Poultry Coop and Scratching Room Described for Penned Hens
A Baldwin Kansas reader describes a 48 by 8 foot front poultry coop with a scratching room. The front uses poultry netting to keep sparrows and mites out while a cement floor and shingled roof provide a sturdy setup. The back holds 12 wire nests 2 1 2 feet high, attached to a 2 by 4 frame and a 1 by 3 strip at the front. Nests can be tipped to the wall at night to keep hens from roosting. The dogstays are level with a 2 1 2 foot floor.
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Alice McNaiie
Baldwin
Kan
Old Hens Are Poor-Layers At Maryland Station
A Maryland experiment on sixty white hens shows declining egg output with age. Yearly averages were 171.3, 149.1, and 151.1 eggs per hen, with costs around 90 dollars per hen and profits of 2.07, 1.61, and 0.90 dollars respectively. Despite some high producers, overall shrinkage indicates serious financial loss from maintaining older birds.
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Maryland Station
Maryland
PAIL FOR COLLECTING EGGS
A good stiff galvanized pail is best for gathering eggs for easy carrying and to keep eggs from cracking. A bran layer stops eggs from rolling. raise the bottom an inch for stability on uneven surfaces. a double hinged cover protects from dirt indoors and rain or snow outdoors. a 12 quart pail holds about 125 eggs.
Common Sense in Poultry Raising Advice
The text urges poultry raisers to avoid chasing every new remedy or method. It emphasizes using common sense and sound judgment for handling poultry, arguing practical experience yields better results than adopting every trending system.
Green Food for Turkeys
The article argues that while free ranging turkeys eat greens, this is insufficient and not ideal. It recommends providing green food to improve their diet and health.
Prepare Fowls for Winter
Preserve pork grease for fowl care by dipping birds in warm grease and water to shed old feathers and vermin. The process softens skin and accelerates molting, leaving healthy new plumage to endure winter with fewer pests. Dip early morning, keep water bucket topped, and shelter birds at roosts for several nights.
Water Trough for Winter Poultry Drink
A Kansas City inventor describes a winter water trough using a barrel inverted over a fountain with a lantern tube to prevent freezing. A small side opening allows birds to reach the water.
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P. C. Fish
Kansas City
Eggs for Breeding and Market Prices
Pure bred eggs fetch high breeding prices in spring when common eggs flood markets and again in autumn when poultry prices dip. A breeder of thoroughbred chickens can sell surplus stock at a good return when supply is largest, unlike mongrel stock.
Poultry Advice Emphasizes Feeding and Care
A 19th century note highlights egg handling tips and stock care. It urges feeding boiled potatoes to birds, proper egg packing with salt, adding nails for iron, careful care during moulting, and avoiding underfed hens. It stresses water cleanliness, pest control, whitewashing coops, and efficient packaging with patent egg boxes to ease shipping.
High Prices and Fair Trade in Local Markets
An editorial condemns price gouging and argues that maintaining unreasonably high prices harms a town’s growth. It praises correct buying and fair profits, noting many merchants and professionals resist price standards while some push high marks to elevate status.
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Congress
Galveston Sets New Cotton Export Record
Galveston Texas reports a record month with 154 346 bales of cotton shipped abroad valued at 10 148 390 dollars. The prior record in 1911 stood at 152 657 bales valued at 10 073 144 dollars, an increase of 1 669 bales and 75 254 dollars.
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Galveston
Texas
Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin of
New York
Arkansas
Thexas
Texas City
America
Texas cattle breeding and the case for cooperation
An editorial argues breeding blooded livestock, excluding horses, is a new, expanding Texas industry. It urges farmers to unite across communities to standardize one breed, boosting market and dairy prospects, and notes Asiatic cattle research to combat disease while criticizing American butter shortages and reliance on imports.
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United States
Texas
Arlington
Fort Worth
Foreign capital invests at Plainview Texas farm land
Eastern capitalists invest 1 600 000 dollars in 60 000 acres near Plainview Texas to subdivide into small farm tracts. An agricultural expert will guide development. Plans include 10 000 acres of fruit, 20 000 acres of alfalfa, and remaining land for truck crops.
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Plainview
Texas
Texas News Gathered Everywhere
A compilation of Texas developments includes a new 20000 hotel in Terrell and a completed Nocona Cotton Oil plant. Tulsa sees a 100000 five story office building start, Hobart bridges contract, and Shreveport grandstand finished. Brownwood peanut plant ships first shell peanuts amid fair notes for Rusk County and Bell County road experiments.
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Brownwood
Poet’s Narrow Escape on Highway Turns Into Cash
A Billville poet recounts a highway hold up where the robber empty handed him but offered two dollars after reading three lines of the poem for the editor. The stranger declared the poet needed the money more than he did and gave him the small sum before driving away.
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Billville
Atlanta Constitution
Young Woman Caught Between Mother's Rule and Romance
A woman struggles with her mother's injunction to avoid close relationships as a young man circles her tonight. Witnesses note a visible distance in her gaze, suggesting longing beyond the immediate proprieties.
Oxidine marketed as summer tonic and malaria preventive
An advertisement touts Oxidine as a summer tonic that both strengthens the system and, when taken early, prevents malaria. It promotes regular and taste less formulas available at druggists and hints at a broader social message about judgment and boasting.
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Pquedy
Texas Cattle Breeding
Canada
Denmark
Sweden
Russia
Ireland
Newcastle
Texas News
Terrell
Nocona
Tulsa
Okla
Board of County Commissioners of
Hobart
Ohla
Shreveport
Port Aransas
San Antonio
Forty-Fifth District
Aransas Harbor Terminal
Henderson
Bell County
Col
Cuardiola
Muzquiz
Mex
Aurelo Blanquett
Guardiola
Texas Anti-Tuberculosis Association
O. B. Colquitt
Dallas
Harris County
City of
Houston
McLennan County
Waco
Austin
Shreveport Traction Company
Hibernia Bank and Trust Company of
New Orleans
Board of Health
Jermyn High School
Hostetter
Sloan
Wilton Wheeler
Ala
G. G. Jones
L. L
Heyer A. Woehl
Somerset St
Plainfield, N. J
Acate A
Earl S
U.S.A
Resino Chemical Co
Baltimore
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