External characteristics to select high producing hens
Poultry expert Lip Pincott from Kansas State outlines practical, observable traits to identify high producing hens. He notes late molt correlates with longer laying periods, yellow shanks, pliable combs in October, white earlobes in White Leghorn pullets, smooth skin, and a swollen abdomen before laying. Discard birds with yellow shanks, dried combs, and shrunk abdomens after a laying year.
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W. A. Lip Pincott
Kansas State Agricultural
Professor Lippincott
Development of the chick embryo in an egg
The article describes chick development inside an egg, noting heat is essential to continue growth above 70 degrees Fahrenheit and that the blastoderm rests on the yolk surrounded by albumin. It explains white, membranes, and the forming air cell at the large end as moisture evaporates and age progresses.
Clean the Chicken Brooder for Healthy Chicks
The Pennsylvanian State College experiment station urges cleaning and disinfection of the brooder before chicks arrive. Scrub with hot water or a 3 to 5 percent disinfectant, then dry thoroughly. Clean weekly during branding to ensure a safe start.
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Pennsylvanian State College Experiment Station
Machine Hatching Gains Ground In Poultry Hatching
A strong case for machine hatching cites reduced egg breakage and spoilage from sitting hens. Even under good hen conditions, breakage averages 15 to 30 percent and some eggs suffer smeared surfaces or air loss that weakens chicks before hatching.
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Tven
Waste of Time to Doctor In Poultry Breeding
A poultry breeder argues that expensive medical care is wasted. He says successful poultrymen save time by careful feeding and prevention, making disease treatment unnecessary and a doctor a waste of time.
Range for young chickens and green feed ideas
The article urges farmers to provide a proper range and green feed for chicks. It advises temporary feeding methods using soaked outs and daily sprinkles, notes sprouts should reach half an inch before feeding, and suggests crops like cabbage and beets as greens. It recommends sowing Bermuda grass sod with burr clover in fall for a lasting pasture.
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Bermuda
Feed Pens for Baby Chicks in Mixed Flocks
Guidance for constructing feeding pens to separate baby chicks from older birds. Recommend a wire covered yard with wide gaps to allow chicks through while blocking larger birds from feeding, plus a weather protected feed hopper and a dry mash mix. Also advise using scattered corn for exercise.
Nutritious First Feed For Chicks
A limited amount of rolled oats can be offered as a first feed, quickly consumed by chicks. Oats are nutritious and palatable but should not be used continually. Hard boiled eggs ground in a food chopper and mixed with dry crumbs may also work as an initial feed.
First Feed Formula for Chicks Described
The dry mash fed to six week old chicks is described as a mixture totaling fifty seven pounds including five pounds blood meal three pounds charcoal twenty pounds middling and twenty two pounds of feed components derived from a historic poultry manual.
Horticultural Advantages of Fruit Crate Design
An Independent Farmer notes that Wickly opened fruit crates expose produce attractively and quickly. A top is hinged by end slots enabling easy removal, while a flexible top and slim sides aid ventilation and prevent crushing during shipment.
Object of thinning fruit in orchard management
The article urges frequent thinning of peaches pears apples and grapes to improve quality and revenue. It suggests comparing two trees with differing thinning, noting higher market value from well thinned fruit, and recommends thinning to one third grown, spraying, cultivation or mulching, and packing choices.
Time for Picking Berries in Cool Morning Hours
Guidance on picking berries stresses picking at full color and firmness, avoiding under or overripe fruit. If picking reduces vine fruit exposure in heat, remaining berries ripen sooner. Cool shaded packing sheds protect crates. dew requires breeze, while hot dry wind harms freshness.
Protect Tree From Borers With Trunk Paint
Apple trees may be protected from the flat headed borer by painting the trunks with a heavy application of paint that will remain unbroken for two or three months. Keep the tree tid painted and the earth then replaced. This is necessary as the insect sometimes lays eggs under the bark rather than above ground.
