Poultry Paralysis Disease Threatens Farm Flocks
Extension specialist reports a serious poultry disease called range paralysis affecting chicks from about fourteen weeks to eighteen months. Mortality ranges 5 to over 60 percent in some flocks. symptoms include lameness, paralysis, blindness, and wing droop. Prevention stresses sanitation, smaller units, segregation, and keeping older birds when disease is severe.
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Ferguson
Ohio State University
WNU
Value of Good Hen Is Found in Egg Record
A Rhode Island hen at the Keith Dakota experiment station laid 542 eggs in two years, 284 first year and 208 second year, while consuming 190 pounds of feed. Eggs valued at 510 with feed cost 2, giving a gross profit above feed cost of 4 per year. The bird produced about four pounds feed per dozen eggs, suggesting breeders use records from top hens to improve stock.
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A Barton
Poultry Department
Keith Dakota Experiment Station
Rhode Island
Treatment for chicken diseases with a home ointment
An article from Missouri Farmer advises treating chicken colds and roup with a topical ointment for the head face comb and wattles. It gives a recipe using olive oil gum camphor and carbolic acid, notes heating and cooling steps and cautions about safety and explosions.
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Missouri
Direct Sunlight for Hens A Simple Sunlit Hen House Tip
Direct sunlight for hens is achieved by a south side opening filled with eight to ten feet of space and an eight to ten inch layer of cinder. The area may be open or enclosed to prevent litter contamination and may need a wind break in exposed locations. Cinders absorb heat, melt snow, and allow birds to rest in warm sun on dry ground.
Care tips for washable rayon fabrics in home laundry
Readers are advised to test colorfastness before washing new rayon garments and trims. Use mild soap flakes with lukewarm water, wash quickly by squeezing suds through fabric, avoid soaking drafts of colored items, and rinse in three cool baths. Dry indoors or in shade, never sun, and roll in a dry towel to remove moisture.
Humbled Aristocracy Virst Hobo survey urges pleasure seekers
The London Opinion surveys stream of pleasure seekers and notes a sense of commonness when no one is working. The piece reflects urban attitudes toward leisure and class in a bustling, informal tone.
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London
Bee Hive To Know One Guy Who's an Honest Grafter
A fragmentary note mentions a tree surgeon and a quoted line about knowing a man described as an honest grafter.
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