Snowshoe Rabbit Damage To Forest Plantations In Minnesota
The United States Department of Agriculture notes snowshoe rabbits as a major factor in losses of planted trees in northern Minnesota. In the 1924 season rabbits ate tips and needles, defoliated young growth, and barked trees near the base, with 79 percent of trees in one plantation eaten and 43 percent fatally damaged. Cooperative campaigns reduce pest numbers through coordinated efforts by state and federal agencies.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Biological Survey
Colorado
Kansas
North Dakota
Texas
Utah
Forest Service
Department
Minnesota
Proper Winter Ration and Comfort for Bull
R. D Canan of Indiana prescribes legume hay a limeed stage and 400 lb ground corn 200 lb ground oats 100 lb oil meal as a dairy herd sire diet. Dark stalls hinder development. he urges exercise weather protection and moderate rations to preserve usefulness with an outside paddock and visible herd to aid morale.
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R. D Canan
Indiana
Conan
Spinach the Backbone Plant for Fall to Spring Garden
Spinach is described as a backbone plant rich in mineral salts and iron. It can be grown as a fall winter and spring crop across much of the south and parts of the north. Two fall plantings around September 10 and in October yield a fall supply and winter carryover. An early spring planting or two extends harvest until warm weather.
Gardens and Automobiles Supplanting Home Plots
The piece notes that joy riding and tinkering with cars have reduced garden spaces over the past years. Garages take over garden plots or share the space, diminishing home vegetable production. It argues garden vegetables are a constant American dietary necessity and should be preserved.
Loosen Soil After Rain to Aid Young Plants
After heavy rain garden soil packs and dries to a hard crust. Clay soil becomes too firm for young plants to grow. Loosen soil around the plants to give them an advantage and help them respond to care.
Serious Disease of Poultry Diagnosed as Fowl Diphtheria
Kansas Agricultural College scientists report a recent United States outbreak of a severe poultry respiratory illness tentatively diagnosed as fowl diphtheria. Post mortems show heavy worm infestation in affected flocks. Recommendations include tobacco dust for roundworms, turpentine and olive oil for tapeworms, strict sanitation, and plowing poultry yards.
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United States
Kansas Agricultural College
D. J. Taylor
Rooting Tips For Plum And Small Fruit Plants
Give plum trees a robust root system by digging deep, trimming roots to a slope, and cutting tops to match root length. For upright trees leave the final outward bud to encourage spreading growth. Firm soil around roots when setting plants and prune raspberry and blackberry canes to a single 8 to 12 inch stub. Do not expect fruit this season. new wood next year bears the crop.
Pumpkins for hog feed value assessed in experiments
Experiments show 376 pounds of pumpkins plus 278 pounds of grain yield 100 pounds of pig gain. Pumpkins replacing corn silage valued at 6.50 per ton would be worth under half that amount, though still valuable for hog feeding. pumpkin seeds contain notable nutrients and should not be removed during feeding.
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Illinois
Beets and Garden Tips for Home Growers
Beets rank among the most healthful vegetables with many needed elements for the human body. Home gardens benefit from a salad patch and long-lasting varieties. Organize tools with a place for everything. Dried buttermilk in mash aids meat scraps. Consider a popcorn row for children with minimal care and late summer ears. Hardy chrysanthemums offer late fall color. white and pink may frost, while yellow and bronze tolerate cold. In colder states, water chrysanthemums in a cold frame.
Regularity and kindness in dairy cow care emphasized
A writer from the Indiana Farmer's Guide urges dairymen to treat cows with regularity and kindness. Changes in feeding or milking should be gradual, as irregular practices lower both yield and milk quality, with better treatment boosting butterfat and yearly production toward 250 pounds per cow.
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Indiana Farmer’s Guide
Proper Cream Cooling Practices for Farms and Cremeries
The article stresses year round use of a dedicated cream cooling tank to chill cream in cold water, not relying on air temperature. If space is limited, arrange an alternative cold water cooling method immediately after separation. Keep cream cans tightly covered and stir freshly added cream with a long rod, ensuring patrons receive stirring rods.