Western mining and oil news digest from 1910 data
The item reports Arizona mining prospects with Amalgamated now Anaconda boosting an $8 dividend after years of struggle. Oatman North Star drifts on manganese ore. Elkhart mine in Chloride district resumes operations. Guggenheim property to be retimbered and unwatered. USGS predicts record metal production for mines and smelters in Arizona, copper output rising toward 600 million pounds vs 430 million in 1915, with precious metals and lead up as well.
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Arizona
Sruggle
Anaconda
Oatman North Star
Joe Winchester
Union Pass
Elkhart
Chloride
Guggenheims
U. S. Geological Survey
Victor S. Helkes
Salt Lake
Colorado Mines Hit High Output in 1915 Report
Telluride reports a good strike at the Imes mine and Caribou mine restarts after twenty seven years. Denver financiers invested near 500000 in the Cresson purchase. Colorado mine output in 1915 totaled 42795464, up from 23469126 in 1914. Boulder County sees Degge Clark mill and Cardinal mine reopenings. Black Hawk No 1 plant starts. manganese rose to 8651 tons, copper ore 888 tons, lead ore 11418 tons, iron sulphide 629 tons. Coal production rebounds to 8624980 short tons valued at 12599264, up 0.4 percent from 1914.
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Colorado
Telluride
Imes
Caribou
Denver
Cresson
Boulder County
Degge Clark
Boulder Cafe
Cardinal
American Metals Producing Company
Black Hawk No. 1
United States
Rice-Wellington Mining Company
C. E. Lesher
United States Geological Survey
Prac. Healy
Mines Activity Surges In Western United States
In New Mexico and surrounding states mining activity rises sharply in 1916 with leases and bonds at Mayfieso and Deadwood Mogollon projects. The Oakes Company ships ore from Eberle Clifton while Mogollon Mine removes water prior to bond. Manganese mine operations expand nationwide, hinting at a year’s output surpassing 1915’s 9651 tons. New discoveries and operators appear across Arizona California Oregon Utah and Virginia.
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Mayfieso
Tularoas
Oakes Company i
Eberle
Clifton
Deadwood
Mogollon
Mogofion Mines Company
United States
Arizona
California
Oregon
Utah
Virginia
Arkansas
New Mexico
Wyoming Coal Output Rises In 1915 To Record Level
Wyoming mined 1915 coal totaling 6,554,028 short tons, up 78,735 tons or over one percent from 1914. Reports from Moorcroft note abundant strike in the Dry Piney Basin and a company organized to push development. The Wyoming Fuel Oil Company drilling between Kara and Thornton struck at 100 to 000 feet.
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Wyoming
Moorcroft
Wyoming Fuel Oil Company
Kara
Thornton
Looping Over London in a War Biplane Ride
A writer describes a fearless flight over London in a Royal Navy or military biplane. She and Captain X looped and dove through clouds above Hyde Park and the Thames, then returned to base praising the aircraft’s strength and the pilot’s skill.
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London
Hyde Park
New York ‘Tribune
Anderson
Britain
Gra
England
Thad
Ele
Captain X
His
Real
Flying Corps
Faith Iover
World markets and industry trends noted in exchanges
Report cites laws encouraging durable housing built of solid materials. German chemists seek economical coal ash fuel recovery. Global food survey links taste profiles to fire prevention issues. Holland plans a new superphosphate project. U S lard production tallies 13.1 billion pounds annually. North Dakota $64 million in land for school endowments. Wilmington opens a $1.3 million city county building. Denver Manufacturers’ Association aims to raise $1 million to boost industry and attract new firms.
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Holland
United States
North Dakota
Wilmington
Denver
Manufacturers’ Association
Grim epitaph on cow related death of Samuel Holden
A gravestone inscription notes the body of Samuel Holden who died suddenly by being kicked to death by a cow. The epitaph praises him as a good and faithful servant, reflecting a grim rustic incident.
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Samuel Holden
Her Particular Sphere in a Black Church Satire
A Kansas City Star snippet mocks a self styled leader, Brother Bom vershay, claiming to be the town’s most prominent preacher in a satirical deference to a church official. The writing reflects regional dialect and humor about local clergy.
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Bomvershay
Vossia
Kansas City Star
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Western Mining and Oil News
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