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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1915
Page
2
A town Homestead notes a simple, easily prepared fowl feeding ration using common grains like oats. The mixture is designed for warm months and is workable on nearly every farm, with grains readily available from local grain farms.
The text advises raising turkeys with dry lean quarters and a suitable feed, suggests alfalfa clover or corn turnip patches, and notes the value of green food and wheat bran for ducks. It also mentions keeping ground charcoal in drinking pans and the decline of pincking geese as a practice.
A farmer touts cleanly stored eggs and butter as the path to higher prices. He highlights a crate that costs a quarter, holds twelve dozen, weighs about thirty pounds, stores neatly, reduces breakage, and beats rivals with neater presentation.
The article details dry mash and green feed for hens. It lists weight based mixes: wheat corn oats and middlings cornmeal bran offal alfalfa meal beef scraps and notes adjustments for summer ratios and green feeds. It mentions feeding two quarts per dose for fifty hens and winter options like mangels sprouted oats and oyster shell grit plus milk if available.
The article argues against keeping runts of a flock in breeding pens even if they show promise later. It warns that if fowl are not satisfactory by Gre or six months, they will never become worthwhile breeders and urges using only the best stock for future value.
Alfalfa pasture is highly regarded for developing draft colts and young horses. It provides essential bone and muscle nutrition, supports steady growth through summer, and is used widely in Kansas farms. Working horses need concentrated grain, as alfalfa alone is too laxative for high activity.
A New York World report quotes a dentist warning that hydrogen peroxide is a strong antiseptic but has no healing power and can delay mouth healing if overused. He notes peroxide can kill pus bacteria when injected with water but otherwise damages healing. a simple cleanliness regimen is best.
Dr. J. B. Smith of New Jersey and B. H. Walden of New Haven report potato beetle control using paris green mixed with lime and flour or sand, and lead arsenate in water. Spraying large plants is advised and timing begins as young larvae hatch. Lead arsenate lasts longer on leaves and requires 10 to 20 parts carrier, with spray schedules depending on pest abundance.
Practical tips for small garden care include starting celery and cabbage now, using soapsuds or tobacco extracts to deter pests, and alternatives like beans to reduce costs. Emphasizes weeding, avoiding crowding, using wood ashes for certain crops, and staking tomato crops.
Andrew Boss of the Experiment Station St Paul stresses that a fine compact seed bed is crucial for seed to access moisture and nutrients. Proper fall plowing, spring disking, and harrowing before and after sowing promote rapid germination. poor beds hinder even strong seeds and stress the need for thorough prep.
A Chippens Falls stock feeder in Chicago markets a method using buttermilk from a local creamery to feed 300 to 500 hogs daily. He gains up to 100 pounds per head for thin sows in thirty days by also feeding salvage grains from self feeders.
The piece urges prompt outdoor access for hatched chicks but notes rain makes it fatal. It discusses brooders with dirt or sand floors and medicated feed, designed to mimic outdoor ground so young chicks thrive longer without outdoor access.
London reports Admiral Sir Henry Jackson seen as England’s cleverest naval mind. He is credited with pioneering wireless telegraphy and torpedo work and is rumored to have a plan to curb Allied shipping losses from German submarines.
A London Daily Chronicle correspondent reports Italy promotes civilian duties under government auspices. A pamphlet, The Duties of the Citizen In Time of War, lists rules for citizens and non combatants to support victory, including loyalty to authorities, discretion about military movements, and prudent personal conduct. An aviation squadron forms in Hoboken for New Jersey’s National Guard with four planes and leadership named.
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