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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1924
Page
8
The article advises keeping hens fed with dry mash during summer to maximize fall culling results. It prescribes a mash mix of bran shorts cornmeal and tankage with optional grain additions and emphasizes oyster shells or limestone and adequate milk to reduce mash if milk is abundant.
The doctoring of poultry is not advised except for a few diseases. Poultry men favor flock treatment over individual cures due to unit production size and risk of breeding a weak chicken. Individual treatment should be simple, infrequent, and only when easy to apply to the flock. Storrs Conn Beg Layint Contest.
The text outlines methods to curb egg eating in hens. Tips include darkening nests, clipping beaks of affected birds, offering oyster shell and meat scraps, keeping birds busy with deep litter, and letting them roam outdoors when weather allows.
Finish the broiler cockerels by milk feeding for ten days or two weeks. While feeding, look up the best market and outlet by contacting several poultry buyers in nearby cities. Tell them what you have and if they fit the market you can usually obtain top quotations.
The author warns that direct sun harms newborn chicks causing unexplained deaths even when they look healthy. Shield them from sun for two to three days and provide semi shade afterward with constant cool shade available. Applies to all chicken classes.
Experiments at the station tested soy bean oilmeal with corn and minerals on six groups of ten pigs, starting around 70 pounds. Results indicate soy bean oilmeal can replace part or all meat meal tankage, especially with rape pasture, lowering feed per 100 pounds gain depending on relative prices.
The Farmer and Breeder notes trimmed and docked lambs fetch higher prices and profits. Kentucky extension data from 31,000 lambs shows wether lambs earned over two dollars more per hundred than buck lambs, supporting early docking at eight to fifteen days.
The article advises using steel fence posts or cemented posts to ground fence wires. Connect posts to the ground so a lightning bolt hitting a fence or nearby trees won’t travel along the fence and injure stock. Grounding aims to direct the surge safely into the earth.
The text notes cholera in hogs producing sudden sickness within hours. Hogs may become droopy and weak, refuse feed, and stagger or squeal when moved. Visible symptoms include standing apart from herds and lying near straw or weeds until recovery or death.
Fragmentary text references salads and fresh tongue with compact wording. Mentions ing and soft ore may be, with diet hints. Notes are unclear and may describe meals or kitchen items in a rough draft style.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the guidance encourages involving children in packing their lunches. It favors varied well balanced foods, safe storage, and simple wrapping methods while noting perishable items should be avoided in heat and suggesting paper cups jars and screw top containers for convenience. Milk from home is advised if school provisions are unavailable.
A United States Department of Agriculture guide explains how brief cooking preserves peach flavor by jelly embedding. It covers using pectin extracts to jelly sliced peaches and other fruits while stressing high quality fruit and a quick boil to retain fresh taste.
The United States Department of Agriculture presents a frosting method from the Bureau of Home Economics. Beat sugar with egg and cold water over gentle heat until stiff enough to hold shape, then flavor with vanilla or chocolate and adjust for caramel by sugar and syrup substitutes.
Fragmentary notes describe a recipe with green pepper tomato rice and spices. Instructions mention chopping peppers adding chili powder salt and pepper and cooking with hot water until done.
The United States Department of Agriculture notes common bluings Prussian blue aniline and ultramarine with indigo rarely used. Bluings in solution color fabrics evenly while suspensions may stain if not fully used.
A Clemson dairy official notes farmers follow beaten paths to time herd sire purchases. He argues waiting until demand peaks yields better bulls at lower prices, while proactive buyers secure top sires before others act. He urges evaluating needs before next March to outpace the crowd.
Advice on calf ringworm emphasizes washing with strong soap and water to remove crusts, applying a home ointment of flowers of sulfur creosote lard, and twice daily rubbing. Alternate days paint with tincture of iodine, avoid eyes, and limewash sheds with crude carbolic acid for prevention.
The caustic potash method is described for young calves about a week old. Apply the caustic at the horn bases after trimming the hair around the horn buttons. Coat with vaseline to prevent Burns, wrap with paper, moisten the stick, and rub on the horns until they whiten. Do not wet enough to run into the eyes. The treatment halts further horn growth.
A mangled note discusses feed mixtures including 200 pounds wheat bran 7300 pounds cornmeal 300 pounds oats and other components. It mentions a pallet arrangement near Fermi and a good mixture for feeding after weaning. The text references milk, foam, and a desire for a favorable blend for calves or livestock.
Fragmentary note discusses flavors and contamination in feed. Mentions improper standing near a barn, transfer to house, coating, and the impact on taste. References to succulent feed and roots cabbage implying methods to soften or overcome flavor issues.
Mrs. Macara of Glasgow Kentucky writes that after years of pain due to a stomach condition she tried Lydia E. Pinkham’s Beet Tonic. She reports improved appetite, strength, and nerves after taking the tonic and feeling much better.
A quoted fragment emphasizes nature as essential for body and spirit. It contrasts society's disease with the healing scent of pines and the cleansing air of high pastures. The passage urges immersion in woodlands and nature to restore vitality and mood.
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