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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1911
Page
4
A poultry column advises a hopper or wall platform self feeder with separate compartments for grit charcoal oyster shell and mixed grains. Feed whole grain at night and scatter grain in litter. provide green food noon and table scraps. ensure plenty of fresh water and provide a dust bath and thorough pen cleaning to boost egg production.
A cheap serviceable coop can be made for growing chicks by altering a large packing case. Remove top and one side, add a slanted roof, tar paper cover, and a front panel for cleaning. Cost under fifty cents. Keep lime, straw for roosting, and provide grit charcoal and fresh water.
Fowls stay healthier and outperform other farm stock of equal value despite extensive treatment. The note notes their resilience and overall superior performance compared with other animals on the same farm.
White Pekine ducks command three to five cents more per pound than common puddle ducks. No payment is given for hatching or for ducklings and drakes used by breeders. The note outlines pricing and breeder terms for these waterfowl.
An old rule for fattening turkeys advises liberal grass range and ample feeding. Use four daily feeds for about three weeks, with first feeds of mashed potatoes and cornmeal, last feed of whole corn, plus buckwheat. Feed fast at night, provide milk water charcoal shells gravel, and report results.
A mill town writer describes a neat comfortable henhouse 60 feet long ten feet high built with muslin front and cop yarn head boxes. The Farm and Home writer notes the boxes are well made 25 by 28 inches and in real demand at three cents each, illustrating practical poultry housing.
A deep seven foot high hen house is divided into seven compartments each holding 25 hens. The front and partitions are unbleached muslin with no glass. Doors open daily for airing, wired open spaces, frame built from 2x4s. Double floors and interior features cost $140.
Practical notes on keeping poultry profitable and healthy. Emphasizes egg quality, molt handling, feeding, and housing. Recommends fresh ground for turkeys, careful manure use as fertilizer, and avoiding flavors transfer from spoiled foods to eggs. Encourages burning diseased birds and balanced rations for larger eggs.
December 7 1911 Lansing Michigan reports state wheat condition at 86 percent of average with southern 89 central 88 northern 92 and Upper Peninsula 94. November marketed wheat totals about 258 963 bushels across mills elevators and dealers. regional breakdown shows heavy southern marketing and smaller northern volumes. Rye and fall pasture conditions uniformly strong. livestock condition high with 9 9 for horses cattle and sheep and 96 for swine. Frederick C Martindale Secretary of State.
$100 reward offered for any cure failure in a bold medical testimonial. The ad promotes Miall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Local notices report Mr Frank Howes attending State Grange in Kalamazoo, D C Eliott moving toward Alma, and the death of Litthe Aubry White after a brief illness. Floyd Woodman visits Pompeii for business, Sumner Hoxie from Ithaca visits his mother Effie Hoxie.
An old advertisement urges taking Dr King's New Life Pills at the first sign of constipation or biliousness to prevent health problems. It claims to regulate liver and bowels, build up vitality, and lists Rhodes Drug Co, Wheaton & Son, and Grover's Drug Store as sellers.
Grand Rapids resident Lew Brooks spent Monday with his brother and family. Hazel Kiees from Sumner returned home after two weeks with Dessa Hicks. Thos J Blair and family visited his father in Ohio. Lound and wife of Livingston County joined Thanksgiving with Mrs Arthur Marvin. Grace Sly and Mabel Hard of Addison spent Thanksgiving with O H Sly. D Hill hosted son-in-law Dunshee of McBain from Wednesday to Saturday. Dunshee stayed after seven weeks caring for his mother. Hills, Hoxie and children were home from North Star and Ithäes for Thanksgiving.
The dairyman reports more milk and better cream since using HARVEDLS CONDITION POWDER. Marketed as a strictly medicinal, general conditioning powder for cows, horses, work cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry. Price 25 cents. Sold by Petr & Sons, the Pioneer.
Forest Hill students share festive plans as a Santa visit is set for three o'clock. The school highlights new library volumes and grade level projects, with fifth graders writing letters to Santa and ninth graders studying Shakespeare after Christmas. A letter from a fifth grader and a list of students with perfect attendance are noted as part of the holiday activities.
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a proven hair dressing to soften and revitalize dull hair. It promises satisfaction or money back and features a fifty cent bottle available from Charles Rhodes. The note also references varied local dinners and community notices in Alma area.
The meanest man in town is cross and sharp due to liver problems. Take Dr Herrick's Sugar Coated Pills to clean out toxins, vitalize blood, and improve digestion. Price 25 cents a box. Sold by Wheaton & Sons, the Pioneer Drug Store.
The weekly advertised letters listing Miss Willie Gorrell Mr Herman Leson and Mr E C Smith will be sent to the dead letter office if not called for by December 9 1911. F Brown postmaster.
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