How to Win Prizes on Poultry
This open letter from James G. Halpin, secretary of the Wisconsin Poultry Association, outlines key rules for success in showing poultry. It stresses starting with good stock, keeping chicks growing after hatching, taming birds, selecting well feathered fowl, proper conformation, avoiding overfeeding, and thorough care to prevent lice and mites. It also invites farmers to consult local authorities or write to Halpin in Madison for free answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Halpin
Wisconsin Poultry Association
Halpin
College of Agriculture
Madison
Wis
Thin shelled eggs and how to prevent them
Advice from the University of Wisconsin on avoiding thin shells by feeding hens crushed oyster shells lime rock bone ald plaster or similar minerals. Secure market-ready eggs reduce breakage losses and improve handling while noting some hens may still lay thin eggs and exceptional birds should be removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of Agriculture, University of Wisconsin
Poultry Corner for the Boys
An exhortation by J. H. Reed urging boys to start a winter poultry venture with paternal support. It advises selecting productive hens, disposing unproductive stock, cleaning and drying the coop, and reinvesting profits, framing the effort as early business training. It emphasizes responsibility and profit mindset for young entrepreneurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Reed
Dogs of War in Historic Battle Tactics
The Detroit News recounts how dogs were used in wars between England and Scotland, including hounds pursuing fugitives after defeats. It notes Wallace and Bruce escaping English bloodhounds, methods to mislead scent, and dogs clad in mail with spike harnesses used against cavalry and camps. It cites Henry VIII offering auxiliaries and war dogs, and Essex’s 1599 Irish campaign with bloodhounds.
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England
Scotland
Wallace
Bruce
Henry VIII
Charles V
Spain
Francis I
Elizabeth
Earl of Essex
Ireland
Detroit News
A Literary Glutton and Forgotten Salary Tales
Antonio Magliabecchi, famed librarian to Cosimo III of Tuscany, amassed 40 000 books and 10 000 manuscripts while neglecting his salary and personal care. Other notes recount Diderot’s library sale for a daughter’s dowry and Catherine the Great’s advance payment. War began with heralds, not just declarations, and a Welsh emblem question prompted a quip about a roof leak.
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Magliabecchi
Antonio Magliabecchi
Cosino III
Tuscany
Magligbecchi
The
North American Review
Diderot
Catherine of
Russia
Grimm
New Purchase
Keep the Windows Clean in Poultry House
The note urges regular cleaning of the poultry house windows with old newspapers. It promotes winter sunshine as a tonic and suggests repeated rubbing to maintain cleanliness and ventilation.
Prohibitive desire for a duke and a pitcher joke
A Baltimore Sun reader jokes about wanting a duke rather than labor and quips a baseball pitcher could be arranged. The fragment contrasts with a Spurgeon quote about fatigue from lack of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daugher
Baltimore Sun
Spurgeon
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Theory Board
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Wales
Spencer Leigh Hughes
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Paul Roebuck
N. Dukestremt
Lancaster, PA
D.C. Martin
M. D
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Lititz, Pa
James C. Brobst
L&irpa Springs
Lititz
TELAT
Beuss
D. Alonzo Long
Broad Street
DF. W. L Woerner Homeopathist
E. Main St
Saetonn Aone
Ur Yu
Ay Orvro
Warren
Buch
E. Grant St
Lancaster
Howards. Young
East Orange St. Lititz, Pa
Hassler
Penna
Geo. L. Keath
Justice of the Peace
Brunnervilel
Stephen B. Kissinger
W.marion St
Hershey & Gibbel
Scriveners
Ina Tel
FFB
Schnerer
South Spruet St. Lititz
Lawrence K.grosh
Insurance and Real Estate
P.O
C. E. Greenawailt
S. Queen Street
Samuel C. Steffy
Greenawalt
Steffy
A. R. Keller Lititz
W. M. Grube
East Main Street
Titz, Pa
Paxson
Paxson Manufacturing Co., Inc
Lanson
General Distributors
Coal Lumber
Long & CO
King Cigar
Lancaster’s
A. R. Bomberger & Co
Spruce Villa Dairy
Brubaker Proprietor
Degker and
Janssen
Century
J. B. Young & Son
Brandies
Hollinger
Buke Sts
W. D. Fichthorn
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