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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1924
Page
3
Mrs Samuel Murphy of 219 Dover Street Delaware reports severe cramps and fainting spells eased after starting Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She endured tiredness and long days before, now she works in a factory, stays up late, and recommends the remedy to friends.
A guide from Colorado Agricultural College on feeding forage while crops are harvested. It warns against letting feeder stock clean up fields, causing later weight loss, and suggests harvesting the best part first for grazing then feeding the leftover crop. It also advises stock removal and water access to maintain gains.
The article argues hens need green foods to obtain minerals for egg production. It notes iron in eggs reaches fowl systems via leafy greens, recommends clover or alfalfa in winter, favors hay over ground alfalfa due to palatability, and observes laying hens consume more leaves and greens as reproduction increases.
In a 41 day lambing test at Ohio Experiment Station 24 lambs fed standing corn alone averaged 0.16 pounds daily gain at 14.89 dollars per 100 pounds gain. A group fed standing corn plus three quarters pound of clover hay daily gained 0.84 pounds at 9.45 dollars per 100 pounds. Adding .15 pound of linseed oil cake per lamb further boosted gain and reduced cost.
Instructions describe using common kerosene oil to treat roup in sick birds. Drain a spoonful into water, dip the heads, pass through a film of oil, withdraw, and dry. The method is claimed to kill germs and stimulate mucous membranes for renewed action.
Waste oil removed from tractor and automobile crank cases can be reused this fall to free poultry flocks of mites. An oil spray proves effective for mites on and around roosts. Any oil works, but crank case oil is most practical for flock owners with cars.
The very low level of egg prices has stirred national effort to cut costs and losses in production and distribution. Producers must lower costs and improve handling to make eggs more attractive to housewives and sustain profitable output.
A light, practical portable lantern stand using a 5 foot length of 1 inch pipe a %-inch iron rod and a discarded harrow disk. The pipe is fastened to the disk with two nuts the rod forms an eye at the top for the lantern and the ends fit into the pipe. Lightweight and portable for easy use around a barnyard.
O C Krum of the Colorado Agricultural College advises against forcing pullets during winter. He notes most birds are housed and laying, but feeding should avoid excess protein. 10 percent meat in the mash is adequate. higher levels injure hens and raise mortality. Early hatch is recommended for future years.
Sweet clover in a field planned for corn next year should be turned under this fall to start decaying and become soil incorporated. Delaying until spring risks a thick layer hindering moisture and nutrient passage, especially if the season is dry. For easy incorporation, attach a No 9 wire to the plow beam to extend 4 to 5 feet behind the plow.
Humus in soil is valuable and pure bred seeds may fetch premiums. Target markets for eggs while prices stay high. Emphasizes farm people and home comforts, winter feeding, and proportional cow feeding. Recommends culling cows below 200 pounds annual fat and notes experiments have made chicken raising a science.
Poultrymen should choose breeders with pedigree, stamina, and proper body type for spring production. Focus on healthy males and well‑conditioned hens, maintaining 1 male to 15 females for Leghorns and Anconas, and 1 to 10 for Rocks Reds and Wyandottes. Exercise breeders, keep litter dry, provide fresh air, and avoid forcing fertility to improve chick quality.
An old poultry note explains that scales on fowl legs are caused by a small parasite under the scales. It recommends cleaning coops, burning trash, oiling or kerosene washing poles, and dipping infected legs in a tar and kerosene mix for five minutes. A single treatment often cures, with possible repetition after four to five days.
A late hatched chick grows slower and smaller, delaying maturity and egg production. Late stock tends to stay immature and miss high market prices. Proper feeding helps but cannot compensate for late hatching.
A laying mash uses 100 pounds each of ground oats ground corn middlings bran and meat scrap. If sour milk is ample reduce meat scrap by half. Equal parts cracked corn and wheat make an ideal full scratch grain ration. For a practical poultry feeding bulletin contact Michigan Agricultural College experiment station East Lansing.
The article notes pullets too fat risk poor production in winter. It argues the fear of hens being too fat has led to overconservative feeding, with more pullets underperforming due to improper condition than due to excess fat in autumn, suggesting fatness is not the main issue for winter readiness.
Wisconsin university library school in Madison used 24 cities as training fields for students this year while six Wisconsin daily paupers were run for a week by students of the school of journalism.
An advertisement extols Cuticura Talcum Powder as a scented, economical powder for face skin baby and dusting use. It claims to freshen and tame skin and notes it as part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio with Soap Ointment and Talcum.
Mail train travels 226 miles from Plymouth to London in three hours and fifteen minutes with speeds reaching 95 miles per hour at times.
Green's August Flower boasts fifty eight years of proven use for nervous dyspepsia sour stomach constipation indigestion torpid liver dizziness and related digestive issues. It claims universal availability in 380 and 90 cent bottles and notes widespread use in households worldwide.
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