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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1918
Page
6
Instructions describe how to identify a broodiness in hens and transfer them to a prepared nest. It covers dusting with insect powder, placing a china egg, timing for letting the hen hatch, and spacing for eggs under the hen during cool weather. It also details packing and shipping eggs using excelsior and cardboard cartons.
Bees for hatching can be shipped long distances with success though hatch rates may decline. Pack setting eggs in market baskets with exelsior on bottom and sides and wrap the eggs carefully for shipment.
A column urges consumers to value cleanliness in milk rather than price alone. It cites USDA specialists noting rising demand for good milk and stricter sanitary regulations that require producers to invest in quality, arguing the consumer should share the cost of safe, clean milk.
Guidance on nest design for sitting hens describes separate quarters for large and small flocks, use of a 15 inch by 15 inch nest box with a 6 inch front board, tiered layouts with hinged fronts, and damp bedding of hay or straw packed to form a slightly deeper center to prevent egg rolling and chilling.
A historical note proposes dry mash ratios using cornmeal and beef scraps. It also lists alternatives combining wheat bran wheat middlings beef scraps and cornmeal in specified proportions.
Practical note advises placing oyster shell and grit before hens so they can scratch for all grains fed. It emphasizes letting hens peck and process feed with grit to aid digestion and nutrient uptake.
A rail of phrases hints at a strong focus on poultry prices or opportunities. The line suggests optimism or a peak in demand and value for poultry markets. The exact details or entities are not clear from the fragment.
The Texas House approved Governor Hobby's ten mile prohibition zone around military camps with an emergency clause setting the start for April 1. The measure bars liquor sales within the zone and makes violations a felony, with penalties of two to five years in prison.
At a federal food admin meeting with wheat flour millers jobbers and bakers it was shown that flour shortages in parts of Texas stem from the large troop presence and their kin. An estimated 500000 people are covered under allotments four per section.
An old rural ad touts Boschee’s German Syrup to quiet coughs soothe throat and lung inflammation and promote rest and morning expectoration. It claims fifty two years’ American sale and usefulness for lung trouble asthma croup and bronchitis. An unrelated note mentions a new cotton picking machine with four men following it and pneumatic nozzles.
An advertisement touts Magic Am nica Liniment as essential medicine for sprains, swellings, bruises, rheumatism and neuralgia with three sizes priced 25c 50c and 1.00. It adds a note about a gasoline engine that uses only a twentieth of a drop of fuel per operation.
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