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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1924
Page
3
Dr. H D Newsom explains white diarrhea spreads from infected hens to eggs and chicks. Prevention hinges on testing breeding hens, blood tests free of charge by the college, and culling infected stock. Continuous testing each year or six months helps ensure eggs come from uninfected stock.
Practical guidance on designing and placing chicken nests for easy cleaning and egg collection. Recommends under dropping boards or side walls with four foot clearance, one nest per four hens, 12 by 12 inch nests, a 1 by 4 inch front step, hinged for access, and Nesting materials ranked hay to straw by New Jersey stations. Nests on a platform allow easy removal and materials fall to floor for cleaning.
Poultry lice can be eliminated by dipping birds in a solution of sodium fluoride and water. Five ounces of fluoride in five gallons treats 100 adult birds or 200 younger chickens, drenched on all birds on the place on a warm forenoon day.
Do not feed over 10 percent meat in growing mash to avoid maturing pullets instead of growth. A suggested mix uses 35 pounds cornmeal, 25 pounds bran, 25 pounds middlings, 10 pounds meat scrap, and 5 pounds bone meal. Milk may replace meat but bone meal should not be omitted.
Remedy advises treating scaly leg in poultry caused by a parasite. Soak infected legs in coal oil from a filled fruit can for a few minutes twice weekly for a month. Also apply lard as an ointment to the legs to supplement the treatment.
Clemson horticulturist George P. Hoffmann urges sunlit clean-up of orchards to remove diseased, dead, and weak wood and fruits. He warns that leaving weak limbs invites brown rot and borers, and recommends 3-6 pounds of 8-4-4 fertilizer or 1-2 bushels of barnyard manure per tree after harvest for bearing and nonbearing trees, with careful application.
The author urges buyers to prefer age over size when selecting trees. Two year olds sized like three year olds often underperform due to root or disease issues, making them a poor investment compared with properly aged stock.
The number of crops to be taken from the strawberry bed depends on variety and bed condition after the first picking season. Renewal aims to remove older unproductive plants and give remaining plants space to form new matted rows of vigorous, healthy growth.
Guidance on timely spraying to protect fruit and nut trees, warning against lead arsenate near picking time, and practices like clean tillage mulching and watchful spraying. Recommendations include not overextending strawberry beds, plowing old beds, and sowing cowpeas after harvest.
The Detroit News reports Dorothy Mills spent weeks with Touaregs in the Sahara to study customs. She describes slave sacrifice to switch masters, women washing with sand, women eating first, and beauty ideals favoring extreme fatness with young girls oiled and sanded.
The Cuticura Toilet Trio promises clear skin with three products. The Soap cleanses and purifies the skin while the Ointment soothes and heals and the Talcum powders and perfumes. Keeps a toilet table complete with these preparations.
The Cincinnati Post notes vacation crowds at resorts feature idle older men and women playing bridge or mah-jongg while children run free. It argues men should join active pursuits like hiking to shed pounds and gain healthful experiences. The piece urges stepping beyond hotel routines.
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