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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1903
Page
2
The Turbit is a small proud pigeon among the oldest fancy varieties. It features a wide frill and crest with a neck mane, comes in self colors or winged patterns, and is prized for head quality and type. Prices reach up to 250 dollars in the United States and higher in England.
At the Iowa state fair the editor met John Cownie who serves on the board of control and learned that all state institutions are adding poultry departments. The state is producing most of its poultry and eggs for the hospital inmates. Downlew, raised on a farm, supports poultry work as cost saving and recreation for inmates. Clarinda’s insane asylum displays a modern poultry setup with six 200 egg incubators under Miller, noted for his poultry knowledge, having hatched 1,500 chicks on a visit in June.
In the American Poultry Journal T. B. King argues many entrants fail by chasing cheap stock. He says persistence wastes years and beginners repeat mistakes, while investing in solid foundation stock speeds up success in breeding and market start.
A writer reports on Kalamazoo Michigan celery farms noting average net profit about 100 dollars per acre after costs, land valued around 800 dollars per acre, most growers are renters. Soils are black and spongy, fields drained by open ditches, two to three crops per season. Early White Plume and late varieties Long Keeper and Winter Queen dominate.
The article describes celery cultivation practices with wide boards in rows, staking, hedge-like supports, and hand banking to protect late crops from frost. It notes enormous district output and that shippers pay growers about 10 cents per dozen for trimmed washed bunches delivered to warehouses, with shipments typically by express in pine boxes of four to twenty dozen stalks.
The largest turkeys fetch the best prices but do not sell all. keep inferior stock for breeders. Choose cartiest healthy breeding stock from well formed hatches. Select medium sized birds with rounded bodies and large breasts for strong vital organs and future seasons.
A patient recalls suffering from LaGrippe and credits Miles’ Nervine with rapid relief after weeks of illness. The letter urges readers to try the product and to contact Miles Medical Co for a free book and information, mentioning Elkhart Indiana.
We buy cotton on the seed and pay the highest cash price for it. Vienna Cotton Oil Co.
A compact remedy advertised as a portable doctor. These pills are claimed to prevent headache sinus trouble torpid liver and constipation by toning and strengthening the liver. Sold by Vienna Drug Co.
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