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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1898
Page
8
A short column discusses two handsome white Shorthorn calves from an Ohio herd, noting their showy conformation and ideal horn type. It follows with a Maine Agriculture piece on cottonseed meal as cattle feed, detailing wide protein variation, effects on milk, and the need for clear labeling of composition for legal sale.
The American Cultivator notes wheat is expensive for grown animals but advocates small daily feeds to young pigs. It suggests wheat can substitute corn and emphasizes wheat’s growth elements, while warning wheat bran and middlings are costly and less effective in moderation.
Advice on blisters for livestock using ammonia water and sweet mix and fattening lambs by clipping wool. Recommendations include alfalfa seed after frosts, specific sowing rates, cutting and mowing schedule, avoiding pasturing sheep on alfalfa, and pig litter timing. Emphasizes humane treatment, clean quarters, and ample water and food for animals.
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