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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1932
Page
2
A garbled OCR passage discusses a hotel figure described as a noble looking resident and a possible member of a peerage. It mentions an individual titled as adwalter of the hotel and questions of residency, but the text is unclear and lacks verifiable details.
An OCR fragment hints at a sports or travel note mentioning gymmen, hope, and a voyage. Names and places are unreadable, but the tone suggests a youthful or team-focused departure and ambition for success.
Poultryman GF Previn outlines a program for healthier chicks focusing on clean eggs, incubators, chicks, brooders, range, fitter, feed, and management. Emphasizes blood-tested disease-free hens, clean shellers, careful sourcing, clean brooder houses, ground not previously used, on-range rearing, clean litter, and adequate feeding in proper containers.
Care and marketing guidance for eggs stresses cleanliness and cooling, moisture retention, and minimal washing. Samples advise marking eggs twice weekly, using a free USDA candling chart to judge quality, and packing with small ends down.
Essential guidance on allowing fresh air to circulate in dwellings and livestock housing. Advocates adjustable window arrangements for daily ventilation, noting winter practicality and the use of burlap screens for purification, while mentioning open scratching rods with only wire between outside air and poultry. Breeders differ on vent devices and favor practical solutions.
Guidance urges balanced diet and free range for breeding birds. It notes that in good weather, exporting many eyes leads to a higher hatch rate of strong chicks. The item emphasizes careful care to improve breeding outcomes.
Feeding dry mash for chickens suggests three to four pounds per one hundred birds, made crumbly with milk or water to improve palatability. Some feed wet mash at noon, others in the afternoon. Daily feeding of 12 to 14 pounds of grain per hundred hens is advised, regardless of mash form.
In a farming update, instructions describe turkey eggs hatched in incubators with brooders to raise poults. Techniques aim for healthy growth, proper housing, and separation from confinement to ensure mature birds stay safe and productive.
Henderson, county agent at Largo, Colorado, notes sanitation increases saved pigs for eastern Colorado hog growers. Programs show two farmers moving sows to new ground improved litters. Feanler saved 11 sows with 100 pigs and no runts, while Michael saved 86 pigs from 11 litters by relocating before farrowing. Changing hog lots to fresh ground likely best for larger litters.
A Missouri farmer notes three year tests by Professor Carrick at Purdue on germinated oats in laying rations. Average egg gain was about one egg per hen, not enough to justify labor or equipment costs. General farmers and specialized poultry keepers are unlikely to benefit significantly.
At the Lows Experiment Station a hog fattening study compared corn with soybean oil meal and minerals. Test results show feed per hundred pounds of gain ranged from 2 pounds of oil meal plus corn to 82 pounds of feed with tankage and corn, with a 9 percent gain in efficiency using soybean meal.
The beeswax moth is a widespread problem across the United States, chiefly harming weak colonies by feeding on outer combs and moving inward as larvae. Strong, well-covered hives resist infestation. prevention hinges on maintaining robust colonies and vigilant management.
A fragmented report from New York state farm officials highlights essential veterinary and welfare practices for lambs and livestock. The document references a large workforce and mentions ongoing grinding and care efforts to ensure animal well-being and productive farming outcomes.
The article extols the Washington Department of Commerce building as a monumental symbol of American enterprise. It surveys the department’s diverse units, including foreign and domestic commerce, mines, standards, patents, shipping, and navigation, explaining how the various bureaus protect life and property while fostering invention, industry, and national growth.
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