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Newspaper
Pendleton Times
Location
Pendleton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1923
Page
7
Poultry experts urge gradual adaptation from range to confinement to prevent overheating and illness in fall. Start with few birds, expand as they adjust. ensure air flow from one direction, avoid drafts, provide dry litter and exercise, and offer succulent feed as birds lose access to green range.
The bone cutter is a cheap, durable aid for poultry, reducing grain use and boosting egg production. It enables balanced rations by providing essential bone meal, saving feed costs and improving overall hen health.
Chickens on free range will largely provide their own food by pecking weeds insects and scraps. They can convert waste into value and help control orchard pests by eating larvae and insect eyes. In orchards where chickens range brown tail moths decline while non ranging areas suffer more pest pressure.
Guinea fowl thrive with little attention and feed, doing well on limited food and foraging. The birds show improved varieties and potential for expanding their role in poultry farming in the United States.
Production depends more on the type and amount of protein than on other feed. Hens are grain eaters and thrive on varied grain mixtures if provided with milk or meat scrap. Keeping most of the whole grain until night feeds keeps hens hungry and encourages them to eat concentrated protein feed later.
guidelines advise avoiding strict restrictions on chicks and promoting free movement. emphasis on healthy birds, gentle handling, clean nests, and closed nests angled to prevent soiling. stress constitutional strength and disease resistance to keep the flock vigorous.
Dr. L O Howard reported two European parasites discovered during a 1930s Europe trip to curb the European earwig, now a pest around Seattle and Portland. The bureau will study the parasites in Hyeres France and ship them to the United States for release while noting earwig biology and control options.
A livestock article discusses lice on hogs and methods to control them. It covers dipping with oil or kerosene mixtures, cautions on safety, and notes canal tar dips and oiling posts as useful when applied correctly.
A duckling mash uses 2 parts cornmeal 1 part middlings and 1 part bran with 10 percent beef scrap and little green feed. Care varies with range conditions which may supply most or little of the ducks' food.
An article notes the importance of roughage in calf nutrition to develop capacity for a large feed intake at maturity. It states roughage provides the most economical part of the ration for milk production and emphasizes careful feeding during calf rearing.
The article explains how to judge a hen's past work by yellow pigment in beak and shanks the season she began molting and her condition at cubling time.
Garden guidance urges clearing decayed vegetables and plants to prevent disease and insect damage. Timely cleanup reduces illness risk and promotes robust future yields.
Beekeepers at the New York College of Agriculture in Ithaca describe two wintering methods. Packing-case hives require four colonies per case with insulations of four inches bottom eight inches sides and a foot on top. prepare in late September or October. Cellaring in barns is favored in northern New York with a 45 to 50 degree Fahrenheit constant temperature, dark conditions, minimal ventilation, frost-proof cellars, and outdoor reintroduction in April.
Currants propagate by stem cuttings from the previous season with variable lengths from three to nine inches, planted six inches apart in rows three to four feet apart. Gooseberries are typically started by mound layering and later cuttings from shoots about a foot long are planted like currants. Nurserymen sell currant and gooseberry plants as one or two years old, with two-year plants offering better developed root systems.
Farmers are advised to prepare grape cuttings this fall for spring planting. From one vine, several cuttings can be made, then stored in damp sand or buried to protect them, with two to three buds per cutting. In spring, plant with rows three feet apart and four inches spacing, allowing only the top bud to emerge.
Buttermilk mashes are the most popular element in the growing chick ration among commercial poultry breeders. They stop and prevent bowel trouble in young stock and at the same time enable greater growth than other feeds.
Veterinarians warn of Johne's disease also called Johne disease or paratuberculosis a fatal dairy herd scourge resembling tuberculosis. It mostly strikes young heifers spreads quickly and causes rapid weight loss diarrhea and reduced milk flow. Detection via Johnnn test and strict culling and isolation can limit spread. Madison bulletin 43 outlines symptoms detection and prevention.
Ohio experiment station reports on supplements to corn for fattening swine. Data compare cost per 100 pounds of gain using 17 corn to tankage versus one corn to two skim milk. skim milk shows higher feeding value but tankage beats milk when milk supply is limited.
The article argues that simply feeding hogs unlimited corn is inefficient. Balanced rations with corn supplemented by protein-rich feed yield faster, more economical gains, based on experiments and practical experience.
Severe weather may require artificial heat for sow farrowing pens. Siloes reduce labor as cattle are fed easily from a nearby feeding source. A combined hay and cattle barn is economical. Build hay doors under eight by twelve feet to allow slings. Sheep need constant salt to avoid overconsumption and scours. Let sheep eat freely. Steers fed succulent feeds gain more but cost of feed and water should be considered.
William A. Radford offers free building advice in this feature on a stucco city of country house. The design emphasizes a low spreading roof line a corner fireplace a bay window and a spacious porch wrapping to the side with a reception hall stairs and three upper bedrooms. Landscaping with maples elms shrubs and boxes completes the inviting look. gray tinted stucco with white trim is recommended for harmony with local conditions.
Jabson recalls denying his wife a small sum of money, a decision that haunted him with sleeplessness. Madson commends his softness of heart, prompting the confession and the reveal that the claimant was his spouse.
First trolley conductor Kelly was fired for failing to ring a nickel after a passenger was struck. The second conductor reported his car hit a man on Steenth Street, dragging him a block on the fender and collecting a nickel in the confusion, revealing the man was a spotter.
Glowworms glow brightest when a storm nears, a curious natural mystery not yet explained. Snowy linens are a housewife’s pride and can be kept bright by using Red Cross Ball Blue in laundry at all grocers.
Mrs. Carter visits the office and accuses the stenographer of flirting with her husband. The stenographer overhears and denies the charge while Mrs. Carter demands the girl be fired. The exchange unfolds in a Kansas City Star column style anecdote.
Nature Magazine notes halibut derives from holy plus butte, with holy days linking to its use as a diet staple on holidays. The spelling halibut is standard, reflecting the old English term for the flounder and its festive association.
Quote contrasts vast sun spots with a girl’s complaint over a freckle. Published in the Boston Transcript reflecting a humorous comparison of scale and emphasis.
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