Bacteria and their role in farming explained
The article describes bacteria as tiny single celled plants with varied shapes and movement. It explains growth, spores, and the need for moisture warmth and nitrogen, plus the beneficial and harmful roles in soil, food, and animal health with emphasis on cleanliness and pasteurization to control infection.
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Frank Cushman
State of Washington
Ways and Means
Cannon
Republican Party
Substitutes for silage in dairying guidance
The article advises dairymen to balance rations with hay bran mill feed and occasional cake when silage is unavailable. It highlights pumpkins for late fall feed though short in winter, then praises vegetables like sugar beets and mangels as easy to grow and high in value for milk and stock fattening, noting their profitability versus rising grain prices.
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America
Farmer Reports Pigs Thrive With Dry Feed After Weaning
A Berkshire pig breeder cites two to three years of trouble with white scours during weaning and credits dry wheat middlings fed as a creep alongside warm soaked corn. Since switching to dry feed, health issues have ceased. pigs are fed twice daily with what they will clean up.
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Berkshire
Proper washing of milk utensils to prevent residue and bacteria
Milk utensils must be rinsed to remove all milk before boiling. Heat can bake residue onto surfaces creating a hard coating that harbors bacteria, especially in damp areas. Rinse, then wash in hot water with a cleansing powder. avoid greasy powders. if unavailable use sal soda and borax. Wash promptly after emptying and start with cold water on pails and cans.
Regularity and care in dairy work and cow care
The article emphasizes regular, humane dairy practices including regular feeding and gentle treatment of cows. It promotes patent milk pails with strainers to keep contaminants out and offers remedies for cowpox and milking soreness using zinc ointment and clean lard applied to teats before and after milking.
Census bill changes ease Roosevelt veto concerns
Washington March 26 Special The bill passed by the House reshapes census control with civil service screening for clerks and merit based placement. The piece notes Republican talks on tariffs and protectionism, Taft’s southern sentiment monitoring, and president’s dinner engagements with Gridiron Club elites, with Charles W. Arthur credited.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Civil Service Commission
Theodore Roosevelt
South
White House
Taft
New York
Gridiron Club
Charles W. Arthur
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