Breeding Diseases Tied to Mineral Deficit in Feeds
Breeding diseases in livestock rise when feeds lack minerals due to seasonal dryness. Pasture feeding reduces this risk versus dry feed. Steamed bonemeal is purer than fertilizer bonemeal and should be finely ground. Mix equal parts steamed bonemeal, air slaked lime, and salt. give one fourth pound per cow daily and limit extra salt.
Self-Feeders for Calves Prove Impractical at SDSU
Experiments at South Dakota State College show self feeders for calves fail to be practical or economical. Calves consumed too much high priced protein feed and reached an excessive flesh condition. Barrel development was poor, indicating insufficient roughage intake.
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South Dakota State College
Dairy Feeding Rules for Calves and Cows
Dairy hints emphasize avoiding overfeeding to prevent digestion issues. Proper tank cleanliness and utensil sterilization improve milk quality. When silage is unavailable cows need two pounds of dry roughage per 100 pounds weight. with silage, one pound roughage and three pounds silage per 100 pounds. Economic production calls for balanced rations tailored to each cow’s size and milk output.
United States Crop Values to Rise by Half a Billion
The 1924 25 agricultural income is expected to exceed the 1923 24 total by about 500 million dollars. Wheat producers gain most, with grain cash incomes rising to around 1.21 billion. Corn yields fall and hog producers face steady incomes. cotton prices remain below last year, but the South benefits from a large crop.
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Wallace
Census of Agriculture Underway With Large Staffing
The United States conducts a midterm agriculture census from December through January. It will cover between 6.5 and 7 million farms with 212 supervisors and about 18,000 enumerators, costing 3.5 million dollars. William M. Steuart leads the Bureau of the Census, directing a vast operation that counts 115 million people and processes 27 facts per person using new tabulating machines. Local mail carriers and star route carriers distribute census materials to farmers, who perform the counting as a farmer's job for the farmer's benefit.
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United States
Bureau of the Census
Uncle Sam
Steua
Federal surveys reveal vast potash reserves in U S
A progress report to the American Chemical Society by Dr J W Turrentine cites abundant greensands in New Jersey, potash shales in Georgia, Wyoming beaches and Utah alunites as near inexhaustible sources. He notes recovery methods via byproducts will aid aluminum and potash industries, with Texas Panhandle deposits promising domestic supply and reduced foreign control.
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American Chemical Society
J. W Turrentine
Bureau of Soils
United States Department of Agriculture
New Jersey
Georgi
Wyoming
Utah
Texas Panhandle
Slush Fund Inquiry Ended Quietly in Senate
The senate campaign fund committee dropped its probe into a supposed million-dollar slush fund after a brief hearing finding no evidence to support the claim. Telegraphs allegedly involved were deemed forgeries by LaFollette counsel and officials at Franklin National Bank and Postal Telegraph denied sending them.
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Senate Campaign Fund Committee
Western Reserve
LaFollette
Borah
Franklin National Bank
Washington
Telegraph Company
Senator Borah
Frank P. Walsh
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Slush Fund
L. M Lewis
J. Moses Ball
Chicago
The
Postal Telegraph Company
John B. Cochran
Franklin Bank
Reserve
San Francisco
Kansas City
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Federal Reserve Bank
Treasury Department
Bank of Reserve
General Motors Company
William W Hodges
Baker's
Walter Baker& Co.Ltd
Dorchester Mass
Montreal
Can
Multiple Electric Products Co., Inc
Ogden Street
Newark, New Jersey
Atlas
Virginia
Pittsburg
PHILA
WGN
Harteo
New York
EWARK
Baltimore Swashinton
West Virginia
Gold Nursery Co
Mason City
W. Va
Chapelle Creek
Chapelle Creek Oil Co
Sandusky
Ohio
Asbury Park
N. J
Cee
Jas AL Drag
DR. Humphreys
Cleveland
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