Garbage feeds can cut poultry costs with careful use
A United States Department of Agriculture guide explains how to feed garbage to hens and other poultry to reduce feed costs by 25 to 30 percent. It stresses careful selection, removal of contaminants, chopping, mixing with mash, and regular grain rations, noting winter feeding reduces fermentation risks and detailing practical feeding schedules and may notables from Beltsville experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Beltsville
Ltd
Iowa counties form livestock exchanges to spread purebreds
A system of county farmers exchanges in Iowa coordinates livestock feed and seed trades with state and federal help. Breeders list animals for sale, agents distribute catalogs, and unsold stock is sent to state colleges for broader sale. This enables many farmers to access purebred stock, with shipments reaching buyers in other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa
State Agricultural College
Extension Department
Poultry Profits and Winter Care Tips
The article notes five chickens yield a pound of feathers and that pure bred fowls profit more than mongrels. It highlights the Runner duck’s slower fattening, the goose as a Christmas favorite, and urges green feed for winter egg production. Emphasizes poultry house ventilation, draft prevention, and warns not to keep turkeys with too old or too young stock or more than 12 hens with one mate.
Mystery man identity could unlock $250000 for missing father
Miss Dorothy Harris of St Paul seeks to prove J C R is her father James Philip Harris who disappeared during a fishing trip twelve years ago. The so called mystery man has been found in Minnesota and Chicago with figures tying him to several missing persons cases. The case links to May Moran of Dickinson and a 1907 appearance in Waseca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Paul
Wer
L. ¥. Blue
Waseca
Minn
Depot
Chicago
Jay Allen Caldwell
J. B. Caldwell
Dickinson
N. D
Caldwell
Mick Chomick
Chumick
Uz. Cc. BR
J. C. BR
May Moran
J.C
J. C
Mayo Hospital
Rochester
H. J. Pitkin
Nebraska
Blue
Harris
Father Bows to Candy Promise Ends in Tragedy
Albert Eubalauts ironworker spent Saturday with his children and promised Helen candy. At 9 p.m. three bandits robbed and shot Kabalanza in John Capotela’s pool hall, taking $6 and a watch. Helen waited for her father, never to see him again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higago
Albert Eubalauts
Helen
Kestper Avenue
Kabalanza
John Capotela
West
Sixty Third Street
Albert Smuthey
Keating Avenue
Kubalanza
Keubalanen
Jai Fo Baker Pevker
Lee
Sunfish Weighing a Ton Excites Avalon Anglers
Van Campen Heilner of Spring Lake New Jersey hauled in a sunfish near Avalon two miles offshore. The fish weighed about a ton, defying scales and a pier landing, and was moved through Avalon on a hand cart after a risky tug with ropes pulleys and gaffs. Captain Mackay assisted during the capture aboard the launch Manana.
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Raphael
Cal
Avalon
van Campen Heilner
Spring Lake
N. J
Manana
Mackay
Cerrick
Heilner
Gulf Stream
Avsisn
High Living Costs Spark Guilty Verdicts in Mail Fraud Case
Indianapolis prosecutors report seven men including Muncie mayor Rollin B. Bunch and Delaware County prosecutor Horace G. Murphy were found guilty in federal court of conspiring to defraud via mail. The group, part of a 24-indictment set tied to the Muncie scheme, faced combined fraud totals and a potential 19 500 fine and two years imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ndianapolis
Rollin B. Bunch
Muncie
Ind
Horace G. Murphy
Delaware County
Bunel
Prose
Tor Murphy
Elmer Gentry
Chauncey Stillson
Fei Vara Quirk
Edgar Fy. Sier
Indianapolis
Rater
Toledo
Us Stillson
I. S. Scott
Joseph Engleton
James Whitney
Wes Moines
William Schober
Hubert McGinnis
William Guthrie
Trinity Springs
Sidney Boucher
Hillsboro
CL Myron Burch
Detroit
Ed Bliss
Logansport
Harvey Robins
Three Hivers
Mich
William M. Collins
Byers
Golf
Arthur Bets
Decatur
Dave Buttermore
Cherubusco
Tom Connor
Rhodes
Marion T. Jacks
Monon
CG. S. Stansbury
Kansas City
Adam G. Remmetter
Springfield
John Koster
Franceaville
John W. Jameson
Rich Hill
Frederick H. Roberts
Lowell
BR. Scroggin
Harwietown
Jobs BR. Bradshaw
Csrence Kerschnes
Raneus
Edwie de Mohier
Los Angeles
Oliver J. Pettit
Her
No J. Freer
Saginaw, Mich
Money in Fowls for Farm Women
Women in agricultural clubs learn modern poultry methods to boost earnings from butter eggs and chickens. Egg circles in Hernando County Florida sold 1840 76 in three months while one Virginia member cleared 500 last year. A Coffee County Tennessee club sold 345 in twelve months from 135 birds.
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Department of Agriculture
Hernando County
Florida
Prince Edward County
Virginia
Coffee County
Tennessee
Keeping Close Touch With Market Demand For Farmers
Farmers selling produce to consumers or stores benefit from monitoring market conditions. A telephone inquiry or local paper check reveals demand or its absence, guiding when to move produce to town and potentially securing higher prices. Advertising for delivery should align with customer demand to maximize returns.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Parce Post
Woodland Range For Fowls
A woodlands range provides hens with plentiful feed as they scratch for slugs worms and many insects amid rotten wood and tinder bark. Such forage delivers proteids essential for egg production and overall health of the birds.
DANGER IN USING KEROSENE AS POULTRY REMEDY
Warning against giving kerosene to poultry as a remedy. It should never be administered internally or used on fowl, as it can cause severe harm or death including bites and potgett.
Diseases Will Not Kill Grasshoppers In Field Swarms
Insects including grasshoppers are vulnerable to disease. Two pathogens, Empusa and Bacillus acts, were tested in trials but failed to reliably control swarms in field conditions. Laboratory tests showed grasshoppers resist infection from these organisms, making disease an unreliable control method.
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Cc. R. Jolia
Colorado Articultural College
Fort Collings
Colo
D'El
D'Herrette
Argentina
Philippine Islands
South Africa
Needle Eye Gate for Easy Passage on Farms
Article describes a simple needle eye gate built with two closely spaced posts tied at the top by a long bolt and boarded at the bottom to keep hogs or calves in. It allows a farmer or helper to duck through while remaining animal proof for horses, cows, and other stock.
Feeding livestock requires tailored rations per animal
The text argues that not all hens and cows should receive identical feed. It warns that individual animals have different appetites and needs, so an ideal average ration can guide but cannot be expected to fit each animal precisely.
Why Fowls Eat Their Eggs
Bee eating usually begins by accident when eggs are broken or frozen and later becomes a vice as flocks form the habit. Chickens show unusual appetite for eyes once started and the behavior can spread rapidly through a flock.
Selection of Right Breed
A brief guide outlines how to choose a suitable dog breed based on temperament training needs and living situation. It emphasizes matching energy levels and size to household dynamics and long term care requirements.
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