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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1916
Page
18
A long reader letter column discusses raising brooder chicks with fireless brooders, feeding schedules, and temperature guidelines. It includes step by step brooder construction, grain mixes, and advises on incubators, housing, and cleaning to keep chicks healthy and thriving.
A sprawling mix of farm for sale notices and reader letters lists poultry stock, incubators, hogs, horses, and assorted farm equipment across Georgia. Items include Pure bred White Langshans cookers at $2 each, Leghorn and Berkshire stock, Jersey Guernsey cows, Buckeye incubators, and various farm services. A reader questions egg production figures and shipping cartons, while Hastings Seed House of Atlanta is mentioned for egg crates and poultry feeds.
An ads style note advertises ninety day speckle velvet beans at 300 per bushel for the station, with price rising to 500 next spring. It mentions existing customers who sold 100 bushels this fall and that there is no expense except the seed.
Bermuda onions touted as the greatest yielder with sweet juicy mild flavor, priced at 10c per pound for Southern climate markets. Largest best onion, with October to December timing noted. Available as clean new sets. 2 half per quart or $2.00 per bushel, parcel post option. Cabbage plants also offered 30c per hundred and $1.60 per thousand, parcel post.
A long mixed listing details rose bushes cabbage lettuce tomato and potato plants, Bermuda grass, peach and bean seed, and fruit plant offers with prices and ordering terms. Firms include Household Journal and Floral Life, REER SHED AND PLANT CO, Southern Seed Farm, Park Seed and Plant Co, and others, with delivery notes and refunds. Many items advertise ready dates February to March and bulk pricing for 1000s and 2000s.
The article urges farmers to resist selling land as the boll weevil arrives, urging continued cultivation and soil improvement. It advises garden prep, careful fertilization with available nutrients, and soil rotation to offset weevil damage. It discusses fertilizer costs, nitrogen sources, and the value of legumes and green manures for better yields.
A farmer oriented guide explains modern eight frame hive construction and maintenance. It contrasts old hollow boards with dove tailed boxes, describes brood combs and honey sections, and praises efficient supers. The piece details drone, worker, and queen roles and notes the queen’s prolific laying during peak season.
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