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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1920
Page
6
A reader explains a home built sprouter 20 by 20 by 36 inches with six two inch drawers and screen bottoms. Warm water is poured through a funnel into the oats to drip through drawers, producing sprouts in a week for feeding every other day to about 50 hens.
Poultry flocks demand same care as hogs with systematic attention and feeding. If neglected, poultry will not yield as mortgage lifters. their welfare parallels that of live stock.
The article advises disposing of pullets hatched in January and February around January. It notes these pullets lay in summer and fall while older hens molt, and warns they are unlikely to lay through winter so removal by January is prudent.
If your farm is near a city of large hotels restaurants and club houses a good thing may be made of plump young chicks termed squab broilers. At seven to eight weeks old when weighing three quarters in a pound each they often bring as much as one dollar a pair.
Advice on clean hen houses and waste management to boost laying. Notes that proper flock housing, timely floors and trash control improve productivity. Suggests hens choose owners and estimates age ranges for Leghorns and Rocks. Warns on diverse feeds and water importance in egg quality.
The U S Department of Agriculture urges farmers to protect and develop forest resources, noting farm wood lands cover about 20 percent of farmland and produced more value than potatoes and nearly double tobacco. It warns private timber losses harm communities and argues for public cooperation, reforestation, and comprehensive inventories to guide policy and ensure steady timber supplies.
A gray goose named Elizabeth takes in orphaned ducklings on a farm. She feeds them, teaches manners, and comforts them with stories, becoming their mother. Chickens quarrel about motherhood, but Elizabeth insists the ducks are her true charges and urges gentle behavior.
The annual report of the U S bureau of entomology says American honey exports to allied countries surged at least tenfold during the war and domestic use rose, with hopes the market will stay strong. It notes local honey sales grew faster than major markets, urging more battening and commercial beekeeping to meet demand. Two brood diseases challenge small-scale keepers, stressing that only full-time beekeepers can expect proper returns.
Revised U.S. sugar beet seed production in 1919 reached about 6.7 million pounds on 11 100 acres with an average yield of 600 pounds per acre. Earlier estimates had 7.5 million pounds. Idaho and Michigan yields were lower than expected, with Idaho acreage largely a total failure. The 1919 output exceeds 1918 by 800,000 pounds, 1917 by 1,620,000, and 1916 by 1,160,000.
Uniform breeding across a community can yield better sale prices and easier access to suitable breeding stock nearby. Concentrated quality helps local stock raisers market a consistent product and reduce transport costs.
The hens cannot obtain green grass in winter and need green foods like mangels cabbage clover and alfalfa to stay healthy and lay eggs.
Quote captures a historic exchange about training recruits with a grim joke on their fate. The line suggests harsh, possibly wartime training practices and the dehumanizing view of raw soldiers. The dialogue implies a brutal system and raises questions about treatment and policy.
Dialogue playful about a dog’s intelligence as Carter and Bobby joke that the dog lacks sense but his tail betrays him with expressive wagging. The exchange uses light humor to compare mental acuity and instinct.
A light miscellany of cartoons and jokes opens with a salesman's joke about collaritis a man dreaming in collars and circles. A Tommy joke follows about a baby found under a gooseberry bush and the child returning a supposed baby. The closing line notes the undertaker busy with a man before success.
A couple on their honeymoon in Arizona considered taking a photo of an old Indian woman selling pottery on a street corner. The store owner was unsure, but the woman spoke in clear English and declined to be photographed.
After the Civil War coffee was scarce and substitutes arose. Sweet potatoes were roasted then boiled in water to create a coffee like drink in Washington and other cities. The process required no sugar, offering an economical option when sugar cost 25 cents a pound. Roses require steady care, not excessive sharpness.
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