Results From Pure Breds in Livestock Improvement
A USDA summary states pure bred livestock outperform scrub stock in earnings, uniformity, resale value, early maturity, feed efficiency, and meat milk wool work yield. Progeny of pure bred sires fetch higher prices, better breeding raises more pure bred dams, and well bred cattle sheep and pigs produce 5 to 10 percent more meat per weight. Improved stock increases feed profitability by about 40 percent.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Varieties for an Orchard From Kansas State College Guidance
The article warns against inferior stock and misleading peddlers and presents recommended first grade nursery trees for an acre orchard. It lists apples, peaches, cherries, plums, and grapes with specific varieties and quantities such as Jonathan Grimes Golden Winesap Stayman Winesap and Moore Early Concord Niagara Catawba.
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Kansas State Agricultural College
York Imperial
Root Crops for Poultry Reduce Feed Expenses
Root crops and vegetables cut feeding costs for poultry while boosting egg output. Relying on grain alone fails to keep hens healthy or maximize laying. Carrots turnips and potatoes add value by supporting health and efficiency, allowing more hens per dollar without extra cost.
Anniversary of Morgan's riflemen shaped by Congress
Eloquent portrait traces the origin of Morgan's riflemen, the famed Continental Army corps organized after the June 14 1775 resolution calling for six companies of expert riflemen. It follows Daniel Morgan and Tim Murphy from Cambridge to Saratoga, and chronicles their pivotal actions, battles, and legacy in the American Revolution.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Corps of Rangers
Morgan
Second Continental Congress
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Boston
Congress
Appalachians
Dechert
Decherd
Deckard
Deckhard
Mills
Daniel Morgan
Frederick County
Braddock
Winchester
George Washington
Potomac
Cambridge
William Thompson
Carlisle
Edward Hand
James Chambers
Robert Cluggage
Michael Doudel
William Hendricks
Abraham Miller
George Nagel
James Ross
Matthew Smith
John Lowdon
Lowdon
Sam Brady
Ohio
Schoharie
Gabriel Long
David Elerson
Ellison
Boon
Tim Murphy
Michael Cresap
Logan
Cresap
Washington
Murphy
Elefson
Patrick Henry
Atlantic
England
Smith
Hendricks
Arnold
Montgomery
Quebec
Pennsylvania Riflemen
Hand
Long Island
New Jersey
New “Corps of Rangers
Richard Butler
Ninth Pennsylvania
Joseph Morris
Samuel J. Cabell
James Parr
Hawkins Boone
Daniel Boone
Matthew Henderson
van Swearingen
Knox
Thomas Posey
Wayne
Howe
New York
Boyut
Burgoyne
Gates
Freeman’s Farm
Stillwater
Frazer
Benedict Arnold
Saratoga
Whitemarsh
Marquis de Lafayette
Cornwallis
Chestnut Hill
Morris
Posey
Valley Forge
Major Posey
Monmouth
Mohawk Valley
Sullivan
Dave Elerson
Middleburgh
Forestry Lessons on Home Woodlands bulletin issued
A United States Department of Agriculture bulletin titled Forestry Lessons on Home Woodlands urges farm forestry as a profitable practice. It outlines farm woodland value, tree species, timber products, measuring and marketing, woodland protection, and planting. Free copies are available in Washington, D. C., while supplies last. afterward the price rises to 15 cents.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Government Printing Office
Powdery Mildew Disease Troubles Strawberry Leaves
Powdery mildew is a troublesome strawberry disease that leaves leaves white and powdery. Bordeaux mixture, common for leaf blight, can control it. other diseases vary by locality and county agents or state stations can provide guidance.
Pollination of Cherry in Northwest Sections
Studies of sweet cherry pollination in the Northwest find Bing Lambert and Napoleon are self sterile and inter sterile with each other. Two top pollinators are Long Stem Waterhouse and Black Tartarian. L Long of Oregon and D Armstrong of Washington demonstrate top working of commercial plantings to these pollen producing varieties. H B Tukey of New York reports results that align with western findings. Growth should avoid solid plantings of the Bing Lambert Napoleon group.
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Northwest
Bing
Lambert
L. Long
Oregon
Mr. D. Armstrong
Washington
H. B. Tukey
Hudson Valley
New York
Mineral Supplements As a Daily Food Mineral Elements
Minnesota agriculture experts state minerals are foods to supply daily not medicines. A bulletin lists five elements often missing in farm rations: sodium, chlorine, iodine, phosphorus, and calcium. Salt provides two, iodine can be from iodized salt or sea salt, and bone meal or rock phosphate is needed for phosphorus and calcium. Spent bone black from sugar refineries is recommended only if suitable.
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L. S. Palmer
Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station
Garden Advice From an Old Plant Guide
The notes stress soil fertility as an obligation not a prerogative and advise safe timing for tomato planting after frost. It recommends dusting cabbage with lime and lead arsenate, highlights onions as essential in every garden, and praises Chinese cabbage while warning it bolts in heat so July sowing is best.
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