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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1911
Page
7
An illustration from Orange Judd Farmer shows a simple trap nest. A running board shifts when the hen steps to point E, releasing a weight that drops support D. The outside weight tips the board to close the nest opening, and the hen is removed for resetting.
The Homestead details a simple A shaped chicken coop three feet wide two feet deep and two feet high with front cross pieces three inches apart. It notes coops may lack a floor but must avoid water in heavy rain and warns on water entry. Capons fetch higher prices and heavier weight, yielding tastier meat priced four to six cents above ordinary poultry.
The practice involves scattering whole grain among light bitter like leaves so owls scratch for their meal. Feed at least an hour before roost time to allow sample time for hunting. In a scratching shed the owls will resume foraging at dawn, and the attendant will find them busy at breakfast.
The article warns that constant caution is essential in poultry keeping. Leaving hen house doors open invites predators like mink or weasel to raid and slaughter the flock in a single night.
A folk remedy claims gum can cure limberneck in fowl. The instructions prescribe four doses daily, each about the end of a finger, forcefully down the bird’s throat to restore health.
A simple device uses about twelve one inch wires joined at the top with malleable wire. The wires bend outward to form a frame that fits into the drinking pan, keeps hens from entering the pan, and sits on a ten inch high platform to stay clear of litter.
Limberneck is caused by decayed meat with maggots and possibly ptomaine poisoning. A home remedy uses turpentine mixed with warm water to cleanse the crop, then castor oil to aid recovery. Preventive steps include weekly inspections for dead animals around the range to avoid maggots.
A hen should not receive a large quantity of corn as it quickly fattens her, especially in larger fowls. Leghorns are more active and better at laying, while Plymouth Rocks should not be given too much corn before them.
Advice on hen feeding routine, laying hen diets, and equipment. Notes on caponizing at 2 to 3 months, managing two toms, and keeping turkey and duck flocks healthy. Practical figures include broilers weight loss, duckling dressing time, and average egg production.
An automatic stirring saucepan is introduced to keep cereals from burning by constant motion. A central rod with transverse blades powers stirring, preventing neglect of other tasks during cooking.
A method to prepare Macedoine using fresh and canned fruits including pineapple, oranges, prunes and German cherry juice. Soak, stew, strain, sweeten, and add gelatine if desired. Chill in molds, then cut into cubes for serving with wafers or brown bread.
A whimsical dessert recipe uses five eggs filled with blancmange then shell, lemon rind strands shaped like straw laid as a nest with an eye garnish. Lemons are peeled to create thin strips, boiled, sugared, and set with lemon gelatin to form the nest.
Wash the mustard leaves thoroughly and cut or chop them. Cook in a tightly covered saucepan with little water if needed. Season with salt and cayenne, then stir in one tablespoon of cornmeal until well blended and cooked.
A historical instruction describes slicing potatoes and cooking with butter salt pepper milk in a small cooker, boiling water bath, and steaming until done. After one hour of cooking the mixture yields servings for four.
Mount Sterling to Chicago interurban route proposal. Andrew Swanson commits suicide amid trip plans to the poor house. Danville toddler ingests ammonia. George W. Howard elected auto owners president in Mount Vernon. Elgin teen shot by boyfriend. Rockford smallpox cases. Dixon to pursue new asylum bid. Waukegan grand jury to probe alleged illegal voting.
An Illinois reader recounts buying Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after being refused a sale and praises its cure. The letter extols the remedy as a standard treatment for female ills for thirty years and urges women to insist on it when seeking relief.
Parson Johnson was seen hugging a ewe lamb in the church to the uproar of the congregation. Brudder Johnson faces trial as Deacon Jones and others weigh a resolution urging a male sheep for future displays to preserve peace.
A闲 cartoonish exchange pits Si Summers-Consurn against Eb Winters over a gun sale. Summers-Consurn alleges the gun was misrepresented as a repeater. Winters quips about an echo in a suitable location.
Epigraph notes a line by Mallet declaring that only one who has faced misfortune truly knows himself and his virtue. The quote emphasizes adversity as a test of character.
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