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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1909
Page
7
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The article explains incubator care and egg testing using X ray concepts. It covers checking on day five and day seven for fertility, maintaining 103 to 108 degrees, handling eggs gently, and identifying infertile or spoiled eggs by visual and scent cues. It notes testing on day fifteen to catch late-dead eggs and emphasizes careful handling to avoid ruining viable embryos.
The note urges timely hatching and growth to produce prize birds for shows. It emphasizes avoiding unsafe feeds and focusing on proper development to achieve superior stock.
A humorous verse depicts a clucking hen disrupting a church service with antics around the parson. The preacher struggles to control the bird as the flock reacts, ending with a warning to stop chicken jokes.
The passage argues for artificial hatching to boost business and explains practical methods for incubating and rearing hens. It emphasizes quiet, consistent care, gentle discipline, and proper nourishment to foster reliable egg setting and brooding behavior.
A concise study on progressive farming methods and farm management from the 1908 American Press Association course. It covers crop planning soil fertility irrigation and livestock care with emphasis on practical routines for home gardeners and small farms.
The article explains digestibility, roughage, and palatability in feeds, stressing concentrates versus roughages and the value of silage for dairy cows. It discusses balanced rations, protein and ash needs across animals, cost considerations, and the role of byproducts, tankage, milk, and clover pasture in sustaining growth, health, and profitability.
Instructions describe building a tester from a box fourteen inches high with a nine inch wide opening and a one and a half inch hole in the door opposite the flame. A reflector behind a lamp concentrates light through the egg. Light passing through the egg quickly indicates if hatching eggs are viable or if eggs are fossilized.
A Poultry column muses on cockfights in Cuba, urges readers to be cautious of ads using the same poultry illustrations, and encourages raising clover fed chicks. It discusses egg prices, winter trade, and the cost of a DIY brooder setup, then notes goose quill pens in Russia and nearby lands.
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