Farmers urged to keep poultry for profit on farms
Poultry dealers warn farmers selling too much poultry lose a key revenue source. They argue poultry yields better profit than corn wheat oats hogs or cattle, noting most feed wasted without poultry and that poultry money comes in steady gains rather than in large lump sums.
Short Grain Crop Cited as Cause of Last Year Cattle Exodus
D W Raymond secretary of the Montana Live Stock Association spoke during Farmers Week in Bozeman Montana. He tied last year s cattle exodus to a short grain crop noting large fall shipments and many small stock owners selling cattle for cash to pay taxes and loans. He warned of a coming all fence era and urged ranchers to stock up while prices are favorable.
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Bozeman
Montana
D. W. Raymond
Montana Live Sick Association
Raymond
Chicago
Helena
Iowa
Proper Care of the Incubator and First Hatch
Practical guide on inspecting and running incubators to ensure safe hatching. Emphasizes cleaning the lamp, draining hot water types, disinfecting interior parts, level placement, gradual warming to 102 degrees, and turning eggs daily. Hatch typically completes in 21 days with careful handling starting around March 1.
Chicago column notes varied wartime items and civic oddities
A collage of 1917 to 1918 dispatches reports sugar use per person, Turkish and Baltic region changes, German war measures, volcanic activity at Kilauea, and a local Chicago court ruling. It notes Breckenridge birthday, Willy Adalbert book, Iowa hunger rumors, and a penny averting a fatal shot in France.
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Chicago
Breckenri
J. S. Halstead
Henry Clay
United States
Paris
Toul
Des Moines
Iowa
Sweden
Amsterdam
Poland
Ukraine
Germany
Petrograd
Russia
Honolulu
Kilauea
Prince Adalbert of
Prussia
Flanders
Zeebrugge
Minneapolis
Rollin BB. Smith
Red Cross
National Council of Defense
New York
Vladivostock
Japan
Alton, Ill
Alton
France
Theodore Gravely
Gravely
Delaware
Illinois
Rhode Island
Nevada
Florida
Texas
California
Minnesota
Lake Michigan
George Wellington Streeter
Streeter
Lincoln Park
Cleveland
Chicken Pox in Poultry Recognized and Combatted
Chicken pox in the poultry flock is easily recognized by forehead-like eruptions that later scab. Prompt removal and full-strength creoline or stock dip often cure the trouble. Infected fowls should be isolated until completely recovered. Uncertainty remains about causes and relation to human chicken pox.
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Treasure State Farm and Livestock
Department of Farm
Patet Psascemeenenenerenensenens
Steeseeeneenaserseneree't
Santiaateeinivon Vonafieanane
Snowy Mountain
Herefords
Dakota
Snowy Mountain Ranch
Carlo
Beau Jackson
Senator
Montana Ranch Company
Ross Brown
Moore
Certain-teed Products Corporation
America
Meadow Brook
Marlow
Big Sandy
Cuba
Panama
A. B. Cook
Beau Brummel
Laplighter
Don Carlos
Beau Carlos
Sapini
Shadeland
Charles W. Armour
Kansas City
Missouri
Glide Road Machine Co
Heron $T
Munseapolis
Hina
Montcaa
Lawrerce-Wil 43
Cleversed
Insurance Department
American Society Equity
Stanton Bank
Great Falls
Montana’s Poultry Supply House
Queen
Buckeye
Essex
Mandy Lee
Buckeye Standard
Steve
Doash & Greenfield CO
Harrison Ave
Butte