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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1915
Page
7
An agricultural piece argues that curculio and codling moth cause major apple damage in Missouri. It urges timely arsenical spraying, discusses limits to sprays, and notes supplementary controls such as tree banding, orchard cultivation, and natural parasites to reduce pest populations.
A brief note asserts destruction by insects remains a risk but an accomplishment lies within reach. It outlines the scope of insect damage and stresses proactive measures to protect crops and stored goods, urging coordinated action and preparation.
The quotation discusses methods to strike at them across stages and to aid substantially in reducing potential damage, asserting that harm could be worse without such intervention. It emphasizes decisive action to limit impact and safeguard interests.
A Farmers' Bulletin No. 675 from the U S department of agriculture recommends painting trunks with a noninjurious coating to deter female borers from laying eggs. The paint remains on the bark for two to three months and reduces worming or mechanical removal by owners of apple orchards.
The Nebraska experiment station agronomy department advises choosing well matured corn from the new crop for seed. It also notes that well preserved seed from last year can be good seed. Selecting corn at the stiff-dough-ear stage yields good seed.
Two by fours make better roosts than round poles that the fowls can wrap their toes around. Place the four inch surface up. Jens rest on their breast bones instead of their legs, reducing crooked breast bones from resting on two by fours.
Farm readers can learn breed recommendations from county and state fair poultry departments. Market demands guide choices between white and brown eggs, with Leghorns Minorcas Brahmas Plymouth Rocks Cochins Orpingtons Wyandotte Rhode Island Red and Langshan among options. Selecting breeds depends on egg color, skin tone, and market price.
The egg eating habit in confined flocks arises from idleness and lack of feed. Provide animal protein, range-like elements, oyster shell, and deep litter to keep hens busy. use low dark nests to deter egg breaking and gather eggs multiple times daily.
The piece argues hens need a well designed coop with a tight roof free from drafts and rich daylight exposure. It stresses good ground drainage outside to prevent mud and standing water, warning that constantly wet and dirty feet reduce laying.
A mash consists of many things you can afford including bran alfalfa meal cornmeal middlings boiled cabbage small potatoes or potato skins boiled soft and salted cooked vegetables mixed crumbly with milk meat boilings or plain water.
A mixture of ground oats or barley and cornmeal mixed with milk may be fed at noon to good advantage after they are on full feed. Never feed more at any time than they will clean up with a relish.
To obtain eggs it is necessary to have healthy vigorous stock properly fed.
Associate professor H. L. Kempster of the University of Missouri reports on an experiment with three pens of hens from November to June. Pen one fed beef scraps, pen three fed sour milk, both with regular grain. pen two used regular feed only. Eggs produced: 1518, 1425, and 800 respectively, while grain used differed slightly. The beef scraps yielded 718 more eggs for $1.80 extra, with sour milk nearly matching the beef-scrap results.
The roosting houses should be constantly watched for red mites which creep in quietly and multiply rapidly. A thorough spray with crude carbolic acid in whitewash will kill the mites and keep the house clean. Early marketing notes say Thanksgiving prices rise later in November. Geese require little more than grass and water with plenty of grain.
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