Local Farm Tools and Windmill Sale Prices Highlighted
Bargain listings show coppered items such as Champion Deering McCormick and Osborne components including Pitman Heads Guards and rivets at big discounts. Meyer’s Two Way Windmill or Force Pump with brass cylinders offered at $31, now $22 50. Daily revolving cultivator shields for any cultivator priced at 2 50 pair, regular 4 00. Protective clod shielding for young corn noted.
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Deering
McCormick and Osborne
Pitman
Meyer
Inspector Checks Wheels and Buildings in Town
The inspector visits Meet No. L daily to ensure wheels are on Pullimans and tests store and hotel hair around town. He notes unsafe buildings at Telephone Pore and stations by the hour to hold them up.
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No. L
Cost of producing a gallon of milk in Porter county
Purdue dairy expert C R George computes feed ratios and labor needs for one gallon of milk. He finds 3 lb grain 4 lb hay 12 lb silage and 4 lb straw plus 12 minutes labor and 1 minute horse labor plus overhead equal about 24.1 cents per gallon. Prices vary with hay and grain costs, data from Porter county dairy operations for Chicago market.
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C. R. George
Dairy Extension
Purdue University
Porter County
Chicago
George
Change From Pasture To Dry Feed Slowly
Purdue University dairy men advise easing cattle from dry feed to pasture. Early spring grass is high in water and cannot meet nutrient needs of heavy milkers. Gradual change prevents milk taste changes and protects pasture later in year. Grain should accompany pasture for high producers. ration details follow for different breeds.
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Purdue University
Jerseys
Guernseys
Ayshires
Jersey
Guernsey
University Dairymen Bay
Indiana farmers press for national dairy plan at Chicago meeting
Indiana delegates P. H. Crane and C. R. George join national leaders at a two day Chicago conference. A national dairy marketing committee of 11 was urged to study and report on a unified plan. The American Farm Bureau information service was launched to push farmer issues in city papers.
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Dairy Marketing Committee
J. R. Howard
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
U.S
Dairy Marketing Committee of
Milo D. Campbell
National Milk Producers’ Association
Department of Information
Dowell
Iowa
American Farm Bureau
Townsend
Bureau of Roads
Department of Agriculture
Stay on the Job in Van Buren Farming Outlook
The piece urges farmers to persevere despite low commodity prices and high costs. It warns that many will quit, but praises those who prepare and endure, predicting brighter days ahead as the resilient farmer will benefit when conditions improve.
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van Buren
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Don Sung
RTA
Voc
Dominion
Empire
Hayes
Hayes Pump & Planter Co
Galna
Illinois
Aia
Ohio
Star Wind Mills
Great Western
Monarch
Great Western Harvester
Crown Motor Oil
Manila
Atkins
Victor
Keach & Densford
R. R. Keach
Proprietors
Charles Sughzie
Hoosier Farm Organization
Indiana Association of Farmers’ Associations
Indianapolis
Ind
Farm Facts For
Poland
Gdansk
New York
Danzig
Europe
Reed Smoot
Farm Bureau
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