Ensilage Proves Superior to Corn for Fattening Lambs
Michigan sheep grower Mr Reynolds argues in the Drovers Journal that ensilage delivers more cheap succulent feed than corn silage. He estimates an acre yields 15 tons. feeding 8-10 pounds daily could sustain about 15 fattening lambs over 200 winter days. He warns against overfeeding and sour troughs, noting cleanliness and moderate rations.
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Reynolds
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Drovers’ Journal
Bolting Feed How to Make a Slow Eating Horse Feeder
A vintage note explains a simple self feeder on a horse’s feed box to curb bolting. Build from inch boards like a poultry hopper with a sloped bottom so grain releases gradually into the trough, limiting intake to small portions.
Livestock Note Advises Breed Choice And Training
The note discusses selecting among four breeds Poland China Berkshire Duroc Jersey and Tamworth. It stresses sound halters, individual excellence over pedigree, and a weaning colt needing its own feed box. It warns that viciousness in a horse is usually from training, and notes pork produced from droppings increases with cattle age. It questions horseback riding’s popularity as a pleasure activity.
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Poland
China
Berkshire
Duroc Jersey
Tamworth
Increasing the Winter Visit
Dairymen face seasonal milk flow expectations as cold weather settles in. The article argues that January and February can be bent toward higher production, forecasting a noticeable though uncertain lift in winter yields.
Mission for Marketable Pigs Under husbanded system
A concise guideline states that from two to twenty pigs should be marketed annually, depending on conditions, from a mature cow profile. The plan emphasizes careful management to balance production with market demand and animal welfare.
Farmers abandon scarecrow in era of new poisons and electric plays
Men who claim to know say they have doomed the farmer's silent bluff against birds and beasts. Barbed wire fences shotguns and special preparations of poison have become common as the modern antidote for sinners, reducing the scarecrow to obsolescence in many sections. Professions jokers and farmers who employ electricity.
Scarecrows and Crows Stir Rural Folk in Spring
A lengthy piece recalls scarecrows as American farm art and a social fixture. It notes crows and farmers, city residents and poets, and the evolving craft from humble yard figures to elaborate decoys. Local personalities like Cal Holland and references to theater, lore, and a Portland Maine anecdote frame the tale.
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Lace
George Stone
Bluffer
Biones
Mas
Btone
Cal Holland
Banton Harbor
Mich
Mis
Mr. Holland
Siimpearows
Mr. Highland
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