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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1912
Page
1
Poultry notes advise against thin, lazy hens and emphasize strong brood mothers. Chicks need proper feeding, clean surfaces, and protection from leg problems. Sunflower seed benefits all farm animals, and insect powder helps prevent lice. Washed eggs spoil faster than dirty ones. geese need minimal shelter. spray the flock for mites and monitor roosters for productive birds.
Instructions advise removing healthy fowls, placing affected birds in a warm dry coop, rinsing nostrils with warm water, using camphor steam, and feeding cod liver oil. If swelling blocks the eyes, syringes remove yellow matter and carbolic acid is added to rinse. Badly diseased birds should be killed. Clean coop, lime dusting, and potassium bromide in drinking water.
Two sections of saval land for sale within eight miles of town. Contains good water and pasturage. Purchased from the State at one dollar per acre. Certificate of occupancy issued. 6-6-3. Artur Thomas, Alpine, Texas.
The Alpine Summer Normal opens on the 24th with the THiko Annual Session to be held locally. Citizens urged to unite in concerted effort to boost attendance, promote Alpine’s scenery and hospitality, and spread the word to teachers and prospective educators through Commercial Club literature.
J D Jackson and J L Crawforo promote a plan to enlarge attendance at the Normal School this summer. They pledge full effort to entertain visitors with courtesies, barbecues, and trips to nearby canyons and mountains. Officials promise the largest summer attendance in Texas town history, with natatorium access and frequent baseball games for attendees and residents alike.
Entomologist Fran Scholl of the Texas Department of Agriculture and Walter Davis of the Federal government report a grasshopper campaign in Travis county. They describe egg laying, hatching after spring warmth, and three control methods including winter plowing, mechanical trapping and baiting with arsenic or Paris green. Caution advised to keep poisons away from chickens and livestock.
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