19 Mar 1915
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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1915
Page
1
The article urges isolating hens with a rooster per 12 birds, feeding well, and exercising to identify top layers. It promotes pure bred stock for uniform eggs and weight, advises starting with utility stock, and stresses regular introduction of new blood and separate breeding pens to avoid inbreeding.
A compact union pamphlet offers practical, cautionary maxims for rural life. It cautions against extravagance and renting, urges honesty with oneself, and highlights disciplined habits. It warns about waste, debt, and unguarded speech while praising education, integrity, and the value of a growing family as inspiration.
The article stresses fertility depends on the male bird and hen condition. It advises proper feeding, cleanliness, exercise, and a balanced ration for hens to lay fertile eggs. Outdoor exercise promotes laying, while confinement and lice harm egg quality and hatch success.
Have a single coop in the breeding pen to house the male for extra feeding. Many males won’t get enough food unless fed separately. This is also useful for close matings with one male to two or three females, keeping the male shut up most days and only released briefly.
A simple farm trick uses a head of cabbage or a piece of meat hung on a string just above chicks. It keeps the flock occupied for a long spell.
A hen needs fresh air more than warmth. A cloth covered window on a hinged frame allows air to pass without a draft and should be placed on the south side when possible. Open it most of the time, closing only during storms or the coldest nights.
Instruction stresses keeping dogs and cats from the hens yard to prevent frightening the fowls. The aim is to keep the hens gentle and contented for best results.
Do not crowd the growing stock or the chicks. Overcrowding will cause overheating at night and can lead to colds. Let the chicks roost openly rather than keeping them in tight quarters to maintain health.
Home guidance suggests covering holes in the poultry house used for ventilating with coarse burl slap to prevent drafts and protect poultry. Implement quick, simple improvements to maintain stable temperatures and comfort.
An analysis contrasts cash rent and share renting for farms, noting cash rent offers independence and possible higher production incentives, while share renting provides a business partner, risk sharing, and access to owner’s improvements. Wisconsin tenancy remains low compared with Illinois Iowa Minnesota, influenced by land prices and dairy limits. A trend emerges toward joint dairy herd ownership linking renter and owner as a productive partnership.
When fowls lay deformed or soft shelled eggs, withhold stimulating foods temporarily. Replace with hard grain and add about a teaspoonful of Epsom salt per pint of drinking water until the birds recover. If narrow perches are used, replace them with wider ones.
A Farm Stock and Hate writer argues against cash payments for cream at co operative creameries claiming it breaches cooperative principles. He says cash leads to borrowing, reserve funds, or partial payments, creating risk and extra work. true cooperation pays producers from net margins after manufacture and sales.
The County Farm Bureau of California is praised as a leading model among farmers groups. It emphasizes cooperative study of farm conditions, aims to avoid being a social club or price-fixing union, and seeks to unite farmers to investigate fundamental production problems on their farms.
The Almighty ordained fellowship and brotherhood as essential to real success. Cooperation, trust, and mutual aid among farmers bring happiness and prosperity, even amid cotton price troubles. A broader comradery may turn recent hardship into greater overall gains for growers.
Opinion urges removal of bulky stanchions in favor of plain cattle ties or halters as safer cheaper and more comfortable despite the old fashioned impracticality of the current setup.
A discussion asserts that clean milk cannot be produced in dirty surroundings and good butter cannot be made if milk has been exposed to odors, emphasizing hygienic handling and the impact of environment on dairy products.
The United States Department of Agriculture outlines cattle raising in cotton regions to boost dairy and beef. It promotes community bull clubs, breed choice, and shared costs to obtain a good beef bull, with specific guidance on feeding, pasture and crop rotation, and references Farmers Bulletin 580 for fuller details.
The article promotes peanuts as a cheap, profitable crop suited to light soils in the Southwest and South, withApril planting guidance, hill or check planting, weed control, and care until nuts form. It also covers beef cattle grazing, bull service options, pasture and forage needs, and storage methods for harvested peanuts in haylofts using sacks of about one hundred pounds.
Report on violet growth around cotton fields indicating a pest issue. Red spider mites found in fields, with C work and recommendations to destroy harmless plants near fields. Agricultural authorities advise forest areas in South Carolina, winter food plants, plowing barriers, and spraying with sulphide to combat spread.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions a man linked to shelter and field entry. No clear event, date, or organization available. Reads as incomplete draft with uncertain referents.
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