Hay Marketing and Bale Quality in U S Markets
The article explains rising hay production through 1919 amid growing motor vehicle fuel demand. It contrasts city and local markets, detailing grading importance, consumer classes, and the need for well baled, properly sized hay bales for efficient shipping and sale. It notes bale sizes from 70 to 225 pounds and stresses market-specific quality and grading.
What Uncle Sam Is Doing for Farmers
Overstocking ranges causes loss in cattle and a safety range is set for the tornado range reserve near Las Cruces New Mexico. The United States forest service reports experiments to stabilize the livestock industry by limiting permanent herd size to a fraction of good years carrying capacity to account for drought and forage reductions. The Jornada reserve studies initiate plans to manage stock to meet hard conditions and support stock owners.
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United States Forest Service
Las Cruces
N. M
Jornada Reserve
Range management and livestock losses in New Mexico and health notes
The article discusses range improvement methods for cattle, showing how light grazing in the growing season and a defined grading plan can raise cattle quality and calf numbers. It notes drought-related stock losses, compares open range losses in southern New Mexico, and mentions a study on barium carbonate as a bait. It also covers U.S. Department of Agriculture efforts to restore the Morgan horse strain, reporting a 200-mile test where Morgan horses were among those finishing. The piece closes with a card of thanks for a family's loss of a mother and aunt.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Indies
Morgan
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