A complaint about sweetness led him to claim the coffee was sweeter today because he had “sted it,” a groan worthy boast that his taste test confirmed the new batch.
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Brown
Boston Traveler
Evening Herald
Treasury Department
Washington
Darkey
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E. K. Kaufman
Town and Country Journal
Prof
F.W. Woll
Castoria
Y Lede
Vana Taiby
Fr. P. McCann Presents
the Ranger
H. E. Moles
Point
Boston
Missouri Pacific
Direct
NRL Pacific
A. Collier
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