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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1907
Page
3
A trap nest design from the Ontario Agricultural College is described as effective for tracking laying records. The 12 by 12 by 15 inch nest uses a light door that rises when a hen enters, triggering a hook release to close the door. The door is set by raising it and catching the hook under a slate, enabling easy observation of individual birds.
Live poultry demand is steady in large cities with Jewish trade influencing slaughter methods under rabbinic rules. Prices peak during Jewish holidays. shipping is best with proper crates, ventilation, and cross partitions to prevent injury and suffocation.
A writer in Farmers' Review argues against adding medicines to poultry drinking water. He emphasizes healthy living conditions, good food, sunlight, and exercise as the proper health measures. He warns against drag doses and asserts medicines should be used only when fowls are sick.
In an eastern city a women's club discusses hiring and keeping good housemaids. A member recounts a whispered incident where a guest maid allegedly left a party, returned home early, and caught the host's husband in an improper act, prompting a swift and tense departure.
Black walnut yields about 33 million feet annually with most coming from Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma and Indian Territory. A large stand remains along the Guyandotte River in West Virginia. Domestic demand is limited to gun stocks novelties and electrical work while Germany and Hamburg are major import markets.
A humorous exchange mocks stenographers and their habits, contrasting a male colleague’s view with another stating his stenographer is a man. The dialogue playfully defends efficiency over vanity while highlighting gendered assumptions about office work.
A Worcester horseman nicknamed Old John Langley tells of ordering breeches from a tailor in an argument over the fabric. He chose a costly silky broadcloth and had it made with the wrong side out. After friends doubted the cloth’s value, a $50 bet proved the fabric costlier, and Langley’s plan yielded profit for the tailor.
A New York press note on the rising popularity of green outfits describes a woman who wore a head to toe emerald green ensemble including a bonnet gloves veil pin and bag. Her husband teased her look calling it fresh and salad like prompting her tears and cancelling their theater outing.
Miners on bleak heights prepare a meal as a red whiskered man questions if a potted turkey is really the dish while LT says the label is torn from the can. The damaged label highlights bad food quality and calls for self-sufficiency like raising cows.
A brisk feature urges northern farms to build a simple two inch plank snow plow to clear paths after storms. A wide V brace pushes snow both ways, creating a clear farm front and foot paths from a top ring, praised for speed and labor saving.
Prairie Farmer reports a Lake County Illinois correspondent sketching a nest design to deter egg eating hens. A false bottom with a two and a half inch hole leads eggs through padding to a lower compartment, concealing them from the hen. The device, elements include burlap padding and a partial lower shelf, works by immediate disappearance of eggs from view.
The Maine experiment station reports no lice at its poultry facilities. Clean pens and yards, new incubators, and lice-free eggs yield hatched chicks free of lice. Starting with a lice-free beginning could prevent infestations on farms with hundreds of hens and thousands of chicks.
Thomas C. Wallace notes peas yield rich nitrogenous humus when decomposed, making pea hay three times more nitrogen-rich than grain straw. Pea plants contribute nitrogen while grain straw supplies potash and phosphoric acid from outside, leaving soil minerals to be sourced locally.
A detailed guide describes constructing an ice loading platform eight to ten feet square with a sloped chute of 2x3 boards spaced to form a 27 inch wide channel. The setup includes raised sides, secure attachment to the platform, and a water-extended chute for dragging cakes from pond to transport. Two workers with pikes can move ice if footing is solid and the chute is manageable, with a horse recommended for large loads.
The article discusses feeding alfalfa and bay with bran and cracked wheat yielding a net profit of 49 ton of bay. It also highlights many dark poultry houses in the country and the benefits of adding windows for more light to improve hens’ health and drying floors, especially in winter when hens stay indoors.
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