Sweet potatoes as a profitable sideline crop
Article by Guy A. Cardwell on sweet potatoes as a viable supplemental crop for cotton farmers facing pests and market shifts. It highlights rising acreage, the need for proper storage and curing, and Clemson Extension findings from last year showing high yields, costs, and profits. It notes potential demand in Southern markets and for livestock feed if prices stay favorable.
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Rio Grande River
Mississippi River
South Carolina
Clemson College
Adventures of a Scientist in Plant Discovery
David Fairchilds Exploring for Plants surveys the botanist’s travels in East Indies Java Sumatra Ceylon Morocco and the West Coast of Africa. The author known for gathering useful plants and transplanting them to the United States shares his lifelong work and includes 190 photographs.
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David Fairchilds
Macmillan Co
East Indies
Java
Sumatra
Ceylon
Morocco
Africa
South
Florida
Cull the Low Producers in Dairy Herds for Profit
Reports from the Bureau of Dairy Industry and Dairy Herd Improvement Associations show that removing the lowest producing dairy cows increases per cow output and cash income over feed cost. While cautious about abrupt culling, the text urges progressive reduction of low producers to balance production with consumption, aided by herd testing and breeding plans.
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Bureau of Dairy Industry
U. S. Department of Agriculture
United States
Dairy Herd-Improvement Associations
Dairy Herd-Improvement Association
State College of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Tobacco rotation experiment shows crop effects on following tobacco
Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station at Tifton reports a three year crop rotation with peanuts corn sweet potatoes tobacco beans and cowpeas rested land and fallow. Tobacco following peanuts corn beans and rested land grows better than when following tobacco cotton sweet potatoes or fallow, underscoring the need for a disciplined rotation to sustain profitable yields.
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J. M. Purdom
Georgia Coastal Plain
Tifton
Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station
New Live Stock and Poultry Disease Manual Published
A new Rural Science Series book titled Live stock and Poultry Diseases by W A Billings DVM has been issued by Macmillan Co. The Minnesota Agriculture Extension veterinarian author delivers up to date guidance on sanitation first aid and general care in clear language with ample illustrations.
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W. A. Billings
Macmillan Co
Minnesota College of Agriculture and Experiment Station
Cull Dairy Herds to Profit with Targeted Production
The discussion analyzes 36 000 mature registered dairy cows across breeds showing that even the lowest 10 percent yielded profits too small after feed and overhead. It urges commercial dairymen to evaluate each cow’s production and cost, cull until every animal yields strong net profit, while maintaining supply and building top production.
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BY Guy A. Cardwell
Broadway
SI. Riewy Yorik
Edmund P
Molony
New York
Georgia
Fitzgerald
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