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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1924
Page
7
Extension poultry expert D H Hall of Clemson outlines timing and feeds for baby chicks. Delay first food up to 48 hours, start with buttermilk to prevent white diarrhea, then soft feed such as boiled eggs or meat meal with cornmeal, followed by a structured scratch and dry mash plan and gradual weaning to regular feeds by three months.
Nutritional disease in chicks stems from vitamin deficiency. Green feed daily prevents weakness and disease, with vitamin D deficiency causing leg weakness. Cod liver oil or direct sunlight can correct and prevent rickets, improving disease resistance.
Guidance for poultry raisers on early hatch timing for winter pullets and brood management. Do not cohabit turkey hens and broods to avoid maiming. Ensure incubators run evenly, stable temperature, pre-run days, and avoid drafts or direct sun. Feed hatched April chicks with high quality food to promote rapid growth before winter.
The United States Department of Agriculture notes that introduced crops have expanded American farmers incomes. Raisin production in California grew after experimental vineyards, boosting exports to China Japan Canada the United Kingdom. Apples likewise developed through plant introduction and improved methods, yielding record export boxes and barrels in early 1924.
Soy beans need soil similar to common beans and are often grown on poorer land for soil improvement. For feed, plant six pecks to two bushels per acre with a grain drill on clean ground, or one bushel per acre if ground is weedy. For hay, cut when pods form and begin to fill, using a topping or tooding machine, then cure like alfalfa by wilting and wind-rowing.
Ohio experiment station compares large late silage corn with common field corn using daisy cows. Blue Ridge silage yields more dry matter per acre and supports milk and butterfat. Clarage yields more grain and greater weight gains. Tests suggest smaller per acre differences than often thought.
The Bureau of Animal Industry has distributed 4500 farm signs reading Pure Bred Sires Exclusively Used on This Farm. Eligible farms must use pure bred sires for all livestock and enroll in the Better Sires Better Stock campaign, part of a joint state and federal livestock improvement plan.
County agents L B Boston of Barnstable Mass and Ellwood Douglass of Monmouth NJ, with the biological survey, led campaigns in late January to early February. Massachusetts destroyed about 10 000 rats while New Jersey killed an estimated 40 000 at a cost of 275 dollars to the county. The Monmouth effort implies a potential saving of about 80 000 dollars per year and a return of roughly 290 dollars per invested dollar.
Dodder, a parasitic weed, has taken hold in some Minnesota areas and attacks alfalfa and clover by twisting around stems and feeding from them. The weed matures to golden yellow. fields and seed should be checked and dodder-free. Do not plant clover or alfalfa seed containing dodder.
Anthracnose is a dreaded watermelon disease that starts with dark leaf spots, spreads quickly by wind, rain or insects, and can wipe out a field. Infected vines shed spores onto young melons making them unmarketable and can ruin entire shipments.
The text explains fertilizer naming by the 2-12-2 or 4-8-4 notation. It clarifies the first number as ammonia percentage, the second as phosphoric acid, and the third as potash.
A farmer is urged to keep a progressive farm to attract workers. Advice covers pasture management thinning crops, planting velvet or soy beans as companions, and spacing rules for squash cucumbers melons lettuce beets carrots and salarify to improve yields and stands.
Dr. David Friday notes the efficient system: 12 cows at 10 000 pounds yield 120 000 pounds annually with far lower overhead. Cows producing 100 pounds of fat yearly return $10 above feed costs, while 400 pounds yield $106. To profit, cull, adopt proven feeds, and use pure bred bulls with records.
Expert Iverson of Iowa State College says untested cream separators may cheat owners by wasting butterfat weekly. Tests in Worth county show several separators in a cow testing association losing excessive butterfat, risking annual losses. Skim milk testing via Babcock method can detect the issue, done by farmers or local creameries.
The article emphasizes that home or creamery cream should be clean flavored for quality butter. It urges using a good cream separator to maximize cream yield and proper shape, and stresses thorough cleaning and sterilizing of all dairy utensils to ensure good flavor in the final product.
The article outlines two methods to boost a dairy cow population: breeding with pure bred bulls from proven ancestry and importing mature cows ready for service. It discusses importing as an alternative, including sourcing from other sections and evaluating animals for suitability.
A survey of 308 creameries shows 29 percent buy feeds 25 percent buy containers and 22 percent buy fuel. The full purchase list includes building material fencing hardware implements general merchandise and other miscellaneous products.
The article advises cooling cream promptly after separation and avoiding mixing fresh cream with older cream until cooled. Do not store cream too long on the farm. Poor stale cream yields low butter quality and affects prices. if a creamery cannot make good butter, the average cream price falls.
A dealer named Kaspar of Stockholm guarantees an umbrella. The remark appears as a quoted assertion about product assurance.
The article notes massive weekly timber consumption for matches in Europe and America since 1827. A single firm reportedly uses about 25 tons of timber weekly. Logs average around one foot in diameter and ten feet long, with match sticks immersed in a solution to prevent smouldering as a safety measure.
A young boy, playing along a glistening shore, mistook the sand for sugar and ran from a large-wave surge. The roaring surf chased him back to safety as he fled in fright. He later said he did not think the sand belonged to anyone.
A reflection on conscience as a wound and seed sown in the heart growing. It notes that merchandise profits arrive late in life and emphasizes that the true end of education is to guide our nature rightly.
Saturninus quotes Montaigne on leadership and loss. The speaker urges turning today’s worries into immediate, small pleasures and smiles, suggesting a pragmatic outlook for facing tomorrow.
An advertising feature cites United States Life Tables 1920 to warn of decline after age 40, urges avoiding caffeine and stimulants, and promotes Postum as a healthier hot drink alternative with a thirty day free trial and a connection to Carrie Blancheard.
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