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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1912
Page
12
A list of incubator advantages for farmers shows it keeps chicks lice free, protects eggs, saves time on nesting chores, and allows earlier broody hen restarts. It enables nearby use, offers profit from early hatching, and promises rapid return on investment, suggesting up-to-date farmers cannot do without it.
An editor urges standard bred poultry buyers and breeders to study the Standard of Perfection. A buyer recounts a case of dishonest selling, shows how quality birds later won ribbons in Georgia and Virginia, and urges using the 1911 Revised Standard costing $1.50 from The Southern Fancier or Industrious Hen. It lists exchanges and responses from readers about pure bred birds and breeds like White Leghorns, Rhode Island Reds, and duck varieties.
Records of poultry sales and flock expansion. Reports of last year’s flock size, receipts totaling 306.90 from forty hens and fourteen ducks, and an average per head. Letters discuss swollen legs in hens, remedies for overfeeding, and breeding tips for Barred Rocks and White Leghorns with notes on show scoring and advertising strategies.
A dense 1910s style poultry ad page lists breeders from Atlanta, Stewart Ave, and East Point with White Orpingtons, Rhode Island Reds, and Wyandottes. It promotes chicks, eggs for hatching, incubators, and crates of feed, plus show results and purchase options, including prices and contact details.
Seeds advised for immediate sowing in hot beds and open ground including cabbage cauliflower eggplant and pepper then English peas kale radish turnips mustard spinach carrots salsify and parsley. Garden supplies offered with prices for lawn mixtures dung and various grasses plus Irish potatoes Bliss Triumph and Irish Cobbler varieties with per peck and per bushel rates.
At the junction of Peachtrees in Atlanta a fire-proof high class apartment site is offered with strong rental potential. Westminster Drive lot in Ansley Park near Peachtree Circle priced $1,000 below value with $3,300 cash and $2,000 loan assumed. Ansley Park Prado 8-room 2-story residence for $8,500 on easy terms. Decatur Street bargains 2 lots 26x85 at $1,500 each. A 55x194 lot between Hillary and Yonge to sell. 258-260 Decatur Street 45x190 near $5c09 per foot with $300 front. Large Decatur Street corner rented $1,200 yearly. $300,000 profit with $100,000 cash in close-in development. Special close-in central properties offering substantial rentals and potential enhancements. Information available at office.
A land listing notes a 50 by 102 building site between Washington and Crew streets offered at 2500 dollars total. The price marks 50 dollars per foot for land inside the half mile circle.
A tract two blocks below Georgia railroad at Hurt street is offered at 10 000 dollars. The 34 acre parcel can be subdivided in 12 months into 60 building lots averaging 3490 dollars per lot.
A property listing describes a lot at 6716x196 near Alexander Street on the right going out, adjoining Flanders apartment. Priced at $15,000 or under $225 per foot, presenting a chance to buy on one of Atlanta's major streets.
A listing in the Terminal district at Elliott and Foundry streets offers a store and dwelling on a .52 by 77 lot described as a good place to buy and forget about awhile. Price is 3006 dollars with one fourth cash required.
The Apartment House seeks a first class multi unit near the south side to meet demand. The corner of Washington and Fair, the old Richards place, is proposed for development and sale terms are said to be easy.
Local discourse focuses on building medians grade flats in Inman Park a high class neighborhood. Proposals imagine apartments for residents not wanting to live in town yet affordable by paying around 20 dollars monthly rather than 1000 annually. A corner valued at 3500 dollars is cited as a suitable front site.
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