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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1892
Page
2
A compact portable poultry house and run suited for small town plots. It shows a roosting area with nest boxes and a movable, light frame design to keep hens or bantams fed with a dry meal hopper system. A Vermont farmer outlines a simple twenty foot feed box plan and wall-mounted hopper for convenient, household-scale poultry care.
The text describes a convenient feeding arrangement for poultry with a sliding cover that forms a hopper and delivers food efficiently, noting no waste for fifty fowls. It then reports on New Jersey and Texas trials testing phosphoric acid sources in wheat and corn, comparing boneblack and South Carolina rock, with similar crop yields and local climate effects on corn quality.
Hints on sweet corn varieties and planting, soil preparation, and shallow culture. Includes Shakers Early list and late types like Stowell Evergreen. Also guidance on chick rearing post hatch, feeding, lice control, and coop cleaning. Placing hives in the apiary described with a Minnesota method. Ends with notes on dairy cows versus beef value when unprofitable.
Storer notes fallow crops return far more of their nitrogen and nutrients to soil as manure than grain crops. Shallow soil mulch protects corn roots, reducing moisture loss. Bee culture topics discuss colony longevity, comb honey toughness, and beekeeping costs at state conventions. Wheat classifications vary by region and cultivation.
The American Cultivator urges clover for sandy soils while The American Horseman notes a Jewett farm track covering five-eighths of a mile as a winter success. Discusses Hessian fly preventives, early fall pasturing, and flaxseeds. cauliflowers can share space with cabbages. Bucklen's Arnica Salve praised for wounds, sores, and piles with a money-back guarantee.
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