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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1921
Page
20
Cheyenne County farmers share tips for feeding poultry with bone scraps and kitchen waste. Readers outline plans for a water rich treasure acre with diversified crops, including garden vegetables and berries, to ensure year round moisture and living.
The writer emphasizes dry mild weather for starting chicks and collecting eggs by three daily settings at 10 am 2 pm and late afternoon to prevent chilled eggs when placing eggs for incubation. A well maintained chicken house is urged to prevent moisture and ensure quality settings.
Thirteen years ago the author switched from scrub chickens to purebreds and cultivated a fine, uniform flock through strict culling, strategic blood infusion, and careful mating. After health declined three years ago, an in home incubator and brooders kept the operation thriving with family help, yielding high prices for purebred stock and ending scrubs forever.
A neighbor in the area uses a windmill to pump water day and night for his garden. The device helps him raise crops on small ground, keeping produce high quality even in the heat of midsummer.
A farmer details a practical sanitation system for a chicken house. Regular sweeping of walls and ceiling, burning old nests, cleaning roasts, removing water stands, scalding and painting with kerosene disinfectant. Spraying walls, ceiling, and nests with a disinfectant plus thick straw litter and good ventilation keep the flock healthy.
The USDA reports highest egg production from a pen fed a mash of 4 pounds bran 4 pounds middlings 26 pounds meat scrap and 66 pounds corn meal. The ration is among the best mashes with consistent long term production and closely resembles the wheatless ration.
Specialists from the United States Department of Agriculture advise that farm chimneys must rise from the ground and not be bracketed. In moderate houses one or two chimneys with multiple flues suffice, each stove should have a dedicated flue for better drafts.
The article argues that the need for improvised measures can generally be prevented through better planning and foresight, urging readers to anticipate challenges and allocate resources accordingly.
In late winter or early spring the poultry owner should pick and mate top hens to reproduce the flock. Choose season’s breeding stock carefully using the best individuals as breeders. Use standard bred roosters with the selected birds to raise quality chickens beyond this year’s flock.
Feed hens with proper amounts of locally available grains. Use simple rations or a light morning feed followed by a similar evening feed, ensuring the hens can clean up what they eat. Emphasizes farm-grown grains to maintain pay ing proposition and satisfactory production.
The article argues that hens should have continuous access to dry mash to compensate for variable field feed. When waste food is plentiful, grain can be reduced, but poor judgment can starve hens. Dry mash ensures hens receive adequate nutrition by offsetting shortages from field foraging.
The text notes that when insects are scarce during certain times of the year, it becomes necessary to supply them. It discusses ensuring adequate provision for periods of low insect availability and the implications for feeding practices.
The Federal Court opened in Omaha on February 2. One hundred violations of the Volstead act to be investigated with possible profiteering. Jury drawn with Sidney selecting O. H. Harshman as a juror.
The article notes a common error in poultry care is not providing animal food to hens. It explains that during spring and summer, insects can supplement their diet, but the practice should ensure adequate animal protein beyond natural foraging.
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