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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1921
Page
7
An illustrated feature by William A. Radford outlines a concrete brick and frame dairy barn with two 16 foot diameter wooden silos. It highlights a gambrel roof lay mow three roof ventilators tilt windows and a carrier track for feed alleys plus sanitary steel partitions and automatic drinking cups to promote healthy livestock and productive labor.
Swiss authorities require profiteers to invest war excess profits into residential housing or face heavy taxation. Officials claim the regime curbs unsightly or insanitary buildings and enforces fair returns on investments. If profiteers refuse, the state seizes a large share and subsidizes home construction. TheRead the Record. $150.50 a year.
The article stresses the value of ample green feed for hens kept in pens. It notes greens provide vitamins and regulate digestion, helping hens feel spring-like conditions and boosting egg production. Cabbage and spinach chopped and steeped are recommended as fine fowl food.
Agricultural guidance advises a grass range for breeding ducks after hatching if not raised for eggs. It outlines two mash formulations and feeding schedules for Pekin and Indian Runner ducks, including specific proportions of corn meal bran beef scrap and greens, with grit and shell, plus daily grain rations and seasonal adjustments.
The article advises poultry farmers to raise chicks quickly to laying age before cold weather. It emphasizes care in feeding early and often, noting chicks eat anything and have weak digestion. Feed schedules start with three meals daily, shifting from soft to hard rations as they age. Moist feed should be given sparingly and only as they will clean up.
The passage argues culling to remove weaker birds boosts feed efficiency and profit. It suggests selecting superior specimens strengthens breeding, with emphasis on hens able to endure heavy laying. It notes that poor performers are weeded out to improve overall flock vitality.
Advice on feeding and housing for penned hens. Keep charcoal grit oyster shells and ground bone before them at all times. Bone is unnecessary for chickens with a good range.
The article discusses grape vine pruning timing with debate on fall cuts versus winter protection, noting that pruning is a specialized craft. It traces a decline in professional pruners as home growers now mostly handle pruning themselves.
An old advertisement extols Gude's Pep to-Mangan as a blood enriching tonic to improve complexion. It claims iron in the blood enhances color and health, promoting better sleep, strength, and vigor, available in tablet or liquid form with the brand name on the package.
Public proclamation from Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas announces a jail delivery and general quarter sessions to begin April 18 1921 at the Lancaster Court House. Sheriffs and local officials are ordered to attend with rolls records and examinations and to act against prisoners in custody.
The Treasury Department acting Comptroller certifies Farmers National Bank of Lititz Lancaster County Pennsylvania is authorized to extend corporate existence to February 8 1941 under the provisions of the National Banking Act. Witness T P Kane acting Comptroller of the Currency seals the document dated February 8 1921.
The article explains how both liquid and spirit thermometers age and drift high or low. Bulb shrinkage and external pressure changes distort readings, while sealing in freezing mixtures aims to minimize air inside. Internal pressure loss may result from glass expansion or leakage.
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