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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1918
Page
12
Advice on using kitchen waste to feed chickens as a cost saving for egg production. Highlights include grinding scraps, avoiding moldy or spoiled items, excluding banana peels and orange skins, and using sour milk or clabbered milk as feed. Emphasizes separate collection of usable scraps and proper preparation.
The article urges neighbors to collect kitchen scraps for hens to improve feeding. It outlines dry mash recipes using corn, bran, middlings, and scraps, stresses grit and shell availability, and notes water should be clean and plentiful. It also contains a narrative scene with Hazel, Malcolm, and a suitcase, emphasizing generosity and affection.
Egg prices range from five cents each to sixty or seventy cents a dozen in some areas. The piece urges readers to become producers, note that six to eight hens can supply a family, and recommends the USDA Farmers Bulletin 889 on safe poultry keeping. It invites readers to act and obtain reliable advice.
The article describes grinding kitchen scraps and mixing with cornmeal or bran until a crumbly mass. Feed this to hens at noon or night, using a trough or board, ensuring all scraps are consumed. Include some grain in the feed for a balanced diet.
The text notes that winter laying hens require meat food in some form such as beef scrape fish scraps cut fresh bone or kitchen trimmings or they cannot produce a profitable number of eggs in most cases.
The article advises feeding poultry well to achieve maximum production and prevent losses from underperforming flocks. It stresses consistent nourishment as essential for profitability and overall farm efficiency.
A farmer guide explains scattering about half a pint of grain for a flock of 20 to 25 hens to encourage exercise and better digestion. It suggests grain mixes of equal parts feeding wheat, cracked corn and oats or two parts cracked corn to one part oats, plus a dry mash in a hopper for ongoing nourishment.
When hens brood and hatch is undesired, confine the hen to a small flat bottom coop with ample water. Feeding is optional. Three to six days usually suffice, some take ten to twelve. A hen’s nest-stay and feather ruffling indicate she is broken. For learners, work with a successful poultryman for one to two years to learn the trade. If hens brood excessively, close the mash hopper at certain times and provide access mainly in the afternoon.
A tale of hardship and aid transforms two families. Nathan Wayne and Hazel Wayne endure poverty after losing their home, aided by John and Mary Dunslow. Hazel later reunites with Malcolm Dunslow, who offered help, and plans to make Hazel the mistress of the old farm.
A self taught bear roams Cultus Creek taking food from prospectors cabins. J W Mulholland and Charles Woodrow report losses totaling hundreds of dollars this season. The bear climbs trees, devours weeks of supply, and resists guns with grit, prompting threats of extreme measures to deter him.
A listing of cautions from electric light companies as reprinted by Popular Science Monthly offers practical warnings to prevent shocks and fires. Do not cover an electric globe, do not hang coats over lamps, do not leave cords connected, and do not touch downed wires. in emergencies use a wooden handled tool to remove a wire, keeping distance.
The piece discusses coronae around sun and moon in cool atmospheric vapors and cloud particles, then compares helmet styles across eras and notes medieval armor mimicked in the modern era. It closes with a claim about the game cock as a swift fighter with sharp spurs and forceful use.
The Western Mining and Oil News reports on price quotes for lead silver copper and zinc and lists ore values and concentrates. It covers the Southwest Oil Company forming at Ostman to drill in Chino Valley and notes mining activity across Arizona Kansas New Mexico and Alaska including Frisco Gold Mines Kingman and Cripple Creek developments plus ore shipments from Ophir and Gallina and a Carlisle mine reopening.
Black Bear company produces 1000 barrels monthly in Salt Creek. Ohio Company's rig operates in north Moorcroft with a winter camp set. W. S. Tarbell forms 1. X. L. Oil and Refining with holdings in Colorado Kansas Wyoming Oklahoma totaling 6700 acres. Prairie Pipe Line to run six inch line from Lost Soldier to Rawlins. Prudential Oil well at Rawhide anticline Park county down 1725 feet with strong oil showings. Wolfrang Exploration holds 560 acres in Lander with a 240 foot well showing oil. winter quarters erected for staff and drilling to continue through winter.
United States Department of Agriculture dairy experts urge wider use of cottage cheese, noting it contains about 25 percent more protein per pound than a medium-fat beef side while using roughly half as much food energy. The article details simple home methods from Farmers Bulletin 650 to yield a good, economical cheese from skim milk, starting with clean equipment and temperature control.
An article discusses using cottage cheese as a cheaper protein and energy source, comparing protein and energy content per pound with various meats. It also notes that to market a product with consistent quality, more elaborate methods may be required in production.
Separating pullets from old hens aids proper feeding. Keep pullets separate from adult birds and exclude surplus cockerels to achieve optimal growth and health.
If the young pigs have been taught to eat and skim milk is available they may be weaned at six weeks but this is not advised if they appear thriving with the sow.
USDA dressed-poultry specialists advise households and eateries to avoid squab chickens weighing under three pounds. By using three-pound broilers and friers, meat shortages may ease as by-products like buttermilk skim milk and low-grade grains contribute to the extra flesh with proper feeding.
A detailed home method for clabbered milk cheese to be made in stages. Start with milk at about 70 degrees, let souring occur, cut curd, heat to 100 degrees, drain, and press into a smooth mashed potato like texture. Salt to taste and store chilled for freshness. Also notes on using sour cream, storage, and affordable meal planning with milk.
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