Tuberculosis in Hogs From Milk Affects Placing Practices
A study by Iowa Agricultural College shows tuberculous milk can rapidly infect pigs. Pasteurized skim milk is safe, while milk containing bacilli increases infection, regardless of pasture or dry yard conditions. Infected pigs show gland and organ involvement with reduced gains.
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Iowa Agricultural College
W. J. Kennedy
B. T. Robbins
F. W. Bouska
Timothy
Randall Creamery
A Wife's Love and a Search in a Cold Night
Lige Bennett’s wife Mandy vanishes after Lige fails to return home as a bitter cold night grows. Neighbors rally, the doctor and neighbors hunt for Mandy while Lige frantically seeks her, with daughter Lidy left frightened and unsure what happened to her mother. Mandy returns? The town tells of a perilous night and a vow renewed amid fear and devotion.
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Lige Bennett
Mandy
Lidy
Martin's
King
Martin
Joe Martin
Mandy Bennett
Lige
Joe
Sally
Dec Munt
Vidy
Hanlon
Sally Martin
Ike Watson
Springview Pike
Marysville
Squire Lenton
Liberty
Ike
Squire
Bennett
Jen Renton
Tke
Liga
Principles of Lightning Protection for Michigan Farms
A Michigan Agricultural College study outlines iron lightning rods over copper, recommending iron cables without joints for continuous grounding. It details installation, grounding to water table, rod dimensions, and methods for securing cables to barns with tees and drilled joints, plus worker steps and tools required.
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Michigan Agricultural College
Shiva
Swinging Gate With Wheel Construction Tip
A wooden gate uses a wheel device to aid opening and closing. A 12 to 18 inch wheel is bolted through a wheel hole on the end of the gate, fitted to a wooden track six to eight inches wide curved to guide the wheel, with a trench dug so the plank sits level.
Make Your Bushel Crates and Plum Varieties in Focus
The article notes how to build durable bushel crates with half inch and three quarter inch stock and outside corner posts to protect produce. It then surveys plum varieties from Europe Asia and America noting about 100 American types and cross breeding ease. It concludes with a list of principal dairy breeds Holstein Jersey Guernsey Ayrshire Brown Swiss and mentions rarer French Canadian Kerry and Dutch Belted lines.
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Europe
Asia
United States
America
Jersey
Guernsey
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