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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1911
Page
3
A dairy profit guide stresses cow comfort as key to profits. It advises repairing old barns to reduce drafts, providing light through windows, and using ventilation methods such as the King system or effective alternatives. Proper stalls and bedding, with clean, roomy designs, support cow well being and higher milk yields.
An Indiana extension notice warns that dodder spreads in clover and alfalfa fields, with reddish threadlike stems, no leaves, and pinkish flowers. It advises early patch removal and burning, plowing if needed, seed testing at Purdue Extension, and avoiding doddery seed in purchases.
The article notes poke root and related parts used as household remedies for itch and skin diseases, with caution against poison. It details pokeweed’s description, native range, and plant parts including roots, berries, and shoots. It warns of overdoses, potential fatal poisoning, and slow acting emetic effects, urging careful, informed use.
If the plants are vigorous and the bed not too weedy it may pay to renovate for another year. Mow close to the ground remove foliage burn it plow a furrow weed out diseased plants fill the furrow with rotted manure and cultivate thoroughly all season.
Calves three months old drink up to five quarts of water daily per head. They sip frequently, preferring small amounts. A half barrel cleaned and replenished twice daily serves as a trough, or use an automatic waterer placed slightly above the floor to stay clean.
A writer advises dairy herd planning focusing on Jerseys or Guernseys. Replace cows with heifer calves from top milkers, sell old cows in spring, and choose Jerseys for efficiency. Crosses like Jersey Ayrshire yield strong retail milk prices, with a gallon selling for 32 cents retail or 16 cents wholesale.
Active Indian Runner ducks are small utility birds famed for high egg production with records of over 200 eggs in flocks of ten and 192 in flocks of one hundred. They are hardy foragers, run rather than waddle, and are non setters though they rear easily. The standard drake weighs about 4.14 pounds and the duck about 4 pounds.
Advice on barn cleanliness, vermin control, proper feeding, molting timing, and airflow to improve egg production and flock health. Emphasizes well fed breeding stock, separate cockerels, open windows with protective cloth, dry chaff availability, and on farm feed growth supplemented with bran middlings gluten meal or beef scraps.
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