Feeding Cattle for Market Methods from USDA Bulletin
The Farmers' Bulletin 1540 describes finishing cattle for market with dry lot or grass feeding, and notes market trends, feed quality, and cost methods. It covers ground feeds, grain supplements, silage, ration balance, starter feeding, management of calves, and equipment. Free copies available from USDA Washington.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of ‘Agriculture
F. W. Black
Bureau of Animal Industry
Bulletin
Farmers’ Bulletin
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Causes of Failures to Secure Alfalfa Stand
Farmers seek guidance on alfalfa reseeding failures from agronomist Alvin Kezer of the Colorado Experiment Station. Key tips include preparing seed beds like those for beets, using nurse crops such as barley to prevent crusting or blowing, planting shallowly, and irrigating promptly after the nurse crop is harvested to establish the stand.
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Alvin Kezer
Colorado Experiment Station
Kezer
Colorado
Kanota
Arkansas Valley
Colorado Bans Common Barberry To Fight Wheat Disease
Quarantine Order No 3 issued by Colorado state entomologist declares the common barberry and related varieties banned as pests to curb black stem rust affecting wheat. It forbids shipping barberries into the state with fines from five to five hundred dollars and requires removal or destruction of offending plants at owners expense. The measure revises a prior entomologist act rule.
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Colorado
General Assembly
Roadside Vegetable Stands Urged for Steady Income
Prof. Paul Work of Cornell advises that a roadside vegetable business requires genuine interest, good location, exacting attention to detail, neat display, and clear pricing. He stresses home grown produce, clear stand lettering, a distinctive farm name, skilled salesmanship, honesty, and careful wrapping to build a steady local market.
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Paul Work
Cornell University
New York State College of Agriculture
Agricultural Notes on Hay Quality and Management
The article notes that hailed hay is easier to store and stresses timely weed control in alfalfa. It mentions a September 15 deadline for certain farm actions, suggests using rough land for woodlots, and compares protein content in alfalfa to wheat bran. It also discusses hay curing dependence on weather and the feasibility of silage in wet conditions.
Field Museum expedition studies early man artifacts
The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago will organize an expedition led by anthropologist Henry Field to collect evidence of early human antiquity this year. From sites in France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Switzerland, Belgium, and other regions, specimens and artifacts will be brought back with notes sketches and plaster casts for exhibits in the museum’s planned hall of prehistoric man. Field will also visit the north Arabian desert and Kish in Mesopotamia.
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Europe
Near East
Field Museum of Natural History of Chicago
Henry Field
France
Spain
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Yugo-Salvia
Switzerland
Belgium
Field Museum
Field
North Arabian
Kish
Mesopotamia
Fire crews burn decaying Fryeburg building
Unusual duty for a town department as firefighters supervised the burning of an old house in Fryeburg Maine owned by Mrs Harriet Creighton. The structure was collapsing and a menace to surrounding property, prompted by its unsafe condition.
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Fryeburg
Maine
Harrietth Creighton
Gossip Says It’s All Over Town Meanings Soon End
A gossip phrase implies that rumors will conclude shortly and news will be fully settled. The expression signals imminent finality of ongoing chatter.
Men Worry Less About Work and More About Being Wrong
A provocative remark notes men focus on the risk of error rather than the task itself, implying anxiety about making mistakes shapes approach to work. The quote frames concern as a defining trait influencing effort and creativity.
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Postum Company, Inc
Battle Creek
Michigan
Miter
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