Valuable calf feeding guide for Cheyenne County farms
Agricultural notice explains dairy calf nutrition from birth through weaning. It covers milk quantities by calf weight, use of whole then skim milk, gradual transition to separated milk, timing of weaning around six months, and care to avoid overfeeding. Includes temperature and feeding timings, with emphasis on using surplus milk efficiently during export downturns.
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Department of Agriculture
Peppers Sweet Varieties Gain Garden Popularity
Garden specialists from the United States Department of Agriculture say raising Peppers Sweet, Chinese peppers, and Mammouth peppers is increasingly popular for home gardens. A few plants can supply a family, but peppers need good land and careful care. Start indoors in a hotbed or greenhouse to protect from cold. Prepare soil by spading to eight or nine inches and mix in well rotted material.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Work to Raise Chickens Lola Sullivan Makes Record at Popular Grove Farm
Lola Sullivan a 14 year old poultry club girl from Popular Grove Farm Trimble Tenn has built a strong record since age ten. She faced diseases storms and varmints yet holds 50 in War Savings Stamps and nearly 3800 in bank. Her 1920 annual report notes the hard daily work of hatching tending guarding against hawks possums rats and other threats while keeping hens fed and watched.
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Lola Sullivan
Popular Grove Farm
Trimble
Tenn
Mix Rest and Play Not Many Years Ago
A reflective note describes past routines of outdoor tasks in rain. The author recalls hunting for old boards to cover leaky chicken coops to protect chicks from drowning. The account mentions men building their garage as a nearby context.
Roofing rolls improve coop design for rainproof shelter
A farmer recounts using leftover good grade roofing to weatherproof old coops and ordering more for new box shaped houses with slanted roofs that shed rain. The note adds that even small poultry profits can fund vital conveniences and urges proper fertilizer use by broadcasting and mixing into soil for early vegetables on a south or northeast sloped garden plat.
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C. B. Smith
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