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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1920
Page
7
A North Carolina experiment shows purebred males boost egg output. Flock 1 laid 89 eggs per hen, flock 2 88, and flock 3 186 after crossbreeding with a high producing rooster, a 64 percent yearly increase though spring gains affected prices.
Fowls grow fond of eggs after accidently eating broken ones. Ensure nests have straw and are darkened to hide broken eggs. If egg eating is discovered, the best plan is to remove the offending hen.
Turkeys with ample range quickly consume grasshoppers and insects, plus green vegetation, oats, weeds, grasses, waste grain, acorns, and nuts. This broad foraging lowers raiser costs and raises profits, as the birds convert diverse forage into marketable gains.
Green feeds are essential for young chicks in the brooder. Give cut clover as much as they will eat and plenty of green food on range when they can forage. Preserve surplus eggs from spring and summer for fall and winter when eggs are scarce and costly.
Detroit News surveys the Homeric epic tradition from its ancient origins to later recensions. It notes Lycurgus and Pisistratus shaping the poems, Aristotle and Aristophanes aiding their preservation, and Homer as a model for Thucydides and moral teaching.
Motivational piece urging readers to act today. It frames Today as music, art, literature, work, play, and life, urging courage, joy, and effort. It mentions learning from yesterday, planning for tomorrow, and not fearing today, encouraging work, help, and love as today’s duties. George Matthew Adams attribution.
A hog-nosed snake recently arrived in London at the Zoological Gardens performs a dramatic display when approached, puffing up a cobra like hood and then collapsing into a lifeless limp. The two specimens have grown bored with the act, revealing the creature to be harmless.
George W. Smith explains a method to rid poultry houses of mites and body lice. A roosting pole with a hidden underroost lath acts as a trap. lifting the roost and pouring boiling water between lath and roost destroys vermin and eggs, then the roost dries quickly. For lice, hang the fowl and rub soda powder into feathers as a harmless treatment.
Eggs from the Pacific coast in large amounts were first shipped across the continent to the New York market two years ago. They now bring a premium of 1 to 2 cents, according to market quotations. Officials in the Bureau of Markets believe this premium reflects strict grading by Western shippers, a reputation earned in other products shipped East.
Ptomaine poisoning follows rapid decay of fowl carcasses in heat. By products from putrefying bacteria attack chick digestive systems when birds eat the decaying flesh, leading to poisoning after enough ingestion.
Green feed is excellent for poultry and can substitute a large portion of the grain ration. Grow oats vetch and rape for summer use, cabbage and mangel beets for winter. Store cabbage and beets in a dry room or bury in a pit and cover with straw and earth.
Provide a dry mash and keep yard clean. Build a nest for four to five hens with roosts. Ensure the house is dry, draft free, and ventilated. Keep hens lice free and mites out of the house. Kill and eat hens in summer and fall as lay declines. A clean cellar two-thirds underground suits incubator use. Read the RECORD, $1.50 per year.
A historic note on preserving flavor amid sugar price rises. It outlines jelly making using citrus peels and citron melon with orange lemon juice and rhubarb or pineapple blends. Instructions cover soaking, cooking, straining, and testing jellying power with alcohol to ensure pectin content, and end with reflective, hopeful lines.
A period style collection of simple kitchen recipes and serving ideas. It outlines a basic head lettuce salad with French dressing, a waffle recipe using sour milk, a fruit salad with citrus and pineapple, a chicken a la McDonald style with milk sauce, and a milk-braised chicken dish. The tone echoes home cooking guidance with practical steps and standard ingredients.
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