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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1915
Page
2
The article argues poultry profits hinge on proper care and adequate winter housing. It notes hens require valuable feed to sustain high egg output, and overloading flocks wastes money. It stresses using green feed, scratching floors, and worm substitutes, plus selecting heavy laying, pure bred stock to achieve 100 to 140 eggs per hen annually.
Rhode Island Reds originate in Rhode Island the smallest state in New England. They have single and rose combs good egg production rapid growth and hardy temperaments. They lay well in winter and early spring but fewer eggs in August and fall. The pictured Rhode Island Red cock is cheap and not worth the high feed costs, as some owners raise large flocks consuming much feed.
An Iowa Homestead correspondent advises selecting strong White Holland stock and housing poults with hens. Feed begins after 24 hours with rolled oats in a dry mash, avoid wet mash to prevent bowel trouble, and provide shells and grit year round. Regular powdering controls lice. young toms weigh 24–27 pounds and hens 12–14 pounds.
The Iowa Homestead notes sowing rape with oats provides a productive hog pasture. Plow and prepare ground like corn, broadcast seed at three pounds per acre or drill at two pounds in rows thirty inches apart. For pasture sow early in spring, about one fourth acre, and expect pasture in two months. One acre can support twenty hogs for three months with light grain.
The general view among horsemen is that the Clydesdale owes its current traits to selective breeding and early Flemish blood. It is among our most ancient breeds and shows traces of its origins and work. The horse shown is a Clydesdale grade.
The article outlines strict care for mares and foals including exercise, clean water, quality feed, and avoiding moldy oats. It emphasizes foaling in May or early June to maximize spring work and protect foals from navel infection through pasture birth when possible. It stresses disinfecting stalls and preventing disease with thorough precautions.
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