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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1911
Page
2
The article explains an easy trap nest activated by a hen's weight. A running board depresses a support, which drops its weight and closes the exit as the hen steps into the nest. Hinged at A, the board tilts to seal the nest opening after entry.
A demonstration shows an easily worked trap nest with the top cleared of the hen, the nest then re set as depicted in the cut. The divider and lid arrangement illustrate the simple mechanism and its use in poultry management.
The Homestead presents a simple A shaped coop for hens and chickens. It measures three feet wide two feet deep and two feet high with front crosspieces three inches apart. A floor is typical but not required, provided it is placed to avoid water during heavy rain.
Limberneck is an affliction in fowl caused by decayed meat with maggots or possibly ptomaine poisoning. A home remedy uses turpentine with warm water to flush the crop, followed by water, castor oil, and rest. Prevention includes weekly range checks to remove dead animal carcasses breeding maggots.
Capons, once rare outside elite markets, now fetch higher prices per pound as raisers caponize to boost weight. Birds commonly reach fourteen to sixteen pounds, about double a typical rooster, with meat noted as sweeter and tender. Pricing runs four to six cents above ordinary poultry.
A hen should not have a very great quantity of corn. It soon makes her too fat. This is especially true of the larger fowls. The Leghorn is more of a runabout and seldom gets too far for good laying, but Plymouth Rocks are not to be trusted with too much corn before them.
The Narragansett variety is noted as more popular than it is, being slightly smaller than the Bronze and unusually calm. It tolerates confinement well and stands confinement better than most other varieties, highlighting its suitability for household or farm raising.
The article explains a simple wire protector for chicken drinking pans. Ten inch high platform raises the pan to keep litter out, while twelve eleven inch wire lengths form a protective frame that keeps hens from entering the pan yet allows them to drink.
Guidance on rapid fattening of fowls through confined housing and high fat rich diets. Emphasizes limited exercise, use of light coops, oilcloth covers, daily meals of boiled potatoes, corn meal, and fat producing foods, with emphasis on timing market readiness just before the second moult.
Regular feeding plans prevent pining and weak birds. Ducks packed 40 ducklings per barrel for shipment. broilers shrink about a half pound when dressed. Raise roots cabbage and lettuce for laying hens. Best feed for sitting hens is whole corn with water grit and charcoal. A lazy hen harms flock. if two toms quarrel isolate one per day. Turkey hens range away risk nests far from home. Warm dry drafts free houses suffice. caponizing at two to three months. Friendly turkeys aid care.
Young Samuel Seymour, a newcomer, grows close to Miss Marah Marsh during a dance event. A playful warning about her lisp strains relations, yet his admiration deepens as he becomes her shadow. The couple faces social teasing before a declared engagement and impending wedding.
A quip about whisky leads to a paradox as one man’s wry face serves as proof that the drink is not good. The exchange hinges on perception and humor rather than tasting notes.
Nell Mine hasn't any idle dreams. I suppose that is why he has time to make a good living.
A terse exchange shows a passenger praising a chauffeur then grumbling he was not allowed a cigarette break. The driver criticizes the system, advising the passenger to request multiple cigars. The brief dialogue captures tension over in-ride exceptions during travel.
An appeal from The Lutheran Advocate urging readers to aid their pastor through prayers cooperation and active church involvement. It emphasizes Attendance church unity avoiding offense contributing to expenses and openly communicating needs, with a weekly read-through reminder for readers.
A Gospel Herald reflection urges caution for women considering city wages. It argues family duties, Sabbath worship, and moral dangers outweigh earnings. It warns that many are lured away, later trapped by temptations and losing cherished values and home.
A fragment reflecting Pusey like sermon lines on Christian suffering. It speaks of pain as a maker’s hand, endurance through trials, and bearing troubles to gain Heaven, noting vice and worldliness must be loosened to seek higher aim. The text ends with imperfect phrasing.
A Toranta episcopalian clergyman Rav Dr Eakin proclaims the true church as the one that loves God wholly and serves the poor, arguing the church’s fidelity is shown by charity and reflection in action.
A sermon on the Mount theme explains Christians are light through Christ not self. It emphasizes bearing abundant character, humility, and service to reveal Christ, warning against self display and inconsistency. It links civilization and learning to Christianity and urges practical outreach.
A devotional exhortation from Prancis de Sales urging daily morning prayer for meekness, firm personal resolve to practice gentleness especially with loved ones, repeated reminders through the day, and perseverance after faults with a focus on divine guidance and inner peace.
The Congregationalist Rev A G Singsan urges readers to treat enemies with understanding, inviting acquaintance with others as they truly are. This call to empathy emphasizes reconciliation and mutual respect across divides.
Dialogue shows a robber planning a safe breaking with lines like ready to explode the powder and a big blowout, anticipating a money haul and a celebratory jamboree. The exchange includes a safecracker and a yeggman discussing the upcoming breakin.
Not up to date remarks mark a discussion between two deacons about Hirst Deacon. The first argues he will never be a celebrated preacher, while the second counters he relies entirely on Biblical texts for his sermons.
The line contrasts Archie’s quickness with Archibald’s slower slip, noting Archie sprang from the people while Archibald did not move far. The exchange highlights a humorous take on agility and stature.
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