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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
7
A Farm and Home guide recommends sheltering turkeys at roost each night in a safe open shed. Trees invite wild birds and theft, so a built wind and weatherproof enclosure is preferred. Use wire front or partial enclosure with a top ventilator and a sliding rear door. Keep the roost high and light as needed for roosting.
The best poultry house provides three sided ventilation with ample east and west windows and a large South exposure. It should stay dry all winter, be on well drained land, and include movable fixtures for easy cleaning and sterilization of roosts nests and furnishings.
The article urges careful feeding with Sunflower seed and millet for moulting birds and stresses the value of grit and grinding material to prevent sickness. It notes that disease often has local causes and emphasizes clean water lice prevention and vigorous breeding stock for hardy progeny. It also recommends testing breeders early and replacing unsuitable males.
The article argues that burning bones destroys food value while grinding and feeding the mineral content delivers nitrogen and other elements. It suggests farmers buy bone mills to extract the mineral matter, increasing feed value from bones either from home tables or other sources.
The article warns buyers to favor well bred birds from honest breeders over mongrels. It stresses bloodlines determine offspring quality, advises attending winter shows to select breeding stock, and urges culling undersized or sick birds to improve future progeny and market value.
A Bee Culture correspondent describes a double lamp chimney made of tin and sewers for heating a honey knife in hog water. Inside tube measures about 10 to 12 inches length, 24 inches bottom diameter, narrowing to 1% at top. Outside tube about 8 inches diameter. A wooden or cloth ring around the top prevents dulling the knife. One half inch wooden outer sleeve is water tight to handle. A small blaze keeps the water boiling and the lamp is portable.
Poultry raiser Hen Ve argues domesticated hens are a poor model for incubation. He notes years of domestication and forced keeping erode natural hatching habits and that artificial incubation with larger hatch rates under specific conditions can exceed results from sitting hens.
Milk for Hena, Bweetekim milk right from the Separatoria and meet excellent feed for laying hens. It replaces meat scraps partly. Give daily as much as hens drink, rinse the pan before refilling. Hens like variety in feed and to lay eggs in winter.
A fragment warns that mackerel brine and beef pickle can be more poisonous than pure salt and that emailer quantities may produce symptoms. It notes chickens may safely eat salted food but cautions the boundary line of day Gor is clone and easily overstepped.
A woman from Anoka reports winter illness affected kidneys and joints, causing pale skin and dizziness. She claims Dean's Winey Pills brought relief and advises other women to try them. Sold by dealers for 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo, N.Y.
A girl recounts a late night telephone call where a whispered voice says a husband is unaware. She questions the whisperer about why she speaks, and the caller asks to get off the line so she won’t wake her husband. The narrator reflects on the mystery of what she hid from her spouse.
Mrs Lillie Wilcher of Chattanooga Tennessee reports that Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured a running neck sore on her baby and a tetter like rash on her face after failing with other remedies. She notes two more cures in relatives and endorses the treatment.
A deceitful land scheme duped Brown County farmers with fake bids and paid advertising promises. An agent claimed to fix land prices if the owner paid fifty cents per acre for ads, with no contract risk. Twenty two farmers were exposed. one paid 820 dollars, others vow to fight in court. The tale cites varied distractions and unrelated ads from the era.
Fragmented excerpt describes barley and speltza crops, farm offerings, and samples from a Dakotas region. Mentions PACE IMs, John A. Silper Sood Coy, and farm goods with legal motto about forgetting debts. Contains a Seneca quote about reciprocity and memory.
fragmentary text mentions learning to make lemon chocolate and custard pots and advises seeking a grocer who will supply ingredients. It also includes a health claim about piles and a garbled advertisement for an AZO product. The passage is incoherent and contains odd spellings and stray phrases.
The piece relays Commissioner Smith's answer to President Moffett of Standard Oil Indiana amid a public dispute over freight rates. It contests the six cent and eighteen cent rates, alleges concealment of tariff filings, and argues that shipments from Whiting to East St Louis via Dalton and Chicago routes were mischaracterized. It portrays the critique as politically charged and defends Standard Oil against broad accusations.
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