Fresh Ground Brooding Cuts Poultry Disease Risks
A spring guide explains using fresh ground broodings to prevent coccidiosis and other diseases. It covers clean brooders, boiling lyewater scrubs, dark housing first days, and avoiding old-ground contamination to protect chicks from cholera typhoid and tuberculosis losses.
Poultry Keeping in Back Yards Revived By USDA Bulletin
Practical Advice on backyard poultry outlines breeding feeding and management for small flocks suitable for hobby or economical meat production. The revised Farmers Bulletin 1508-F explains breed selection incubation housing and care and directs readers to obtain it free from the USDA Office of Information.
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Jack Rabbit Skins Profit to Many Farmers
The West saw a war against jack rabbits last year yielding more than 8 million skins and about 2 million dollars in net profit for farmers and stockmen from pelts sales. The Bureau of Biological Survey of the U S Department of Agriculture led control operations. Jack rabbits harm alfalfa range grasses fruit trees and cotton, and ruin hay stocks in winter across regions.
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Dwarf Essex Rape Most Excellent Hog Pasture
Advice on sowing dwarf Essex rape for hog pasture. Recommend mixing with coarse grains oats and barley and medium red clover to extend stands. A two bushel per acre mix plus four pounds rape and two pounds clover yields excellent hog pasture lasting longer with clover inclusion.
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Government Standard Container Act Regulates Market Baskets
The standard container act, approved by national congress in 1928, fixes sizes for fruit and vegetable baskets and hampers. It limits dampers and splint basket varieties, enabling prosecutions and confiscation of nonconforming containers, with broad compliance benefits for manufacturers, sellers, and buyers.
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Apply Fertilizer With Drill for Best Results
Increased returns from commercial fertilizer are likely when applied in drill rows or in hills with corn. Wisconsin tests show two practical positions: at both sides of each hill or in an arc over the seed. The material should not touch the corn kernels.
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