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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1914
Page
2
Practical notes on charcoal as a remedy for poultry bowels and health signals via comb color. guidance on feeding, duckling slaughter age, goose and gander standards, egg candling, and barn design with cement gutters, feeding alleys, and modernization tips for farms.
An Independent Farmer piece describes a cheaply built concrete milk cooler. A box form creates the outer size with an inner box eight inches smaller, yielding a four inch wall. Use three parts sand and gravel to one part Portland cement. Build a thick bottom, then walls with an overflow notch, and ensure the tank fills high enough to cool milk rapidly, even with ice packed around cans.
The Maine experiment station found that the canvas roost curtain in curtain front poultry houses provides no heat conservation. Tests show higher illness rates and better bird performance without the closet. Despite severe winters, mortality was low and egg production high after removing curtains.
Keep posted on prices by correspondence with a reliable commission merchant or market manager. Avoid being at the mercy of itinerant traders who travel the country to buy poultry at whatever price the poultry raiver accepts.
Calves should be fed early to grow well for winter quarters with grain and hay. A northwest approved ration uses barley three parts wheat bean one part alfalfa meal one part, plus optional oil meal or soy meal. Feed twice daily and remove leftovers to prevent digestive disorders and provide minerals via skin milk and bran.
The author describes a mite proofing method for elevated hen roosts. Uprights sit in quart cans of water with a half inch of kerosene on top, preventing mites from climbing onto the roosts. The six foot high roosts use three two by two inch rails and can be moved through doors for cleaning.
The text discusses hatch times and breed variety for fowls, housing needs such as clean warm dry roosting spaces, and the importance of well-bred males versus scrubs. It notes grain farmers are poor feeders, recommends coarse sand as grit, and stresses ample water to prevent sudden duck deaths.
The Indiana oil field report shows January activity with 54 wells completed including one gas well and 17 dry holes, plus 677 barrels production. Rigs fell to two with 58 drilling wells, amid ongoing Shelburn Sullivan pool development. old Trenton Rock area slowed, while small independents push lease protection amid rising drilling across Sullivan County.
An advertisement claims Foley Kidney Pills relieve backache rheumatism and swollen joints caused by weak kidneys and urinary irregularities. Joe K. Smock and Son promote the remedy as effective everywhere.
Dr. H R Lowder a Bloomfield physician died suddenly on Friday from heart disease. He was the brother of Dr. C M Lowder whose death occurred recently at his Dugger home.
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