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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1925
Page
6
A Covington Kentucky reader describes chronic abdominal pain headaches and fatigue from a long illness. She credits Lydia E Pinkham Liver Pills to relief and urges others to write for advice and testimonials.
Appalachian cattlemen split on wintering steers for summer gains. USDA and West Virginia tests since 1914 show light winter gains with silage based rations can outperform heavy winter gains on dry feed when cattle are fattened on pasture. Cost of wintering largely drives profitability.
The guide recommends a fattening mix of three parts corn meal to one part shorts or low grade flour with 50 percent beef scraps. Some add whole corn for variety. On some farms geese are scalded before adding scraps. small producers should feed mash morning and evening and offer shelled corn at noon. If grean feed is available, a small amount of it in the mix helps.
Corn silage lacks protein, requiring supplementation. A protein concentrate such as linseed meal or cottonseed meal or legume hay like clover, alfalfa, cowpeas, or soybean hay provides the necessary protein and minerals. One pound daily of protein supplement or four to five pounds of legume hay suffices for breeding cattle or stock cattle.
Dry cows nearing freshening should receive grain, especially if thin. A mix of equal parts corn, sorgo or barley with bran and oats forms good pasture feed, with meal addable if pasture is sparse. Aim for good flesh at calving time.
The text discusses sowing rye in corn in fall then plowing under in spring to boost organic matter and temporarily aid crop growth. It notes rye can liberate some plant nutrients quickly but reduces future productivity, suggesting cautious use only if the temporary advantage is fully considered.
The article argues that long term farming requires a balanced system of live stock and land fertility. It warns against overstocking and emphasizes matching stock to feed, market conditions, and housing. Cornell professor Warren advises keeping stock to feed, selling surplus feed, and aiming to leave the land more productive than found.
Dr. V A Moore warns that diseases cause the greatest losses in livestock and stresses the need for control. He classifies diseases as epizootic infectious and sporadic, with sporadic losses often greatest due to care and management factors.
University of Illinois swine expert W E Carroll says oats play a key role in hog rations. When oats are cheap they can feed breeding herd well. oats are bulky for fattening, ground oats give best results for young pigs and sows before farrowing. limits on milking sows and fattening hogs adjust rations to about one third to one third.
The fragment discusses weather harming machinery and yields proving producer effort, salt for appetite and digestion, delaying wheat feeding until safe dates, storing potatoes below 40 degrees Fahrenheit, farm profitability tied to operator use, and not overcrowding chicken houses with less than eight inches per bird.
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