Two litters a year cut hog production costs study finds
A Department of Agriculture report shows raising two hog litters annually lowers per hundredweight costs compared with one litter. It notes higher feed and labor for fall pigs but easier weaning, lower capital needs, and similar monthly maintenance. profits rise as costs drop, with feed dominating expenses and fall-pig equipment costs often lower.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Illinois
Henry County
Warren County
Department
Calf Care Advances Cut Disease in New Jersey Herds
Dairy experts in New Jersey report calf failures are receding as ventilation, sanitation, and feeding improve. Practices include avoiding cold drafts, regular feeding, clean bedding, and iodine treatment of newborns. Calves stay with cows 36 to 48 hours, milk intake adjusts from 5–7 pounds daily to 8–10 pounds, then shift to calf gruel with gradual milk reduction. By ten weeks, calves receive more gruel and less milk, with a dry grain mix of linseed meal, oats, cornmeal, and bran, and after four months fed only grain and high quality hay.
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New Jersey
Carl B. Bender
New Jersey State College of Agriculture
New Brunswick
Poultry Manure Proves Valuable Fertilizer When Used Safely
Poultry manure is a rich source of nutrients with about 20 pounds of nitrogen, 8 pounds of phosphorus, and 15 pounds of potassium per ton, more than horse manure. Used sparingly to avoid burning plants, it acts as a quick-acting fertilizer. Proper storage in dry, well-ventilated bins or barrels with holes prevents leaching and fermentation losses, and absorbent on droppings boards helps limit waste.
Good Recipe for Making Ordinary Lime Sulphur
A historical recipe describes making lime sulfur by slaking 40 pounds of high grade lime in an iron kettle, mixing with 80 pounds of sulfur, adding water to 50 gallons, boiling one hour, adding water to maintain volume, settling sludge, dipping off clear liquid, straining, and storing in air tight casks as a stock solution for dilution for various uses.
Feeding Broilers Across Growth Stages
The text outlines three feeding steps for broilers: growing, forcing, and fattening. Growing lasts about four to five weeks, varying by breed hatch time and desired market size. The goal is to accelerate growth for market-ready males as broilers versus breeding males or pullets.
FARM FACTS and Farming Advice Snapshot
Farmers urged to plan for growing hogs and pasture and to test corn seed. The column warns that unless a need exists, improvements are scarce and neglect leads to losses. It notes early potato spraying, attentive care for high quality poultry, and to avoid radiator overheating on tractors.
Geese profitable to raise says Indiana farmer
A writer in the Indiana Farmer's Guide notes geese need less grain and fatten quickly, offering strong profits. Goslings are easy to raise once hatched, provided they have ample water, warm housing, and careful feeding from birth through the first month.
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Indiana Farmer's Guide
Shelter and Ration Tips for Young Turkeys in Wet Weather
The article advises providing dry roosting and shelter for poults during rain. It notes keeping older hens while maintaining some good young hens to replace them. Feeding starts with 36 to 48 hours without food, then a ration of hard boiled infertile eggs with oats, followed by milk drink and later grains scattered for exercise and foraging.
June Best Time to Caponize Cockerels, Clemson Expert Says
D H Hall extension poultry specialist at Clemson college advocates caponizing young cockerels in June as broiler markets weaken. Local markets should be built first. tourist towns already pay good prices. South Carolina farmers have others caponizing for them at low cost. the procedure is simple but requires care, with fasting prior for easier operations.
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D. H. Hall
Clemson College
South Carolina
Dirty Feet Cause Poor Egg Production in Hens
The article notes wet yards and muddy conditions lead to hens with cold feet and dirty nests. It advises placing a three inch tile at foundation level to provide dry conditions and proper outlet for excess moisture when dry locations are scarce.
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad
A promotional blurb touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure all for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims sworn testimonials and urges readers to order a sample bottle by mail with ten cents and to purchase large or medium bottles at drug stores.
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Parcel Post
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Artificial sun dries hay in England device patent
A new patented device in England dries hay by artificial heat. Green hay is stacked in 25 ton units and dried, aiming to save many acres at risk from rainy harvests. The method could improve yields in damp seasons where hay production is usually limited.
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England
L’opular Science Monthly
Cuticura Ad Promises Clear Pimples and Blackheads
A brief advertisement claims Cuticura Ointment clears pimples and blackheads when smeared and washed with Cuticura Soap and hot water in five minutes. It urges daily use to maintain clear skin and includes Cuticura Talcum for completeness.
Puzzled youngster asks what the Miz is in Sunday tale
A little boy asks his mother what the Miz means. He recalls the superintendent saying God made heaven and earth and all that in the Miz. The mother remains unsure and the boy's curiosity highlights a playful mishearing from a Sunday school moment.
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Heaven
Trachoma Drive to Inspect Indian Families on Reservations
Government Indians on reservations to be surveyed for trachoma under a Science Service program. The nationwide effort aims to identify and address trachoma in every Indian family living on government lands.
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Science Service
Ghost of an Old School Business Man Haunts Wall Street
John Van Antwerp MacMurray, new minister to China, cites a fable at a Washington banquet about a ghost of an old fashioned businessman who laments the loss of old school morals. George retorts that a few jails prove there are still some.
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John van Antwerp MacMurray
China
Washington
Pye
Wall Street
George
Bath order joke from Washington reception
William M. Jardine, secretary of agriculture, commented that a secretary must understand his role. He compared secretaries to a history class boy who replied to a teacher’s question about the Order of the Bath with a joke about not taking baths except by order.
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William M. Jardine
Washington
Dogs Still Convey Mail In Alaska By Dogs To Planes
The United States government employs about 8,000 dogs to carry mail in Alaska. Airplanes recently began handling in one day what dogs once took two months to complete. There are 68 dog mail routes run in relays. The new airplane route from Fairbanks to McGrath covers three hours, a distance that previously took dogs 35 days.
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United States
Alaska
Fairbanks
McGrath
Rats Solve Maze As Test Of Learning
Prof J Dushiel of the University of North Carolina uses a cross word styled maze for timid rats. Nine rats tested reach hidden food by different routes. Three learned the quickest route while six did not improve after 100 trials.
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J. #. Dushiel
University of North Carolina
Ile
Meat Consumption in 1924 by Department of Agriculture
The Department of Agriculture reports total meat consumption in 1924 reached 18.481 billion pounds, including 1.776 billion pounds of lard. Per capita consumption was 164.9 pounds, with lard at 15.8 pounds per person.
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Department of Agriculture
No Cure for Future Brings Sorrow to Present
A reflective aphorism notes that lacking a remedy for what lies ahead will soon yield regret for the current moment. It emphasizes temporal anxiety and moral caution about present actions. The saying invokes universal concern rather than detailing specific events or persons.
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Mrs. Frick
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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Lynn
Mass
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Pinkham Laboratory
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