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Newspaper
Fayette Reporter
Location
Fayette, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1910
Page
3
Poultry keeping is a healthful occupation with advice on birds selection for setting, ratios of roosters to hens, breed notes on Bourbon Reds, cleanliness to prevent filth, incubator use for Leghorn type fowls, buckwheat as a supplementary feed, learning from experience in pigeon raising, and cleanliness tips for laying and setting rooms. Duck eggs and hens as brooders are discussed, with emphasis on profitable poultry farming.
A simple tester tests fertil ity in eggs for incubator use. A cardboard strip is formed into a circle and sewn to fit over the chimney on an ordinary ramp, then slid into the side of the cylinder to assess viability.
A simple device uses a two inch hole and a second cardboard tube sewn onto a larger tube. Placed over a lamp, light intensity passes through a side cylinder to test an egg quickly, easing handling of eggs.
Advice from Colorado Agricultural College on poultry breeding emphasizes culling and selective breeding to improve layingStock. It urges identifying the best laying hens and pullets, discarding nonproducers, and planning next season’s breeding from banded birds to boost vigor and egg production.
During summer when fepal ashes are scarce dry loam helps sprinkled away odors and absorbs fertilizing elements. Avoid wood ashes as they worsen odor and destroy droppings fertilizer value.
A long anecdotal guide on profitable poultry raising features single comb white Leghorns. It covers breeding stock, first eggs at four months, molting timing, feeding, growth rates, and management. It notes market prices, winter laying, and the importance of clean housing, water, grit, and dry litter.
An Arkansas man devised a two part hollow mold to create artificial eggs from plaster or clay. The two halves form an egg shape with protruding ridges, bake to harden, then enamel to resemble real eggs. Farmers and poultry enthusiasts can produce their own nest eggs as needed.
A brief old instruction explains that when a hen becomes broody you should reduce her by placing her in a copper narrow run, feed grain, and she will resume laying within days. If allowed to set for days she loses flesh and vitality and will not lay for weeks. The advised action is either set the hen or start her laying.
Selecting a poultry plant site involves choosing land that is naturally well drained and slopes gently to the south or southeast. Prefer sites sheltered by a belt of trees or an orchard to shield from harsh winter winds and storms.
Governor Carroll issues Arbor Day proclamation naming April 29 as Arbor Day in Iowa. Urges observation by planting trees shrubs and vines to beautify homes churches schools and cities. Emphasizes conservation and reforestation and urges farmers to plant orchards forests and groves across the state.
A bashful young man calls on a Capitol Hill girl at nine o'clock. The father, gruff and watchful, asks if he knows the time. The youth answers yes, then hurries to leave, saying good night as he figures out his watch has run down.
A mother's letter from Atchison Kansas dated October 19 1909 describes her seven week old baby suffering from eczema. After six months of doctor visits with no relief the baby slept poorly and scratched constantly. She reports success after using Cuticura Remedies and notes the condition stayed clear for a year and a half. The note ends with a literary quote from Sidney Lanier.
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