19 Feb 1912
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Newspaper
Modesto News
Location
Modesto, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1912
Page
1
A detailed guide on mating and selection for Rhode Island poultry, stressing correct pairings, type, head shape, color, and feather quality. Emphasizes selecting best females with top males, avoiding extremes, and maintaining long legs, good carriage, and strong color patterns to improve flock quality over several breeding seasons.
The text addresses detection and management of a disease in poultry. It notes aged onset symptoms, a loose appetite, and emaciation signs. It prescribes isolating suspected birds, burning droppings, and treating with turpentine drops and soft feed after fasting.
The text recalls potato crop prices dipping to as low as 10 cents during a lean year in Ohio and farmers feeding their fowl with potatoes. It notes potatoes kept fowls well fed when markets were weak, and mentions the rich yield of Rhode Island red hens and other anecdotal farming methods.
Agricultural notes emphasize optimizing hen nutrition for profit through balanced rations. Suggested feeds include grains, meatscraps, green fodder such as clover and alfalfa, cabbage, kale, mangels, water and grit, with hens selecting what they need. Experiment station trials explore bran, beef scrap, shells, grit and milk to sustain layers year round.
A plain guide on starting poultry farming without expertise. It suggests a basic plan for many families in dense areas to keep a few hens for eggs, arguing that proper management yields good returns and market demand for eggs exists with potential honey and broader supplies.
If young birds show spasms or fits they may have intestinal worms. The article notes several worm varieties, signs of infestation and how internal parasites spread among poultry, warning flock conditions can worsen without treatment.
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