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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1905
Page
2
Floyd Q. White from the Rural New Yorker urges poultry raisers to replace kerosene lamps with gasoline burners for brooding. He describes a fireproof box, a tank setup, and an igniter that provides ample heat with less weather sensitivity. Ten gallons of gasoline heat six houses for a week, and burners are removed after June for storage.
A Farm Journal excerpt warns that forcing egg production is dangerous and that male birds do not affect yield. It urges breeding from good stock, notes women often succeed in poultry keeping, and advises selling market-ready chicks as prices rise before a potential drop.
Old hens vary in value for laying. some remain productive for years while others decline. Experts should assess a hen’s laying usefulness rather than assume all older birds are good layers. Also, judging bran by chewing a sample indicates gluten content and potential egg quality per Western Poultry Journal.
The article surveys opinions among queen rearers on the best out of season methods. It weighs natural swarming versus forced rearing, noting that queens from abnormal conditions often lag in quality, while well-timed rearings from strong colonies can yield superior offspring. It advises novices to favor simpler methods when natural swarming isn’t possible, provided conditions are right.
A rough sketch by Harley Smith of Monroe NC shows a seven eighths inch pine uncapping box 20 by 30 inches by 20 by 24 deep lined with galvanized iron with a wipe strip on one side. It includes a screen end to prevent caps from dropping, balanced height for easy work, and notes that this form is common in California. The piece advises using seven combs, sharpening the knife, setting combs cornerwise, avoiding queenless colonies, and uniting weak stocks with a second queen to prepare for winter.
An OCR fragment highlights Dr King s New Life Pills for bowel and stomach issues and a local medicinal sale. It notes Great Northern rail fare options for the Biennial Modern Woodmen meeting in Milwaukee with one fare plus 50 cents round trip and tickets available June 16 to 19, final return June 27.
Advertisement recalls Buck Jen's Arnica Salve as effective for cuts burns ulcers fever sores and sore eyes with a testimonial from D L Gregory of Hope Texas. Also lists local listings: meals at Mrs Cotton's boarding house 2-162-76, a free roan horse described by James H Bacon, and several land for sale or rent notices in Bottineau North Dakota with partial legal section references and contact prompts.
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