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Newspaper
Hamilton Evening Journal
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1911
Page
18
Two men can bore and burn up to one hundred pine stumps per day using a portable burning method. The system uses a trench dug on one side and a downward slant auger hole from the other, drawing fire into the stump as it burns. Pine tar aids burning, Alabama sees widespread use, and a sixty pound outfit with a six foot auger enables deep holes and rapid work.
A Minnesota inventor introduces a tiny hairpin shaped wire device that acts as a hose holder. The adjustable crosspiece slides on uprights to set nozzle height and stream angle, nearly invisible when in use. Also notes vinegar from curling apples yields about 2 pints per bushel, with potential to make 40 pints from the same fruit.
R Titlow from Ohio State University urges poultry keepers to natural molt with clean housing, parasite control, and a specific molting ration. He advises removing older hens, using green feed and grit, and avoiding cruel forcing methods while expecting reduced egg production during molt but continued winter laying for prime producers.
A verse by PROFESSOR ALVRED VIVIAN of Oklo Shue University humorously outlines farming steps to boost yield. It wittily ironizes nitrogen, potash, phosphate, drainage, deep plowing, and clover, ending with a caution against overreliance on manure. The poem satirizes practical soil management and agronomy advice.
Prof W G Chambers at a poultry institute exhibition describes a Rhode Island Red hen laying 200 eggs in a year. He keeps 40 to 50 hens on a town lot, buys all feed, and reports feed costs about one dollar per ton. He culls to 140 eggs per year per hen, yields over twelve dozen per hen, and notes egg price around 26 cents per dozen, generating income above feed costs. He attributes success to intelligent feeding, good care, and trap nesting, with hens fed a dry mash and light feed of whole wheat and corn twice daily.
Advice on raising ducks notes ducks mature slowly and need water when eating while suggesting selling ducks can be profitable. Warns against raising chicks and ducklings together as ducklings will contaminate water and food. Recommends soft feed ample green matter sand and clean housing for healthy growth and disease resistance.
Poultry notes advise keeping chicks lice free to promote growth, prefer old geese for reliability and larger eggs, and note youngsters lay fewer eggs in the first breeding season. Fresh air and sunshine are vital disinfectants. Indian Runner ducks rarely sit, Buinen hens repay care, ducks lose breeding value after age four, laying hens should yield 125 to 200 eggs annually, and overcrowded chicks risk browning and chilling at night.
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