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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
3
Turkeys thrive when allowed to roost outdoors and fed well, but they resist being kept near other poultry. A simple open shed with a wire front or partially enclosed area protects from weather and thieves. A ventilator tops the shed, and a level roost sits high at the front with a rolling rear door kept open by day.
The best poultry house provides ample light with windows on three sides and proper drainage to stay dry through winter. Location matters for dryness, and movable fixtures aid cleaning and sterilizing roosts and nests while keeping the structure above the water line.
Practical advice on maintaining a healthy flock emphasizes Sunflower seed and millet rich diets during moults. Highlights include ensuring grit and grinding material, clean water, lice control, and vigor in breeders to assure fertile eggs and hardy offspring. Examinations of each pen’s breeding birds should prompt replacement if fertility is lacking.
The passage argues for using bones as a mineral source for poultry feed, noting ground or cut bone adds nutrient value while avoiding waste. It discusses benefits to a farmer in investing in a bone mill to process bones from kitchen scraps or other sources.
A Warri or advises buyers to choose quality over quantity when starting a breeding flock. Invest in well-bred stock, as bloodlines show in offspring, and avoid mongrels. Attend fall fairs or winter shows to select breeding birds, discard undersized pullets, and weed out poor stock to improve future progeny.
A Bee Culture correspondent explains a honey knife heater using a tin double lamp chimney. The inner tube measures about 10 to 12 inches long with 2 1/4 inch bottom diameter and 1 1/2 inch top. The outer tube is 3 inches in diameter. A wood or cloth ring protects the knife from the tin interior, and a wooden outer sleeve may be used for safety. A small flame keeps the water boiling and should be replenished periodically. a portable low medium-burner glass hand lamp aids outdoor use.
A poultry raiser challenges using the domestic hen as the model for incubation noting long domestication has altered brooding behavior. He reports achieving larger hatchings under artificial incubation than with the biting hen, suggesting alternative methods may better illustrate incubation practices.
Practical advice on using sweet skim milk directly from the separator as a feeding supplement for hens. It can partly replace meat scraps and should be given daily in amounts the hens will drink, with the pan rinsed before refilling. Hens require variety in their winter feed to sustain egg production.
The article warns that brines such as mackerel brine and beef pickle can be highly poisonous, with small amounts causing serious symptoms. It notes that even food for chickens may be seasoned with salt for benefits, but unsafe levels pose near certain risk.
In a Chicago Record-Herald drama excerpt Charles confesses a failed mine investment threatening their future. He offers Lucille his freedom while she consoles him, insisting money cannot buy happiness. A cousin’s horse theft adds social disgrace as they consider a shared future.
The Postmaster General notes massive growth in penny postal orders. From August to October last year 311000 orders were issued, while the same period this year saw 5772000 orders, about eighteen times higher, signaling huge profit for the Post Office.
Since 1902 the federal reclamation act has added 5,000,000 acres to the country habitable land. When combined with 7,260,000 acres claimed from the desert before that year, the total increase exceeds 12,000,000 acres.
In Toledo a naturalization hearing featured P Orth, assistant U.S. district attorney, as the government representative. A German applicant, amused by the term polygamy, confessed unfamiliarity and gave a wary reply about sharing one wife, noting “one’s a plenty” due to high prices. The judge sought a plain meaning of polygamy and pressed for the right answer.
Mrs. Lillie Wilcher of Chattanooga Tennessee reports a running neck sore and tetter on her face were cured by Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment after failed treatments. She notes a second outbreak on her hands and wrist that improved with the same remedies and mentions other cures in her family with the same set. February 16, 1907.
A quirky excerpt contrasts a joke about marriage with a grim punch line about losing reason. The ad copy promotes N. W. Hide & Fur Co. in Minneapolis offering fur and hide tanning services for robes and rugs, highlighting bargain appeals for the average buyer.
An oily agent in South Dakota deceives farmers by bidding low and urging fifty cents per acre advertising fees to sell land. The oral promise of deferred payment lacks contract support. Twenty two farmers are said to have fallen for the bait in Brown County, with losses up to 320 dollars. The episode prompts court action and public warnings.
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