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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1907
Page
2
The state county auditors will convene in Indianapolis next Wednesday November 20 to discuss adopting a uniform bookkeeping system for auditor offices and to address the new ditch road and depository laws.
About fifty people gathered at Elmer Hatfield's Claypool home for a surprise twenty seventh birthday party. Attendees included George Slife James Noel David Slife Henry Slife Louis Stewart William Redman Edward Godfrey Mrs MecKrist and others from Palestine Burket Warsaw Fairview Flatrock Pierceton and Silver Creek. After noon refreshments and socializing followed a lengthy meal and close of the celebration.
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Walter Tridle and his wife attended the event at Claypool last Sunday. The gathering honored J. W. Shoemaker, the father of Mrs. Tridle, on his seventy third birthday. The occasion also served as a family reunion for Shoemaker's children and relatives.
The first real snow of the season fell Sunday evening November 10 briefly whitening the ground before melting. Reports say a heavy snowfall occurred across Michigan Sunday night with widespread accumulation.
A collage of school happenings includes class pins for seniors, Macbeth study for Juniors and Seniors, a broken basketball hoop, a Teachers Institute, Latin and Algebra tests for Sophomores, and a Literary Society program. A basketball invite from North Manchester is mentioned, and a sanitation talk follows a boys council after school.
Cool mornings in Germantown show. Charles Warren seen on streets Tuesday. Frank Hill and family visited his mother Mrs Catherine Hill last Sunday. Sam Hill of Elkhart visiting the area. Clarence Warren and family visited brother in law Mr Goodman near Columbia City. William Gulmer and family of Michigan visiting John Hobman and relatives. Mr and Mrs Ed Mills took another boarder a little boy.
Excerpts from USDA bulletin 297 describe rat control for poultry facilities. It advocates two-box bait systems, guarded trapping with guillotine traps, metal designs to reduce odor, and coordinated farm and urban measures to minimize rat harborage and losses. The method stresses persistence, forethought in building design, and cooperative war on rats.
A West Bald win Maine correspondent reports a flock of 150 hens produced 14905 to 6 dozen eyes sold for 354.87 dollars. Poultry sales totaled 94.62 dollars, total receipts 479.49 dollars. Feed cost 220.13 dollars leaving 259.36 dollars net profit about 2 dollars per hen. Miss Warren did hatch chicks by hen power and sent eggs to Boston retail dealer. No breeding stock or premium eggs sold. Dry feeding practiced.
A plan to keep poultry houses dry is described as simple, effective, and widely used in many regions. The method requires little extra labor and is recommended to improve the poultry industry across the country.
The article warns that some chick breeds develop cannibal tendencies unless managed by small flocks of 25 to 30, ample forage, supplemented grain, bone and beef scraps, and charcoal available. It notes high shell hatch mortality stems from overfat or stressed breeding stock and immature breeders.
Fannie Wood in Farm Journal notes that every farmer with a stream should keep Pekin ducks. Keeping them pays well for feathers and there is steady local demand. She adds that while young ducks may not need bathing water, older ducks benefit from it.
The article notes conjunctivitis and keratitis as the most common blindness causes in fowls, usually arising from colds and linked to roupy conditions. It adds that blindness can result from other causes, though less frequently.
A county sale offers multiple tracts around White Cloud and Croton. Listings include 10 to 160 acre parcels with mixed prairie timber and soil types, some improvements such as houses barns and windmills, and prices from 400 to 1600 dollars with trade and exchange options. An excursion is offered every Tuesday for 9.60 round trip.
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