Demand for heavy horses remains good at high prices
Minnesota breeders see strong demand for draft and carriage stock despite autos. From 1910 to 1912 the state increased registered draft sires by 35 percent to over 1,450, while national horse numbers and values rose sharply. Prices for first class draft horses reached $800 to $1,000, and market activity remains robust across Chicago and St. Louis.
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Joseph Montgomery
Minnesota
Stallion Registration Board
State Veterinarians’ Association
Minneapolis
Minnesota Stallion Registration Board
Chicago
St. Louis
United States
U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry
Ointment to Kill Poultry Lice and Mites Endorsed by Professor Graham
A home remedy for poultry lice and mites is prescribed by Professor W. R. Graham of Guelph Canada. The mixture combines mercury lard suet oleate of mercury and can be thinned with cotton seed oil if needed. Stored in small containers it keeps for months and is useful for turkeys and fowl alike.
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W. R. Graham
Guelph
Canada
Dominion
Pekin Ducks Prove Highly Profitable For Smallholders
A Poultry Journal writer describes Pekin ducks raised on half an acre with a 5:1 ratio of ducks to drakes. Eggs set February 1, ducks sold at ten weeks weighing five to six pounds for 14 to 16 cents per pound live weight.
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The
Poultry Journal
Little Fellows
Poultry Clean Roost For Chickens
Edmonton writer George B Fraser describes a self designed clean dropping board chicken roost system. He promotes a 45 degree slope, a bottom trough to catch droppings, a sliding door for scraping, and used nail keg nests filled with straw hung on wall nails for easy cleaning. The design emphasizes space efficiency and cleanliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Fraser
Edmonton
Alberta
Two Story Poultry House Demonstrated by Chicago Breeder
Dwight Bronson reports a two story piano box poultry house kept seven hens and a cockerel last winter with good results. The upper floor sits one third from the top and a slanted board helps birds move between floors. Ventilation is provided by a 12 inch square muslin covered opening and doors propped open in rain or light snow.
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Dwight Bronson
Chicago
A Good Egg Food for Poultry via Cowpeas
A poultryman reports cowpeas harvested and stored, then scattered to hens. Egg production nearly doubles, hens eagerly eat pods and leaves while stems are left. general flock health remains excellent through winter. Cowpeas are easy to raise and worth testing.
Breeding for Market in Poultry Selection
The text advises choosing fowl by market aim whether meat or eggs and suggests maximizing returns by selecting breeds that optimize the desired product. It concludes with the slogan that outcomes depend on the breeder's choices.
Poultry Culling Advice for Small Farms
Instruction urges selecting weaker chickens for disposal while keeping the best layers for breeding and meat, noting that poor stock still serves roasting purposes and that producers cannot afford to lose profitable birds.
Donts in Poultry Shipping for Market Traders
Shippers of market poultry should avoid bony or poorly dressed stock and never ship to unknown buyers. Verify references before consigning, use clean neat boxes, and pack with care. Ensure animal heat is out before dressing, inspect shipments, and keep a memo with amount data on both copies of the billhead.
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Commission
Potteery Notes for Market Poultry Care and Marketing
Practical poultry tips covering housing for winter, feeding and care during moulting, vaccination and disinfectants, and marketing eggs and birds. Emphasizes cleanliness to prevent disease and timely marketing, with guidance on nest maintenance, tonics, and feeds to fatten market birds.
Millions for good roads as Texas counties issue bonds
Twenty six road and bridge bond elections in Texas since 1912 issued bonds totaling 2 371 200 to build highways while 14 elections failed for 1 802 500. Robertson leads with four successful bonds worth 500 000. Fort Bend is second with 355 000.
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Bastrop
Bee
Calhoun
Cass
Jade Hte
Colorado
Seslas Ibe
Willie-Aprahe
Fort Bend
Jouraey Sqitui
Henderson
Rey
Johnson
Lamar
Live Oak
Robertson
Tom Green
Ote Wharton
Robertson County
Fort Bend County
Live Oak County
Ellis
Texas
Department of Commerce and Labor
Rhode Island
Continental
United States
Connecticut
Massachusetts
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Front View
Side View
Freeport
Federal Department of Agriculture
Brazoria
Fort Worth
Forty Road
Texas Commercial Secre
Taries and Business Men’s Association
Lone Star State
Commissioners’' Court
Angelina
Collin
Smith
van Zandt
Giddings
Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Stone City
Santa Fe
Caldwell
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