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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1919
Page
7
Special Information Service notes that overweight hens lag in egg production and offers summer care tips. It urges balanced feed, meat scraps ground and mixed with corn meal, plus mid day and morning grain to keep birds productive.
The USDA notes early molting hens may lay well in spring but drop production in summer. Good spring layers often falter in summer. avoid selling hens that still lay. Broody hens may resume laying. feed beef scraps if needed and provide grit, oyster shells, and ample shade water to sustain steady egg production at low cost.
Advice on keeping hens confined to owner land and avoiding a male, stocking limits, pullets over hens, and grass plots. Tips cover housing, ventilation, cleanliness, roosts, nests, green feed, table scraps, grain, dry mash, lice and mites control, fall disposal, egg preservation, summer ventilation, and feeding diverse waste. Includes USDA guidance on molting and egg production.
An effective lice remedy for chicks is melted lard rubbed under the wings and on the head. Kerosene or crude oil used on roosts and house cracks helps exterminate mites. Whitewash is effective against vermin. It is practical to keep flocks reasonably free from lice and mites. Such practices aid in establishing a successful poultry flock.
Thomas W. Crawford and his Cass township family left Saturday night to establish a new home in Twin Falls Idaho.
The newspaper notes last week’s article on the affair with Martin Pigg as prosecuting attorney. It states the bond action and claims no stance on merits, asserting the piece was factual first-hand reporting based on information given by Mr. Pigg.
Mrs. W. J. Clute of near Terre Haute, formerly of the city, visited here with relatives for Memorial Day and attended the exercises. Lieutenant Meissenhelder acted as captain on the overseas trip, succeeding his captain who did not return from France with his men. The text references university, Fort Harrison, and the first officers training camp in Indianapolis.TRY A WANT AD IN THE UNION.
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