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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1921
Page
2
United States Department of Agriculture issues detailed instructions for readying poultry for market. It covers feeding restrictions prior to killing, humane killing methods, bleeding, picking, cooling, scalding, and packing options for dry or ice-packed birds.
Poultry specialists advise teaching chicks to roost at 8 to 12 weeks to promote cleanliness and reduce crowding. They warn wide roosts of 3 to 4 inches risk crooked breasts. start with near floor perches and, if needed, place chicks on perches after dark. For large broods, install roosts at four to five weeks to encourage stronger birds to use them first.
The article stresses profit comes from raising fowls well rather than maximizing headcount. It warns against hunger, overcrowding, and neglect of lice, urging farmers to maintain good care and balance with all living on the farm for steady returns.
The guide explains seasonal fattening of turkeys from October to November, detailing gradual grain increases, switch to corn, risk of scours with new corn, and the advantage of full-range feeding. It notes beech nuts, chestnuts, pecans, and acorns as natural fattening feeds, with Texas growers often relying on acorns.
The article emphasizes insects as major threats to crops and stored goods, led by the angoumois grain moth. It notes substantial losses to wheat and corn, especially in the South, and urges systematic control through early threshing, proper storage, and fumigation with guidance from the Bureau of Entomology and the Agriculture Department.
The article argues deeper plowing is essential to restore tired soils. It notes declining yields and profits and suggests subsoiling or deeper plowing in fall to allow air and moisture to reach roots and feed plants. Plow deeper to improve soil fertility and crop results.
The article notes steps to combat corn smut across the Northwest. Avoid fresh manure on corn ground and practice crop rotation. Do not plant corn on smutted land this year as spores germinate best in fresh manure while silos can kill spores.
The prime essentials in pigeon houses are fresh air dryness sight and space enough to keep the pigeon comfortable. The location should have good water drainage and air circulation so the floor and yards stay dry while convenient management is ensured. A southern or southeastern exposure is best. The general principles of construction which apply to poultry buildings apply also to pigeon houses.
A lesson text outlines God's judgment on Israel for drunkenness, the Remnant's promise, and Judah's sins. It emphasizes strong drink's harms, priestly failure, mockery of prophets, and forthcoming punishment by a bloody conqueror as judgment for intoxication.
A fragmentary quotation attributes human folly to the fool who must learn through disappointment and return to God as the fountain of wholesome pleasure and life. The message emphasizes patience, magnanimity, and spiritual renewal. Kingsley frames God as the ultimate source of fulfillment after chasing empty pleasures.
A concise Shakespearean maxim warns that fearing the worst often causes the worst. The line emphasizes mindset over external threats and echoes classic caution about anxiety shaping outcomes.
Laundry tip advises using Red Cross Ball Blue to keep table linens dazzling. It claims reliable results and notes availability at all good grocers for five cents. The ad ends with a social remark about sympathy for a grouchy man.
An advertisement extols Bayer Tablets of Aspirin urging careful use per package directions and noting the Bayer Cross as a sign of genuine aspirin. The copy emphasizes physicians’ long-standing endorsement and over two decades of availability. Meanwhile a New York Sun snippet mocks kids demanding nickels, contrasting old penny expectations with modern costs.
A Louisville Courier Journal item notes the new cook has stayed a week and suggests she dislikes the suburb, hinting the railroad company misplaced her trunk.
A bureau of fisheries report lists Pacific salmon species Chinook quinnat king salmon humpback pink salmon dog chum salmon sockeyed red salmon and coho silver salmon with steel-head trout. Most belong to genus oncorhynchus meaning hook snout from Greek roots while steel-head trout belongs to salmo a related genus of disputed origin.
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