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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1908
Page
7
A 1908 copyright notice states that articles and illustrations by C M Barnitz must not be re printed without special permission. It appears in the vintage newspaper segment as a formal warning to readers and publishers regarding rights and reproduction. The note anchors the publication to authorial ownership and access control.
A writer argues for a superior laying hen type with high egg output up to 251 per year. He cites regional averages, mentions trap nests, and outlines physical criteria for prime layers focusing on a well developed, roomy body and strong respiration and digestion to support embryo eggs.
The description highlights hens with depth medium underline and good keel, broad rounded breasts, stout legs, and wide square feet. Such birds fed properly will require constant egg hauling to market. When mated with an egg laying male, they produce fertile eggs for hazel pullets capable of breaking egg records.
Practical guidance warns against storing fowls with poor winter quarters and urges proper housekeeping. It advises Osterize centenarians, cleansing and painting water vessels, sealing roof leaks, using tight feed barrels, and avoiding mixing turkeys with chickens to prevent filth transfer and waste. It stresses regular bone feeding and equipment cleanliness.
A quirky poem about Mary, a twenty five year old maid, and her educated hen. It blends verses on marriage, a hen with brains, and a bachelor’s double egg tale. Then Washington Street column questions and answers discuss bantam stock, roosters, hens nests, and pigeons with eye defects.
At the St Louis exposition 872 White Wyandottes were exhibited while no Rocks reached 500. Chicago New York and Boston shows favored Wyandottes, and a Madison Square Garden display featured 453 more Wyandottes than Rocks. A reader asks about scaly leg in Reeves pheasants. advice: melt paraffin and coat legs in three weekly applications to cure.
A curbs on roosters fighting is urged as harmful to laying. a California church hosts lectures on Winter Eggs and care for fowls. Reports mention poultry theft fines in Philadelphia, offerings by a York Pa group to protect racing homers, and guinea industry notes.
A country man recalls his speech impediment slowing a dealer’s bid as he describes a buyer offering fifty pounds for a horse, while the man struggled to name the price of sixteen pounds in a Liverpool Mercury anecdote.
A group of men compare why they wed. One says he married because his wife was unlike any other woman he met. The others ask how she differed. He replies she was the only woman who would have him.
An advertisement describes kidney diseases arising from impure blood and weak nerves, detailing symptoms such as backache fever and dark urine. It promotes DeBell's Kidney Pills as the direct remedy to strengthen kidneys and purge poisons, promising renewed energy and health.
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