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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1907
Page
3
A seasoned beekeeping method uses tarred building paper to insulate hives after wintering. The article details cutting the paper to fit Langstroth hives, wrapping each hive, and moving combs between hives to protect all colonies. It recommends an enamelled top sheet, optional carpet or paper layers, and using a quilt during spring manipulations to minimize heat loss.
The text prescribes mating ratios for heavy, medium, and light fowls. Heavy varieties use up to eight females per male, medium varieties 10 to 12, and light varieties like Leghorns up to 15. A drake to four or five ducks forms a satisfactory pair, geese in trios, and turkeys from 10 to 15 females per tom.
Raising poultry for market favors early hatching and rapid growth. Spring chickens bring better returns than heavier fowls sold later due to higher spring prices and reduced feed costs over extra months.
The article emphasizes enjoyment in poultry care as key to success. It warns that drudgery leads to neglect, which invites disease and poor results. Sustained attention, proper feeding, and humane handling underpin healthy flocks and profitable production.
Guidance on breeding yard sizes and hen counts based on bird vigor age and housing. Recommends limiting hens per cockerel to 12 to 18 for small to large breeds, with 15 per cockerel for American class or larger yards. Advises selecting breeders now and separating them for improved stock quality.
A Farm and Home correspondent reports better results from hatching most chicks in March and April, preferring none after May. Pullets in larger flocks stay in colony houses, fed wheat oats cracked corn and gluten mash with skim milk. smaller flocks lack oats and use peavines from Canada peas and oats for green feed. Cockerels are kept in movable coops, fed cracked corn mash and corn meal.
Directions explain making a grit box from inch and half inch boards with back holes near the top for mounting. The box can hang on pegs or sit in a poultry house. Three kinds of grit or feed can be kept separately with easy access and minimal waste.
Advice on fowl care emphasizes grit for geese and other poultry, proper feeding with buttermilk for flesh and eggs, seasonal cleanliness, ample litter for layers, charcoal as a stomach purifier, and using only fresh eggs for hatching to ensure strong chicks.
A Universal Experience notes that poultry keepers can easily make a large profit from a small flock but struggle to maintain a large flock with equally good results.
A fond mother recalls a parrot bought as a harmless pet that swears loudly in front of visitors and her son. The bird's vocabulary grew rapidly, prompting the mother to consider giving it away for the morality of her child. Johnny defends the bird, saying he only repeats what it must not say, while the scene ends with a maternal embrace.
On a frosty porch a young man and a couple waited for stars to shoot then for Cupid to shoot. The dad reacts with exclamations as the dialogue unfolds about their wait and a claimed shooting moment.
Dialogue from a Cincinnati Enquirer comic strip shows Bobby asking if his uncle is a sea dog and the uncle affirming the label as he urges a bark like a veteran sailor.
A brief quip about a governor’s wife and a governor’s, exchanged on a park bench. A man and woman, Freddie and his companion, share a coy joke then head toward a drug store as the sunset ends. The Judge signs the humorous vignette.
A grouchy customer tells a grocer to wrap up purchases but is corrected that he has not weighed the butter correctly. The customer requests the thumb for dog meat, prompting a sharp remark from the grocer. the judge delivers the closing line.
A youth admits asking for a shilling to help a jailed father who is actually a plumber employed locally. The exchange reveals the father was working on a water pipe when the jail term occurred.
A light Royal Magazine quip notes two men claim they knew their wives only three months before or after marriage. The remark contrasts timing of acquaintance with marital union.
A witty exchange notes that two can live as cheaply as one with Cupid hearing the pair often telling each other that two can share resources, implying a humorous take on partnerships and harmony. The Stork and Owl Twins are mentioned in a playful tone.
A dramatic line from Royal Magazine depicts a robber demanding money or life while a sleepy father warns of taking both and not waking the baby. The quip highlights a tension between crime and domestic vulnerability.
In a brief economy exchange, Ruggles notes that saving by not sifting coal ashes cuts labor and nuisance, reflecting a simple efficiency tip. The other character acknowledges the time saved and the reduced mess by avoiding the task.
A woman asks if a color is genuine while browsing in a draper’s shop. The assistant replies with a flirtatious remark about rosy cheeks and offers another color option.
A physician jokes that most patients suffer a peculiar illusion they are useless for money. The cartoon caption by the Utica Observer plays on doctors and druggists exchanging quips about wealth and value.
In a Royal Magazine vignette a couple sits in the parlor as a girl declines engagement due to youth. A gruff upstairs voice jokes that she will be old enough soon, suggesting a pending proposal still awaited.
A theater scene unfolds with a doorkeeper denying a shared seat. The swain argues that one chair suffices for two, boasting that past blushing duo moments prove it. Liza blushes as they slip inside together, comedic and suggestive.
Brooklyn Life recounts a tense exchange where one party seeks reconciliation after a mistaken belief the other regretted retracting a prior statement. The speaker presses for an apology to restore the relationship.
In a light Chicago Journal item Bowman is described practicing wrist movements for violin. His wife makes him beat all the rugs before he goes to work, adding a domestic gag to the morning routine.
The note contrasts two magnates on handling poverty. It says taking care of the poor is hard and that extracting money is easy but giving it back ruins them. The Life quote frames the difficulty of charity.
Blacksmiths forge ahead as money lenders advance daily and real estate agents gain ground while gamblers seize the upper hand and tailors press forward under the judge, signaling mixed economic momentum.
A dialogue from Royal Magazine features Mrs Younghusband and George debating attendance at work on a wet morning. George fears his absence will be noticed by his employer, while Mrs Younghusband urges him to stay at home.
A brief dialogue reveals a playful test of devotion with a romantic claim that true love endures beyond death. The couple spar with lines about dying for each other, concluding with a vow of an undying love.
In a London morning scene Sal sells flowers from a basket on a crowded omnibus. Mrs. Bower and Mrs. Carp chat about romances and workers while a bronzed stranger eyes Sal and later buys her geraniums with a generous sovereign, revealing himself as the familiar passenger.
A New Jersey farm laborer found his team missing after shopping in Egg Harbor City. Days later a farm dog returned alone, barked, and led followers to a woods where the wagon was wedged between two trees. The horses had stood five days without food or drink, gnawing tree bark.
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