Compel Lazy Hog to Take Exercise
A New York State College of Agriculture study urges winter outdoor exercise for breeding hogs to improve health and yields. Hogs are housed in southeast-facing colony houses, fed at troughs, and guided to exercise twice daily. A balanced supplemental feed of tankage or fishmeal, linseed meal, and alfalfa bay is recommended, with minimal mineral mix needed.
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John P. Willian
New York State College of Agriculture
Willman
Using Babcock Test to Measure Pecan Oils
The United States Department of Agriculture adapts the Babcock test to pecan oil content. The old ether extraction is time consuming and can lose oil, while the new sulfuric acid method yields pure pecan oil in about 30 minutes versus two hours.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Babcock
Tuberculin Test Records Set Across United States
The 1931 October tuberculin test record shows 1,326,562 cattle tested nationwide, below March’s high of 1,825,912. Minnesota led with 283,464, followed by New York 158,588 and Iowa 127,208, with many tests under the modified accredited area plan overseen by Dr. A E Wight of the USDA. By December 1, 1,287 counties were in the plan, about 42 percent of all counties.
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Pew
United States
Minnesota
New York
Iowa
A. E. Wight
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Woodland Work In The Woods For Timber And Fuel
The article recalls winter work in the East focusing on improving scattered woodland rather than clear cutting. It notes a sunshiny winter day as ideal to survey tops and identify trees past their prime, suggesting careful removal of timber and fuel from twenty acres of common land.
Winter feeding for bees when the honey crop is short
Colorado expert K G Richmond outlines two winter feeding methods for bee colonies with four-frame clusters. He warns feeding is risky and should be used only if the colony is strong and other options are exhausted. One method places partly liquid honey beside the cluster. the other creates a stiff fondant candy from sugar and water heated to 250 F to top frames.
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K. G. Richmond
Colorado Agricultural College
Richmond
Butter Supply Must Be From TB Free Sources
Cleveland announces a city ordinance requiring butter sold locally to come from milk of cows that pass tuberculin tests. The rule takes effect January 1, 1982 with planned labeling for tuberculin tested sources. Definitions note that tuberculin tested areas are designated as modified accredited areas with minimal bovine TB rates.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Limestone substitutes for alfalfa hay in cattle fattening
Kansas agricultural experiment station tests show powdered limestone replacing two parts of alfalfa hay yields slightly higher average daily gain and better profit per head in fattened cattle. Rations with corn, cottonseed meal, and silage supported the substitution effect.
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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
Kansas
Gray Hair Dismisses Youthful Appearance In Ad Man
A young advertising man envies aging to gain dignity as gray hair settles along his scalp. His wife pushes a shorter cut to sharpen him up and a soda fountain clerk mistakenly calls him a young man, revealing how appearances affect respect. The barber cuts away his gray, restoring the youth misperception.
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New York Sun
John’s Mother Praises Doctor and Kinder Stomach Syrup Endorsement
A testimonial letter from Mrs. Joseph W. Hill of Omaha Nebraska extols California Mig Syrup also called California Fig Syrup as a trusted cure for biliousness headachy and restless children. The ad claims over fifty years of physician endorsement and notes four million bottles sold annually praising the product for soothing weak bowels and restoring energy.
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California
Joseph W. Hill
Bedford Ave
Omaha
Nebraska
John
Yneist
Fragmented Phrase Sketch Sparks Reader Alarm
A garbled OCR fragment evokes a vivid but unclear scene about a place named De Pierce and a visitor asked to pick sides in a family dispute. The text hints at an odd usage factory and references to tables, suggesting a broader context missing from the readable portion.
Feeding Tests in Michigan Calves Favor Barley and Corn
Michigan feeding tests using beef calves compared barley and ground forms to oats. Three lots received linseed meal corn silage and alfalfa hay with variations in barley corn and oats. Barley and corn groups cost about 9 dollars per 100 pounds of gain while oats ran 0.65 dollars. grinding costs would have shifted profits to the corn-fed group.
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Michigan
Agricultural sweet clover found in newly seeded forage
Agricultural survey notes sweet clover plants growing among newly seeded alfalfa or red clover. The observation suggests the clover may have been present in the soil during balfa planting, potentially affecting establishment and forage quality.
Bayer Headache Relief Tablets Advert
S24 HEADACHE real aspirin is real relief. In every package of reine Layer tablets are directions covering headaches colds sore throat toothache neuralgia neuritis sciatica rheumatism. The tablets stamped Bayer won’t fail you, and can’t depress the heart though they upset the stomach. Take them when you need them and take enough to end the pain.
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Bayer
Seafaring Hermit Captain De Walden Lives Aboard
Brown, an old-time seafarer, has spent 25 years on a ship but not at sea. His home is a houseboat in a tiny Dorchester Bay creek, Massachusetts, offering a hermitlike existence with the rest of the family away for the evening.
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de Walden
Brown
Dorchester Bay
Massachusetts
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