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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1915
Page
6
An agricultural note urges using sheep to harvest and convert field weeds into cash. A Lincoln county example shows wethers and lambs cleared crops, turning vegetation into profit with careful timing. Begin with small herds, September purchases, market as fields are cleared.
Farm notes describe feeding hogs with corn and rye for fall harvest. Guidance covers planting rye, expected yields from six weeks of growth, and a plan to harvest around September with hogs and corn to supply food for cattle and barns. It mentions picker ability to yield 4 to 7 ears per bushel and timing from August to November for fodder and storage.
Fragments describe a chaotic scene with scattered phrases about watering a horse, a waiter named Satter Biase, and various unclear actions. The text includes many garbled words and seems to mix dialogue with non sequiturs, offering little coherent narrative or context.
A damaged ad style note touts Kings New Discovery for coughs and colds, claiming it treats bronchial issues and serious ailments with widespread trial use across ages, urging readers to try the remedy.
The article advises disposing of male birds not needed for next season and selling or slaughtering old hens not laying. It stresses close culling as essential to success, and recommends keeping drinking water in a small dish to prevent gostings from getting wet before feathers grow.
A historical note on culling laying hens to improve flock productivity. The article discusses discarding about half the birds, focusing on age, production history, and select traits to retain high producers for the next cycle. It emphasizes trap nests, yearling performance, and practical culling rules inferred from expert opinion.
The article explains Cochin fowls were introduced to Kaghind from China, listing varieties like Buff Partridge White and Hinck. It covers maturation times of six to eight months, and full maturity around one year, with females weighing eight to ten pounds and males ten to twelve. It discusses body shape, digestive growth, and egg production, noting the bird's general appearance reflects growth stages and reproductive development.
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