Pasture Choices Favor Rough Fields and Water Access
The text argues that rough fields and gullied hillsides should be used first for pasture due to economics and future meat prices. It notes fertile land may be better for crops as pasture profitability rises with livestock costs and water access for stock is important in field selection.
General Spring Seeding Adopts Mechanical Seeders
Practical guide on sowing seed evenly by hand or machine. Emphasizes light double-width sowing for hand broadcast, benefits of mechanical seeders from wheelbarrow models to grain drill attachments, and the need to cover seed properly to prevent erosion, loss, and poor germination. Encourages disk drills and harrows to open furrows and bury seed for better germination and crop stands.
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Sumer
Storage Tank Sketches From University Farm Extension News
The Department of Agricultural Engineering at the University Farm will provide sketches, cost estimates, and material bills for a 115 barrel concrete storage tank. Sketches cover round or rectangular tanks with sloped shingled roof flat roof or concrete slab roof. Requesters should specify tank shape roof type and reinforcement method.
Vaccination Dose Guidance for Pigs in Simultaneous Method
In simultaneous vaccination, ensuring adequate serum and virus is crucial. A too small serum dose may yield cholera symptoms in 10 to 15 days, while an insufficient virus dose risks lack of permanent immunity, especially from immune sows. Double the dose of virus rather than reduce it to secure lasting protection.
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Department of Animal Pathology
University Farm
High School Stock Judging Contest Set for April 3
A high school stock judging contest will be held Saturday April 3 at the University farm under the animal husbandry department. Three-member teams from each invited school will compete with preliminary workouts on Friday. Schools Blair Crete Fairfield Gen eva Oakland Pawnee Red Cloud and Wahoo are entered with others indicating plans to join. Awards will be given to individuals and the top team.
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University Farm
Animal Husbandry Department
Blair
Crete
Fairfields
Geneva
Oakland
Pawnee
Red Cloud
Wahoo
Mixed 8 lb alfalfa and 12 lb brome pasture mix for horses
A Nebraska extension bulletin recommends sowing early in spring with 8 pounds of alfalfa and 12 pounds of brome grass to create a safe, productive pasture. The seed bed should be firm, harrowed before and after seeding, and brome fed by hand. Alfalfa can be broadcast or drilled. In the first year, brome grows tall, but alfalfa strengthens and bluegrass will increasingly join, yielding ideal pasture for all horses.
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Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station
Seeding Rates for Hulled Sweet Clover on One Acre
Extension bulletin notes sowing twenty to twenty five pounds of hulled sweet clover per acre and at least five more pounds of unhulled seed. High seed spoilage from nongerminating stock requires extra seed. Broadcast sowing with a harrow or grain drill with grass seed attachment works. seed should be covered about three quarters of an inch.
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Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station
Bulletins for Mothers From Various U S Agencies
A list of free bulletins for mothers prepared by the women's club section of the Agricultural Extension Service at University Farm outlines materials available from the U S Department of Labor Children’s Bureau on Prenatal Care Infant Care Infant Morality Birth Registration and Baby Saving campaigns. It also notes titles from the Russell Sage Foundation office in New York City and from the University Extension Service at Lincoln Nebraska including The Care of the Baby The Need of the Child Welfare Work in the Rural Communities and Mother and Baby Care and Feeding of Children. A Home Nursing for Babies folder is accessible through the University of Nebraska College of Medicine in Omaha.
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Women’s Club
Agricultural Extension Service
University Farm
United States Department of Labor
Children's Bureau
Department of Child-Helping
Russell Sage Foundation
New York City
Extension Service
Lincoln
University of Nebraska, College of Medicine
Omaha
Thaw Held In Tombs With Judge Reserving Return Decision
Justice Page of the New York Supreme Court reserved decision on Harry K Thaw's bid to be returned to New Hampshire. He remanded Thaw to the Tombs in sheriff custody despite an appeal to send him to Matteawan amid new proceedings. Arguments centered on New York jurisdiction after acquittal and safety concerns from Matteawan’s superintendent. Berlin Reports Sinking of 126 Ships. The Mittag Zeitung lists merchant ships sunk by the German navy since the war began, including 111 steamers totaling 400,900 tons, four auxiliary cruisers 32,500 tons, one sailing vessel, one schooner, eight mine sweepers and one troop transport.
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Doan's Kidney Pills Advertised in Sidney Testimony
Helpful Words Is your back lame and painful Does it ache after exertion These symptoms suggest weak kidneys Mrs Lenman of Sidney testifies Doan's Kidney Pills removed the trouble and made her feel like a different woman Price 50c at all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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Sidney
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Doan
Garden Hose Reel From Simple Woodwork Idea
A DIY garden hose reel project shows a cheap strong stand built from four by two inch stock for the sides and top stretchers and three by two inch stock for the legs and stretchers. The stand uses mortised joints and tenons with four legs, a sloped leg arrangement, and an iron axle for the reel. Readiness for painting is advised, with a spring repaint when dry.
After Two Years I Felt Shame Over Gift to Minister
The Philadelphia Record quotes a man who admits two years of guilt after giving his wedding preacher a five dollar bill instead of twenty. He feared the blunder would reveal his deception and kept silent to avoid humiliation or exposure of lying.
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Philadelphia
County and City Superintendents Lead Large Teaching Delegation
County Superintendent Miss Mc Fadden and City Superintendent Bra ham head a large delegation of teachers, traveling to notable meetings to discuss curriculum and school improvements.
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Miss McFadden
Braham
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