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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1902
Page
3
The article explains gape worm in chicks and offers three prevention methods. Hatch early so birds feather before warm ground allows parasite development. Keep dry to avoid moisture aiding the parasite. Rotate brood locations yearly to purify areas. For treatment, use lime and carbolic acid dust or feather swabs, noting risks of suffocation or death if not careful.
A farmer describes a 10 by 12 feet poultry house with tarred paper walls and a top ventilator that removes foul air. The system prevents drafts, keeps hens roosting in clean conditions, and reports no roup or sickness since adoption. Forty hens, run of about a quarter acre, in Orange Judd Farmer.
Farmers' Review notes hens need soft food at least once daily to save lives. Despite evidence, many farms default to corn three times daily, risking spring losses as digestive systems tire from grinding grain.
A reader from Otsego County proposes a winter hen house design with open sheds and alternating closed pens. The author questions a cloth curtain as weather protection and advocates a tight wall for wind, while noting the essential need for separate pens though criticizing the roof for a chicken house.
Ohio Farmer notes most poultrymen favor a sloping shed roof with the high side to the sun. Lots of glass provides sun heat and light as tonics and purifiers. A long coop should have doors in a hall along its length to prevent drafts.
Poultry guidance urges fertile eggs aligned with incubation needs, stressing healthy breeding stock, diverse genes to minimize kinship, strong vitality, proper mating, exercise, and a balanced diet. Emphasis is on fostering vigorous chicks that survive beyond hatch, avoiding fragile stock and undernourished care.
Mrs Jennie O'Donnell of Chicago credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing eight years of female ailments after using the product following a book found in her hall. She endorses the remedy and notes a $5000 forfeit if testimonial is not genuine while mentioning free medical advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
The article advises keeping drones only in queenless colonies and orchard settings to reduce annoyances. It notes young queens deposit eggs within ten days and can lay about 3000 eggs daily, with sealed honey frames given on warm days to strengthen weak colonies. It warns winter moisture in thin hives can freeze, stressing bee lifespans of six to eight weeks in summer versus longer in winter.
The Rural New Yorker advises crushing hen manure to powder, mixing with chemicals to compensate for high nitrogen and low potash and phosphate. Process involves grinding hard chunks, sifting, and combining exact ratios to create a dressing. a practical limit is one ton per acre.
The Baltimore News recalls Neosho Falls rapid growth when a railroad sidings boom and a presidential visit during a fair swelled visitors to about 40 000. After the president left the town reverted to normal, with hotels and supplies exhausted and sidings torn up.
A Chicago Inter Ocean report notes high priced smoked meats with Limerick hams and bacon at 33 to 35 cents per pound and 32 or 33 cents for Virginia hams. A five cent duty elevates Limerick prices, transport adds to Virginia costs, leaving original costs nearly equal. The Irish ham is richer while Virginia ham is more delicate in flavor.
March and April colonist excursions invite all to Pacific Coast and intermediate points with special summer round trips at under one cent per mile. Visit the Great West for pleasure, education or business. Write to W H H Connor, Union Pacific Southern Pacific, 53 East 4th St Cincinnati Ohio. Send details to California and your name and address for more information. Rates valid March and April only.
A collage of 1900 era quips and pseudo advertisements includes satirical lines about coronation seating limits, a comic exchange about a bulldog, a Putnam dye promotion, a London humor note, Piso's Cure endorsement, and a farewell sentiment from a news item.
Mrs Shafer of St Louis reports her four year old daughter Alice grew strong after using Peruna, calling it the best medicine she has used. Mrs Long of Atwood Colo praises Peruna for transforming Mina Long from coughs and croup to robust health after a partial bottle.
Dr R Robbins of Muskogee Indian Territory endorses Peruna after his own grip and that of his daughter. He reports two bottles cleared his cough and loosened lungs, and his child recovered quickly with continued use. Mrs G W Heard of Howth Texas commends Peruna for her baby and son, noting rapid improvement and restored health.
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