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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1923
Page
5
The guide from the United States Department of Agriculture explains packing methods for hatch eggs. It covers common market baskets lined with excelsior, wraping each egg, and securing the basket with cloth. It also describes carton packing with chaff or bran, and the use of stiff cartons or bushel baskets for settings, plus a 12 hour rest after shipment.
An old notice emphasizes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a safe pleasant cure for whooping cough in children under five, shortening the illness and reducing danger when opiates are avoided. It notes the remedy has been used in many epidemics with pronounced success.
A June to September yellow beaked hen is a poor layer. Heavy capons fetch four to seven cents a pound over spring rooster prices. A busy hen tends to be healthy and likely to lay. Consumers want seven pound birds. Leghorn capons rarely reach this weight and use more feed. Skim milk or buttermilk suits poultry rations. Begin incubator egg saving around two weeks after mating. Parasites like lice and bed bugs cause many chicke issues. constant warfare is needed.
Dairy authorities at Ohio experiment station say home grown feeds lack protein to maximize milk when legume hay is scarce. Supplement with bran linseed or cottonseed meal or substitutes like distillers grain to reach required protein, especially for heavy producers.
The article argues cows should receive ample roughage rather than relying mainly on grain. It states grain can provide nutrients but lacks sufficient bulk to satisfy the animal, and the preferred approach is to offer as much roughage as the cow will consume.
Fraizer and DePoy of the News-Eagle office promote a ten year loan option with a five percent rate as rates rise. The notice emphasizes continued affordable financing despite higher interest trends.
Government inquiry notes purebreds show 40 percent higher earning power than scrub stock due to better conformation and production. For poultry the earning power is about 40.7 percent. Reasons include higher egg production uniform flocks better care and standard products fetch higher prices. Visit shows to choose a breed and raise for increased egg production and health.
The revised rules effective March 1 bar indemnity for scrub bulls in tuberculosis eradication programs. Section 9 prevents compensation for tuberculosis steers or unregistered bulls, placing scrub and grade bulls with meat animals. Purebred bulls still require animal description and registry numbers for indemnity, to be supplied to the upraising officer.
Grant county farmers face yield loss from early storage sprouts. Greening keeps vigor by allowing potatoes to sprout in cold dark storage then light, forming small ghost sprouts that stay tender and ready for planting. Greening should follow seed treatment and can aid late crops. formaldehyde soak treats scab before sprouting.
The Montana experiment station finds the most satisfactory hay for young calves is a mixture of grasses and legumes. Alfalfa hay is too laxative for calves under three months fed skim milk or whey. Cereal and millet hays are unsatisfactory. Feed hay generously so calves select leaves. After three months, small amounts of silage may be used.
Ohio experiment station tests show milk cows need more lime and phosphorus than common feed provides. Best sources include clover hay alfalfa hay soy bean hay and wheat bran. If those are insufficient add one pound ground limestone and two pounds bone meal per 100 pounds grain. Calcium and phosphorus storage boosts production in the next milking season.
Geese are best raised on good grass ranges with grazing as their main food. Goslings should be fed a mash of two parts shorts to one part corn meal, then switch to equal parts with 5 percent beef scrap and grit after three weeks. A fattening ration uses one part shorts to two parts corn meal plus 5 percent beef scrap, fed in the morning with corn at night.
The article states that Chamberlain's Tablets have a very mild and gentle laxative effect, so gentle that users can hardly realize a medicine is at work. It emphasizes the subtlety of action and safety for regular use.
Milk production correlates with udder size and shape, vein visibility, barrel size, and overall condition. Key indicators include the milk yield prospects inferred from physical traits and general appearance.
An advertisement explains cold symptoms as nasal catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine a local ointment and systemic tonic. It claims to boost the body's defenses and reduce susceptibility to colds. Distributed by YF Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio for over forty years.
A report notes widespread issues with low egg production in many hen breeds. Factors such as nutrition, housing, and disease potential are cited as contributing to overall reduced laying performance.
County farmers invited to enter the Five Acre Corn Club in Grant County. Rules available from the County Agent in Marion. Last year two Grant County entries won bronze. no gold or silver medals yet. Each five acre plot may use any field area and aims for 75 bushels per acre or more.
An advisory on constipation risks noting appendicitis as a serious consequence. Recommends Chamberlain's Tablets as an easy and mild remedy to keep bowels regular.
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