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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1915
Page
2
Rural instruction argues many poultry failures come from owner errors not hens. It warns that most farmers fail to profit due to wrong care, poor management, and unsuitable schemes. It urges owners to improve conditions and give hens a fair chance to produce.
A noted method by Alfan M. White of Fairfield County Ohio promotes a loop and run coop for hens and chicks. It ensures safety from hawks crows and rats with limited range, prevents hen fighting, and keeps chicks at feeding times in a sheltered, weather resistant setup. The run measures three and one third by six feet with twenty tall posts, built from one by two material and half inch wire mesh. A top front hatch aids feeding and watering using quart water fountains and a six by ten inch trough.
Describes a low feeding box system and removable boxes for cleaning between meals. Notes a separate coop with a curved metal roof and a wooden handhold, a half inch crack between boards for droppings to pass, and a sand or gravel layer at every other feeding.
The account notes that rain or wet bodies in spring or early summer can kill young ducks. It describes how exposure causes rheumatism and cold, leading to illness. A duck caught in rain may drop its head, open its mouth, and become immobile until shelter is found nearby.
Feature of Poultry Raising notes a single advantage that allows poultry to be combined with nearly any other farming branch with minimal inconvenience and satisfactory results.
Leading authorities discuss purebred Pen ciled Runner ducks and Leghorns, noting Runner ducks as a key utility fowl. Australian New Zealand records highlight heavy, broad types. NZ Runners hold top laying feats including a duck with 220 eggs in 345 days and 512 eggs in 22 months. Cambridge tests show strong results for Orpingtons and Runners with long-term averages around 129 and 125 eggs per duck.
Advice on shading poultry yards for summer growth. Recommends planting vines or corn near fences, or building a shed roofed structure to provide shade and air flow. Stresses abundant clean water for fowls and chicks during hot weather.
Instructions stress sanitary operation of incubators with clean practices from start to finish. Clean trays after each hatch and disinfect brooders as needed while avoiding disinfectants that affect the gut. If switching hatch cycles, preheat and keep heat while trays are cleaned, ensuring thorough cleaning without neglect.
James G Halpin head of Wisconsin University poultry department says breeders should reuse proven stock that mates well with egg producers to steadily improve flocks. He predicts continued growth as breeders invest in stronger stock and focus on proper mating to boost egg production and farm profitability.
A late winter advisory warns poultry owners to watch for scaly leg in fowl. It recommends dipping affected feet and legs in kerosene applied near the hock joints, repeated every other day for about two weeks, with vaseline used to moisten the scales as needed.
The passage describes various ancient and folk wedding customs involving shoes and subordination. It cites practices from the East, Jewish weddings, Neatorians, Russia, and a tale about Martin Luther, linking footwear to the bride's subservience and future behavior.
A Harvard professor berated students in a class calling it a poor example of English composition. At a later session a late student, Miss Brown, arrived and the professor teased her by asking how she would have her tea, to which she answered without the lemon.
A boy boasts his big brother is a printer and uses the skill to fake funeral notices. The rival friend retorts that it’s not bragging and notes the ploy lets him claim attendance at games, misleading other boys who will believe he’s at a funeral.
A clipped, garbled exchange mocks wartime supply and public humor. Hark away and Dingleberry quip about atrocious behavior while referencing Kan and a volley of gnill. The dialogue laments lost old-fashioned soda fountains and questions why people cheer nonsense and vote for it.
A 1914 report lists large rewards paid for inventions and improvements at the Royal Ordnance factories. Col C Halden, W T Thogwon, and other officials received sums for gun mountings, machine tools, nitrocellulose, and accessory apparatus. Smaller payments were made for improved wartime tooling and processes.
Aviators gain safety with two folded parachutes attached to wings in cone shaped receptacles. A small hand lever operates a mech to push them out and deploy automatically, so the aircraft can be saved even as it descends. The airman simply holds on as the plane falls.
Report notes verdicts from Miastanippt fu rien Law Notes claim liberal juries favor money awards. A railroad verdict in Dacue paid $500 after a ticket agent allegedly insulted a passenger. In Alabama a white woman won $15,000 for riding with three black men, but the court cut the award to $2,000.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt shows Mrs Pinkey wearing a hat admired by others. The friend notes the hat is borrowed and worth $30, calling it a fright in a playful exchange with John and a remark about becoming.
A short dialogue shows a girl knitting socks for soldiers, with a mother asking about progress. The exchange notes a single week of work and the reason for having only one sock. A concluding line remarks on women and heroes, hinting at affection.
War correspondent Alexander Powell at a New York tea describes English volunteers as splendid. He claims you can identify origins by ear marks such as Midlands miners and Manchester mill hands. A young woman asks how, Powell jokes that bookkeepers stand at ease and tuck their rides behind.
A devout old lady, finding her church distant, chose a nearer one. She spoke to the second church’s minister, who warmly welcomed her and urged attendance. She quips that all churches lead to heaven and all have grown deaf to sermons, so she will attend the nearer church.
A woman recalls her husband returning from a club with a white waistcoat badly spotted and notes the absence of menu cards, adding that the itemized meal description would be of interest to the reader.
The fragment depicts a playful exchange about affection with quirky dialogue. It mentions a character nicknamed Mine Maymie and a speaker named Jim, hinting at a lighthearted, intimate moment without clear context or full narrative.
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