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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1908
Page
7
A terse verse urges care in poultry incubation. It describes chucks setting in the mow, heaters warming white eggs, incubators hatching chicks with black and yellow legs, and keeping lamps trimmed to fight lice. The voice promises success and victory.
A quirky piece offers practical guidance for raising healthy chicks with a playful caution against overreach. It blends humor about a self described quack with detailed day by day feeding, housing, and care steps to prevent illness and promote rapid growth.
Don’t serve chicks on the shell to customers. The message warns against feeding and selling unhatched or improperly prepared poultry products. It cautions farmers to manage hens and nests, avoid hiding eggs in hay, and ensure grit availability for chick development. It implies enforcement actions for violations and stresses proper poultry husbandry.
An old piece praises the Silver Gray Dorking as England's national bird, tracing its Roman origins and imperial prominence. It likens the bird's traits to a Roman shield and spear, notes extra toe and white meat, and humorous lines about Plymouth Rock, Concord, Lexington, and Bunker Hill.
A survey of poultry culture laced with humor outlines the economics of squab and egg marketing, notes on ostriches imported to the U.S. and Africa bound trade, and jokes about geese mating, louse control, and a juvenile poultry club in Nashville. It mocks storage dating and rail express woes, urging boys to build chicken coops over vanity.
The piece extols gardening as a path to longevity and sound nutrition, arguing the farmer’s mindset blends study and practice with labor. It notes seventy square feet can feed a family, emphasizes soil richness through fertilizer and manure, and urges timing by season and climate guided by local experts.
A columnist urges a national campaign to beautify landscapes, lawns, villages, and parks. He invites readers to contribute ideas, notes the link to healthier living and art, and stresses that improvement starts at home with every plot of ground.
The essay urges America to create its own approach to horticulture and forestry, learning from older nations but not imitating them. It argues for breadth of view, emphasizes practical action now, and notes the country’s abundant resources and need to lead rather than lag behind in landscaping and land use.
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