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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1913
Page
4
A guide to prepping hens for winter laying, stressing spring selection of strong laying stock, well balanced feed including bran oats and bone, and the benefits of exercise. Emphasizes ample water and grit, air and light, avoiding overcrowding, and separating roosters from pullets to prevent growth delays.
The article explains twofold fertilizer roles. Barnyard manure mainly maintains soil fertility unless sourced externally then it can boost fertility. Artificial fertilizers primarily raise soil productivity and serve as restoratives when manure is lacking. It cautions corn-only hog feeding weakens pigs and may undermine disease resistance.
In an eighty pig feeding trial over sixteen days using corn chop buttermilk barley and sorg hum forage the average daily gain was .51 lb versus 1.22 lb with corn chop and buttermilk. Hogs grazing a corn field yielded 17 bushels per acre and gained 1.2 lb per head. Grain valued at seven cents per pound gave the hogs a value of 63.15 cents per bushel. A method to mix feed in water uses a barrel above a V shaped trough with an auger hole and a stick to regulate slop flow, first adding water then feed, to be ready for the next feeding.
Manure from the barn lot adds humus to the soil and acts as a sponge to retain moisture, enhancing soil quality and moisture availability for crops.
A farm poultry house plan outlines an incubator cellar adjacent to the dwelling within 100 feet, with four incubators along a side wall and space for up to eight. It advocates 40–60 degree egg storage, sprouting vats, ventilation via small windows, and a concrete floor and pillar. The adjacent killing room houses 24 fattening pens, two by two feet each, with a feed trough ledge and a storeroom for feed and packing supplies.
A note on using Sulone for handling horee feed, crushed corn and cob meal. it tends to cause gastric colic unless paired with oats, bran, or meal to act as a lag to cob fiber, aiding digestion and reducing difficulty in chewing.
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