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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1914
Page
2
Farming guidance for Smith County readers covering crops livestock and poultry. Advice includes preventing wireworms, proper strawberry planting, beekeeping demand, be careful with incubators, and protein-rich feeds. Emphasizes timing, moisture, salt blocks, and be cautious with beekeeping, beets, and alfalfa.
A USDA experiment at the Hellsville Maryland experimental dairy farm tested crushed oats against a bran corn meal mix in six cows. Sixty tasters favored the bran corn meal milk over the crushed oats, nine were undecided, and no clear win for crushed oats emerged.
A dairy note emphasizes long-period cows as the true milk producers. It argues cows yielding milk for ten to eleven months a year pay for feed, while six months of milking requires liberal payoffs. It urges weighing each cow’s milk regularly to monitor performance and learn from the results.
Guidance on balancing dairy cow rations focuses on matching feed to cow size. Roughage amounts depend on weight with two pounds hay per hundredweight when hay is sole roughage, and adjusted ratios when silage or roots are included, with roots replacing grain at ten to one.
A guide on feeding heavy producing cows outlines six pounds of grain daily with ample roughage such as hay fodder or silage. Some cows with strong constitutions may profit from higher grain. others will not. High producers require more feed than low producers to maximize milk yield.
A historic brooder design improves chick survival by using permeable cloth walls and an exhaust system. Two units per colony house share top and back walls, with hinged removable panels to regulate air flow. The device keeps heat minimal while ensuring fresh air, reducing labor and keeping brooders in place.
Guidance for preventing and treating diphtheritic roup in poultry. It advises immediate isolation of sick birds, thorough disinfection of houses with chlorate or other disinfectants, and burning of soiled litter. A focal treatment uses glycerine and perchloride of iron, applied to affected areas. A constitutional remedy combines sulphur and cream of tartar. Preventive steps include shared prophylaxis for healthy birds and managing runs to keep soil fresh and well drained.
Turkeys should have free range while being fattened for market. Attempts to fatten in enclosures were abandoned years ago due to turkeys not thriving and losing appetite. Lack of exercise was cited as the main cause of poor weight gain and reduced appetite.
The text notes that the average hen outlives usefulness in two years and can be sold profitably. Occasionally hens remain productive into the third or fourth year, but the typical productive span is two years. Older hens are more prone to disease than younger hens.
Advice for fattening chickens recommends middlings shorts or low grade flour in the ration to prevent looseness of the bowels. The note outlines practical feeding guidance for improved weight gain and health in poultry operations.
Poultry guidance stresses placing turkey coops far from areas housing young chicks. Concerns include disease risk and sanitation, advising separation to reduce cross contamination and stress on flocks.
Ducks suffer leg weakness from overnight dampness in pens. Provide dry quarters at night with straw bedding and heavy floor coverage. If the bird remains weak after a few days though otherwise healthy, it is better to cull and eat it.
The text outlines several poultry farming branches including roollera roosters oxes ducklings turkeys and squat pigeons on a ten acre farm with grove orchard and running water. It suggests profitable to combine all branches and utilize a pond for water access.
The article suggests tested eggs removed from the incubator make ideal feed for newly hatched chicks. It recommends dollying the offcuts, running them through a sausage machine, or using a household grinder, then mixing with dry cracker crumbs oats meal or bran.
Guidance for a setting hen stresses attention to her comfort. Keep the nest in a quiet place to prevent distortion of laying posture. Provide ample food and water and refresh nesting material periodically to maintain cleanliness and health.
A remark on keeping young turkeys penned notes that birds learn to fly over fences once they discover flight. The only effective method suggested is clipping wings or pinioning to prevent escape.
Poultry expert CM Valentine notes water temperature, green foods, and shelter as essential for ducklings and hens. He cites red clover, alfalfa, and Chinese cabbage greens, plus wide range when possible, to build muscle, reduce feed costs, and improve hatchability and egg production.
Practical guidance for poultry keepers from North Texas Agricultural College expert M G W Randlett. Advice covers whether hens should be kept for hatching or laying, how to manage droopy hens, and methods to improve ventilation and air flow in coops.
The text advises keeping hens in sunlit, dry coop space with clean litter to reduce fever and dampness, removing north windows to vent winter drafts, stacking a dairy and garden plan, and ensuring adequate feed and water management to sustain egg production through the cold season. It urges maintaining a small flock, hens and cows, and planning a productive garden for the year.
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