Poultry Experiments Report Second Year Findings
The Crops Experiment Station releases Bulletin No. 100 detailing the second year of poultry tests. It compares year-old hens and pullets, exercise effects, late hatched pullets, egg production, egg weights, and relative fertility across breeds and incubation methods. Key results include cost per fowl, eggs per fowl, and profit on feed with and without exercise.
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Stalser
Crotr
KRC
S Pen
The Poultry Yard Advice on Henhouse Care and Incubator Use
The piece urges whitewashing the henhouse walls, using cracked corn and bulky feed to keep hens from getting fat, and feeding beans and peas with bran. It stresses raising 100 chicks in a season is better than a thousand with failure and advises mastering incubator operation before use. Do not trade eggs with neighbors to avoid insult.
Mech Different Fees and Fowl Feeding Effect on Value
The text argues price differences among chickens are small for the average buyer but notes wider value ranges for those who value finer distinctions. It suggests feeding and testing influence quality, with hungry birds behaving differently from well fed ones.
Patent mixture for chicken cholera remedy described
The text describes a prepared remedy for chicken cholera using two ounces each of resin, sulphur, caplacum alum and copperas to be mixed and sold at druggists for twenty five to thirty cents. It also notes feeding a table spoonful to twenty to fifty chicks in soft feed and giving a preventive dose to hens and chicks every two weeks.
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Niza
Keeping Goats for Profit from the South
The 1898 Department of Agriculture pamphlet outlines goat husbandry as a profitable venture. It notes high skin value, global numbers, and Georgia's Angora suitability. rough South regions favor Angora and common goats for meat, fleeces, and land improvement.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Almont Muarnes
Division of Statistics
New York
United States
Texas
New Mexico
California
Florida
Pacific Coast
Mr Henderson
Georgia
South Carolina
Stanley
How to Make a Compost Heap for Garden Use
Instructions for building a compost heap using three fourths sod and one fourth manure, layering, turning twice a year, and using manure and leaf mould for rich soil. Recommends screening for houseplants, unscreened soil for garden use, and cautions on moisture, sand addition, and heating soil to kill germs without burning.
Questioning Winter Feeding Returns At Farmers Institute
At a farmers Institute a speaker challenged the practice of feeding hay and grain to dry cows in winter, asking what returns farmers gain beyond companionship and the meat value of a hog that weighs little more in April than in October, urging farmers to answer.
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Farmers’ Institute
Feeding the Soil Poorly Fed Unhealthy Boll Missa ger Crops
An agricultural guide emphasizes soil health and balanced fertilization. It outlines essential nutrients nitrogen phosphorus and potassium, fertilization options including legumes for nitrogen and manures, and cautions on overuse. It notes lime plasters and stimulants as aids, and praises farmer self-mixing to cut costs while stressing field-specific soil analysis.
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Sean
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Watering the Cow and cattle water needs study
The article notes dairymen aim to hydrate herds multiple times daily for efficiency. It cites experiments showing an average milking cow drinks about eighty-one pounds of water daily (nearly ten gallons) and dry cows drink over fifty pounds, with intake split between water and food.
Madern Milking Sioe Inventor Andrew Dahlstrom Device
A device by Andrew Dahlstrom aims to prevent milk spill during milking. It uses an oblong four legged bench with a top opening and slanting walls to hold a milk bucket at an angle for easier milking and security.
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Sioe
Andrew Dahlstrom
Esides
Weather Prophet Forecasts Unsettled Next Month
A subscriber asks about next month's weather and the editor replies that it will resemble the subscriber's own forecast. The Inquirer ponders the clue unsettled as the exchange ends with payment received.
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the Inquirer
Keep Dirt Out of Milk and Cheese Quality Warned
A warning emphasizes that dirt in milk cannot be removed by washing or brushing and will taint cheese quality. Poor dairy processing risks mischief in the milk, affecting both butter and cheese yield.
Scottish Characteristics lecture drawn from Rev John C Hill
Rev John C Hill of Springfield Qu. delivered May 18 on Scottish Characteristics. He traced pride, liberty, and education in Scots, noting Knox opened the Bible to Scotland and Scots’ resilience against oppression. The speech blended humor and patriotism and pleased Wooster students.
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John C. Hill
Springfield Q
Witherspoon
John Knox
Samuel Johnson
Scotland
Aastor
David
Ian McClaran
Studenta
Wooster
Winona Lake Resort Opens Season on Pennsylvania Lines
Winona Lake on the Pennsylvania Lines offers recreation entertainment and educational advantages at the Winona Assembly and Bummer School. The season opens May 5 with excursion tickets from Pennsylvania Lines. inquiries go to regional Ticket Agents or F Van Chief Assistant General Passenger Agent in Pittsburg.
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Conental Company
Inotia Lake
Pennsylvania
Iona
Winona Assembly
Bummer School
Winona Lake
Winons Lake
Onsylvania Nea
Ansalstant
Avent
Pittsburg
WI “Taks
Dickey
Ind
Ocean shore excursion offers reduced fares from Wooster
The article promotes a low rate ocean outing via Pennsylvania starting Thursday August with reduced fare tickets to Atlantic City Cape May Rehoboth Beach Avalon Wildwood Ocean City Sea Isle City and more. Round trip from Wooster is 1850 to selected shore resorts along the Atlantic. Contact G W Peyan Tickets Agent Wooster for participation.
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Peashore
Pennsylvania
Thureday
Auenst
Atlantic City
Cape May
Adgieses
Avalon
Bolly Beach
Ocean City
Sea Isle City
Wildwood
New Jersey
Rehoboth
Del
Wooster
Atlantic Coast
Asramgeman
G. W.peyan
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Winana Lake
Pennsylvania Lines
Beashore Ekretralon
Wemneylvania
Xun
J. B. McCormick
Wayne
Holmes County
Biodor
J. B. Mahormick
Prhdhricksburg
Ohio
Alore
Harding & Co
Court House
West Liberty Street
Wuorter
Herald Office
Piblic
Spink Street
Detwees Bowman
Noidave
Carriga
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