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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1909
Page
8
A Farm and Home writer offers a simple economical nesting setup to keep laying and sitting hens separated. Build a sitting nest using two 12 inch boards 14 feet long attached to 2x4 crosspieces to raise the nest off the ground.
Instructions describe constructing a ground nest for hens using two 14 foot front boards and one back board with partitions every 18 inches. A hinged lid top covered in tin or roofing paper forms the front access, with ventilation holes and drop down panels. A screened inner hole prevents entry at night, and the nest is placed under a shed or outdoors as seasons advance.
The article notes that strong colonies store twice the surplus of medium ones and warns that late flows or poor breeding conditions can render much of an apiary ineffective for surplus storage. Two feeding windows are cited: before fruit bloom and between fruit bloom and clover, with emphasis on cautious, small-scale trials for beginners.
A Farm and Home writer says worker bees live briefly and winter losses require young bees. With a vigorous queen, a colony reduced to a few can rebound quickly through steady feeding at night, especially when cold. Stopfeeding only after weather warms and honey flow resumes.
Limberneck arises when chickens eat decaying flesh or filth carrying maggots. The maggots lodge in the throat, paralyzing neck muscles and hindering swallowing. Affected birds become inactive, unable to eat or drink, and die from starvation or poisoning. recovery is rare.
The article argues chickens consume substantial mineral matter beyond body and feather composition, with growing chicks needing abundant minerals. It notes grit may aid digestion by providing minerals, and compares mineral content across grains and animal tissue, highlighting oyster shells as a lime rich yet valuable mineral feed.
White Cochins belong to the Asiatic class. They are fair layers but good builders with generous weight. Standard weights: Cock eleven pounds, hen eight pounds, cockerel and pullet seven pounds. Bright yellow beak bay eyes yellow shanks pure white plumage hardy and persistent sitters. Single combed breed.
A Massachusetts poultry man uses self feeding hoppers in each pen with multiple compartments holding distinct dry feeds. Birds choose freely, consuming grain bran middlings and dry beef scraps. The method keeps stock healthy, reduces labor, and avoids wet mash.
Poultry notes advise roiled cats or grain as good laying feed and emphasize dust baths for hens. Old hens are valued as mothers, while pullets are stronger layers. Choose the breed you prefer, ensure shells gravel and charcoal are accessible, and use kitchen scraps such as vegetable parings bones small potatoes dry bread to supplement feed.
The piece recalls Memorial Day's origins in the South and its expansion nationwide, honoring Union and Confederate dead, with Gen John A Logan’s 1868 proclamation. It notes the war’s deep scars, the 1898 Spanish American War impact, and the ongoing role of veterans groups in keeping memory alive as the Grand Army of the Republic dwindles.
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