Weekly records mislead on cow yields in dairy herds
The piece discusses Guernsey cow lactation and the folly of emphasizing a single week's or year's test. It presents data from the Wisconsin Experiment Station showing fluctuations in milk and butter output across lactation periods, stresses the value of annual records of milk butter and feed, and urges routine weekly testing alongside yearly tallies to reflect real performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sra
J. A
Danks
Wisconsin Experiment Station
University
Guernsey
Wounds of the Foot in Deep Snow Affect Horses
Article discusses hoof injuries from snowy terrain and missteps, detailing coronary band wounds, horn growth, and cracks. It advises thorough cleaning with hot antiseptic water, trimming ragged edges, and removing foreign material to prevent pus formation and promote healing.
Factors in Herd Improvement from Cornell Prof Roberta
Cornell University professor J P Roberta argues for full improvement through better inheritance food and environment all together. He warns improved blood alone may not raise dairy output if the herd head is misused or fed poorly and stresses stronger selection of pure bred bulls to avoid poorer dams and diminished milk production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Roberta
Cornell University
Maryman
Wheat and Corn as Stock Food Affects Feeding Values
Prof. A. Smith at Nebraska Experiment Station summarizes tests on feeding values of wheat versus corn for cattle and swine. Across multiple trials, wheat shows slight advantages for pigs and varying results for steers, influenced by housing and feeding methods. Congress is urged to fund highway construction to aid states with matched local investments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Smith
Nebraska Experiment Station
Ohio
Waters
Missouri
South Dakota
Utah
Wisconsin
Kangana
Nebraska
Trouble at Pigging Time
An article discusses why sows eat their piglets, attributing it to digestive derangements from feeding errors. It recommends exercise, mixed rations, dried blood and bone meal, and careful handling of piglet teeth. It also notes protein-heavy feeds can worsen the issue and advises milder interventions before forceps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hfe
Carlyle
Senate Bill Faces Cutback on Agriculture Building Funds
The editor argues against reducing the Agriculture Department housing appropriation from 2.6 million to 1.5 million, noting the department’s broad public benefits including Weather Bureau and educational outreach. It advocates higher funding, suggesting 2.5 million or more, to house a department crucial to farmers and producers, contrasting with Justice Department needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
United States Senate
Department of Agriculture
Washington
House Committee On Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Weather Bureau
Ronda
Department of Justice
United States
Congress
Department of Justice—Farmers’ Review
Poultry Record for 1902 From Farmers' Review
In 1902 a farm kept 5 mixed hens and added 3 hens and a rooster of B Rocks. Most birds remained, with few culls sold. Eggs and young chicks sold earned about 32.77. hens and turkeys sold netted 60.75. total sales reached 123.59 with a profit near 1.69, despite some losses and thefts. Emma Clearwater helped run the poultry with two young girls assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Clearwaters
Good Roads Convention in Chicago Draws Delegates
The good roads convention held in Chicago drew delegates from over thirty states led by John Brisben Walker. He cited about 10,000,000 wagons and an annual $900,000,000 loss from bad roads, urging national state and agricultural cooperation to fund improvements. Colonel Pape and Horatio Earle defended farmers while Martin Dodge called for broader community responsibility and a general funding plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Brisben Walker
Cosmopolitan
National Committee
United States
Pape
Horatio
Earle
Michigan
Martin B. Dodge
United States Department of Agriculture
Fragmented classroom word game prompt
Definition dialogue shows a teacher and children spelling a word felt and identifying it via clues. Johnnie answers with Mamma's slipper as a clue, illustrating phonetic play in a playful classroom exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Johnnie
Mamma
Ben Davis Poem Exalts a Fruitful Market
A poem by Henry F. Thurston praising the Ben Davis apple. It recalls lovers of orchards and harvests, noting rivers, bees, and winter abundance. Images of Northward and Eastward migration, red fruit shining, and the fruit as world’s nourishment are interwoven.
Winter rations for Plymouth Rocks and Leghorns
A Poultry guide outlines winter rations for forty five Plymouth Rocks or Wyandottes and Leghorns. It lists feeding times and components including whole wheat, oats, cracked corn, and beef scrap with detailed portioning. The plan emphasizes warm feed and notes a high carbohydrate to protein ratio in the mash.
Cow Horn Turnips for Humus at Wisconsin Convention
John Vanioon spoke on grow ing turnips to enrich soil as a humus crop. He argued cow horn turnips provide cheap abundant humus quickly and can become a money crop when sold. On a 30 acre farm he sowed turnips in late summer or fall, with clover sometimes mixed, and noted a destructive frost spared crops elsewhere. He cited a large future crop and praised turning fields to turnips for soil fertility and vegetable production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
John Vanioon
Feeding Program for Fowls in Wurimeere Area
The article outlines a balanced poultry feeding method. In the morning fowls eat scattered whole oats. at 100 m they receive a mash of corn meal, ground oats, bran, middlings, and beef scrap with hot water or milk, providing a protein to carbohydrate ratio of 1 to 3.75. At 3:30 p.m. they are fed whole wheat or corn, alternating and scattered on the litter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth Rocka
Greene
Wurimeere
Vatican Choir Chief Seeks Papal OK for Female Sopranos
A Rome dispatch reports Abbe Pio P. Perosi, director of the Vatican choir, asking the Pope for permission to replace some choir members with female sopranos and contraltos, signaling a modernization of the papal music program.
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Rome
Abbe Perosi
Vatican
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Mansell
Ole
Treayen
Good Roads
Ben Davis
Henry F. Thurston
Oy Ae IG
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