Poultry Winter Egg Production Tips From USDA
United States Department of Agriculture guidance urges substitutions for spring greens to maintain winter egg output. Use young laying hens and balanced rations with green substitutes like cabbage, turnips, beets, potatoes, and carrots along with fish meal or tankage. Provide grit, fresh water, and proper care to sustain egg production when range forage is scarce.
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Poultrymen
United States
Department of Agriculture
Winter House for Poultry Openings on South Side
Instructions for poultry housing require muslin or burlap coverings on the south side openings, a drop curtain for stormy nights, a straw deep litter flooring, and a constantly available mash mix of bran shorts cornmeal ground oats with 20 percent meat meal to stimulate hens to work.
Poultry Care Tips For Healthier Flocks In Winter
Always feed good laying rations and use stimulants or tonics only with quality feed. A healthy flock needs no vaccination, more space helps cleanliness, and treat each bird for lice before winter housing. Hens tolerate cold better than damp conditions, and select seed heads when feeding sunflower seeds.
Feeding Cows Remedies for Milk Yield and Dry Period
USDA notes that cows should be well fed during peak milk production and while dry to build a reserve of lime and phosphorus. Legume hays like alfalfa and cowpeas supply lime. dairy seeds and concentrates vary in phosphorus. Proper rations support year round production and efficient use of feed.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department
CUT WINTER'S WOOD SUPPLY
When winter wood supply is cut, the tempting removal of easiest trees with highest prices leads to poor species reproduction and rapid woodlot deterioration.
Save Your Soil Protects Fertility From Winter Erosion
The note warns that much soil fertility is lost each winter through washing or erosion and urges measures on hilly lands. It recommends keeping land in and planting a cover crop, providing ender drainage, and using brush-filled gullies with terracing to reduce loss.
Fall lawn renewal tips with seed and weeding tips
Grass seed guidance notes grasses germinate in fall. Rake out weeds and apply good seed before autumn rains to renew the lawn and improve growth.
Breeders for Next Season Select Breeding Flock Early
The article advises selecting the best birds now for next spring’s breeding flock. Mark hens for breeding and discard excess cockerels to save space and feed, as they yield no extra weight or price if kept.
NEXT SUMMER ICE SUPPLY PLANS FOR FARMERS
Thoughts turn to ice storage as temperatures rise. The article urges renewing or rebuilding ice houses before summer, noting double-walled insulated designs preserve ice best. It suggests even inexpensive houses can save most of the supply if packed properly and used temporarily.
Tuberculosis in Chickens Sparks Culling Fight
Poultrymen adopt tuberculin test to screen new flock members for a dreaded disease. Infected birds are destroyed, mirroring dairy practices for reactors. Harbors pests and disease. Winter garden trash can harbor crop diseases and shelter garden pests from season to season.
Must Keep Hoge Healthy For Profitable Hog Raising
The text notes hog health as key to profitability and stresses sanitary quarters. It cites Mrs. Tha Schaitzer of Brooklyn New York as having won more athletic prizes than any other woman.
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Brooklyn
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Life quoting a cookie craving moment in public discourse
A playful exchange highlights a humorous moment as one person asserts a cookie request while another admits not having one. The brief vignette captures light social dynamics and casual dialogue.
Diamond Dyes Promote Home Dyeing of Fabrics
A brief promotional note urges home dyeing with Diamond Dyes for clothing and linens. It suggests dyeing coats, skirts, curtains, and various textiles, and tells readers to tell their druggist the fabric type such as wool, silk, linen, or cotton to match the dye.
Is your wife a good cook and the Red Cross Ball Blue ad
A quirky ad copy notes that visiting relatives imply a good cook, then promotes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product with a call to try it. It ends by contrasting prices and suggesting the high-priced seller earns their salary.
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Baby
Fiveyearold asks why firemen left before dawn
Martha Jane, five, woke to the fre alarm. Her father rushed to the scene and returned, as she asked why they left a fire before morning.
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Martha Jane
Daddy
Purify and Ointment and Talcum Advertised
Purify the skin with the ointment to soothe and heal and use the talcum to powder and perfume. An advertisement notes these toilet table essentials as must have items.
No Dispute Marble Cake Intent Conversation
A brief dialogue features a humorous exchange where a cross remark is met with clarification. The speaker claims the item was meant for a marble cake, and the other confirms the intended use. The scene reads as a light domestic exchange.
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Dearie
Fletcher's Castoria Brand Ad Ends with Signature Claim
Fragmentary OCR shows a vintage ad line about Fletcher's Castoria used for infants and children. Mentions a 30 year use claim and a signature mark. Reads as an old product promotion with minimal readable context.
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Fletcher
Double Barreiled Race Ends With Teddy Losing the Fight
The excerpt presents a brief exchange where Teddy confesses his loss in a race while a neighbor questions the cause of the defeat. The dialogue emphasizes the outcome rather than the events leading up to it.
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