Annual Report of the New Jersey State Agricultural Experiment Station and the ... Annual Report of the New Jersey Agricultural College Experiment Station ..., Volume 34 |
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Page 76 - ... juices of the mouth, stomach and intestines. This process of solution is called digestion. It should be understood that the constituents of no cattle food are entirely digested, and that owing to the composition of the material, appreciable quantities are wasted. The percentage of a nutrient which is removed from a food by digestion is called the "Digestion coefficient," or the "Percentage of digestibility.
Page 202 - ... should be thoroughly cleaned and fumigated, the yards plowed and preferably planted with a forage crop in season. Feed sparingly, using a laxative, easily digested and nourishing ration. When hog cholera serum is used, the hogs treated should remain together in the infected yards. The possible introduction of the disease into the pens by people, dogs, birds, etc., should be guarded against, especially if hog cholera is in the neighborhood. Whenever it is necessary for a person to enter a hog...
Page 230 - The cost of 100 pounds is $1.80. It will be noted that by feeding a night ration as outlined, the materials are supplied to keep the bird's body warm during the night. The above ration is designed for Leghorns. When feeding heavier breeds, it is desirable to eliminate one-half of the cracked corn and to substitute barley for the buckwheat. During the summer months a night ration of equal parts of corn, wheat, oats and barley will supply all the needs for Leghorns. A good rule to follow in feeding...
Page 203 - ... that is, increasing the properties in their blood to overcome or resist the disease. They are then bled from the tail at intervals of a few weeks. After several bleedings, they are reinoculated with virulent blood perpetuating the hyper-immunity. This can be carried on until the tail...
Page 229 - This mash should be kept before the birds all of the time in large self-feeding hoppers. During the moulting season in the fall it is desirable to substitute oil meal for the gluten meal in the same proportion to hasten the growth of feathers. As soon as the birds get on green grass range, the alfalfa can be gradually omitted and the meat scrap slightly reduced in amount. The extent to which the above mash can be cut during the summer will depend upon the character and amount of the range which is...
Page 201 - ... slow chronic forms of hog cholera, ulceration of the inner surface of the large and small intestines is found. Especially is this true along the inner surface of the large intestine, where button-shaped ulcers, varying in size from mere specks to that of a 25-cent piece, are to be found. These spots are yellowish in color with dark centers raised above the surrounding healthy tissue. The presence of these ulcers is a positive diagnosis of hog cholera, though in many acute cases they do not have...
Page 182 - ... following facts are significant : 1. The initial investment is small as compared with other lines of live stock farming. 2. It is easy to " get in " Or " get out " of the swine business. 3. Requires small expenditure for labor and is less exacting and confining than dairying or garden farming. 4. Enables utilization of farm, kitchen, orchard, garden, seed, mill and other waste products, without subjecting them to expensive methods of preparation. 5. Breeding animals are prolific (deliver large...
Page 230 - As a supplemental ration to the dry mash, the following grain rations are fed. A scratching ration of whole grain is fed every morning, both winter and summer, about 9 o'clock in deep litter. Its primary object, aside from its nutritive value, is to induce the birds to take a considerable amount of exercise. About 5 pounds of this scratching ration is fed to each 100 birds on the floor of the house or under some shelter where the litter is dry and where there is protection from cold winds. The scratching...
Page 85 - ... in the month of May of each year, to inspect every room of every hotel in the city or town in which he is performing the duty of inspector of buildings or of chief engineer, and to ascertain if the provisions of this act are complied with, and to report the condition of the rope or other better appliance to the chief of the district police.
Page 24 - Farmers. Institutes held under the auspices of the State Board of Agriculture. The two organizations co-operate also in other ways in rendering service to residents of the State. Such joint activities include the preparation and publication of pamphlets.. the holding of farmers' meetings, and the organization of educational exhibits.