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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1907
Page
11
The article argues utility poultry and eggs demand is unlimited and that both utility and fancy branches can grow. It stresses unbiased, long term experiments at stations, warns against single experiments proving theories, and notes the American Poultry Association moving to advance market poultry and utility poultry development. Carey, O.
An old breeder shares methods to promote growth through exercise and a rich varied diet. Main foods include milk meat grain and green produce with skimmed milk at low cost and thick milk as supplements. Young stock get little corn until six months. daily bran and smidchings kept dry or moistened. soaked whole oats fed after six weeks alongside charcoal grit and cool water.
A National Stockman and Farm author notes experiments show dry feeding, with limited meat scrap, rivals wet mash when handled properly. Inexperienced or overworked poultrymen may achieve better results with dry feed. Colony flocks may save labor and boost profits. Chick feeding requires separate discussion.
The observer notes the hen's town visit and shows crowd admiration for the fowl and her tribe. The piece argues the public benefits and the hen's contribution to state wealth and prosperity, concluding that the debate is due to her presence and the ongoing business of production amid modern life.
A good egg will sink in water. Fresh eggs have a lime like shell surface and adherent chalazae. Eggs packed in bran for long periods smell and taste nasty. Thin shells result from lack of gravel in the hen’s diet. A boiled egg peels easily after a day. Clean golden eggs held to light are good, dark or spotted eggs are bad.
Milk proves versatile for poultry feeding as a steady egg producer, with the duck lamenting lack of recognition despite laying many eggs. A moral emerges: to gain notice, advertise oneself, as illustrated by a talking duck and a wise buff.
A farmer shares practical advice on poultry care and feed, noting that a hen's comb color signals health, the value of eggs over feathers, and the limits of purebreds. He cautions against overreliance on soft mashes and repeated meals of pudding and milk.
The article notes the shift from ordinary barn yard fowls to pedigree stock with registered lineage. It outlines standards for breeds such as Plymouth Rock and Cochin, and mentions show preparation, breed markings, and the emphasis on proper care and training as birds become part of a valued, aristocratic lineage.
Raymond Ditmare assistant curator and snake expert at the Bronx Zoo faced a 28 foot python at a city pier yesterday. He freed himself after a struggle, then subdued the reptile with a thumb press and bagged the animal, leaving a guinea pig and two rabbits as further disruption while shipments arrive.
Birmingham dispatch reports Dr J H Gunn surgeon at Calera fatally wounded by Policeman Willis Pilgreen after Gunn asked to stop beating a Black prisoner. Gunn, 60, is listed in critical condition at St Vincent's Hospital. Pilgreen is jailed at Montevallo amid strong public feeling.
A meditation on how constant complaints about nerves and illness depress others. The author cites a convalescent friend visited by a gifted woman who haunted the room with tales of strain and misery. Such talk robs hosts of happiness, earns the label of thief and vandal, and leaves the listener poorer.
A reflective piece cites Ella Wheeler Wilcox on unseen guides who aid humanity when one opens to them. It warns that every utterance leaves an impression, shaping others faith, hope, and courage, and urges choosing constructive influence over cynicism.
Collier's Weekly recalls 1850s San Francisco vigilante justice. Citizens formed a vigilante group to restore order, conducting trials and hangings. The piece notes that swift action cleaned the city and influenced new Western settlements adopting these methods.
A mild easy action of the bowels is achieved with a single dose of Deans Regulats. The treatment claims to cure habitual constipation and is sold at 25 cents a box. Ask your druggist for them.
An old portly gentleman chats with a quiet boy on a park bench. The boy says he is waiting for a man who sat on the bench about fifteen minutes ago, while the elder asks why he does not play and the boy explains he is waiting.
A fragment essay laments tearing down old landmarks in New York City era of development. It contrasts quaint buildings like Trinity and St Paul with modern skyscraper plans, praising preservation yet noting urban change. An ad ends the snippet offering Dean's Ointment for skin conditions.
Local markets list wholesale produce rates including Cabbage at 160 per crate Irish potatoes at 2.00 per barrel bananas 165 180 per bunch lemons 660 field seed prices for clover red clover 550 425 oats new 40c millet 075 per bushel Hungarian grass 125 per bushel cane 100 per bushel.
Wholesale market prices for flour and grain items, bacon and lard, fresh meats, produce and poultry, fats and oils, hides and feathers, wool, honey, beeswax, ginseng, yellow root, sugar, and meat cuts. Includes per bag, per bushel, per ton, and per barrel rates with assorted quality levels and weights.
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