03 Apr 1930
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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1930
Page
1
Unclear OCR fragment mentions water with rum affecting swine and timing. No identifiable persons places organizations or clear events. Difficult to extract a coherent news item or proper nouns from the readable portion.
A fragment describes a book titled 2 Carnell pulletip by B B potstard gna sent free to poultry trymen of Tew York. It warns about damp conditions, disease risk, and financial losses from poor housing and outlines methods to remodel old buildings and construct better coops to improve bird vigor and reduce costs.
The article discusses planning poultry houses with a future focus, noting dissatisfaction with long walks and the impractical location of current ranch buildings. It urges moving buildings to central driveways, saving time and labor, and ensuring water access and efficient delivery of feed and wa ter, aiming to reduce effort and delays in operations.
A historical survey notes 11.4 percent of sellers retire owners, with most buyers raised on farms but not tenants. About 63.4 percent had previously owned farms, 35–40 year olds bought most farms, few under 25 or over 65. Ninety percent plus buyers were native born, and 113 farms sold to buyers within 1–40 miles, with 20 sales to distant buyers over 500 miles.
About 11 000 hogs were weighed on arrival and sale weights compared. Reported that weight gain from corn and water was about 50 pounds. An elderly man around 50 seeks a farm job and inquires at the Review office in Thomson, Ill.
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