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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1914
Page
6
A broad farm bulletin offers essential tips across livestock, poultry, and crops. It covers water and shade for fowl, feeding and care for horses, hogs, and sheep, tree protection, planting and harvesting advice, and methods to keep tools sharp and coops clean for healthier yields and better margins.
Instructions emphasize strict regularity in cow feeding and milking to maximize herd contentment and milk yield. Feed twice daily with half concentrates and half roughage at each session. milk during the morning feeding. Post milking feed should include cured roughage, succulent forage like silage and roots. Cows should have winter stalls with a midday break, and clean mangers free of leftover feed at all times.
A Lafontaine Kansas writer describes a summer butter storage device using a well frame and pulley system. The contraption uses a two by lumber frame attached to a well with a cupboard box for storage, shelves, a windlass, and a weight driven elevator to lift the box.
The piece warns dairy farmers about milk drop during late summer and early fall when pastures run short. It recommends maintaining milk flow from parturition to drying off and suggests silage as a cheap, convenient substitute, with amounts ranging from ten to forty pounds based on pasture condition.
Discussion of general purpose poultry breeds for mixed eggs and meat production. Highlights Plymouth Rocks Wyandottes Rhode Island Reds and Orpingtons as versatile layers and meat birds. Notes Leghorns are active and best with ample range. small yards favor sturdier breeds. Incubators can aid egg focus. broody tendencies vary by breed.
Boiling eggs and shell formation discussed for fowls in full lay. Overstimulated hens may lay shell-less eggs. provide shell-forming materials such as crushed oyster shells bone dust or mortar rubble. Avoid over-stimulating diets with spices and ensure rational feeding to support the oviduct and shell production.
Prof J G Malpin of the Wisconsin Experiment Station warns that chicken drinking dishes and feeding troughs will become dirty and insanitary without precautions. Use sanitary fountains, either homemade or bought, and clean them often. Wet mashes in wooden troughs mold unless refuse is scraped clean and troughs are dried in the sun. Neglect can cost health in summer.
Agricultural department and poultry dealers advocate raising guinea fowl as demand rises quickly as consumers discover their delights. The piece notes strong current demand and accelerating growth as epicures become familiar with the birds.
Spading the yard is emphasized in summer over winter as essential for ground work. Spade the yard and scatter lime to cover the surface, a practice noted for preventing pests and disease.
Elizabeth Putnam offers practical starter guidance for small scale poultry farming. Focus on simple equipment, proper ventilation, removable nests, clean conditions, and gradual improvements. She cautions against overexpansion, explains building options, and stresses breed choice based on personal preference and local conditions.
James G. Halpin of the University of Wisconsin warns poultry keepers about blackhead and related diseases in young turkeys and chicks. He notes signs like yellow discharge, liver spots, and inflammation, recommends separating sick birds, changing diet, adding pepper and castor oil with turpentine, and using perch roosts to prevent cold-related illnesses. Overcrowding and improper roosting increase mortality in poultry.
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