Pinchot and Cannon in Washington Firestorm
In Washington the Pinchot controversy dominates headlines as Secretary Ballinger and conservation policy trigger alarms. The piece notes Taft’s dismissal of Pinchot, Congress’ looming investigation, and Speaker Cannon’s political decline while linking surging commodity prices to subscription hikes for country weeklies.
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Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
Roosevelt
Conservation Congress
J.J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Andrew Carnegie
W. J. Byran
Congress
Ballinger
Interior Department
Secretary of the Interior
Taft
Cannon
of the Interior
Middle West
Speaker Cannon
House
Early Easter Schedules Spark Hopes for Early Spring
Easter Sunday falls on March 27 this year, the earliest since 1894. The date follows the vernal equinox and the first full moon after the sun crosses the equator, with recent years landing in April, prompting weather prophets to forecast an early spring.
Experiments With Corn at Nebraska Station
The Nebraska Experiment Station presents Bulletin No. 112 on Experimente with Corn. It reports years of corn research carried out at the Station. Copies are available free to Nebraska residents by applying to the Agricultural Experiment Station in Lincoln Neb.
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Nebraska Experiment Station
Nebraska
Agricultural Experiment Station
Lincoln
Nebr
Hints for Farmers on Horse Feeding Sabbeans
A New York farmer argues horses should not be overfed hay. He advises limiting hay to one pound per hundredweight and a grain mix of corn oats and bran to match work level. For 1400 lb horses, fourteen pounds hay daily plus fifty fifty twenty five pounds of bran mix, with one to one and a half pounds grain per hundredweight, yields a cheerful, productive horse.
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New York
Cowpeas Boost Soil Fertility Through Nitrogen Fixing
Kansas Experiment Station Bulletin notes cowpeas improve soil by fixing atmospheric nitrogen, feeding deep roots, and enriching humus. Plowing under green cowpeas increases soil nitrogen, boosting subsequent crops. Even harvested hay or seed leaves root decay that adds nitrogen. Legumes outperform nonlegumes in nitrogen contribution.
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Kansas Experiment
Winter swine feed options from Hoard's Dairyman
An Illinois swine grower recommends alfalfa as a superior green pasture substitute for winter. A ration of two thirds chaffed alfalfa and one third shelled corn, ground and fed dry or with water, plus a little salt, is cheap and bulky. If alfalfa is unavailable, well cured clover is advised. Sorghum cane serves as fall feed until freezing, with mangles or sugar beets also praised.
Feeding Whole Grain to Cattle From Michigan Study
Bulletin 242 of the Michigan Experiment Station presents data on feeding whole grain to cows heifers and calves. Unmasticated portions percentages are 22 for cows 10 for heifers and 8 for calves with no change in composition, suggesting no nutritional benefit from unaltered grain passing through the digestive tract.
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Michigan Experiment Station
Keep Sheep Thrifty In Sheep Raising
The article stresses thrift as essential for sheep farming. It links thrift to health, better quality and quantity of wool, and overall productivity, asserting thrift should be the farmer’s top objective to keep flocks thriving.
Cowpeas Used as Catch Crop Boost Wheat Yield
In Kansas an experiment grew cowpeas as a catch crop between wheat. After harvest the stubble was worked, cowpeas seeded, and turned under for the next wheat crop. On average five years the plan added four and one third bushels of wheat. without cowpeas yields declined.
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Kansas
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