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Newspaper
The Jansen News
Location
Jansen, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1925
Page
3
London dispatch reports England will begin silver fox farming with a shipment of twenty pairs from Canada. The forty animals, costing $40,000, will be housed on a plot near Oxford as promoters claim England's climate suits silver foxes for fur production.
Doris, a three year old, woke joyful and hugged her mother and father. When no reciprocal hug came, she expressed a poignant wish for someone to hug her.
The USDA reports rising flax plantings in 1923 and 1924 as a diversification from wheat profits. Increased seed flax area reached 2,061,000 acres in 1923 with production of 17,129,000 bushels, aided by wilt resistant varieties like North Dakota Resistant No 114. A mixed flax and wheat system, tested in Minnesota and North Dakota, shows weed control and easier handling while boosting diversification.
The USDA issues a two color poster urging hog raisers to eradicate tuberculosis in swine. It highlights spread from tuberculous chickens and cattle and advises to contact officials, burn dead animals, avoid feeding carcasses, cook milk products, and start with a clean herd.
Advise keeping commercial fertilizer along with manure in the garden. Apply acid phosphate at five pounds per square rod after plowing if manure is used. Without manure, broadcast seven to ten pounds per square rod of a complete N P K fertilizer. Nitrate of soda can top dress the growing plants, about a handful per fifteen feet.
Fodder corn silage lacks established market price because most are not sold on market. A fair price is based on feeding value relative to other feeds. Good fodder corn roughly matches mixed timothy hay ton for ton. if clover hay is $10 per ton, fodder corn is about $8 per ton.
Swine extension specialist W. W. Shay of North Carolina State College explains the corn and hog ratio. It shows how many bushels of corn equal the value of 100 pounds of live hog, aiding farmers in year ahead planning and potential profit.
A handbook for cow testers prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture aids testers in production testing for cow-testing associations. It offers practical methods to improve records for dairymen and supports studies by the department. Copy Miscellaneous Circular No. 26 is available while supplies last from USDA Washington.
Advice covers livestock feeding hunger for growth, timely planting, pasture drainage, rat breeding, tax implications of farm rats, crop and tree care, and keeping grit for free range hens. Emphasizes thoroughness with originality, early fruit ordering, and practical farm management insights.
An exchange from a country household has Mrs. Brown questioning why Kitty did not sign for a package. Kitty declines, saying she will not write her name in a stranger's autograph album, citing shyness and propriety.
Gravel and Shingle refer to water worn rock fragments. Gravel consists of small rounded pieces from pea to walnut size. sand forms from smaller fragments, while larger pieces are called shingle.
A kitchen tip states adding a teaspoon of Calumet Baking Powder to every four eggs and beating well makes omelets lighter, more attractive, and tastier. The method emphasizes thorough mixing for best results.
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