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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1913
Page
6
The article urges careful farm management across domains. It covers feeding oats for chickens, records for cows, winter roosting and ventilation, spraying for foliage diseases, and efficiency tips for dairy and swine. It highlights expense savings, proper milking, and soil and garden planning.
A historical piece by Katherine Atherton Grimes explains the hen's three dietary needs: body repair, warmth, and egg production. It argues a varied, plentiful diet with balanced quantities of grain, green matter, and meat such as bugs, warning that overfeeding or underfeeding disrupts laying and health.
Experts say a hen eats about six ounces daily, a ten-hen flock about twenty six pounds weekly. Two thirds of feed should be grains with a balanced mash of bran and ground seeds. Include alfalfa meal though beef scrap can be omitted, feed dry for disease reduction, and provide grit and lime constantly. A large mash hopper helps hens access mash, grit, and shells.
The lesson reviews Abram’s faith and God’s covenant in Genesis 15, noting the test of belief, the promise of heirs and land, and how God’s signs and symbolic visions affirm faith. It highlights that belief in the word of God is counted as righteousness and outlines seven aspects of the covenant including posterity blessing and universal blessing through Christ.
An excerpt from Harper's Weekly portrays a confrontation between Rastus and Sambo with threats of arrest over chickens. A separate note on Queen Victoria and tobacco comments how smoking was treated in royal residences, highlighting restricted access to tobacco and smoking rooms.
A short dialogue contrasts an American claim of his father’s business with an Englishman’s assertion of having no business, followed by a quip about his grandfather.
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