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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1922
Page
5
The guide advises feeding hens by appetite with two thirds grain to mash, reducing morning grain if noon litter shows waste, and offering all grain by afternoon. When laying heavily, increase mash and provide succulent greens like alfalfa or clover, with mangels beets cabbage sprouts or apples as options. Include sharp grit and oyster shell for grinding and shell formation.
The USDA notes geese can be profitably raised on many farms, with best opportunities where geese are fattened for urban markets. Mating practices vary from one to four geese per gander, keep units in colonies to avoid fighting, and a density of four to twenty five geese per acre is common. Free range is advised, and ideal breeding ages are three to five years for both sexes.
Families host Sunday dinners and visits across Milo including Krote Knote Haupthof and Conwell households. Local notable mentions include festival attendance at Van Buren, Marion visits, and threshing plans at CrevisTon. A foot injury from stepping on a needle is reported. Rain delays day making on Studabaker farm over 200 acres.
An editorial argues that market poultry and egg prices reflect animal quality with plump tender chickens fetching top prices while inferior stock sells low. It notes that farmers denying poultry profits often raise poor stock, and ends with a quip about a president’s shoes and politicians lying.
Farmers in Mill township announce the annual fair for August 16 17 in the Garth Waite woods north of Gas City with committees appointed to run departments and weekly meetings. Monroe township Agricultural Association also schedules a two day fair August 30 31 at Center Grove with Curtis Ferguson Roy Atkinson Grace King and Miss Blanche Ferguson on the program committee.
Advice on feeding chickens a total daily mash in three parts with one third early morning and two thirds later. Use a stable hopper kept clean and free from contamination or scratching to ensure proper consumption.
Problems of average farm management include rearranging departments to turn a profit and adjusting plans when silos are added. Silo filling changes require less hay and pasture land but more corn, more stock, and increased labor during the silo filling season.
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