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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1917
Page
7
The article asserts the key to fast chick growth is abundant wet mash they like. It details a three week to twelve week feeding plan using bran cornmeal middlings and meat scrap, mixed with skim or sour milk, preferably sour milk, to produce good sized broilers.
Instruction on building a chicken nesting and running frame using five 1 by 12 boards with 18 to 24 inch spacing and a three foot wide roof. The roof back half is hinged for laying hens, and when used for sitting hens the door closes and feed and water are provided through a netting opening.
Describes a movable incubator area where hens are not turned out during egg incubation. The eggs hatch better then the setup is easier to manage as it can be moved and cleaned. Chicks can stay in the pen after hatching for a period.
The article urges forming community co operative egg and poultry clubs to secure best prices. It advises contacting the county demonstration agent for organization and post setup market access and stresses thorough grading and packing in club rules to solve marketing troubles.
Water glass method described using sodium silicate and boiled water to preserve eggs. One gallon of silicate mixed with fifteen parts water yields enough solution to cover about fifty eggs in cool vessels. Ensure at least two inches of liquid above the eggs.
When few chickens are kept it is easier to buy prepared feeds, but with many birds it can be cheaper to purchase grains and mix them. Many feeds include grit and may vary in quality, so check and guarantee quality before buying.
Secretary C. R. George of the Indiana State Dairy association urges farmers to boost dairy production and efficiency. He warns against selling dairy cows for beef, stresses housing for winter, and advocates using superior sires and careful heifer development to maximize milk output and feed use during the war era.
By six weeks calves can gradually start silage, ensure mold free, then increase intake. Grain should balance with the roughage, alfalfa hay is highly digestible but alone plus skim milk creates too much protein relative to carbs and fat, so add silage and corn for proper balance.
A veterinary guidance stresses milking cows at regular twelve hour intervals year round. Milk is partially produced during milking and delays reduce secretion, harming glands and decreasing milk flow. Regular morning and evening milking is essential.
North Dakota Agricultural Extension notes milk flavor comes from cow diet and absorbed odors. Onions garlic and weeds can pass odors into milk. Milk should be produced with cows not fed or kept near odor sources to avoid off flavors.
Geese can be raised in small flocks on general farms with little grain. Best on low rough pasture with natural water. used to weed cotton fields in the South. They graze on grass and forage, needing extra feed only in winter. Shelters are minimal. goslings need dry shelter and movement to fresh land. Geese are hardy and largely disease free.
The United States Department of Agriculture urges a sustained war on ticks to rescue Southern cattle from unprofitable conditions. Elimination promises quicker growth of native stock, better beef and milk, and a firmer foundation for profitable, unquarantined cattle production during wartime.
Roads carrying the heaviest traffic originate in various county sections and converge at the main market. Drainage-like logic shows market routes grow where descent lines toward the market are followed. Building outside these lines for heavy traffic is wasteful and uneconomical.
Southern lands face two main barriers to pasture: weed and brush overgrowth and soil wash from exposed or sloped areas. The text highlights weed intrusion as the primary obstacle, with soil erosion as a secondary threat to grazing potential.
Colts need careful care in their first summer to ensure future maturity. Dr C W McCampbell warns scours are common but preventable with prompt treatment. Keep the foal in a ventilated dark stall, avoid exhausting the mare, and feed liberally. If scours occur reduce milk, use castor oil and a bis muth subnitrate mix as directed.
Do not use road harness, use minimal harness for farm work. Each horse should wear its own collar custom fit. Never leave stubs in limb cutting. Feed chicks often though initial week requires little feed.
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