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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1932
Page
6
A Colorado State College poultry expert urges clean feeds, fresh water, and balanced mash to raise high quality eggs. He cautions green feed darkens yolks and suggests limited green feed and confinement mornings. Minerals and animal protein improve production. provide 1 foot of hopper space per 12 to 75 hens.
Article warns that dirty litter endangers poultry health as chicks may eat contaminated feed. It notes fine cracked grain as a lure, the difficulty of keeping litter clean, and the spread of coccdlosis and other parasites. It urges poultrymen to find methods to prevent chicks from eating filth.
A balanced feed with animal proteins is essential for profitable egg production. Grain alone depletes hens’ body reserves, shortening laying periods. Well nourished birds lay longer and recover after a restocking, while poor feeding requires rebuilding body reserves before resuming laying.
Guidance on increasing green feed for hens, maintaining proper temperature, and avoiding chick loss. Emphasizes grit and oyster shell for shells, plus milk-based feeds and "milk fed broilers" as a delicacy. Recommends stocking more chicks to reach fall pullet goals, noting high chick mortality rates.
University of Lil noise-iV NU Service advises sheep owners to implement a full season feeding and management plan to reduce lamb losses. Poor quality roughages and winter pasture cause paralysis of ewes milk shortage and weak lambs. drastic changes are impractical after problems arise. Success depends on individualized culling and consistent care to maximize market lambs and wool per flock.
A new pest named Stewarts disease threatens sweet corn across the country. It is a bacterial blight that blocks water vessels, causing leaf scorch, wilting, and death with no available remedy. Birds and insects spread it, and the bacterium can overwinter in the soil. the only solution is planting corn varieties resistant to the disease.
The clipping of spring seeded alfalfa in late August reduces weeds and nurse crop debris, aiding fall growth from crowns and not damaged stems. Removing debris improves hay quality next year, though some growers pasture fall growth. clipping should avoid late season timing. Prairie Farmer notes winter king may follow.
Wilt Resistant Sweet Corn GoldenRantam Cross, a new hybrid of Golden Bantam, shows resistance to Stewart's disease a wilt causing about six percent losses. Developed at Ohio State University Columbus Ohio tests statewide report percent resistance where other corn is mostly killed. Disease spreads via seed and soil and has recently caused heavy losses in dent field corn. Prairie Farmer
Agricultural notes discuss New Jersey expected to have 2,000,000 bushels of tomatoes and farming tips. Advice covers water tanks, planting alfalfa, peonies, soil moisture, and fall lime application with rotation and harvest timing for corn, small grain, and silage.
National Geographic previews Stockholm in midsummer as a city of clean quays and brick halls, famed gardens, and hardy workers living in garden plots near the capital. It notes wooden to granite building, bustling royal and political centers, and a social calendar rising with autumn dinners and formal entertainments.
United States Department of Agriculture reports a rise in cattle on farms since 1928 and predicts higher slaughter in coming years. First half of 1932 saw the smallest slaughter in years. if this trend continues, January 1, 1933 cattle totals may reach near record highs. Marketings of grass cattle and grain fed supply show shifts due to favorable ranges and later movements. Overall business recovery is unlikely to boost beef demand before early 1934 due to lag in meat demand response.
Western reader asks how much weight a 600 pound steer gains on alfalfa hay through winter and how many pounds of hay a ton yields. Answer says steers gain about one pound daily if fed all hay they will eat, roughly 25 pounds daily intake. A ton of alfalfa may yield about 100 pounds gain on moderately thin steers, with corn substitution potentially raising daily gain to about 1.5 pounds.
This week’s column notes Government plans to finance a vast California bridge with a $70 million bond package creating the San Francisco Oakland span. It highlights job figures and long term usefulness, plus a critical comparison of state actions and a digression on a Florida license theory.
Experiments show pigs fed six to 11 pounds daily of cooked soybeans as a supplement plus typical feed reach market 84 days sooner than raw bean groups and require 143 pounds less feed per 190 pounds gained. Soybeans were combined with corn alfalfa and minerals while cautions warn against feeding beans to fattening pigs beyond 12 percent of the ration due to soft pork risk.
Clarence Parsons, superintendent of the college farm, reports reducing grain to 125 pounds of 12 percent protein grain to produce 900 pounds of milk with no shrinkage. Ongoing feeding tests accompany intensive pasture studies.
Experiments in South Dakota tested barley against corn for two-year-old steers and beef calves, finding barley not quite equal to corn for either. Similar tests with barley versus corn for pigs showed barley at 36 percent of corn value when fed with ground barley and a protein supplement, and 6 percent in dry rot conditions.
The Marquess of Cyldendale tells constituents he will fly over Mount Everest to gain information and prestige. He hopes the mission will impress Hindus and boost British prestige in India by showing an Englishman flying near the sacred peak.
Nebraska reports a revival of prairie hens once abundant and pest like. Two horsemen dragged a long wire across prairie brush while a third man followed, shooting birds as they rose. The article argues the prairie hen could outdo other game birds and could be restored in millions with common sense.
A Benjamin Franklin letter from 1763 notes his belief in bathing in cold air and sun baths as a remedy for insomnia. He describes rising early, sitting in his chamber without clothes for half an hour, and keeping a second bed to shift mental attitude when sleepless.
Robert Reidt, famed as a disaster predictor, claimed the world would end on October 11 after aligning biblical numerology and astrology with a political program. The prophecy failed, leaving him the most disheartened figure in a low mood.
The French subjects in Africa showed deference to new rulers by leveraging the expert Houdin. He attached a small metal box to the floor and applied an electric current, challenging local medicine men who could not lift it. Houdin lifted the box with a single finger.
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