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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1917
Page
7
United States Department of Agriculture analysts urge replanting freed ground with vegetables that store well or can be canned. Late Irish potatoes beans and sweet corn are recommended along with late beets turnips tomatoes squash and pumpkins for extended harvests and efficient use of space.
A dealer advertises one Deering Binder and three registered Duroc Jersey boats priced at $25 each. Contact William G. Marshall, manager, at phone 625, to inquire. The note mentions a quirky query about whether trusts have reformed.
H. L. Kempster outlines scab and parasite checks for chicks and hens. He prescribes lice treatment with unsalted lard for head lice and blue ointment for maturing fowls, plus worm checks and preventive measures such as burning contaminated droppings. The article cites a Missouri University White Leghorn flock showing high profit from careful feeding and cost accounting.
The yolk color in eggs depends largely on green feed such as sprouted oats and other greens. Green feed brightens yolks and supports laying, especially when fall crops thin. Some greens like rape darken yolks while kale does not. use green feeds to adjust color and hen health.
If any birds show colds, add enough potassium permanganate to a gallon of water to leave a visible film on a dime and use this in drinking water for several days. Remove sick birds for isolated treatment or euthanize and bury if not worth treating.
Sprinkling lime around a henhouse helps deodorize and purify air. Use lime with carbolic acid to quickly exterminate vermin. Sprinkle the runs with a strong sulfuric acid solution to reduce disease risk in poultry.
Advice on pushing late hatching Mediterranean pullets to lay in fall. Recommend high protein rations with beef scrap bran middlings and oil meal plus green feed and dairy byproducts. Promote free range and disease control to boost winter egg production.
The article notes fowls relish common vegetables and should be fed regularly. It highlights mangels cabbage turnips rape potatoes onions and silages as feasible feeds with cautions on cost and acclimation for hens.
The Committee on Public Information reports famed artists including Gibson Flagg Christy Reuterdahl and Leyendecker have created Navy and Marine Corps posters. Some artists earned 1 000 to 10 000 for single works while volunteering their services.
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