Cow Testing Shows Profits For Dairy Farmers
United States Department of Agriculture presents concrete examples from the South Chittenden Cow Testing Association in Vermont. Across herds, average milk per cow rose from 4487 pounds in 1917 18 to 511 pounds in 1918 19 while income over feed costs per cow increased from 44 95 to 80 47. Overall herd production climbed from 4 4 to 5 215 pounds with butterfat up from 1962 to 202.5 pounds. The key finding: higher feed advances boosted dairymen’s pockets by about 33 dollars per cow.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States Dairy Division
South Chittenden
Vermont
Milk Almost Perfect Food in Wartime Message
A wartime message extols milk as an almost perfect food and urges breeding more cows, saving all milk for future raising. It highlights milk as the most wholesome nourishment and encourages using surplus for hogs, chickens, and calves to profit from milk.
Skim and handle cream to maximize yield and storage
Skim the milk soon after milking and cool the cream at once. Aim for cream with 45 to 85 percent butterfat for best storage and testing. Richer cream leaves more skim milk for feed and reduces express charges with a master bull.
Dairy Notes on Ridding Unprofitable Cows and Co op Tests
The article argues to remove unprofitable dairy cows and favor chickens or shoots for market. It emphasizes feeding the cow and the farm, proper conformation, and the value of surface cooling for milk cans. It calls for cooperative cow test associations to weed out unprofitable cows and identify the best ones.
Automobiles Not Luxuries Says Lorain County Study
A Travel and Transport Bureau survey of Lorain County farms shows over 96 percent own passenger cars and that 50 percent view them as essential for business or pleasure. Half see cars as utility and pleasure, with most farmers using trucks for hauling and market access, proving autos are vital to farm operations and local commerce.
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Travel and Transport Bureau
B. KF. Goodrich Rubber Seatenany
Ahiy ‘Dhitivavet
Cereus
Lorain County
Washington
American Rubber Plantation Fascination Draws US Attention
The Far East's rubber trade reshapes ties between Asia and the United States. With Asia producing most crude rubber and the Indian Ocean islands rising in prominence, Americans gain access to distant lands and peoples as commerce links grow closer, expanding understanding of the mystic East.
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Far East
Asia
United States
Mystic East
Indian Ocean
America
Globe
Equatorial Belt
United States Rubber Company plantation in Sumatra
A historical note describes the United States Rubber Company's seven ty square mile plantation in Sumatra as the largest single plantation in the world, highlighting its size, development, and goal of producing its own rubber to ensure uniformity in American tire production. The piece also quotes a Sibley Tribune column urging calm about high living costs and mentions automobile dealers strained to meet demand. A legal report from Emmetsburg notes Judge Coyle ruled in favor of taxpayers in the Big Ditch case, with counties likely to appeal to the supreme court.
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Sumatra
America
United States Rubber Company
United States
Sibley Tribune
Coyle
Big Four
Calhoun
Sac
Pocahontas
Buena Vista
Big Ditch
Supreme Court
Emmetsburg
First trip abroad notes St Pauls grandeur and dome reach
Picard Taylor in 1844 describes St Pauls London as magnificently grand with a skyward dome. He notes the dome's height surpassing many spires, coal smoke darkening its roof for 300 years, and the interior's arches creating an overwhelming sense of human invention.
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St. Paul's
Picard Taylor
London
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