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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1901
Page
4
A Central Power article describes Buff Orpingtons as a hardy English breed with strong color and size from prized stock. It praises long-lived layers and maternal qualities, noting demand for breeding stock and suggesting careful feeding to avoid excess fat during molt.
A. V. Meersch warns that many migratory birds are nearing extinction as eggs are destroyed for photography and sale. Birds breed in Arctic regions where abundance supports their lifecycle, but egg theft destroys future populations. Law restrictions on egg collecting are urged to protect these species.
Under auspices of the Associated Poultry Fanciers of Germany and Austria a monument rises in Gorlice to Robert Oettel hailed as the father of poultry breeding in Germany and Austria. Born 1798 died 1884 he devoted 50 years to improvement, organized societies with 3000 members, printed a poultry journal, and made Gorlice Europe’s center of fine breeding. His efforts boosted annual blooded stock egg sales to over 70 000.
New York City fanciers convert upper West Side spaces into poultry farms with wire netting and crowded lofts. Incubators in downtown establishments hatch eggs for customers while dozens of pigeon lofts atop private and apartment houses yield birds for Madison Square Garden shows.
A Farm Poultry column notes employers seek robust, capable workers for subordinate roles rather than inexperienced applicants seeking high paying positions. Employers favor men willing to settle in, learn the business thoroughly, and stay long term, rather than those hoping to copy methods after brief exposure.
A farmer shares experience with late hatched chickens from July to August. free range with shade and fresh water yields rapid growth and good market profit before snow. proper winter quarters keep them productive, and April May breeding matches early chicks. North Jersey author notes near equal profitability across years with proper attention.
A fragment suggests indigestion in poultry as a mistaken cholera symptom. It advises withholding food to test if the ailment clears, implying overfeeding as the likely trigger.
L Goodell details a farming family's struggle with income and the earthen road to success through pure bred Dorking eggs. She recounts starting with scarce funds, building a 800-bird operation with five hen houses and incubation capabilities, turning poultry into the family’s sole income, and embracing the craft despite trials, from early imports to breeding and showstock.
Eureka poultry farm in Coblesville New York is highlighted as one of the most extensive up to date plants in the country. Proprietor Henry Van Ducer is described as enterprising and progressive. The facility includes a colony house and brooder with the latest appliances for profitable poultry raising, including colony brooder houses for young stock and an outdoor brooder shown in the illustration.
Port Leyden New York poultry keeper Matt G Robson reports to A Fewlena on egg hatching failures. He describes a batch of eggs that produced zero chicks, another batch yielding four, a third with 13 of 18, and later sets producing nothing. He notes shipments of 100 eggs hatching all but five and three sittings producing nine hatchings.
Clover provides about twenty times more time than corn as a feed. its value rises in late fall or early winter for poultry. The text notes the second crop of clover is superior to the first, though the Gret isi remains unclear.
Frederick Premer and wife of South Bend Ind visited relatives in Pitteburg. Miss Elia Hallman from Shelby spent Sabbath in town. Howard Eberhart of Blackle yville attended Pan American events. Mrs and Mrs Franklin Weaver returned to Cleveland Monday after a visit. Mrs Frank Snader of Ashland was in the community last week. Calvin Ebert to move into Wil ford Camp's house. Dr Elder of Wooster practices eye ear nose throat and spectacles this week.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces half rate excursion tickets from Ohio stations to Zanesville for October 22 and 23, return by October 25, 1901, for the Ohio Baptist Convention. Also offered are excursion tickets west of the Ohio River to Chicago on December 2 to 4 for the International Live Stock Expositions and National Live Stock Exposition, at one fare plus 2.00 for the round trip, with return by December and ticket deposit requirements.
Pennsylvania Lines offers low fare coach excursions to the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo via the Akron Route on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays in October. Tickets at half the regular one way fare are available with return validity up to ten or thirteen days. Information from Akron Route agents and G W Leyda of Wooster.
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