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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1918
Page
6
The article explains raising young guinea pigs weighing about 260 grains for medical research and antitoxins. It covers market values from 75 cents to 1.50, care, housing, diet, and selecting healthy stock, plus PeruviAn dressing methods and broader farm uses for livestock and forage integration.
Guinea pigs reproduce at a modest rate with five litters per year on average. Early litters are small, often one or two pups, with later ones reaching five or six. A breeding female typically raises about 12 to 15 young annually.
Proper housing is essential for successful hog raising and demands only modest expense. Well ventilated, sunlit houses protect hogs from cold and improve welfare with ample sunlight and shelter.
USDA guidance outlines choices for poultry house roofs including shingles roofing paper and metal. Emphasizes keeping roofs water tight to prevent damp interiors and disease. slope affects longevity with shingles at about one third pitch and papers allowing flatter roofs.
The article details roofing paper use with rolls or squares covering 100 square feet and guidance on sheathing, pitch, and weather alignment. It explains shingle sizing five to six inches, the eaves first double course, nailing with five or six penny nails, and coverage rates such as one thousand shingles equaling about 125 square feet.
An average backyard flock can yield around ten dozen eggs per hen per year. Proper care at the right times makes the routine manageable even for a child with proper directions.
If poultry stays on the same range for years, keep oyster shells in the houses since shells provide lime for shell making. Yarded fowls need grit and shells all summer, as these are not winter feeds.
In solving farm labor shortages, use of more horses larger implements and power machinery boosts efficiency. A one man two-horse team equals or surpasses two men with two single horses, while four horses can pull a two-bottom plow as easily as two. Tractors with three or four plows outperform multiple horse teams, and 24 hour operation becomes possible. Disk harrows and harrow sections increase ground covered with fewer workers. A four-horse disk doubles output over a two-horse disk. A gang plow and large implements let a single man prepare nearly twice as much land as the two-horse method.
The USDA urges selecting seed corn from standing stalks as ears mature. Pick abundant seed for replanting, avoid large ears with excess space, and use well dried, well preserved ears. Hang in sheds or rack in dry air, aiming for under 1 percent moisture after two months.
Calves aged two weeks should receive ground grain or prepared meal and bright clean hays. Increase the quantity fed as the calf shows appetite and demand grows.
A Shetland collie named Beaute, the stage star, explains she earns money by singing on stage and in moving pictures. Will Whippet listens as Beaute recalls her white hair, prizes, and world travel, while affirming she remains humble and kind.
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