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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1907
Page
4
The Progressive High Five Party hosted by Mr and Mrs C W Roberts drew many attendees including Mrs J C Evans Charles Hardy R L Bush W J Wood and others. Blanche Tinkcom won the ladies first prize Joe Morris the men’s first prize.
The speaker foresees strong poultry industry growth as railroads bring workers, population, and demand for poultry products. He notes cheap grain and a dry climate support quality stock, with investments ensuring top-quality birds comparable to any state.
In American Poultry Journal Thomas Thornley details winter hen care. A Mediterranean strain is kept in seven-room houses with 140 sq ft per thirty hens, straw, yellow clay floor, and one foot of straw. Morning feed is a whole grain mix, noon a warm mash with potatoes scraps bone and bran, evening half the same. fresh water and grit always. Skim milk and pork cracklings supply animal feed. mangel wurzels and cabbage or potatoes serve as greens. A movable brood house is shown linked to Gowell farm and the Maine agricultural station.
The text describes a movable house with tarred felt sides for climate control and window arrangement, noting it can hold two brooders and be converted after hatching into a colony coop to raise pullets to maturity.
During winter fowls need a varied ample diet. Small potatoes turnips and cabbage waste serve as excellent green food when fresh vegetables are scarce. Clover is ideal if obtainable. A varied assortment is essential for best health and egg production.
Geese are valuable for ridding ground of grass as they feed on herbage, thriving on rough wooded ground with a pond. They stay active from early spring to winter, prospering in strong old growth and sufficient quantities to satisfy them.
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