Alfalfa Growers Face Seed Time and Cut Challenges
University of Illinois studies identify top alfalfa varieties and best practices. Baltic and South Dakota No 12 lead yields at DeKalb and Urbana, with Baltic averaging 4.6 tons per acre and South Dakota No 12 about 4.1 tons. Best cutting is at full bloom, spring seeding with a nurse crop yields about a half ton more than fall seeding. Farmers advised to choose hardy varieties, plant in spring with nurse crop, and harvest at full bloom.
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University of Illinois
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DeKalb
Grimm
Baltic
South Dakota No. 12
South Dakota
Kansas
Turkestan
Idaho
Impossible to Overfeed Heavy Layers in Flock
The article argues that flocks of good layers cannot be overfed as they convert grain into eggs while staying healthy. It warns that beefy hens need a stricter feeding line between under and over feeding, suggesting they lay more eggs only if forced to work hard for each grain, especially late at night.
Damage by Rats in Apple Storage Causes Losses
Rats in apple storage damage fruit by munching seeds, making it unfit for market. The damage extends to grain, poultry, eggs, meats, and buildings, often surpassing taxes. Much of the loss is preventable with proper measures.
Legumes and Bloat Effects Vary by Type
A discussion notes that legumes differ in causing bloat. Alfalfa is the worst offender, white clover can cause trouble in some years, and red and mammoth clovers may cause bloat when rapidly growing and eaten wet. Sweet clover is rarely problematic and long regarded harmless.
Feed for Each Fowl Proves Hard to Quantify Daily Rations
The note explains that precise daily feed per fowl cannot be stated due to variable appetites and conditions. Free range hens in summer forage greens and bugs, reducing the need for supplied animal feed in mush.
Grain for Work Horse Feeding Guide
A working horse needs about 1 percent of its live weight in grain daily. A 1600 pound horse in hard work can handle around 2 pounds of grain split into three feeds. Feed good upland prairie hay or Timothy Timothy and clover mix as the hay type the farmer should grow for work horses daily.
Big Importance of Trees to Mankind
A historical note extols trees as vital to health and daily life. Trees provide oxygen, shade, wind protection, medicines, birds for pest control, beauty, paper and pencils, employment, wood for homes, and watershed benefits by storing rain and preventing soil loss.
Yellow corn for chicks can be used extensively
Heat and vitamin A in yellow corn exceed other grains, making it the best base for chick feed. A mash recipe uses 60 pounds yellow corn meal 20 pounds wheat middlings 5 pounds raw bone meal 5 pounds pear grit and 1 pound salt fed dry with skim milk and water, plus direct sunlight for best results.
Broody Hens Not Profitable for Breeders Says Study
Poultry specialists report it costs 18 to 20 cents monthly to feed a hen while a hen averaging 18 eggs monthly pays her way even with cheap eggs. Broody hens are often unprofitable. Strategy includes nightly checks, placing hens on nests in a broody coop, 72 hour confinement, and feeding laying mash with water and greens.
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New York State College of Agriculture
Bran and Middlings Relative Feed Value Compared
Bran and middlings show similar chemical analysis with bran slightly higher fiber and lower digestible carbohydrates. Both are valuable for high fiber tolerant animals, while middlings suit hogs better due to their lower fiber content.
County fair exhibit boosts poultry breeding notes
The article stresses maintaining ancestry records for breeding, advises on binder paper, and promotes green bone seed as cheap meat market stock. It also notes August seeding for alfalfa, soil moisture for seed beds, and high land cultivation to control production costs. Mississippi experiment station reports corrosive sublimate sterilizes alfalfa anthracnose with a 1:1000 solution for eight minutes without harming germination.
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Mississippi
Five Room Bungalow Offers Individuality and Comfort
William A. Radford presents a five room bungalow with a sun porch and full frontage porch, built of stucco with casement windows, large living room and dining room layout, two bedrooms, bath, built in kitchen, hall closet, and basement heating provisions.
Helpful Hints for Home Installations and Materials
Helpful hints describe space efficient bathtubs time saving screen wire stretchers and sturdy laundry tubs from soap stone for durable homes. Wire cloth in copper bronze or galvanized zinc suits screens and other uses while cardboard house models illustrate completed work to persuade prospects.
Wood Tile Elevates Home Interiors with Beautiful Flooring
Wood tiling enhances a room by adding richness and cheerfulness, lifting intrinsic home value. The eye settles on appearance, making wood tile a preferred choice for those seeking artistic appeal, even against costly marble.
Window Box Is Easily Made by Home Owner
Window boxes enhance small homes’ appeal and can be made by beginners with basic tool use. Proper sizing is key: box height about nine to ten inches, width to suit the window, and a depth of ten to twelve inches. A false bottom with rear drainage holes, plus rich soil, yields best growth.
Cork for Insulation A Natural Heat Shield
Cork proves its heat insulation value with a cork lined helmet of the tropics and claims its benefits extend from headgear to home. The comparison suggests cork’s effectiveness in cooling and temperature control across environments.
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Tropics
Left Jury to Choose Right Line of Defense
An English publicist comments on President Coolidge's crime explanation, praising Codd of duck theft fame. Codd offered seven defenses for his client, who was accused of stealing a duck found in his pocket. The jury, asked to pick a defense, acquitted the prisoner.
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Coolidge
United States
Codd
San Francisco
Temblor in Newsprint Sparks Dictionary Searches
In July earthquakes many newspapers used temblor prompting readers to consult dictionaries. The term, of Spanish origin, means earthquake and has recently appeared in accredited dictionaries to reflect its usage.
Cuticura Soap and Toilet Trio Promised for Complexion
Advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for clear complexion scalp cleanliness and soft hands with Cuticura Ointment as needed and Cuticura Talcum for daily fragrance and care, presenting the Cuticura Toilet Trio as the solution.
Knights of Youth Seeks High Moral Standards in New York
New York school children join Knights of Youth a new order modeled on medieval knights aiming at high character standards and virtuous conduct for students.
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New York
Knights of Youth
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