Make Hens Prove What They Can Do
Extension poultry guidance outlines feeding and culling to improve egg production. It recommends a six week pre culling period with a balanced ration of corn chop bran shorts ground oats or barley plus meat scraps or meat meal, with milk added to half the meat. It stresses vigor indicators and notes egg prices boost culling value.
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O. C. Ufford
Extension Poultryman
Colorado Agricultural College
WNN
Opinion on Chick Rearing: Avoid Confinement This Year
New Jersey Experiment Station poultry specialist J C Taylor recommends against confinement of chicks unless required. He favors coal brooders, low crowding, fresh air, clean feed and constant water. Early ground exposure advised. confinement only with strict sanitation if disease risk blocks soil access.
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J. C. Taylor
New Jersey Experiment
Professor Taylor
Breeding Tom Turkeys and Hen Selection Guidelines
The guide explains pairing old toms with mature hens for best eggs and poults vitality. It notes young hens can work if well developed and mated to old toms, advises using one tom per group, and stresses roomy, ventilated pens with ample feed and water. Alternate gobblers to maintain vigor.
Weeding Out Affected Birds In Poultry Flocks
F B Moore extension poultry specialist of North Dakota Agricultural College says birds in a flock with avian tuberculosis should not be kept longer than one year. If TB is absent and the farmer seeks egg production gains, the best birds may be kept as long as they pass strict culling tests, using breeding ability as the measure of value. Dakota Farmer.
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F. B. Moore
North Dakota Agricultural College
Dakota
Confinement Not Advised for Rearing Chicks
The Ohio Experiment Station report summarized by Hoard's Dairyman states confinement can raise chicks with success but is not advised for farmers without prior disease or parasite issues from polluted range. If a clean range is available confinement offers no advantages.
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Ohio Experiment Station
Hoard’s Dairyman
Poultry Rules and Goals for New York 4-H Club Members
4-H members in New York state aim to raise 26 000 pheasants this year. Crossing poultry breeds will not yield a standard product and is not advisable for high egg production. Resistance to disease can be increased by breeding from strong unrelated birds and by using good feeds and feeding methods.
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New York State
Premium Flakes Scrambled Eggs Cost Saver Recipe
Read how Premium Flakes help cut meal costs with a thrifty recipe using crumbled crackers milk and eggs. The booklet 7 Money Saving Meals offers main dishes and desserts to stretch meat and money, included free inside a big money saving box from National Biscuit Company.
He'll Soon Learn Wilkes Brownson Marry Her
A reader asks how to gauge a woman's feelings with advice tone and names Wilkes and Brownson. The column parries with evolving courtship ideas and social guidance.
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Wilkes
Brownson
Gran Chacoland of Death in South America described
Time Magazine describes the Gran Chaco a 600 by 300 mile triangle between Paraguay and Pilcomayo rivers. Julian Duguid notes foul bogs and intense insects, with deadly snakes jaguars and piranas. Bolivia and Paraguay have disputed control since 1879 over quebracho rich jungles.
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Gran Chaco
Bolivia
Paraguay
Argentina
South America
Julian Duguid
Chaco
Time Magazine
Tourist chorus questions farmers over corn thefts
A witty London Tit-Bits piece notes tourists debating whether a farmer should mind if strangers take ears of corn. The tongue in cheek remark asks if public opinion changes the farmer’s rights.
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