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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1918
Page
8
The Leghorn is a high merit forager that thrives only in suitable environments. It will scratch through garbage heaps gardens and manure piles seeking food and can escape weak enclosures. Secure henyards with wire netting and a seven foot fence may suffice but yard breaking is common and birds will climb or fly over if restrictions are lax.
Instruction on feeding hens to prevent fattening while ensuring production. If hens consume too much grain reduce grain share and increase egg producing foods. Feed in moderation at each meal and allow grazing on pasture. Green foods like cabbage and turnip tops aid digestion more than nutrition.
The Pennsylvania department of agriculture urges poultry keepers to save all good old hens for next year's laying. The best hens are those in old plumage with red combs that are still laying, and these extra good birds should be marked and used as breeding stock in spring.
When hens receive proper feed and handling for heavy egg production but egg shell material is scarce, fewer eggs are laid and shells become too thin for safe market sale. The price of a single egg will now supply a good layer for a year.
The comb reflects a fowl’s condition bright red and firm indicates good health pale and soft or dark purple signals illness. Early attention is advised to address health issues.
Government officials urge taxpayers to file income tax returns by March 1 1918 with penalties for late or false filings. The War Revenue Act defines net income and exemptions and promises tax guidance from revenue officers visiting every county January 2 to March 1. Farmers may deduct farm operating expenses and depreciation while personal living costs are not deductible.
Rome notes Gabrielle D Annunzio receives medals from the kings of Britain and Montenegro for a career spanning poetry drama and aviation He is praised as Italys greatest living poet dramatist aviator and a rising statesman His early talent appeared at Prado in his teens and his influence helped ignite public support against Giolitti during prewar tensions
A seven year old in a primary class produced a self composed critique of Pilgrim's Progress. The child wrote that his mother reads the book nightly and that the Pilgrim had a hard time but he got by. The piece appeared in the Saturday Evening Post.
A Hull fishing skipper has earned 125000 since the war began, while another netted 75000 in two years, as reported by the northeastern sea fisheries committee. The chief officer notes skippers earn all they receive considering North Sea perils. A letter to Mrs. Lucius B. Swift from M Mirman, prefect of Mourthe-et-Moselle, France, condemns the Kaiser and urges victory.
Indianapolis reports the plan to honor the American dead James B. Gresham of Evansville and two companions. A monument will be erected in the church yard of the French village where their bodies lie, honoring the first three American soldiers killed on French battlefields.
Orville E. L. Babcock of the Altoona post office marks thirty-five years as a letter carrier. He has walked about 153 400 miles and wears out five pairs of shoes each year while performing his duties.
London announces the largest air raid shelter yet opened for civilians. A tunnel 100 feet underground, originally an unfinished railway tunnel, now electric lit, seats for 2000 and capacity listed as 20,000. The space was halted at the war’s start and repurposed for emergencies.
Mrs. A. S. Baldwin of San Francisco promotes penny usage as thrift practice in wartime commerce. She speaks on Liberty Loan and war savings certificates, urging Californians to value small coins and teach thrift in remote communities and shops.
Prabk Cooper, head of the fortune bureau in New York, learns his elder brother Pierree Cooper dies. The family estate passes, with potential tuition debts and a title dispute. Cooper, once American, remains tied to British aristocracy while his sister, Mrs. Ghuartes Cooper, governs a home near London.
The Madden family of near here is described as patriotic with multiple generations in military service. N. D. Madden, a Civil War veteran, is part of a family whose great grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War and whose grandfather served in the War of 1812.
President Wilson has placed the arsenic industry of the United States under the direction of the food administration to conserve the nation's food supply. The action follows a threatened shortage of arsenical insecticides used by farmers to protect crops from biting insects.
An old advertisement extols Dr Wilmer's SwampeRoot as a herbal remedy for kidney and bladder troubles. It claims the product strengthens kidneys and liver, with gentle healing effects and quick notice in many cases. Readers are urged to send ten cents for a sample by mail.
The text discusses calculating current by multiplying voltage and resistance or using watts to find amperage. It mentions Ohm's law and basic electrical principles, indicating how to determine current in a circuit and the relation between power, voltage, and resistance.
A clipped report notes Roeper has traveled a notable distance in St Louis while serving as conductor. Details on origin and purpose are sparse, but the move marks a milestone in the subject’s ongoing career trajectory.
London reports the Workers National committee adopts resolutions calling for a government rationing system and warns a grave crisis looms for working class districts. Robert Smintth, president of the Miners' Federation, chairs the committee as it cites women queuing for tea sugar milk and other basics amid a flawed distribution system.
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin hunter CC. OM. Brooks reports a rare white duck with red eyes shot in a Mississippi wild tree habitat.
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