White Wyandotte origins and feathering mystery in breed history
The article explores the White Wyandotte lineage tracing it to Silver Wyandotte stock and possible White Cochin blood. It notes forked feathers on the legs and occasional leg tufting, questions origins, and mentions Towle and Briggs varieties. It also observes that dark leg feathers can appear even in high quality birds and that White Wyandottes are improving away from early reversion tendencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towle
Home Grown Poultry Feed for Winter Egg Production
W E Moore describes a farm fed method using farm grown mash of corn chop and alfalfa meal fed morning and noon, with meat scraps from cracklings and oats corn alfalfa. housing must be airtight and dry with earth floor and straw litter for scratching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Moore
Feeding Clover Hay For Poultry Health
Feed white clover hay as it is rich in lime and helps prevent soft shelled eggs. Cutting clover hay has revolutionized poultry. Red clover hay contains about twenty eight pounds of lime per thousand pounds. Scald the hay at night and keep it covered to steam. Cut clover to one third to one half inch to avoid crop bound.
Talking Through His Hat at Farmers Institute
A wry column notes that a farmer praising one hen as equal to another is likely engaging in political talk at the corner grocery, rather than attending farmers' institutes.
Runner Duck Is Profitable For Small Farms In Australia
The article notes seven dollars profit per duck at Hawkesbury Agricultural College in New South Wales, with six ducks averaging 267 eggs per year. It describes low cost housing, water needs, feeding including meat scraps, and the preference for pure white penciled Runner ducks for their flock egg color and consistency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkesbury Agricultural College
New South Wales
Australia
Simple Chicken Fattening Crate Design Described
Instructions detail a six by sixteen by eighteen inch fattening crate with slatted sides and a hinged three-compartment top. It covers slat spacing seven-eighths inch width, two inch back top and front gaps, corner reinforcements, solid end walls, and a wire mesh floor for cleanliness.
Best Sellers in Poultry Prices Drive Quality Demand
When market poultry prices peak, production cost rises. Consumers learn quality and demand it. Buyers of dressed poultry shun large rough fowls, favoring plump solid birds for their tables.
Additional Eggs Mean Profit for Laying Flock
The article explains that a hen laying one egg per week for a year covers her food cost, while each extra egg adds profit. A hen laying three eggs weekly yields double the profit of one laying two, and higher egg counts reduce production costs per egg. It also advises placing a dust bath box in sunlit area of the hen house to dry and keep hens comfortable.
Reminiscences and Maryland Memories from HT F
A correspondent praises local papers for focusing on regional news and laments crime coverage in dailies. He reflects on Frederick Maryland’s history including Lucretia Tyler, Linden Hall, Miss Florence Trail’s Italian History, Francis Scott Key and Barbara Friederich. He invites readers to visit Frederick by train from Lancaster to glimpse 60 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Lusitania
Weis Egeland
Frederick City
Maryland
Lucretia Tyler
Baltzel
Linden Hall
Frederick
Lititz
Florence Trail
Francis Scott Key
Barbara Fritchie
Longfellow
Old Frederick Town
Lancaster
Michael's
London
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Life and its Tenacity Seeds Survive Extreme Cold in Lab
Edgar Lucien Larken discusses Dr. Paul Becquerel experiments at Paris University where seeds and spores sealed in glass tubes were frozen to 310 and 418 degrees below zero, then submerged in liquid air and liquid hydrogen. After up to two years some spores germinated, suggesting life may be a chemical process tied to atomic electron states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Becquerel
Paris University
Edgar Lucien Larken
New York American
The Genius of Language and Fire Invention Humor
Language power shapes names from Vienna to Rome. The piece notes how tongues alter place names and identity. It contrasts linguistic bias with the origin of fire invention, imagining ancient spark ideas from bamboo flame by wind and rubbing sticks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Wien
London
Londres
Roma
Rome
Venetia
Venice
Cologne
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
India
Kansas City Star
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W. L. Woerner
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Dr. D. Algunzg Long
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Warren S. Buch
E. Grant
Howards. Young
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Geo. L. Keath
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Stephen B. Kissinger
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South Spruce St
Tod
W. M. Grube
E. Main St
Coal Lumber
Long & CO
Ss. M. Huber Lige
Main Street Ind
Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Kreider’s Hardware Store
Main St
May Kissinger
Spruce St
John D. Bair
Blue Ball
Spruce Villa
Dairy J
Brubaker
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Allen
D. Frank Kline
E. King St
W. D. Fichthorn
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