Turkeys as Self Sustaining Profit Makers for Growers
Turkeys provide high profits for successful producers due to range foraging from six weeks old onward and low costs. Early spring hatches reaching fourteen to twenty pounds by Thanksgiving appeal to markets, with hens yielding eighteen to thirty poults each. Six standard varieties dominate US production with Bronze Narraganset and Whites rising in size. Bourbon Reds noted as a nonstandard, marketable type.
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E. van Benthuysen
Depth of Plowing Shows Moisture, Yield Trends
Five year Utah trial by USDA and Utah State Station compares deep to shallow tillage. Deep plowing hurts net profit. spring plowing outperforms fall with 185 and 16.8 bushels per acre yields respectively, and spring yields higher profit by 3.03 dollars per acre.
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Phi
Utah
United States Department of Agriculture
Don’t Overfeed Birds In Intensive Poultry Keeping
Intensive poultry keeping requires heavy feeding but care is needed to avoid overfeeding which lowers birds vitality and weakens resistance to diseases. High protein concentrates like linseed or cottonseed meal demand particular vigilance to prevent harm.
Feeding Cows for Spring Pasture and Silage Profit
The Kansas Farmer argues dairy profits hinge on spring and summer pasture plus silo silage. Early fall rye or spring oats and wheat pasture seedings create earlier grazing, reducing reliance on wild grass. A silo with ample silage sustains cows until pastures recover, boosting milk yields.
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Kansas
Care of Turkey Poults Through Eight Weeks Old
Guidance on hatching and rearing turkey poults. Nest should be dry and ground level with shelter. Provide abundant clean water and careful monitoring during the first two months. Feed progression from milk and eggs to grains and bread scraps, with salt avoidance. Ensure access to gravel and shells, watch for lice, avoid drafts and dew, and release after eight weeks.
Lime Sulphur Spray Method From Orange Judd Farmer
The self boiled lime sulfur solution uses eight pounds lime, eight pounds sulfur, and fifty gallons water. Make in large quantities for heat. For 200 gallons, mix lime and water, add sulfur to form a thick paste, boil, cool with water, strain, dilute, and spray. Other forms boil the mixture in a kettle.
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Orange Judd
Beans as staple crops urged for farmers
The text argues that farmers should grow abundant beans for personal use, highlighting their wholesomeness and nourishment. Beans are presented as satisfactory substitutes for meat when meat is hard to obtain, encouraging widespread cultivation.
The Great American Hen Model of Work and Profit
A farming guide praises a productive hen as the ideal income source. It contrasts the consistent egg layers with unproductive hens, urging selection of the early bird and full feeder, and describes behavior, anatomy, and daily routines. The piece likens hens to women in diligence and enterprise.
Dairying in the Far West Expands Amid Low Feeds
The federal dairy division, aided by Smith Lever funds, has doubled or tripled silo numbers in Western reclamation areas and promotes dairying as the logical use of abundant alfalfa. Experiment stations join dairy extension programs to boost regions awaiting livestock prosperity amid cheap hay. Prices for alfalfa hay at five dollars a ton to rail and claimed profits from mixed livestock support the push.
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Far West
Federal Dairy Division
Smith-Lever
Federal Department of Agriculture
West
Mason Mining
Lyon County
Nevada
United States
Yerington
Water glass and its use in egg preservation
Water glass is sodium silicate sold as granular or liquid. Liquid form about 50 cents per gallon, solution 40 42 be degrees, used to preserve eggs by mixing ten quarts of boiled cooled water with one unit of water glass and placing eggs beneath two inches of solution, enough for about five dozen eggs. Available from large drug firms per Charles Kf. Francise, Oklahoma Experiment Station.
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Charles Kf. Francise
Oklahoma Experiment Tien
Lost A gold nugget charm reward for finder
A liberal reward is offered for the return of a gold nugget charm to Frank E Hanson. The notice seeks the charm's safe comeback and promises payment to the finder. No further details provided.
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Frank E Hanson
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