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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1914
Page
3
Instructional notes describe a children game Ring Toss with a nine pin target, point values, and ring disks made from can ends. It also explains building a simple home made tent using an umbrella, chair, braces, and fabric to create walls and a doorway, plus a cupboard under the chair for storage.
A Poultry expert outlines a complete grower ration stressing heat and feed as the keys to success. It lists week by week feeding: first week oats and bread crumbs, second and third weeks pinhead oats and fine cracked corn, then hulled oats and cracked wheat, with dry hay litter and clover chaff. Also warns against tainted feed, sour milk, and recommends regular dusting for lice.
An Indiana man designed a square knockdown coop with a flat sloped roof. The frame uses cleats on four uprights extending below the floor to prevent dampness. The front has an open lower section with bars for entry and exit, a hinged bottom door, nighttime closure, and a screened ventilated top. During the day the door folds flat to create access.
Demand for guineas in city markets rises as their flavor compares to wild game birds. They fetch good money and require little care after a few days old. Tool for Poultryman promotes a hand force sprayer for spraying inside poultry houses with kerosene or other lice medicine.
Young geese will eat chopped apple minced cabbage and potatoes and these vegetables make a good substitute for green food early in spring.
H W Doyle describes the San Jose scale as a severe pest on peach, currant, plum, pear and apple trees and advises removal by burning infested trees. He details a lime sulphur spray recipe, equipment needs, timing before buds open, and thorough coverage to kill scales by contact.
The guide states there are no universal pruning rules for trees and emphasizes individual treatment. It advises shaping for a balanced open top, removing inward and crossing branches, and making smooth cuts near the main branch. For peaches, it notes heavy new wood production and fruit bud overload, recommending removing weak last year’s growth and strong upward shoots, then pruning remaining annual shoots by about one third to one half.
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