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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1912
Page
8
Electricity is described as aiding chicken raisers beyond incubators by warming food and water without damage from claws. A heat cell base with separable vessels reduces current use while keeping liquid warm, raising lay rates and preventing cold-related ailments.
The text advises discarding mongrels and buying a trio of pure bred turkeys of the best blood. It notes the need to purchase a tom each year to prevent inbreeding and warns that inbred turkeys produce infertile eggs while a pure bred tom keeps birds strong, eggs fertile, and poults vigorous.
Birds need ample fresh air for health and vigor. Coops in summer should be as open as possible with a tight roof. At least one side should remain open for air intake, protected by wire cloth to keep out rats and mice.
To raise the best ducks keep males unrelated to females and one drake for every two or three ducks. After hatching, keep in pens until the dews are off and avoid heavy rain during cold weather.
Instructions for feeding green food to hens without waste describe a DIY green food hopper built from rough lumber and chicken wire. The design uses two frames A 12 by 20 inches connected with iron pieces and springs to create a pull apart hopper to hold choard beet tops cabbage and beets for hens.
Advice for winter poultry care emphasizes warm feeding. Feed hot corn with a balanced mix of whole corn and grains to keep hens comfortable through cold nights. Avoid ice cold water. warm it to a comfortable temperature to aid digestion and production.
Practical guidance for poultry farming including feeding, watering, cleanliness, and handling. Emphasizes thoroughness in cleaning roosts and roast rooms, proper time to kill, and benefits of exercise for hens. Encourages dry cooling of poultry before packing and warns against mongrel stock.
Report from the famine district of Anhu and northern Klangsu describes barren fields, stripped homes, and decayed trees as millions face starvation. Observers recounts of grain distributions failing, refugees marching in desperate crowds, and families broken by illness typhus and poverty.
A Breeders' Gazette summary reports Prof. Fitch and colleagues on potato failures and the role of climate, temperature, and preplant irrigation. It notes that deep cultivation and prior watering can raise yields, but excess moisture or wrong timing hurts vines, with future seasons unlikely to repeat a pattern exactly.
Reports show corn roots reaching four feet and sometimes eight feet in depth, with wheat oats and barley to four to ten feet. Potatoes and sugar beets reach one to four feet and alfalfa thirty to sixty feet, while buffalo berry and grape vines extend deep in humid regions. Deep rooting improves drought resistance and expands feeding area. Deep moisture draw relies on drainage and fertile deep soils, with early heavy irrigation risking later moisture shortages.
Guidance for building a compact winter poultry house with roosting closets along one end, draft control with curtains and burlap, and paired pens with scratching sheds. Advice covers dimensions, ground clearance, roofing, and window placement to keep birds dry and comfortable while conserving costs.
Winter shelter for livestock must be warm dry and not stuffy. Proper feeding links to sheltering. provide dry clean quarters for sows and ewes. Build sheds early and use tankage as supplement. Exercise horses in pasture. slaughter pork quality tied to steady growth. Clover hay feeds sheep. ensure ewes gain weight for lambing season.
A fragmented dialogue recalls a boy named Joheny who confesses to receiving a whipping from his father for Christmas. He describes a switch striking him in the eye and causing pain that lasted all day, revealing a harsh parent child exchange.
The note suggests spreading bay litter or straw at bart and watering spots to create a grippy surface. This measure aims to give stock a firmer foothold and prevent slipping and injuries at these wet or muddy areas.
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