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Newspaper
Carlisle News
Location
Carlisle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1919
Page
5
A guide on breeding turkeys covering parent stock vigor, annual gobbler changes, and managing hens to avoid overfat condition. It notes seven to ten dozen young per six birds and suggests timing for mating. Cautions on roaming birds and rough handling accompany remedies for tapeworms including powdered male fern and turpentine.
A. C. Smith of the Minnesota College of Agriculture urges households to raise poultry to aid wartime food supplies. He notes hens convert waste and forage into fertile eggs, can be kept on small plots, and are manageable by women and children. Set hatchable eggs now when prices are low and attend to ducks geese and squabs as well.
Ellsworth Huntington reports in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that human efficiency peaks at 60 to 65 degrees F. Death rates are lowest in spring and autumn around 64 to 65 degrees. Factories from Connecticut to Florida show maximum work around 62 to 63 degrees. Muscular effort by workers and students peaks with thermometer readings between 60 and 65 F.
A Northside resident found a robin with string wrapped around its neck wing and feet. He caught the bird to save it from cats and cut away the cord with scissors. The bird flew off singing after the rescue.
The Scottish American reprints a dialect tale of the first Christmas from New Testament in Braid Scots. Action centers on the Rev. Williams Wye Snth and the scene in Bethlehem with simple rural imagery.
The text explains that cheeping chicks may be head-lice affected or stressed by grit in feed. Infected chicks appear humped, sleepy, or tilted. Treatment suggests salty grease on the head, throat, under wings, and vent, plus a good lice treatment for the hen. Over-greasing can kill chicks in heat.
Do not crowd poultry houses. Allow two to five square feet per bird depending on breed and yarding. Generally about four square feet for lighter breeds like leghorns, with the exact ratio varying by breed and space.
Blackhead is the most destructive turkey disease and signals start with sluggish gait in poults. The article details liver damage signs, post mortem findings, and treatments including epsom salts turpentine and onions, advising fresh ground and strict droppings disposal to prevent spread.
A brief note stresses the importance of fattening chickens for market alongside hogs and cattle. It discusses the practice of fattening chicks before sale to ensure better weight and profitability for poultry producers.
You can borrow money at surprising low costs with our new rates. Loans issued on your own note under State Banking Supervision.
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