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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1908
Page
2
J L Peters of Carroll Township explains a grant approach using a tax levy for stone roads and a donation contest. Residents may donate cash or labor with rates of 1.50 to 3.00 per day, measuring progress by largest contribution and road completion.
State Engineer James Stephenson Jr proposes counties bear part of road upkeep costs for State roads in forest reserves damaged by stock pastured there. He suggests using forestry revenue to maintain reserves roads and, if counties won’t, implement tolls to fund repairs. The State Engineer office collected about $11,000 on a $7,500 appropriation, indicating self sustaining operation.
West Virginia Experiment Station compared 50 White Leghorns with 50 mongrels over a year. Leghorns used 61 pounds of food at 85.3 cents and produced 116.5 eggs worth 2.25 per hen, yielding a 1.39 profit per hen over food costs. Mongrels used 66.8 pounds at 92.1 cents, laid 96.1 eggs worth 1.78 per hen, and earned 0.86 profit, with weight gain advantage. During November to February mongrels laid 364 eggs while Leghorns laid 1,029 eggs, about three times as many.
A historic remedy advises a castor oil and turpentine mix with coal oil camphor and carbolic acid, injected into nostrils and used on swollen eyes. For bronchitis or pneumonia a dough pellet mixture of lard vinegar mustard cayenne and flour is formed and taken three times daily.
Practical cautions for poultry raisers. Warns against keeping a house without hens and throwing waste feeding pests. Advises hard work and study, starting small with one or two varieties, selecting a good location, avoiding wet or prepared chick foods, not counting hatchings too soon, and avoiding overfeeding.
The biological bureau of the Department of Agriculture will experiment with roses as rodent bait after reports of rats eschewing cheese and crackers yet responding to roses. The aim is to prove that roses surpass traditional baits like cheese, crackers, and bacon rinds in attracting rats to traps.
The article notes roosters reveal age by spur size with long spurs indicating antique birds and small ankle buttons marking youth. It also describes ducks judged by under lip of the bill, advising alternative meat if the bill holds weight, but if the bill snaps easily the duck is young.
The method instructs drilling a fifteen inch deep bore, filling with salt water, sealing for four months, then pouring kerosene into the stump. After saturation, ignite the base to burn the stump including roots.
Feeding lambs two or three times daily is advised unless a self feeder is used. If a hopper is present the feeder must ensure the proper amount of corn or other feed. Without a hopper, sheep should be fed at regular intervals as stated.
The article explains two causes of soft shelled eggs in hens. Excessive stimulating feed can trigger soft shells and insufficient shell forming material also contributes. It emphasizes careful observation of hens to break the habit.
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