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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1911
Page
14
Uncle Joe answers readers on chicken care with tips on feeding, housing, and incubation. He notes overfeeding and poor exercise cause problems, describes hopper feeding, brooder management, and lice control, and ends with exchange ads for poultry stock and other farm animals.
A fragment from a poultry column details exchanges for ducks and hens, seeks white Wyandotte roosters, and includes reader queries on Pekin ducks and breed comparisons. It discusses Leghorns and Minorcas, notes on egg production, and practical care tips for water needs and confinement.
Classified poultry and live stock ad listings for Orpingtons Rhode Island Reds Leghorns and assorted birds from various sellers in Georgia and nearby areas. Includes prices per setting eggs and hatching details with contact names and locations. Also notes cotton seed and potato bulb offerings for farm use.
Local dealer announces Buckeye Incubators with automatic thermostat for precise temperature control. Prices range from 8 to 15 dollars, with additional items including whitewash spray for poultry housing. Catalogue requested from Marbut Minor, East Atlanta. Also ad for French posche duge dogs with contact details.
Multiple property notices offer a 6 room granite house at Grove's Park with river access and alley, tract near Roswell Road for sacrifice on good payment, a $2500 Wellington Street front dwelling with water and electric, a Sinclair Avenue bungalow to rent or buy, and assorted lots on Park Avenue and Chappell Avenue with contact numbers and agents in Atlanta area.
Classified ad highlights several composite dwellings for sale on Ponch streets between Tenth and Eleventh. Listings include a two story seven room home with modern improvements on Spring Road and an East Avenue seven story style home with water gas and cabinet mantels priced at 5000. A seven room home with all moderns at 4800 and a Propeast Place cottage of four to six rooms offered at 3950.
McLendon Bros and Lochridge advertise an eight room house on North Boulevard near Charity corner with furnace piping and May 1 departure. They offer 100 acres on Roswell Road twelve miles from the city with road frontage, offering subdivision into 18 to 25 acre tracts at 100 per acre, claiming high profits within ninety days. Exclusive sales on both properties.
A commentator argues that all Fulton County acreage will become city or suburban property, noting higher profits from buying acreage than city properties, with examples of 100 acres at 310,000 yielding 50,000 later. Mentions railroad tracts and potential industrial sites, plus an apple orchard in North Georgia as peach crop losses loom and a strong apple crop is forecast this year.
Sales pitch promotes Lee Street and Campbellton Road lots as quick city access via trolley. Names several neighbors and local figures, notes value tied to Whitehall district growth, railways and nearby housing moves away from African American blocks. Describes 7 room cottage on Lee Street and 16 room Campbellton Road house, with directions to view and contact details.
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