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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1920
Page
6
United States Department of Agriculture urges careful seed choice and thorough shelling. It warns that sprouting alone is not enough and that weak sprouts can signal disease. Farmers should select seed with proven performance, shell by hand, and reject blemished kernels to protect future harvests.
The U S Department of Agriculture promotes a rag-doll seed tester for corn ears. A 16 inch by 3 to 5 foot cloth strip is marked with numbered squares. kernels are germinated in warm, moist conditions to gauge planting fitness. The Roe Doll Seed Tester is described in Farmers' Turbotin 648.
The article notes some farmers own small mills and grind flour and meal for home use while many buy flour. It cites U S Department of Agriculture data on grain production and household consumption, including about six barrels of flour per farm family annually and regional cornmeal consumption differences.
Green cut bone fed fresh serves as a substitute for beef scrap in poultry rations but must be bought in small quantities as it cannot be kept fresh long. Spoiled bone may cause severe bowel trouble, especially in warm weather.
The article discusses practical farming guidance noting that bookkeeping supports farm cash flow. It warns that cheap vegetable seeds can be costly in the long run and that poor farming today undermines future yields. It compares emmer and barley feeding value and advises lime stone on sandy land. It recommends hotbeds and cold frames to start vegetables earlier.
A North Carolina experiment shows purebred sires boost Leghorn egg yield. Flock 1 produced 89 eggs per hen, flock 2 averaged 95, and flock 3 reached 136 eggs per hen the next year, a 54 percent gain. Seasonal factors affected the rise, with May and June higher prices.
Fowls may develop a taste for eggs after biting broken shells. They acquire the habit accidentally as eggs break and are eaten. Ensure nests have straw and are darkened so eye injuries are hidden. If eye eating is detected, remove the offending hen.
A historical note states turkeys will eat grasshoppers weeds seeds greens and nuts, making feeding easy and costs low with high potential profits for poultry farmers.
Advises giving young chicks limited bran and green food and providing cut clover in the Droodet house. Also suggests offering twenty portions of green food on the range once they can forage.
Brooders should be placed with ample light and sun exposure. Outdoor brooders are not satisfactory until spring warmth dries the ground after snow.
Build a low cost shelter and plant a green crop in the yard. Do not keep a male bird as hens lay well without one. Buy immature pullets rather than hens. Incubator chicks are as robust as hen hatched given same conditions. Expect limited hatch success without prior experience. Preserve surplus eggs in spring and summer for fall and winter scarcity and high prices.
The article explains how soil quality and weather affect crop health and outlines prevention methods. It covers fungi and bacteria as disease agents, beneficial insects, and practices like clean soil, crop rotation, weed control, and careful handling to reduce infections and damage.
The guide advises roasts and dropping boards, using kitchen waste for hens, providing nesting per four or five birds, heavier evening grain, lighter morning feed, and free access to dry mash. Collect eggs daily, market twice weekly, maintain standard-bred poultry, keep mites away, and feed grain in litter to induce scratching. Hatch early for stronger, year-round layers. Consider incubators to save labor over setting hens.
A discussion links a coated tongue to liver issues, noting the liver’s central role in well being. Promotion of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets claims benefits for sluggish liver, constipation, and headaches with testimonials from Kokomo Indiana and Elgin Illinois residents.
An advertorial piece claims stomach acids and gases harm the body and says Eatonic cures indigestion bloating gas and sour stomach by removing the acid and the underlying cause. It touts relief for over half a million users and offers refunds if not satisfactory.
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