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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1923
Page
3
The article explains that profitable egg production from laying hens comes from a balanced ration of wholesome feeds. It cites experiments where pullets yielded a dozen eggs with 6.7 pounds of feed for general-purpose stock and 4.8 pounds for Leghorns, while old hens needed more. Recommendations include home-grown grains, meat or fish scraps, and a scratch mix of cracked corn and oats. Raise green feed and maximize grain feed.
Oklahoma A and M poultry expert Harry Embleton identifies limberneck in fowl as caused by decayed animal matter in the premises. Rabbits snakes or other carcasses have been found. Castor oil delivered via a funnel and tube into the throat may aid recovery.
Poultry relish green feed during winter with sprouted oats as a common fodder. Feed one to two square inches of oats per fowl, soak two quarts oats in two quarts water, sprout to two to four inches, enough for 150 birds.
Guidance on feeding and care for hens and poults notes water content in eggs, maternal brooding, ground feed, dry mash, and seasonal chick vitality. Recommend range access, sprouted barley as oat substitute, greens like cabbages and mangels, regular litter cleanout, fresh scratching material, and essential ventilation in laying houses to maintain air purity and efficiency.
The USDA reports about 20,000 hybrids fruited at Whitesbog near Browns Mills New Jersey after 16 years of testing. It notes blueberry culture requires acidic soil and that only Pioneer has reached limited commercial sale. It warns nurserymen misrepresent wild blueberries as cultivated hybrids and highlights misleading claims about ease and root development.
The United States Department of Agriculture estimates that 300000 to 400000 pounds of para-dichloro benzene were used against the peach borer in Georgia last fall.
Modern grain drills with special attachments for feeding alfalfa and fine seeds perform accurate work and ensure even stands across fields.
United States Department of Agriculture study shows 1922 six month totals of 25 375 dead hogs and 38 708 pigs in poor condition at nine major stockyards. Improper handling before shipment causes most waste. rest hogs longer, avoid crowded pens, heavy rations, and rushed driving. Aim to ship rested and well conditioned hogs to stockyards.
D C Mooring of the extension division at Oklahoma A and M college notes that trees need cultivation like farm crops. He advises planting crops between young trees, reducing row crops as trees grow, and using a soil mulch from early summer to late July, with extended cultivation in dry years.
Much labor has been spent on old fences to prolong use, but repairs are often wasted. A fence once fixed breaks elsewhere, allowing livestock to damage crops before the failure is noticed.
The article states corn is the leading U S crop by acreage and value. It notes yield relies on seed quality and proposes hogs harvesting corn in the fall as a cost reducing method for feeding hogs.
Farmers are discovering corn as the primary basis for feeding rations. The only purchased feed needed to supplement corn is protein, and many farmers realize they can produce substantial protein at home rather than buying it.
Farmers urged to plant soybeans with their corn to increase protein feeds. The advice aims to cut tankage and meal costs by boosting soy production alongside corn.
Rye has served as a nurse crop for alfalfa with success, though barley wheat and oats more commonly serve as nurse crops.
Mrs Mary Snyder of Charlottesville Virginia reports gaining twenty pounds after two years of stomach trouble rheumatism and weakness. She says Tanlac restored her health and happiness and notes Tanlac is sold by all good druggists with over 35 million bottles sold.
A character vows retaliation against motorists after long fear. He plans to buy a car and later contemplates getting a truck, signaling an intent to confront perceived danger on the roads.
The notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine with an ointment for local relief and an internal tonic that acts on mucous surfaces through the blood. It notes sales by all druggists and lists J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. The closing line makes a social remark about men leaving the latch string out after barring the door.
An assortment of vintage ad lines includes De Luxe Travel offering pull man luxury at home via a closet shelf gag. Another card promotes Cuticura products for baby skin with soap ointment and talcum. A final quip questions why the mouth stays open, framed as a joke about manners.
A lighthearted column notes how Putnam Faceless Dyes offer dyes or tints to refresh faded curtains. A child misnames hair “a twig” before correcting to “switch,” revealing playful miscommunication. An actress-turned-poultry farmer seeks hatch advice, misinterprets durations, and ends with an amusing poultry mix-up.
Three girls and a narrator, each with 10 cents, planned ice cream after school. To avoid embarrassment they sent a girl to ask the price. The shopkeeper announced it was a dime, but the group fled home rather than enter.
In a neighborhood fire incident the twins want to join their father at the scene. Mother forbids, but Billy argues the father went. Bobby counters that fathers have minders of their own. Exchance notes free speech will split any social organization.
A brief exchange notes the difficulty of whistling Russian music and carrying a tune amid a Louisville Courier Journal blurb, followed by an advertisement praising Red Cross Ball Blue for whitening clothes without damaging fabrics.
Six year old Jack K of Staunton habitually slipped to a neighbor for his favorite meals. His mother learned of the visits and noticed a change in appetite at home. When questioned, Jack emphatically denied eating at Harper's that day, insisting prayer would confirm his truth.
A witty remark suggests that politicians cannot settle financial disputes to the satisfaction of their spouses. The quip implies money matters and domestic harmony are stubbornly linked.
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