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Newspaper
The Spanish American
Location
Roy, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1908
Page
12
A lightweight durable colony house offers sanitary housing for growing fowls. The design uses 1x2 inch framing with netting and tarred paper roofing, open front for ventilation, removable floor, and a window/curtain setup to protect against weather while ensuring air flow and health for chicks.
A Bee Culture correspondent sketches a metal spacer idea to reinforce frame corners. The upper spacer nailed to the top bar could strengthen the joint, while a lower spacer is unnecessary due to propolis filling. A two-piece end spacer at frame ends is suggested, stamped three times and flipped to form the end spacer.
The article offers poultry husbandry tips such as breeding for standard combs, using milk to feed laying hens, dividing feed between pigs and hens, and using grease for insect control. It notes kerosene is unnecessary for insect killer and describes a hawk predation loss on early hatchings, plus a method of rearing later chicks in a distant woodlot.
A playful look at scrub hens and scrub farmers forming a humorous grade team. The piece highlights the contrast between scrub breeds and pure-bred teams, noting the attention such combinations attract.
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