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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1918
Page
2
The winter cold damages frosted combs and wattles in a flock, especially in male birds with large or wet combs. Frostbite worsens during thaw and is mitigated by pre thaw treatment using vaseline or lard, glycerine turpentine mix, and keeping birds cool. Avoid open drinkers for males in deep cold. a burlap curtain before roosts helps protection.
An illustration shows a backyard poultry setup with 70 hens housed in 6 by 14 foot pens, two per pen, elevated to shield from ground, and soil runs renewed quarterly. A flock of 18 hens produced 2 168 eggs in one year while oats are sprouted for green feed in the owner's cellar.
Notes advise warming the space for females to avoid frostbite, with males possibly relocated to a warmer area overnight. Suggest rubbing vaseline on the combs and water tubes to increase frost resistance.
For families keeping poultry for home use, general purpose breeds suit best. The article notes Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes as suitable examples for backyard flocks. It emphasizes home consumption over market aims and discusses breed suitability for small-scale raised poultry.
A fireless brooder provides natural body heat for young chicks. An 18 inch by 8 inch hover works for 12 to 40 chicks, averaging 25, with adjustable quilts to regulate warmth. Keep outdoor use for warm weather or place indoors in cool weather and guide chicks to heat.
Dottes Rhode Island Reds and Orpingtons are good varieties for people not seeking large scale poultry farming. They are good layers and make fine table poultry. They hatch their own eggs and brood their own chicks, unlike Leghorns which need incubators and brooders to perpetuate flocks.
Farmers note that a poultry house stays warm and dry with dry straw or hay piled a foot high overhead, while allowing ventilation to prevent frost on combs. Breeds must tolerate the climate with this ventilation method. adjust to air quality.
The article argues that heavy layer chickens yield more hatching eggs and future chicks, increasing egg production for sale and market needs before and after the hatching season. It emphasizes high egg production efficiency and flock management to maximize output and profits.
Public exhortation urges Americans to eat more potatoes to protect perishable food supplies and stretch bread, noting potatoes provide starch and salts essential for body functions and energy. The message compares potato starch to fuel for work and claims potatoes can save wheat.
The article promotes lowering sugar intake by choosing low sugar dishes and using sweet fruits. It suggests fresh fruits or baked apples instead of puddings, a fruit salad as a dessert, and dried fruits like dates, raisins, or figs with breakfast cereals to cut sugar needs.
A guide to boiling potatoes in skins to avoid sogginess and waste. Do not peel first, cook 20 to 30 minutes in salted boiling water, drain immediately, and use skins to retain nutrients. For mashed potatoes, peel after boiling and whip with butter salt and hot milk. Also describes potato sausages made from mashed potatoes and ground nuts or meat, formed, breaded, and fried.
A list from the United States Department of Agriculture details 28 potato preparations. It includes boiled mashed fried chips french fried Lyonnaise gaufre croquettes mashed fried augratin and various uses in soups stews fish cakes and meat dishes.
A kitchen excerpt describes layering sliced potatoes with cheese and milk for scalloped potatoes, plus variations for potato puffs and shepherds pie. It notes baking times for raw versus boiled potatoes and whether the dish is deep or shallow, with instructions for assembling and cooking.
The 1918 potato harvest is estimated at 442 586 000 bushels the largest on record. It cannot be carried over and must be consumed or wasted to relieve cereal shortages. The Agriculture Department urges rapid sale by farmers and dealers and liberal purchasing by consumers to speed consumption.
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER has been a household remedy for constipation indigestion and liver troubles. A few doses will relieve nervous dyspepsia and related symptoms. it is a gentle laxative sold worldwide. The payroll of the United States army and navy is now nearly $100,000,000 a month.
A German newspaper awards the inventor of liquid fire the title The Prince of Hell. The age of youth ad promotes La Creole hair dressing to darken gray hair and look ten years younger.
A U S advertisement urges buyers to choose Vacher-Balm over imitators for coughs colds croup and sore symptoms. Priced at 2½¢ per jar or tube the ad promises free samples and offers to ship if no local agent is available. An old bachelor quip about marriage ends the notice.
A call urges parents to inspect every bottle of Castoria the well known infant remedy to ensure safety and proper use for children and infants.
The ad claims catarrh is a constitutional disease and cannot be cured by local application. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and said to affect the blood and mucous surfaces. It emphasizes a tonic-blood purifier blend and invites readers to obtain testimonials from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. The closing line notes longer wear for fewer steps.
An old advertisement urges readers to buy Mansfield Cough Balsam to ease a hacking cough with 25 or 50 cent bottles. It notes a proposal for a woman in the British cabinet. It promotes Dr. Peery's Vermitage Dead Shot to kill worms and mentions New York state prisoners to farm during the war.
Mrs Pearl Monahan of Mitchell Indiana credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relieving her neuralgia during pregnancy after three bottles. She reports gaining strength, completing household tasks, and a healthy seven month old baby weighing 19 pounds. The Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co cites many letters praising health restored during maternity.
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