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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1915
Page
2
In dairy stock management the calf’s early care shapes the future herd. Provide warmth against cold winds, gentle handling, and quiet routines. Early training prevents fear, while proper feeding with clover hay oats bran bright straw and roots supports steady growth. Maintain comfort to ensure robust development and eventual dairy productivity.
Feed at regular hours and after the first week add a little dry grain after they drink milk. Provide clean cool water and bright clean hay. Increase grain gradually to a pound a day using shelled corn, bran, oats, and wheat. mix with forage like clover and meadow hay. Ensure gentle handling and gradual pasture access for calves of age above. milk for four to six months.
Fragmentary livestock advice on feeding milk cows and work horses. Mentions dairy cows improving with adjusted feed and grass pasture. Notes horses may fail to thrive on poor hay and may stop eating once accustomed to new regimen.
On every dairy farm there is a place for a root crop. These crops furnish variety for the cows and help keep their appetite vigorous.
Geese forage widely but improved breeds stay closer to green pasture and are easier to care for. Feed routines, incubation, and hatching precautions are outlined with emphasis on constant green food, proper moisture, and brooder use for goslings. Goose meat cost and profitability are noted vs pork.
The success of a poultry operation relies on soil quality and the poultry house layout. Heavy soil traps dry gar and harms fowl thrift and profitability, but colony houses allow moving flocks to fresh ground each year to reduce contamination and deleterious effects.
Advice warns a strong insecticide labeled Mauid Hee killere can wipe mites in brood coops and henhouses. Apply to brood coops in the morning, air the coop during the day, and avoid sealing birds in with freshly painted coatings to prevent harm.
A practical note recommending a quality poultry feed brand to nourish young chicks during the hot months. Ensures steady growth and healthy start for growing flocks.
The article outlines varied feeds for fattening turkeys including corn, beans, mangels, barley meal, buckwheat meal, oats, and nuts. It notes French methods using limetone acorns and walnuts, emphasizes ventilation and grit, and describes a twin feed schedule of mash by day and whole grains at night. Turkeys should be kept in good air with plenty of water and not overfed for markets.
The note warns against fighting mites after they leave roots and hen. It emphasizes early action and cautions about timing for effective control. Readers are urged to act promptly to prevent spread and harm to poultry.
The note praises skim milk as an excellent feed for fattening chickens and stimulating egg production in bees. It also mentions pig value by a brand or seller named Reowe.
The Langshan is described as the oldest standard fowl breed in China with fixed type, noted for winter laying, meat quality, and fast growth. It highlights red combs, erect posture, two colors black and white, and rising popularity with breeders unable to fill egg orders this spring.
An article notes older hens dominating feed during coop meals and suggests resolving by building a covered coop to separate chicks from stronger birds and ensure fair feeding.
The described coop includes a feeding board with six slots at the front for draw. It shows a driven anchor at the coop end, a cord and pall at the top, and a bottom tack to secure and remove the board when in use.
Instructions state hens will crowd the highest perch if roosts differ in height. To prevent this, set all roosts to the same height so all hens have equal access and avoid competition for the top perch. This ensures stable sleep sites for the flock.
This article from the Department of Labor guidance outlines safe feeding for toddlers after their first year. It recommends small meals of well-cooked cereals, milk, meats, spinach, and apples, with a sample daily menu and simple prep tips for foods like broth and beef. It also warns against risky foods such as candy, cakes, ripe fruit, coffee, and sodas.
The passage advises greasing the preserving pan with olive oil before adding fruit to prevent burning. It recommends adding a lump of butter per six pounds of fruit when the jam comes to a boil after sugar dissolves, and warns against boiling once the sugar has melted to avoid thinning the jam.
Take a pound of prunes and ween them. Stew with grated lemon rind cinnamon and allspice, plus three tablespoons of sugar. Cover with cold water and boil until soft. Serve warm or cold.
A partial sentence describes colors seen at windows and how bun at the colors appears lighter than hay. The text is incomplete and lacks clear names or events.
George F H Glove reports on a summer cattle eye disease called pink eye or conjunctivitis in cattle. It is infectious, spreads between animals, causes tearing, light sensitivity, clouding of the eyeball, and possible blindness. treatment includes eye bathing with horic or boric zinc solutions and keeping animals in dark, clean conditions.
Arthur Davin of Orange County New York writes in Orange Judd Farmer praising Shropshire as ideal for wool and meat. He notes a ewe weighing 200 pounds yielding 8044 pounds of wool over four years and emphasizes exercise, forage, and minimal shelter, with stomach worm control using tobacco dust and salt.
Guidance on sheep fencing emphasizes woven wire fences 90 to 42 inches high with five to nine horizontal wires and 16 to 20 verticals per rod. Barbed wire is discouraged for sheep, and top barbed wire is advised if using a S0unch woven fence. Hog fencing requires closer mesh, heavier wire, and ground barbs.
Dean weeds sow an acre using a corn drill with one weed per hill placed 44 inches apart in the row. This arrangement is described as producing a splendid bog food.
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