Poultry Flocks on Farms Provide Family Meat
The article notes that farm poultry furnishes about 10 percent of meat for family use. Most farms keep poultry flocks with an average farmer reserving about three dozen eggs weekly and consuming around 50 fowls per year. Fresh poultry products boost farm value per U S Department of Agriculture. A small flock costs little to maintain with grain from fields, garden waste, and natural forage supporting the stock.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Stew or Sell All Roosters
United States Department of Agriculture outlines why keeping roosters is wasteful and harmful to egg production. It explains blood rings from partially incubated eggs, the impact of weather on fertility, and suggests culling or selling roosters after breeding season to protect hen health and egg quality.
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Jay
United States Department of Agriculture
Dust Bath Design for Hen Comfort and Cleanliness
A proposed dust bath setup for hens includes a 2 feet square area with bare dirt and a sand bed, placed away from the main road to allow hens to dust themselves. Without proper space hens may overrun the nest, so the dust bath helps keep the flock calm and reduces dirt in the housing.
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Rentainig Cardinary Road
United States Department of Agriculture
Clean Condition of Flock for Sanitary Droppings
Guidance on poultry housing emphasizes clean wood sanitation, provision of dropping boards with roosts above, and regular scraping to keep droppings off the floor. Sprinkle lime on droppings after cleaning to maintain a clean coop and reduce odors.
Homemade hopper for poultry feed from stovepipe and box
A simple device for feeding dry mash to chickens uses a joint of stovepipe and a wooden box measuring 10 by 10 by 4 inches. The box sits on the floor while the pipe extends from the roof to within about one half inch of the bottom, allowing feed to drop into the box as the flock eats.
Selecting Good Layers for Next Year Breeding
Selecting good layers involves keeping top hens for breeding, choosing birds that have not begun molt, display bright red combs and wattles with clear eyes, and possess well spread pelvic bones and pliable vent areas. Exclude hens with thin vent or yellow shanks and skin to ensure quality layers.
Sexes Should Be Separated In Poultry Flock
The text argues keeping young stock separate from older birds to prevent mating and crowing disturbances. It notes cockerels should be limited in access to food and warns about fatigue from excessive watering. It mentions high water content in certain foods and a small percentage of other components.
Profits in Poultry Flock Requires Regular Egg Marketing
Farmers must collect and market eggs promptly to avoid losses from spoilage and embryo development in fertile eggs. Experts advise separating male birds from females after the breeding season to ensure eggs sold are infertile and marketable at full value.
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United States Department of Agreuliure
Ownership and management of Estherville paper 1920
Notarized statement lists Geo A Nichols as publisher editor and manager of the Vindicator and Republican Estherville Iowa. Ownership shared among Nichols Deming Whelan Kirby Breen with no bonds or mortgages in excess of one percent. Sworn Oct 1920 before notary Sever T Egertson Emmet County Iowa.
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Vindicator and
Republican
Estherville
Iowa
Crep
A. Nichols
Vindicator and Republican
Geo. A. Nichols
Towa
Vindicator and Republican Company A Corporation
G. A. Nichols
H. T. Nichols
W. E. Deming
M. K. Whelan
J. P Kirby
EF. J Breen
Fort Dodge
Sever T. Egertson
Emmet
Talk With an Estherville Man on Kidney Health
An Estherville resident, Mr. Houts, describes chronic back and kidney pain improved by Dean's Kidney Pills. He reports restored health after treatment at Gardston Drug Store and endorses the remedy. Also notes a mahogany log yielding 17,000 feet of solid wood from a single log.
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Estherville
Dean
Gardston Drug Store
Houts
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
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