Caponizing Cockerels Guides and Market Trends
The New York State College of Agriculture notes caponizing can fatten birds and improve meat quality for late market demand. It details suitable breeds like Orpingtons and Jersey Black Giants for large capons, Rhode Island Reds for smaller ones, and ages 8 to 10 weeks with weights 1.4 to 2 pounds.
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Lesa ‘Gost
New York State College of Agriculture
Rhode i
Cornell
Ofice of Publications
New York
Late College of Agriculture
Ithaca
Keep Waterers Clean During Summer Season
The article warns against neglecting waterers and feeders during summer as chicks mature. Dirty water and feed areas invite contamination from dirt and filth tracked from the floor, increasing disease risk. It urges keeping feed and water clean and elevating feeders to prevent chicks from mixing in the dirt.
Practical henhouse floor construction at state university
Dry Henhouse Floor RK L Dakan head poultryman at the state university explains a method used last year to build a poultry house floor. The floor was leveled, tar paper placed to stop water, then a two inch concrete layer. The result last winter was very dry.
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L. Dakan
The
State University
Dakan
Ars
Early Action Controls Red Mites in Poultry
TL Cochran of Town State College notes mites multiply quickly in hens and can live months feeding on blood. Early intervention can prevent infestation, with female mites laying eggs four days after mating and juveniles emerging to begin feeding.
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Cochran
Town State College
Poulhyun
Yaem Wendler
Mmtte
Lime for Hen Yard in Kent Under Cultivation
A fragmented note discusses lime use in poultry yards to improve soil, reduce contamination and benefit crops. It mentions weeks of cultivation, pure poultry yard practices, and the uncertain value of disinfectants while urging soil improvement.
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Kent
San le
Leaf Spot Disease in Sugar Beets Prompts Control Measures
The Sugar-Beet Leaf-Spot Disease and Its Control by Direct Measures outlines how leaf-spot, driven by temperature and rainfall, threatens beets in Minnesota Nebraska northern Colorado and the Arkansas valley. Experiments show Bordeaux spray or copper sulphate dusting, 3–5 times per season at two week intervals, can raise tonnage and sugar content with costs of 6–8 dollars per acre.
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United States Auricultura
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Minnesota
Nebraska
Colorado
Arkansas
Department of Agriculture
Rocky Ford
Colo
Arkansas Valley
Michigan
Washington, D. C
Close Grazing Maintains Young Rich Pastures
A U S Department of Agriculture note says grazing close keeps leaves young and digestible, preventing excess stalk. British studies find grazing once every three weeks sustains high pasture protein and nutritive value, with corn as a supplementary carbohydrate feed during rapid growth periods.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Fertilizer Improves Corn Quality and Yields
Reports from Purdue University agricultural experiments show fertilizer use raises corn yields and improves quality. Data comes from five year averages across eleven plots in five state locations, with consistent gains in sound kernels observed.
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Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station
Seed Marketing Hints for the Farmer
The United States Department of Agriculture reprints Farmers Bulletin 1282-1 advising careful seed purchases save money and boost yields. Authors Georga Edler notes sources include farms, neighbors, and dealers with samples tested for purity and germination. Success hinges on threshing, cleaning, sacking, sampling, tagging, storing and finding good outlets for sale. Copies of Bulletin 1282-9 are available free by writing to the Washington office.
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United States Denarium of Agriculture
Farmers Bulletin
United States Department of Agriculture
Georga
Edler
Office of Information
Washington, D. C
Hydrated lime used to check cabbage clubroot in fields
The USDA finds at least three quarters of a ton of hydrated lime per acre is needed to control cabbage clubroot, with two tons for commercial control. Results show soil alkalinity alone is not enough without the correct lime type and application. The disease, present in 36 states and important to truck growers in 21, may spread from diseased seedlings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Eradicate Wild Garlic on Cultivated Soils
The USDA notes that deep fall and early spring plowing followed by a cultivated row crop is the best method to eradicate wild garlic on cultivated land. This three year process requires plowing in October or November in the South and about a month later in the North, ensuring garlic tops are buried to prevent regrowth.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural notes on dairy barns silos and poultry care
The excerpt discusses using limestone for ground work in spring and summer, reducing cod liver oil taste by enriching eggs, serving as storage data with 6 761 000 eggs versus 8 052 000 last year. It notes a trench silo as emergency substitute for upright silos and artificial brooding to curb pests. It also covers dairy barn width, turkey brooding, and dipping sheep after shearing to ease later feeding.
Round worms in pigs cost eastern Carolina hog growers dear
Swine extension specialist W. W. Bays urges movable farrowing houses, cleaned quarters, and sanitary management to combat worm infestations. He notes cleaner pens reduce runts and raise earlier, more uniform pigs, aiding better market readiness in spring and fall. Cooperative carrot shipments rise where sanitation is practiced in Craven County.
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Carolina
W. W. Bays
North Carolina State College
Bays
Craven County
Obsolete Animals Named by Mohler to Modernize Farms
Dr. J. R. Mohler of the USDA outlines three types of obsolete animals including those costly to maintain scrub and grade sites and those with communicable diseases. He warns millions remain and urges 1980 style business methods to raise healthier, more useful livestock.
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Mohler
J. R. Mohler
United States Department of Agriculture
Doctor Mohler
Feeding Veal Calves for Optimal Growth Feeding Veal Calves for Optimal Growth
The guide outlines a phased feeding plan for veal calves starting with thrice daily feeds. It specifies milk quantities for weeks one and two, transition to milk and grain or skim milk substitutes from week three, and gradual reduction of whole milk. It prescribes skim milk amounts to sixteen to eighteen pounds daily and dry grain with a small post feeding amount. It provides a weekly progression to two months and finally two pounds of grain daily by three months, with no further increases until six months, and a sample grain mix of corn meal oats wheat bran linseed oilmeal and blood meal.
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Ealf
New Cattle Disease Anaplasmosis Spreads to Several States
The Anaplasmosis cattle disease has appeared in Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and the Southwest. Affected animals run high temperatures and lose appetite. Milk flow drops and tears increase, with mortality around eighty percent. deaths often occur within a week.
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Kansais
Missouri
Oklahoma
Southwest
Lose Pounds of Ugly Fat with Kruschen Salts
An 85 cent four week fat loss pitch promises quick weight reduction and boosted energy. It claims daily half teaspoonful in hot water will lower weight, clear skin, and enhance health, urging readers to compare to costly programs.
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James D. Swan
The
Pennsylvania Salt Mfg. Co
N. Wacker Drive
Chicago
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