This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1907
Page
11
The speaker targets ordinary farmers, urging better poultry housing and care to profit from poultry. He notes common neglect, poor ventilation, and dirty houses cause disease and losses, and argues for well built, south facing units for 75 feet by 12 feet with proper nests and feeds. He cites an example of profitable duck rearing and advocates March to May hatch for laying stock.
A rural recipe explains using water glass to preserve eggs fresh for up to fifteen months. Gather clean eggs, fill jars or barrels with a water glass solution, cover and store in a dark cool spot. Reuse by adding water glass as needed. The method, tested by stations, promises profit when selling in late fall and winter.
A Western Agriculturist piece advises humane broody hen control. It recommends a dry coop with slatted bottom and roof, steady water, and reduced food to curb incubating urges. Another method confines the hen with a vigorous rooster for four to five days, then frees her at dawn. Do not harm the bird. avoid abusive suppression.
A fragmented note describes bumble foot arising from a coinlike object on the sole of the foot. It cites hard or stony surfaces and a birds jumping scenario as contributing factors, though details are unclear.
The text describes inducing relief by supporting the bird in a straw bed and squeezing out yellow cheesy matter. It recommends slicing through the affected web with a sharp knife to sever the web, administering water during bleeding, cleaning with phenyle and water, applying phenyle, and bandaging each wound separately. The bird should then stay on sand or straw until healed.
The article argues there is no single best breed for fowls. Beginners should breed varieties they personally like, but not overcommit to one. White Plymouth Rocks perform well for the author, yet he insists no breed is universally superior. All breeds are best for their intended purpose.
An English poultry paper argues the turkey blackhead outbreak stems from neglect of hygiene on farms. The article notes poor housing, unsanitary conditions, and sick land as key factors, urging adoption of better methods as a natural lesson to prevent the epidemic.
The article explains that a farm flock should mix early-hatched pullets with yearling hens, avoiding females over two years old unless for breeding. Pullets are proven to be better egg producers than hens, and many farms neglect poultry care, resulting in poor egg yields.
A poultry expert argues for a dry mash fed from a hopper supplemented by a daily grain ration. The method aims to raise egg production on farms by simplifying feeding without referencing feeding value. The guidance stresses practicality and efficiency in poultry husbandry.
Reuters dispatch notes China filled with ducks, from farms to cities, with duck yards, duckhouses, and duck quarters everywhere. Ducks supply a staple delicacy salted and smoked, with hatcheries capable of tens of thousands each year.
Advice on handling droopy hens and disease prevention. Keep good layers and mothers, remove sick birds, and separate them from the flock. Feed strategies include charcoal for young chicks, whole wheat for layers, and wheat screenings for chicks. Coal oil and lard recommended for scaly legs. a farm hen costs under fifty cents yearly to maintain and averages about ten dozen eggs per year.
Advice urges reducing old hens and roosters to boost income from standard bred poultry. Emphasizes year round earnings, selling breeding stock and eggs to private buyers as cash sales, and housing chicks in sheltered runs to protect them from rain and predators.
At the Mt Pleasant board meeting Thursday night the city officers were chosen. Judge F M Ricketts was reelected city recorder, Hon B E Rayburn was named city attorney, and Dr J Bumpass was reappointed city health officer.
Secretary Taft passed through Janesville on the way to Madison, meeting 300 business and professional leaders at the depot who urged a short speech. He credited newspaper men with forcing him into the presidential race and noted he had once chosen another career. He spoke of gratitude for the welcome.
At Pearl Harbor London denounces Roosevelt as a nature fakir and criticizes his Alaska wolves theory. He defends his Alaska tale about a dog wolf confrontation and notes the President misreads his stories while resting with the Snark after returning from San Francisco.
An 1907 notice warns dog owners that all female dogs over six months must be registered under a new law. Violations incur a misdemeanor and fines from five to twenty five dollars plus costs. The Grand Jury may compel testimony. registration is a one-time registry fee, effective July 1 1907, advised by A J Nichols Court Clerk.
In Real Havana New York June 10 report says cigar makers strike in Havana lasts three weeks, causing shortages of popular dark cigars. Dealers report imports plummeting and prices rising, with about 200000 imported cigars daily affected. The Perfecto size exhausted first while 1,000,000 stogies daily keep consumption high and total yearly value around 16 million dollars.
A dense price listing from local markets and wholesale producers outlines costs for cabbage, potatoes, sweet potatoes, apples, bananas, celery, lemons, and various grains and seeds. It also covers fresh meats, flour and meal, bacon and lard, eggs and poultry, butter, feathers, wool, honey, beeswax, ginseng, hides, and miscellaneous items with per unit or per bushel figures and wholesale versus store prices.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.