Poultry Care Inquiries Open to The Daily Light Readers
All inquiries relative to the care of poultry feeding breeding diseases and similar topics addressed to the Poultry Editor of The Daily Light will receive careful and prompt attention and will be answered in the Sunday issue of the following week. Contributions detailing experiences are requested. Association secretaries are requested to send notices of meetings and items of interest to their members. The Light will also be graded on pictures of prize winning birds.
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Choosing the Breed in Poultry Keeping
The article weighs the breed choice for thousands of aspiring poultrymen, urging focus on one breed and explaining five classes Mediterraneans Asiatics American English and fancy with notes on Leghorns Minorcas Hamburgs Brahmas Cochins Langshans Plymouth Rocks Wyandottes and Rhode Island Reds. It cautions that egg yield varies by stock and highlights the importance of foundation stock and breeder reliability for laying or exhibition purposes.
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Plymouth Rocks
Vandotte
Rhode Island
Plymouth
Hatching Timing Shifts With Breeders Embracing March Hatched Chicks
Breeders aim for early hatches in March and April as demand for hatching eggs rises in February and March. Early hatcheries see pros and cons including moult and reduced winter laying in Mediterranean types, while July hatched chicks can still perform well with proper care and shade. Mites and head lice threaten summer chicks. treating incubators, brooders, and hen-hatched stock is key.
Breeders Urged to Lightly Use Grease in Chicks Rearing
Advice warns against coal oil to avoid harming chicks and urges breeders to set every surplus egg this month. The goal is better plumage, more birds for spring sales, and to stimulate others to hatch, extending the hatching season and boosting breeder profits.
Electrically Cooled Incubator Hatches 1300 Eggs biweekly
J Don Alexander of the Alexander Poultry Farm near Spokane has developed an electrical incubator with a 1300 egg every three weeks capacity. The device uses a mercury contact regulator and a fuse to prevent overheating, costing about 75 cents to build. Alexander plans no patent to let farmers adopt the design freely.
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J. Don Alexander
Alexander Poultry Farm
Spokane
Wash
Rufus Lewis
Main Avenue
San Antonio
Alexander
Northwest
Mr. Alexander
Advice for Leghorn chicks health and feed
A reader asks about rapid wing feather growth causing weakness and whether to eat chicks. Expert notes meat food can cause feather loss and cold chicks. trim feathers carefully and reduce meat. check for lice. suggest commercial chick feed with grit and charcoal. not too late to hatch with proper care.
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J. A
A. M. Sutherland
M. F
L. A
June opening to poultry care and brood management
The note emphasizes straw shade and clean water for chicks, shade to prevent panting, shelters for rain, keeping the brood in shade for ten days, and stabilizing coops. It advises culling surplus cockerels as fryer prices fall, dusting hens, and selecting medium hens as best mothers to improve egg strains and overall flock quality.
Adaptability in Army Life Showcases Inventive Soldiers
Capt. Geo A Schreiner notes soldiers adapt to varied conditions at Fort Sam Houston. Enlisted ingenuity yields improved saddles ovens and field shelters, while cooks and bakers refine equipment. Camp life sparks pets, toys, and makeshift mosquito bars as soldiers turn scraps into useful items.
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Geo. A. Schreiner
United States
Europe
Fort Sam Houston
Third Field Artillery
Niagara Falls energy useage estimate
A recent estimate places Niagara Falls energy at 273,440 horsepower in current use broken down as 126,000 for electro chemical industries 56,200 for railway service 36,400 for lighting and 54,540 for various industrial purposes. The total energy is estimated at 5,000,000 horsepower, so about five percent is utilized.
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Niagara Falls
Fleetro-chemical Industries
Modern Beekeeping Advances Improve Honey Production
Old methods were harsh and unpredictable but modern beekeeping uses movable hives, protective gear, and smokers to handle bees safely. Italian bees are less aggressive, swarming is controlled, and new methods allow easy expansion of colonies. When honey stores are low, sugar syrup is fed via shallow pans, though feeding for surplus honey is not profitable.
Dr. Wiley and the corset quip recounts in meat price note
The piece recalls Dr. Wiley the government food expert and a pupil’s answer to a physiology teacher about tight lacing being unwise because it busts the corsets. It links this quip to explanations around meat price drops near election time.
Wheat screenings unsafe for hens say ag experts
A scrambled note warns against feeding wheat screenings to hens citing potential health risks and spoiled grain concerns that could harm poultry.
Negro Dies in San Antonio Street In Hunger and Exposure
A consumptive Black man named Joe Turner died after two hours on a San Antonio street near Commerce and Laredo. G L McCauley of the Humane Society and Sadie Haley of the Associated Charities sought medical help by calling hospitals and doctors, but no aid arrived before his death at 2 pm. Body taken to Riebe morgue for burial preparation.
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Joe Turner
San Antonio
G. L. McCauley
The
Humane Society
Sadie Haley
Associated Charities
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Commerce
Laredo
Miss Haley
Burg
Elmendorf
Berry
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