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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1908
Page
3
A practical article advises on turkey housing to keep birds safe from marauders and theft. Turkeys roost best in open air or trees but benefit from an open shed, with a front of wire netting and a top ventilator, kept open in mild weather. Place the roost high and central, with rear rolling door open by day for ease of access.
The best poultry house provides ample light and dry conditions. Ideal design includes windows on three sides, with east and west ends and a large south-side window. Dryness and good drainage are essential for winter health, with artificial footing as needed to keep levels above damp ground.
The description notes the building will contain all movable fixtures to aid cleaning and allow sterilization of roosts nests and other furniture inside.
Do not let the chickens feed with the hogs. Sunflower seed and millet aid moulting chickens. Sickness comes from insufficient grit. Maintain good food, pure water, and lice control during hatching to ensure fertile eggs. Breeders should keep birds vigorous and test eggs for fertility, replacing sires as needed.
A contemporary argues that old bones ground or cut and fed provide mineral matter for chicks without destroying food value by burning. He warns bone burning wastes nutrients and suggests farmers buy bone mills to utilize bones from their tables or other sources.
A poultry raiser argues domesticated hens are not ideal models for natural incubation. He notes long domestication and hen management via forced methods have altered hatching habits, claiming he achieves larger hatchings under artificial incubation than with slitting hens.
Sweet skim milk fresh from the separator makes an excellent feed for laying hens. It partly replaces scraps and meat, so give it daily in amounts hens will drink. Rinse the pan before refilling and provide variety to keep hens laying through winter.
A fragment warns that salt brine and salted foods like mackerel brine and beef pickle can be poisonous in smaller quantities than pure salt. It notes cautious use in chicken feed and emphasizes the danger boundary is close and easily crossed.
The Journal announces a service to send in subscriptions to most newspapers and magazines on behalf of readers. It details a streamlined process for securing periodical delivery and managing renewals.
C H Speers of Denver, Colorado Midland Railway, argues mountain holidays cost little, citing riders can stay in cabins or tents at about two dollars a day. He notes hotels and ranches along the line offer reasonable rates and reports no extortion complaints from passengers. He highlights Lake Word resort, Glenwood Springs, Manitou, Cascade Canon, and Frying Pan river area as examples of accessible, well-priced recreation. An unwritten western rule allows free use of deserted cabins, with owners returning to intact properties.
Notice promotes a furniture sale by Mrs Ailen with sale details advertised in the Shen Old papers Se a bundle for the Journal office.
A. Vandeveer sold a car of car corn to Belfield yesterday at 60 cents a bushel on the track.
The Journal urges readers to patronize town merchants who advertise to keep newspapers viable. It notes merchants must sell goods and gain trade confidence, asking readers to give them a trial and mention the JOURNAL. Also mentions souvenir postal cards and a local view sale, with Mr and Mrs Nichols improving after grippe illness.
For sale 4 miles 3 year old cattle this spring. One span mares 6 years old weight 1000 pounds safe in foal by jack. Also prairie hay. Address 376 miles southeast of Norway Scandia phone 315 tf.
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