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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1906
Page
8
Poultry farming offers strong profits through incubators and selective breeds. The article notes U S poultry value near half a billion dollars and urges careful management, quality machines, and proper egg production. It highlights caponizing, varying incubator types, and using farm waste as feed to boost year round income.
After testing observers note that 90 percent of remaining eggs will hatch. The incubator style may not fit American requirements but using room heat in late incubation proves valuable, saving heat and space.
Poultry feeding poses a serious challenge for beginners but links well with dairy, fruit, and orchard work. Skim milk or buttermilk from dairy operations can form a significant part of poultry rations. Free range fowls help insect control, with minimal damage, aiding plum and apple crops by reducing pests like curculio.
The article describes traditional Chinese artificial egg hatching using sun dried brick ovens with earthen jars and ashes. Eggs are tested by eye and by light after four days. baskets hold about 1200 eggs, with multiple daily transfers and a slow charcoal fire for heat.
An Irishman fired from a coal yard claims he learned something new as he is dismissed. He jokes that "seventeen hundred makes a ton," implying a basic arithmetic lesson while returning to work. The exchange shows blunt honesty and humor in a small business setting.
A proverb contrasts nature and custom with hours of sleep. It states nature requires five hours while custom calls for seven, laziness eleven, and wickedness eleven. The verse frames moral behavior through sleep as a metaphor.
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