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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1911
Page
8
A Missouri Valley Farmer writer describes a double wall chicken house built last fall with tar paper interior and rubber roof. Three south windows and end half windows provide ventilation, a southeast door, and a ventilator. The design keeps warm winters and moderate summer cooling. The author notes fewer lice this summer compared to the previous quarters.
A farm column advises on coop sanitation with air and lime, finding infertile eggs, storing stock well for market, and the risks of filthy housing. It promotes onions and cabbage scraps to hens and lists pet pigeons as good boys and girls companions. It stresses warm final meals, proper feeding, and honest egg labeling to build reputation.
This article explains how to keep poultry in top condition from production to market. It covers optimal feeding before slaughter, proper bleeding and blood vessel treatment, and techniques for killing and dressing to preserve flavor, appearance, and shelf life.
Experiments at the Oregon experiment station weighed all feed for Leghorn hens across several pens. Annual feed costs per hen averaged 66 cents, with eggs worth about $2.58 at local prices. Larger breeds cost more to feed but yield higher returns when sold.
A government recommended whitewash mixture to purge mites from poultry houses is described. Ingredients include quick lime slaked with boiling water, salt, powdered rice paste, Spanish whiting, and glue dissolved in warm water. Apply with brush or spray in two to three coats while warm. nests, coops, fences, and troughs should be coated to deter lice and vermin.
A Connecticut market merchant boasts a decade of buying 5 percent of crops from native Americans and another 5 percent from West or South garden truck handlers. He sources from Italians and Poles tending farms near the city, noting their timely, fresh vegetables and wide varieties, with some farms run by women.
The piece urges saving pumpkins for winter feed and warns duck raisers that careless housing now harms spring laying. It advises deep straw bedding, shelter from cold winds, and dry, warm quarters to avoid delaying laying and reduce losses.
The article advises keeping hens active by scratching in litter and foraging for cabbage, offering a varied diet of grains vegetables meat and lime, plus sun dust baths and clean disinfected houses to prevent disease, curb bad habits, and boost egg output.
Local notes report Mr Bucksberry moving property to Irvin Scott farm and visits by Willard Clark, Walter McMahan, Carl Dudley and others. School observes Washington birthday with a chapel service and patriotic songs. Community plans spring term, sports results show Lincolia girls beat their rivals 12 to 7. New Lebanon booms with depot to Oldham store walk project. W R C plans entertainment March 11. Residents travel to Mississippi and Texas amid rain and changes in residence.
Eggs for setting offered by Ellery Hayden Shelburn Indiana. Indian Runner Duck eggs 5 cents and 10 cents for fawn and white varieties. White Orpington eggs 7 cents. Black Minorca eggs 5 cents. Also White Plymouth Rock eggs Fisherstrain from $15. Call Shelburn phone. Mrs James Case R D 6 Sullivan 36 31 p.
The February examination for county teachers license applicants took place at the high school building on Saturday.
The New Lebanon telephone company held a Saturday meeting that nearly clinched a metallic circuit project with a five bar generator system to be installed soon. About 25 miles of wire will be laid. Miss Myrtle Eaton of Terre Haute, recently ill after tonsil removal, returned home last Saturday. Claude Clark, serving in the U S ranks for three years, came home. Quarterly meeting at East Chapel occurred with the district superintendent preaching Sunday evening.
John C. Chaney administrator de bonis non of John B. Booker’s estate has filed a final account with the Sullivan circuit court. The hearing is set for Saturday March 25 1911, on the thirtieth judicial day of February term. Creditors heirs andlegatees must appear to show cause why the report should not be approved.
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