Silage as substitute in lamb feed boosts gains says Kansas State
Kansas State College animal husbandry researchers show silage can replace parts of alfalfa and corn in lamb rations, lowering costs while maintaining gains. Six feeding lots tested varied ratios and durations. silage works well as a partial substitute but cannot completely replace alfalfa without risking off feed.
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Kansas City
H. E. Reed
Animal Husbandry Department
Kansas State Agricultural College
Reed
Pushing May Market Lambs. Feed Ewes and Lambs for Profit
Marketing lambs early helps avoid heat and pasture shortages while aiming for fat, high quality carcasses 65 to 75 pounds by mid May. Feed suckling ewes well with ensilage Alfalfa and clover hay. use corn oats barley as base rations. Feeding ewes and lambs directly may yield best returns at around $17 per head.
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Kansas
Nursing Large Litters Delicate Rearing Shifts Described
Large litter nursing may require alternating shifts in the first two days every hour, then two hours apart for five days, and three hours apart afterward. Weaning occurs at six to seven weeks for strongest pigs, with others kept longer. Payoff depends on high value litters or ton litter production.
Live Stock Notes Endorse Pure Bred Sires and Lambing Tips
Farmers urged to use pure bred sires and provide 4 by 5 foot lambing pens for ewes. Advise boosting lambs with extra feed and using high mark ers. Revive chilled lambs by warm water immersion. Rutabagas okay for pigs but better fed to cows. Wood lots and well managed gardens improve farm value and profit. Breeding and feeding improvements will boost prosperity under the slogan Pure bred the stock on our farm.
Sow Rations in Nursing Period
E W Crampton discusses nursing sow care in the ten days after birth and the shift to heavy milk production. Three daily feeds with noon ear corn boost milk, scale by appetite, and ensure water. If ear corn unavailable, substitute ground hominy barley or rye, maintaining separate slop feeds and individual care for each sow.
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E. W. Crampton
Maacdonald College
Quebec
Potato Soil and Fertilizer Recommendations
Soil for potatoes prefers somewhat acidic ground. Lime after harvest reduces potato scab better than liming before planting. Fertilizer choice depends on previous manuring and clover plowing. After such treatments use an 0-14-4 fertilizer. On soils without those treatments a 3-8-6 fertilizer is recommended.
Drained Soil for Alfalfa
Alfalfa needs well drained soil to four to five feet deep. If the soil tests acidic apply lime or marl, two to four tons per acre. Apply in fall before seeding and work in thoroughly with a disk or spring-tooth harrow.
Baby Chicks Spark New Idaho Farm System
A Lincoln county Idaho farmer, George Lucore, started with 1,000 baby chicks and built a laying house using a plan developed with a county agent. The venture paid all expenses in 12 months, expanded to 2,500 chicks, and led to new dairy and pasture uses. He uses skim milk as protein, adds dairy seeds and pasture, and implements a coordinated crop rotation to support the poultry operation.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Jack
George Lucore
Lincoln County
Idaho
Lucore
Flo
Trench Silos Popular in Benson County North Dakota
Seventeen trench silos were built in Benson County North Dakota during 1924 after two demonstration silos in 1923 found in good condition. Farmers dug them using horses and scrapers, with labor during slack farm periods, and covers used timbers fence posts wire and straw to prevent silage freezing.
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Benson
North Dakota
United States Department of Agriculture
No Hurry to Move Bees That Are Quiet in Hive
Beekeepers should not relocate calm bees from cellar quarters until the pussy willow and soft maple bloom. Francis Jager of the University Farm bee culture division warns that moving on the first warm day invites losses from cold winds. Delay in moving quiet colonies saves dwindling stocks unless bees are noisy or in poor condition which then require early transfer to summer locations.
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Francis Jager
Bee Culture Division
University Farm
Minn
Farm Advice from ARM FACTS: Exercise Sows and Choose Seeds
Practical notes on farm management advise brood sows need exercise and not excess fat, select standard garden seed varieties, give young animals space to exercise, buy when farms sell cheaply, prune wood lots to improve value, avoid imported clover seed as unprofitable, diversify income for higher profits, shift to cows pigs and hens in older states, and propagate rhubarb by crown division for new plants.
Architects of Our Own Fortunes and Houses We Live In
A quote from Grit urges introspection on life satisfaction. It frames individuals as architects and builders of their own fortunes and homes, asserting that narrow, self-centered lives can be replanned and rebuilt with effort.
Beauty Parlor in New York Claims World Largest Size
A New York City beauty parlor asserts it is the largest in the world occupying an entire floor of a half block building. The fit out cost was about $500,000 and a patron can spend $114 in a single sitting.
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New York City
Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root Promises Cure All Kidney Ailments
A promotional pitch claims Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root cures kidney, liver and bladder issues by neutralizing uric acid. It asserts widespread testimonials and offers a sample bottle by parcel post with ten cents included and mentions sales through drug stores.
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Jalmer
Kailmer
Parcel Post
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Riches Defined as Proportion Not Wealth
A concise reflection highlights that riches lie not in gold or silver but in having more relative to neighbors, echoing Locke's view that true wealth is measured by proportion and comparison rather than mere possession.
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Locke
A Lady of Distinction Uses Cuticura for Skin Allure
An advertisement touts a beauty routine with Cuticura Soap and hot water to cleanse pores then Cuticura Talcum powder for clear sweet healthy skin. It presents fragrance as a mark of distinction and suggests this regimen as a simple path to superior complexion.
Willesden Witness Claims Self-Defense Bite
A Willesden witness testified in Tit-Bits that the accused did not provoke her but that she bit and pulled out the woman’s hair in self defense.
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Willesden
Reading Makes a Man Forgetful of Words He Can't Pronounce
A terse note on how frequent reading can overwhelm a person with vocabulary to the point of mispronouncing common words. The reflection links constant literacy to speech difficulty and suggests careful practice in speaking.
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