Poultry Care and Feeding Principles for Better Eggs and Markets
The article emphasizes clean feeding practices, proper mash preparation, and avoiding sour troughs to prevent fermentation and illness. It notes that green feed is as valuable as grain, cock birds vary in temperament, and removing fighters can help. Good husbandry, attentive staffing, and quality nutrition raise egg quality and output. It warns against overfeeding meat scraps and stresses warm housing, activity, and consistent care to keep hens productive.
Selecting a Breeding Sow and Horse Handling Notes
A detailed guide discusses evaluating a horse for docility before purchase, including movement, eye contact, and responsiveness to restraint. It then shifts to breeding sows, noting large litters as a hint of good milking and prolific offspring, along with ideal body, bone, and conformation traits. It ends with livestock care on ventilation and a warning about the brown tail moth spreading from France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Franklin
New York
Massachusetts
Agricultural Department
Buying a Horse A Practical Observer's Guide
A fragment advises buyers to inspect a horse at its stall before purchase. Check feeding times and grain, stall condition, and feedability. Look for nervous behavior, broken straw, kicked posts, and how the horse responds to handling before deciding.
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F. M. Ware
Outing Magazine
Neniiia Ventilation Listed as Key Stable Issue
Stable care article notes ventilation is poorly understood yet highly important. It states that an animal’s body load and breathing are influenced by stable air quality and ventilation effectiveness remains a major factor in animal welfare.
Over-Feeding Pigs and Ration Efficiency
An Epitomist note explains that eight pounds of corn produce one pound of pork with a poor ration, while a proper mix of corn, protein, minerals, and water can yield a 250 to 280 pound hog in six months. Overfeeding risks dwarfing and stalled appetite on one feed type.
Feeding sheep regularly keeps flock healthy and appetite
The Farmers' Home Journal advises feeding sheep twice daily and keeping troughs clean to avoid droppings in feed. Regular care reduces illness and maintains appetite in finicky sheep.
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Farmers’ Home Journal
Medical student attendance at German universities rises
No fewer than 8,282 medical students attend lectures at German universities this winter, reflecting strong enrollment in medical programs across the country. The figure signals sustained interest in medical education amid ongoing academic activity.
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Germany
First iron steamship built in eighteen eighty
A historical note records that the first iron steamship was constructed in the year 1880, marking a milestone in maritime engineering and industrial progress.
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Aia
Tside
Northwestern Business Agency
Bank of Commerce Building
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Charles Kupperbusch
Wood
W. Wood & Sons
Eedsmen
Richmond
Wire & Iron Barts
PAL Timors
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