The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-11-04
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The United States is the most inn
portant poultry raising country in
the world, producing more than one
third of the worlds supply of poul-
try and eggs.
The enormous weed crop that is
raised with the grain every year is
one of the chief reasons we do not
have larger yields of grain per acre
in the spring wheat area.
The correct basis for determining
the worth of any hen as a layer
should be not only the total number
of eggs produced but also the time of
production. Ten eggs laid in Nov
ember or December are worth APP
proximately 20 laid in April or May.
The largest crop yields are pos
sible only when crop rotation and
the use of manure or fertilizers are
practiced together. Crop rotation
increases the returns from farm
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fertilizers, and lime increase the re-
turns from rotation.
Corn silage is well suited for feed
ing of all livestock. Dairy cows
need it perhaps more than other
culance it supplies is very necessary
for large milk production. 1t is
cheap and economical feed for beef
cattle, from breeding cow to fatten-
ing steer. Sheep like it and it is
well suited to their needs. Even
horses and mules may be fed limited
quantities of good silage with good
results.
Immediately after the COW calves,
give her warm mash made by pour
ing hot water over either bran alone
or bran and ground oats. A little
old-process oil meal in the mash is
thought by some to improve it.
Avoid large quantities of the oil
meals, corn meal, middlings, or SINH
lar heavy feeds. Give her warm
water to drink. If she calves in the
summer time there is probably no
advantage in warming either her
feed or water.
A special harvest weather forecast
service is maintained by the Weather
Bureau in New York State. Close
;otk hot fho hII-
reau office at Ithaca and the State ex-
tension forces. Forty-five of the SIS
county agricultural agents re-
ported that farmers in their counties
used this service last year. The
total number of farmers included
was 24,5OO. If each of these farm
ers saved only SIS through attention
to frost warnings, the total value of
the service would be at least $122,-
500.
In most parts of the United States
more food material can be obtained
from an acre of corn as silage than
from an acre of any other crop that
can be grown. From 4 to 20 tons
of silage can be made from an acre
of corn. A 50-bushel crop of corn
yields from to IL tons of silage
per acre, depending upon the amount
of leaves and stalks that accompany
the ears and upon the stage Of ma
turity at which it is sliced. The
quantity of silage that may be ex-
pected per acre is often roughly esti-
mated at 1 ton for each to 5A'
bushels of shelled corn. Southern
varieties of corn as rule have
larger proportion of stalks and leaves
than northern-grown varieties.
1.-THE housewives knowledge of
grades of meat is very slight" This
was one of the conclusions of ques-'
tionnaire as to preferences in the
purchase of meat. More than 1900
housewives were asked to name the
quality of meat handled by the
butchers they patronized. OF these,
4S.5 per cent answered either "best"
or very good" and an additional 4S
per cent said good" These an
swers were compared with records
of the grades of animals slaughtered
at the Chicago market. According
to the U. S. Grades about one-half Of
one per cent of the meat was
prime" an additional SIS per cent
"choice" and only % per cent good,
or total of only 80 per cent that
was better than medium"