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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1914
Page
2
Practical guidance covers incubators, chick care, feeding strategies for calves, cows, sheep, and hogs, plus pasture management and manure spread. It emphasizes hygienic brooders, parasite control, proper watering, brood warmth, and timing of pasture changes to maximize yield and health across poultry and livestock operations.
A detailed description of a 12 by 24 foot poultry house that accommodates 50 to 75 fowls with movable interior fittings for easy cleaning and reduced infection. It describes construction from pine boards, movable joints, earth floor, two pens, hinged wire screens, and winterproofing with building paper. The design emphasizes economy, ease of feeding and care, and suitability to Minnesota winters based on historical reports.
The article details a 24 foot plate house frame with an 11 foot 6 inch long east girder and a shorter east door girder. Three rafters run widthwise, cut to 23 feet 6 inches, supported by upright two by fours forming a center partition. It describes roof boarding, a four inch cornice, rubber roof, and flush edge finish. Front features two sliding windows with fresh air openings and muslin curtains, including 16 light windows and movable frames for severe weather.
W K Vaplons article from Colorado Agricultural College warns that chilling and lice are the major killers of chicks. It advises dusting setting hens, applying lard to chick heads, thorough spraying of brooders, and using coal tar or coal oil mixtures to prevent disease and losses. It stresses clean, warm housing and freedom from vermin to keep chicks healthy.
The better incubators are finding place on general farms and useful for hatching large numbers of healthy chicks before hot weather and before winter. Modern farm breeds tend to produce eggs rather than hatch them, making reliable incubators valuable. Easy to operate for careful, methodical users.
Mrs Elin White of Lincoln Nebraska describes an eight brood coop built to suit. She notes the coop can be made in any size, with her version about two feet long sixteen inches high and ten inches at the rear featuring a board floor.
A historical note describes rat proof brood coops with hinged floors for drying earth floors. It explains turning back the coop to refresh the earth, then replacing it, and mentions changing earth to prevent foul odor. Holes in the coop provide ventilation.
An early 20th century farming notice warns poultry keepers that mites thrive in neglected nests and in heat box cracks. It recommends frequent cleaning, burning old material, sealing cracks, and using tar or pitch to fill openings, noting pitch lasts long and is readily purchasable.
The Oregon station outlines a feeding plan starting at about thirty six hours old with bran crumbly egg mix or milk dipped bread fed twice daily for a week. It includes Cracked wheat and corn on sand three times daily, then grain in litter, water grit charcoal bone, access to green foods and a moist bran wheat middlings corn meal mix after one week, plus beet scraps and later milk added at three weeks.
A breeder hatches chicks with hens and uses straw matting around bottles and tea to line neat boxes to prevent breakage. He changes this material frequently to guard against mites.
A short note stresses time as a valuable factor for poultry houses. It recommends occasional whitewash on walls and nest boxes to improve appearance and sanitation, plus use of a disinfectant and vermin control for better husbandry.
The text argues that higher irrigation and available moisture raise production costs for cattle and sheep. It notes meat quality and growth decline without adequate water, while ample water improves muscle activity and mutton yield. It stresses that water is vital for blood, nourishment, and waste removal, and that sheep require constant access to water to maintain optimal growth and health.
A farmer solves hog feeding problems by placing a trough on the outside of a fence with a hinged panel. The bottom swings outward, supported by end stops to control filling and prevent hogs from reaching the food. The trough is hinged to the fence post at each end and the stops secure the panel during pouring.
Farmers who lost hogs seek advice on re stocking. Immune status follows exposure. dogs passing through outbreaks are permanently immune. Outbreaks with serum treatment yield immune survivors. New hogs should be vaccinated before or as they join infected premises. Some breeders sell brood sows and boars guaranteed immune to cholera.
A note warns that supplying more food than cows will eat wastes feed and trains animals to be dainty about their meals, a bad habit that can prevent proper eating in the end.
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