Diarrhea in Young Chicks and Disease Control Measures
The University of Illinois Veterinary program offers limited serum agglutination tests to detect bacillary white diarrhea in young chicks and provides guidance on transmission through eggs and contaminated equipment. It outlines symptoms, the importance of removing infected breeding hens, isolating exposed chicks, and thorough disinfection using lye and a 8 percent diesol solution to prevent spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laboratory of Animal Pathology and Hygiene
University of Ilinois
Breen
Big Mistake in Feeding Laying Hens Stimulant
The article warns against feeding nostrums and stimulants to hens to boost egg production. It states such stimulants harm performance in the next breeding season and can cause long term physical breakdown in the birds.
Cow Tester Keeps Separate Weighing Of Feed And Milk
A cow tester visits a farm and weighs all feed, records it in his book. He weighs each cow’s milk at milking time, samples milk for testing, twice daily. The next morning he tests the samples, calculates monthly production, and leaves the record with the farmer before moving on at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cow-Teating Association
Ducks Need Water to Drink and Swim for Profit
Ducks require ample range and water to swim for profitable production. Eggs stay fertile when ducks have access to water and a deep drinking pan or fountain near feed. They drink more water than hens and need regular access to water for drinking and bill washing.
Farmers Apply Lime to Acid Soils in 1922
About 48 000 farmers followed county agents advice to lime acid fields in 1922. Reports to the U S Department of Agriculture show roughly 627 000 tons of lime or limestone used to improve legume soils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Comparison of Roughages for Milk Production
A summary of Iowa State College findings notes that corn fodder reduces milk output by six percent and fat by three percent compared with corn silage. It also states that silage valued at four fifty per ton yields much more per acre than fodder, and that timothy hay replacing alfalfa lowers milk and fat by seven percent. Corn silage plus alfalfa remains the best roughage for dairy cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College of Agriculture
Pig Club Boy Develops an Excellent Herd of Hogs
A Rowan county farm boy joined a pig club eight years ago under a county agent. After the agent left and a new agent arrived the boy, J. H. Morgan, grew his herd of Poland China hogs to an excellent standard and is regarded as the best hog grower in his community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pig Club
Rowan County
N. C
United States Department of Agriculture
J. H. Morgan
Heavy Grain Feeding for Pallets Gains Favor
Poultrymen increasingly adopt heavy grain feeding for pallets, with successful demonstration farms keeping grain before pallets through most of last winter. Recommendation suggests at least four pounds of grain per pound of mash during fall and winter, highlighting the tier as important and often overlooked.
Clean Up Droppings of Flock in Winter Months
The droppings of the flock should be cleaned up regularly during winter while birds are housed together. Many diseases spread from bird to bird through infectious droppings, so the poultryman defends his flock by cleaning up and using powdered all slack lime.
Weeds and Insects Hit Crops Hard
Weeds and insects are the main drawbacks to large acreage yields. Weeds deny soil nutrients essential for crop growth. Clean cultivation and fall and winter deep plowing help protect crops from insect damage.
New Iowa Legume Gains Spotlight Amid Iowa Trial
Dalea, the legume found near Logan, Iowa years ago, is being promoted by HB D Hughes of the Iowa experiment station. Hughes previously introduced Hubam the annual sweet clover. The crop has pleased farmers as a superior forage and bee forage plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Iowa
HB. D. Hughes
Flashlight Egg Tester Demonstrates Handy Inspection Device
A pocket flashlight tests eggs by placing the egg in a cardboard funnel shaped holder. Pressing the button shines light through the egg to reveal its internal condition.
Something to Think About by FB A Walker
A reflective piece on how city sounds and natural scenes speak to all observers. The universal language of bells, beggars, birds, winds, clouds, and rivers is accessible to anyone, bridging cultures and ages in a celebration of nature and urban life.
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FB. A. Walker
Aleep
Man Like This Proposes Marriage Says He Is A Ten OClock Chap
A satirical piece describes a perfect seeming suitor: neat banker with flowers, cultured talk, and expensive tastes who uses a car ride as a lure. The piece warns that marriage can hide a rigid habit and offers a prescription for brides-to-be.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Young Lady Across the Way Praises Lloyd George
A young lady across the way says Mr. Lloyd George is wonderful and wonders how he finds time to write for the papers along with his other duties.
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Mr. Lloyd George
The Little Oak Chair Poem Remains in Quiet Closet
A memorial poem describes a hillside mound and a little oak chair in a closet that must stay. A blue room shows a white bed a slender mirror and a cradle with a rag doll and a three button coat. The verse mourns a lost child as holly berries glow and Christmas preparations continue.
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Idana
Lea
Doda, Mead & Company
Waffles and Cheese With Olives From Mother's Cook Book
A home recipe note on festive touches with waffles and a cheese olive mix. Waffles use flour sour milk eggs butter and seasoning. directions include folding whites and doubling the batch. Cheese with olives combines Roquefort and cream cheeses with olives for salad or sandwich filling.
Vere May wed 1923 Western Newspaper Union note
Durban South Africa’s port sits midway between America and Australia and the East in a brief reference from the Western Newspaper Union. Verdant harbor city tied to trade routes as a historic waypoint.
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Vere
Western Newspaper Union
Durban
South Africa
America
Australia
The Word Canon and Cannon origins unearthed
A discussion explains how canon and cannon share origins from a reed or straight measuring rod. It traces the ecclesiastical term to the carpenter’s rule and the military term to hollow gun barrels. The piece notes a Greek root and a German parallel with rohr.
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Wheeler Syndicate
Ing
Lurking Cold Dangers Warned By Old Fashioned Medicine
A fragment warns that untreated colds threaten the breathing tract and urges prompt action with Father John’s Medicine, an old fashioned remedy featuring cod liver oil and other traditional ingredients.
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John
Value of national wildlife resources reaches one billion
The article states national wildlife resources, if valued at a per cent annual income, would exceed one billion dollars in worth. It underscores the vast economic potential of natural resources at current income rates.
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Illinois University
Iowa’ “Agricultural College
New Iowa
McClure
Byndicate
By E. R. Peyser
Nevermore
Jenes
Qig
Baanenin
MusRatTs
M Re Alders
Richard Cabot
Dar
Father John
Saques
DR. Shoop
Shoop
Shoop Laboratories, Inc
Racias
Wis
Rel
Lindercor & Bemoren
Ieee
Anne GG
Pearl Islands
Bay of Panama
Dr. Peery
N.Y
Hall
Dregaista
Sears FE. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohie
Itarrh
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