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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1923
Page
7
Extension Poultryman Phil H. Hayes explains yearly and midseason culling to improve flock production. Focus on hens that don t lay in fall and winter, select pullets with vigor and proper conformation, and use efficient handling to minimize disturbance while culling the flock.
Egg markets surge in summer with price focus on quality. Remove roosters after breeding ends and keep broody hens away from nests to prevent incubation. Gather eggs twice daily, store cool and dry, ship clean cases with proper fillers, and guard nests from moisture and sun to maintain quality.
Instructions warn against lifting ducks by the body and advise a firm neck grip to avoid trouble. It notes risks of bending wings or bones and explains how to carry multiple ducks safely in front of the body.
When shipping live birds, sort by size age color and sex and avoid crowding coops. Buyers pay more for uniformity in color and size as these factors appeal to the eye like well presented food appeals to the palate.
Ground once used by last year’s chicks proved fatal for this year’s brood. Officials advise moving coops and brooders to safer ground to protect fledgling flocks.
USDA reports show increasing purebred female livestock on farms adopting purebred sires under the Better Lives Better Livestock campaign. Over 300000 females listed, 35 percent purebred. scrubs nearly vanished in large animals. poultry 1.3 percent scrubs with 68 percent standard bred. swine scrub sows 1.1 percent with nearly two thirds purebred. Membership nears a million head of animals. farmers urged to share experiences and data.
An Ohio experiment report from Wooster and Marietta notes cabbage shows strong yield gains with lime. One ton of ground limestone annually raises cabbage yield by about 1.5 hundredweight for eight years, while tomatoes rise little. Lime also benefits spinach and helps club root control.
An examination of tuberculosis in cattle shows the effort to eradicate the disease also lowers hog infections. In 1922 one in seven federally slaughtered pigs had lesions and over 2 million dollars worth of meat was condemned. Hogs contracted the disease from cattle and clean cattle herds improve hog health.
Idaho poultry flocks reduced the share of hens deemed culls from 55 percent in 1919 to not more than 24 percent in 1922. Extensions workers led culling campaigns to remove unprofitable stock yearly, reports to the U S Department of Agriculture show.
Best evidence shows manure yields the greatest returns per ton when applied thinly once in a short rotation or twice in rotations longer than five years. Applying eight to ten tons per acre in a three or four year plan with about 200 pounds of acid phosphate per acre annually gives excellent returns. A manure spreader saves time and labor, and helps mix manure uniformly into the soil.
USDA figures show total whole milk usage at about 103 billion pounds in 1922, up from 99 billion in 1921, with per capita household consumption rising from 49 to 50 gallons. Milk chocolate use soars to 100 million pounds, and national milk cows average 4,209 pounds per cow.
Purdue experiment at the station shows that fertilizers must accompany soil management. A corn wheat clover rotation with lime manure and legumes yielded 19.2 to 26.7 bushels per acre as complete fertilizer boosted profits on plot 3, while rotation alone gave smaller crops.
Washington State College tested cull apples as hog feed over a year. Pigs started at 94.8 pounds, gained 66.1 pounds to reach 160.9 pounds, averaging 1.38 pounds daily while consuming 4.22 pounds apples and 4.17 pounds grain per day.
Instructions emphasize dry and clean coop floors for chicks. If floors exist, keep them dry, scrape and dust with dry earth or sand. If no bottom, move coops frequently to keep ground underneath clean.
A farmer notes a pig’s hunger ends once fed with corn clover and slops. The animal’s squeals turn into grunts of contentment after receiving meals.
The article argues that silos offer a superior substitute for pasture, especially on land valued above $100 per acre, asserting that land used for corn and silo production yields six to seven times more feed than pasture.
Dr. C. H. Gilbert reports to the United States Bureau of Fisheries that a Yukon River oil supplying fish accompanies a race to spawning grounds 2,000 to 3,000 miles away. The Yukon chum shares this adaptation as it surges upriver at about 50 miles daily to reach spawning sites near salt water. Snowy linens are advertised with Red Cross Ball Blue for laundry use.
The article notes Roman and ancient practices of quail and cock fighting used for sport. It describes a circle contest where the loser forfeits stakes, sometimes money or birds, and a ritual feather pluck test to measure the bird's nerve.
A new tool eliminates vibration transmitted to hands by automatically disconnecting hammering and driving members as blows are struck, reducing operator fatigue and improving control.
The Columbus Dispatch reports on campus chatter about coeds at the university amid raised publicity. A tongue twisting exchange highlights how coeds view the scandal over petting parties as a joke and questions of collective blame.
Dialogue snippet shows Bridget and a mistress discussing domestic irritation as a husband swears occasionally. New cook apologizes for messiness, while a Boston transcript line suggests letting experience lead, then advice. The fragment hints at household dynamics and language usage without full context.
A young history instructor at Midway, as quoted by the Maroon, spoke in exasperated scorn to a class of sharp remarks. He said, If you were all a little younger, or I were a little older, I would take you on my knees. A pretty blonde in the front row interrupted with Which way.
Abe recalls a monkey in a restaurant grabbing his half dollar and swallowing it Then he says he shook the monkey by the hind legs until two dollars and ninety five cents in change fell out The ragtime humor captured in a Richmond Times Dispatch reprint showcases a quick bite of vaudeville style wit.
A brief exchange notes a car rollover with a pun about a tortoise. The whimsical line compares the vehicle’s flip to a slow change, highlighting humor in a minor incident. The quirky reply suggests lighthearted tone among drivers.
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