Records Will Aid Breeder Dairyman Questions for Buyers
The article notes dairy industry competition and feed costs push dairymen to maximize returns from stock. It outlines essential questions buyers ask about a herd sire including registration status, dam records, advance registry progeny, and granddam and grandsire performance. It also covers how owners of registered cows must detail her performance and lineage to prove breeding value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Wing, JR
Missouri Agricultural College
Longtime Nebraska preacher Millar Foutch dies in Omaha hospital
Millar Simpson Foutch born Campbellburg Indiana July 26 1857 died May 29 1917 in M E hospital Omaha at 59. He taught in Indiana and Nebraska and served as a minister in many towns including Bassett Ravena Ansley Gittner Kenesaw Juniata and Belle Fanschel. Survived by his widow daughter and three sons, with siblings. Funeral June 2 in Kearney cemetery burial there.
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Millar Simpson Foutch
George
Mary Foutch
Campbellburg
Ind
M. E
Omaha
Neb
Indiana
Paxton
New Lebanon
Lizzie Belle Burge
Sullivan
Nebraska
Sheridan County
Gordon
West Nebraska
Basset
Rock County
Foutch
DePauw University
Belle Fanschel
Black Hills
Hermosa
Keystone
Bastley
Ravena
Ansley
Brownsville
Union
Bladen
Gittner
Kearney
Kenesaw
Juniata
University Place
Valuable Hints for Dairy Calf Rearing
Dairy expert H. H. Kildefer from University Farm St Paul offers practical guidelines. Avoid overfeeding and sudden diet changes prefer clean milk and pails provide proper ventilation and water, low alkalinity milk, and gradual grain feeding with calves restrained in stanchions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Kildef
University Farm
St. Paul
Milkroom Urged as Necessity in Dairy Work
W. E. Tomson of Kansas State Agricultural College says a milkroom is essential in dairy ing, especially in warm weather. It should be tightly screened and sanitary to keep milk cool and prevent bacterial spoilage when temperatures rise above five degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Tomson
Kansas State Agricultural College
Mr. Tomson
Good Treatment for Colic in Calves
Calf colic results from feeds not suited to the undeveloped stomach or from irregular feeding. Affected calves show violent abdominal pain and prostration, and death can follow if not treated. Typical remedy is drenching every two hours with a mixture of turpentine and raw linseed oil.
Right Amount of Feed Boosts Peak Milk Returns
Dairy experts note cows reach peak milk output four to five weeks after freshening. Feed correctly by assessing each animal and providing the precise amount to maximize production, avoiding excess.
Farmers Prosperous and Spending Money in Indiana
Reports to the Indiana State Board of Agriculture say farmers enjoy $2 wheat and corn prosperity. They circulate earnings through county fairs harness racing and chautauqua events, with nearly 100 fairs planned this summer. livestock and farm products travel to exhibitions as manufacturers prepare a record Indiana State Fair display with over 40 acres and 50,000 square feet of models for 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
State Board of Agriculture
Indiana
Aged Haddon farmer Oliver Pifer dies at 77 near Carlisle
Oliver P. Pifer, a well known Haddon township farmer living two miles west of Carlisle, died Tuesday evening after a long illness. He had been seriously ill for some time and underwent an operation at Terre Haute’s Union Hospital about two months earlier.
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Oliver P. Pifer
Haddon Township
Carlisle
Pifer
Terre Haute
Union Hospital
Longtime Carlisle area farmer Oliver Pifer dies at 77
Oliver Pifer son of John and Harriett Pifer died at his Carlisle area farm aged 77 years 7 months and 20 days after a long life in Crawford county Illinois and the Carlisle region. He married three times and was survived by his wife and three sons Alonzo and Albert R. in Illinois and John Rodney in Terre Haute plus seven grandchildren. He was a member of the Church of Christ and resided on his farm west of Carlisle for forty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver P. Pifer
John
Harriett (O’boyle) Pifer
Merom
Crawford County
Illinois
Mary Davis
Alonzo P
Albert R
Malinda Sproatt
John Sproatt
John Rodney
Pifer
Shaker Prairie
Oaktown
Carlisle
Lucinda Shake
Christian Church
Ingersoll
Texas
Church of Christ
Oakland
A. R. Pifer
Haddon Township
A. P. Pifer
James B. Jeffries Dead at 67 in Farmersburg Area
James B. Jeffries aged 67 years 5 months and 25 days died at his home south of Farmersburg Wednesday morning at 6 o'clock after over a year of illness. He is survived by his widow Nan Smock Jefferies and one sister Mrs. Frank Trueblood. The funeral was held at the residence today at 2 p.m. with burial at West Lawn cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Jeffries
Farmersburg
Nan Smock Jefferies
Frank Trueblood
West Lawn
Farmersburg News
Foutch Family Receives Subscription Favors
Mrs. Lizzie B. Foutch of University Place Nebraska donates subscription favors. She is daughter of Robertson Burge a pioneer resident of the county. Mil lard S. Foutch husband of Mrs Foutch died recently at Omaha. He taught school in the county during the early eighties. obituary appears elsewhere in this issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie B. Foutch
University Place
Nebraska
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Gbittary
J. A. Mallard
Amherst
Bernard
Glenn Robert
Mad Saoy
Haddon
Carlisle News
Maxwell-Cowles Shoe Co
Sullivan City Loans
Farmers and Mechanics Building, Loan and Savings Association
Bloomfield
Sullivan City
M. A. Haddop
The
United
United States
Nobby
Usco
Frank Abell
E. A. Billman
Vincennes Fair
Manning
R. G. Beebe
Star and Union
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