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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1929
Page
4
Observations on egg selection reveal that careful choice of eggs is crucial for incubation success. The author argues that great care in selecting eggs determines hatch rates and overall viability of hatchlings.
Editor notes a continuing 52 part series on poultry raising by Dr L D LeGear of St Louis. The article invites readers to read carefully and clip for future reference as the full series appears in the paper.
The tale notes that while eggs for eating can be chosen freely, eggs intended for hatching must be selected with care for best results. The author observes excessive random selection in practice and hints at a simple, straightforward method for proper selection.
Your face may be your fortune if you have a perfect complexion. Lady Margaret face creams work miracles. Sold by Central Drug Co., Inc. Adyv.
A catalog style notice lists cotton chopping hoes gat hinges bolts and other shelf hardware offered by Juenke & Schoenewolf. The entry highlights shop goods available and the supplier names.
Practical guidance from Dr. L D LeGear on choosing hatching eggs. Focuses on shell quality size color and cleanliness, advising against small or very dirty eggs and arguing average size and regular color hatch best. Emphasizes uniformity in size weight and shell thickness across a single hatch and notes freshness and age impact hatchability.
A early May fire at 1 30 am destroyed the two story home of Mrs Bertha Shaver in Weimar Texas killing her daughter in law and injuring others. Thomas J Shaver and Mrs Shaver escaped and firefighters fought flames but the blaze killed Mrs Gertrude Doggett with others burned and taken to Houston for treatment. The origin is undetermined with loss around 7000 dollars.
In Corpus Christi Texas a underground fire smolders after six years at the site of the Taylor Grain and Elevator Company plant which burned in 1923. A boy discovering smoke opened a pit revealing smouldering grain and red hot rocks. Local businessmen investigate the pit and report yellow grain partially singed and the rest a blackened mass.
Austin, May 25. The State prison population rose to 4878, the highest on record. About 919 inmates, or 20 percent, remain in Huntsville state penitentiary while the rest work on state farms. Officials estimate a 65 percent increase since Governor Moody took office two years and five months ago.
Burnet Texas May 23 On application from Co L Martin a Mason County rancher the state rounded up 100 does which were consuming so much range grass that the number of cattle on the ranch had to be cut 90 percent A special game warden and deer roper directed the drive.
In a thickly wooded 5,000 acre tract deer were driven into a five acre square trap enclosed with eight foot wire. At night the animals were roped loaded into trucks and carried away to Frio County. Trace chains home straps rivets inquire by phone to No. 14.
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