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Newspaper
Indiana County Agent
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1916
Page
5
A Cornell bulletin on interior egg quality explains winter feeding for confined hens. It recommends green foods such as cabbage and turnips for variety, warns against relying solely on clover and alfalfa, and notes lime and oyster shell for shell material.
An observer praises Leghorns for high activity and appetite supporting heavy egg production. With proper flock health via occasional cleaning medication, a large laying flock remains content, and breeding choice is crucial to sustain very high output rather than chasing names or interbreeding different strains.
An article fragment discusses an optimistic view of egg quality and social equality, noting a London and Edinburgh biscuit firm planning a three week cookery course for female employees returning from marriage. The plan covers full wages during training. It also references historic lightning rods and early mob reactions, and ends with a miscaptured remark about a Bierument and a senate.
The article urges a battle against mites using lice powder applied to fowls with feet held and heads down. It recommends dust baths as essential and kerosene on roosts and cracks to exterminate mites. Whitewash is noted as effective against vermin.
Advice on egg storage temperatures around 45 degrees to favor hatching and reduce handling. It questions turning eggs, warns against soil and pore closure risks. It notes waste in overfeeding fowl, stresses keeping hens in laying trim, and claims old geese lay more and larger eggs. It also highlights manure as a valuable asset stored in barrels.
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