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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1910
Page
11
The guide advises breeding winter-laying hens, thorough drying of bread crumbs for feed, clean and sunlit coops, twice daily washing, and high quality diet with bone or meat meal. It notes hens prefer seclusion when laying and dark nests to prevent egg breakage. Private sales are easy with fresh eggs. Watering should use galvonized fountains filled with warm water daily.
Instructional notice explains making a trap nest from a cracker box or similar box. Details include dimensions about 12 to 14 inches square and 20 to 34 inches long, with a slate nailed and a crosspiece to swing doors. The method uses slats and a stick to trigger the door as the hen enters, with notes on variations and drafting limits.
A California youth increases profits by raising ducks alongside guineas and hens. He hatched most eggs, sold ducks at prices from five dollars per dozen, and won county fair prizes. He waters and shelters birds carefully, feeding starter rations and later a mixed dry feed to reach market weights by eleven weeks.
The Baltimore American notes a winter feed method using oats and bran with milk or warm water, left overnight then fed warm in the afternoon with corn. Fowls should have free access to ground bone and a box of salt. keep coop litter dry and bedding batched.
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