Poultry Welfare and Egg Economics Highlighted
The Bureau of Animal Industry directs farmers to use pure breeds and proper housing with dust baths. Hens need balanced feeding to maximize egg production, with high value from eggs compared to crops. Government data show egg earnings at about 280 million dollars, underscoring poultry as a leading farm product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Animal Industry
Wilson
Melvin
Bureau
G. Arthur Bell
Mr. Bell
United States
Fowls For Uniform Carcases Eggs And A Practical House Plan
Practical guidance on breeding for uniform poultry, choosing breeds for eggs or meat, and a detailed plan for a fifty to sixty fowl house. Includes house orientation, size, dimensions, window and door placements, and winter feeding with a sample mash formula from the Maine Experiment Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Witter
Maine Experiment Station
Winter Egg Laying Contest at Lady Warwick College
Consul Daniels reports a new winter egg laying contest at Lady Warwick’s Ladies Agricultural College in England. Results suggest laying strain and family lines matter more than breed. A pen of four Buff Orpingtons led from Oct 16 to Nov 16 with 49 eggs and from Nov 16 to Dec 16 with 120 eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Warwick’s
Ladies’ Agricultural College
Consul Daniels
Sheffield
England
Feeding Chickens and Ducks on Modern Rations
Guidance on mash and grain mixes for young chickens with cautions against overfeeding when fed ground foods. Recommends cracked grains from hatch to maturity and gradual shift to corn wheat oats. Notes green feed if grass unavailable and mentions large duck farms producing about 20,000 ducks yearly.
Interior Arrangements and Poultry Notes from St Louis Exposition
A fragment mentions Cook awarded for passing fowls through a building and notes on interior arrangement and water for leghorns. It references cabbage as good feed and keeping meat scraps in a box for chickens to access. The text ends with a stray phrase about water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Cook
Not the Laying Kind
A bashful young woman entered a Southern grocery with chickens to sell. The clerk failed to notice the feet were tied and asked if they would lay. She bit her handkerchief and confessed roosters are being sold.
Extending the Weather Service to Farmers via Telephone
The Weather Bureau plans rapid telephone forecasts for farmers dependent on weather. Chief Willis L. Moore wires that agriculturists with telephones in New York Pennsylvania Indiana Michigan and other states may receive forecasts minutes after telephonic weather advice. Extensions cover Maryland Virginia and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Service
Weather Bureau
United States
Willis L. Moore
New York
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Michigan
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Bloodhound Seen As Gentle Yet Feared By Believers
A fragment notes the bloodhound is often thought ferocious but is described as gentle as almost any other dog. The remark contrasts public fear with actual temperament.
Pennsylvania Railroad Considers Allegheny Tunnel Plan
The Pennsylvania Railroad contemplates cutting a tunnel through the Allegheny Mountains as part of its expansion plans. The report notes engineering challenges and potential impact on traffic and regional development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Allegheny Mountains
South
Kentucky Farm Visit Showcases Unnamed Yearlings
Prominent horseman H M Ziegler of Cincinnati escorts Mr Longworth to a Kentucky thoroughbred farm to view an unnamed group of fine yearlings. Ziegler suggests naming one after Longworth as he praises the promising group and their potential for greatness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lry. P Prominen
H. SM. Ziegler
Cincinnati
Mr. Longworth
Kentucky
E “Longworth
Ziegler
Longworth
Nick Longworth Horserace Namesake Tale in Paddock Swap
Mr. Longworth chooses a larger yearling and names it Nick Longworth after himself while the other colt is christened Hermis. Hermis, hailed by many as the finest Trace horse, contrasts with Nick Longworth who proved a modest racing proposition. Cincinnati friends tease about the misfit namesake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ziegler
Mr. Longworth
Longworth
Hermis
United States
Nick Longworth
Nick
Cincinnati
Booker T. Washington Praises Rural Negro Work in Address
Booker T. Washington told a Washington D C audience that the negro excels in rural life, owning and cultivating soil. He said southern demand for trained negro teachers and factory workers exists, but even stronger is the craving for negroes to manage farms, dairies, and other industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booker T. Washington
Washington, D. C
South
Tuskegee
Washington
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Guy Elliott Mitchell
Plymouth Rocks
UFF
St. Louis Exposition
Booker Washington
Abe
Juave Berle
Randy Supply CO
Quincy
Monessen
Page Woven Wire Fence Co
Adrian, Mich
Jos. Butlee
N. Y
Apple Bros
Berat
Zinnia
E. Co
Holmes ES
Somerville
Mass
Alyssum
William
Porpynd Turkspur
St. John’s
T. John’s
H. N. Corneau & Co
River Street
Chicago
NTV
Opportunity Publishers
Dearborn Street
Chicago, Ill
Thal
Unies
Tama
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