15 Feb 1907
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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1907
Page
1
William A. Radford outlines a 32 by 38 foot, eight room design with front and back stairs, private baths in some rooms, a central kitchen, pantry, and efficient layout. The plan emphasizes accessible work flow from kitchen to dining and cellar, and highlights grates, chimneys, and storage to maximize convenience for a family of four to six.
A practical roost setup uses two wide boards in front of and behind the roost to catch droppings. The boards are removable for emptying, or a floor basket can collect waste beneath the opening, enabling easy disposal with a hoe. The dual loose boards help guard against vermin, per Farm Journal.
Good poultrymen judge by clean yards neat houses and warm shelters. They keep pure breeds culled from the flock and feed a balanced diet while preventing mites. Separate pullet houses prevent roosting in trees or on fences ensuring a successful operation.
Guidance on breeding and feeding from Farm Journal and Journal of Agriculture. Emphasizes root cutters to deter fraudulent hens, proper handling of laying stock, and the importance of good ventilation and warm, palatable water for prolific, healthy Indian Runners and other poultry. Warns against overreaching effort and selling ailing fowl.
A Farm and Home writer urges grit for chicks citing higher chick mortality when grit runs out. The author explains making grit from crushed limestone, noting excellent results with dry feed and charcoal access for both chicks and older birds.
Farm Journal reports the United States exported 19,000,000 eggs to Great Britain last year while British consumption of poultry totaled over 17,000,000 pounds, showing strong U.S. influence in a growing poultry market and indicating the trade will not slacken soon.
A description details how country mud is deep but harmless in clean soil while city streets are tainted by a vile mix of coal dust pneumonia slag brick dust and typhoid. The passage emphasizes the pervasive grime clinging to shoes and clothing from everyday life.
W D Lloyd of Marion County Illinois explains how starting pullets to lay early yields profits. He details flock management including feeding, broods of Silverlaced Wyandottes, early laying ages, and milk and cowpea feeding to boost egg output with a reported net profit of about 20 cents per dozen eggs in January.
The article notes early laying hens as the heaviest and most consistent layers with April and May hatchings favored. It describes 200 egg daughters from 200 egg hens, a 95 point pullet laying 192 eggs in ten months, and a 96 point cockerel from the same hen, while warning peak egg production requires strict culling and trap-nest data.
W. Johnson of Scott County Missouri describes a wintering setup for bees with a damp climate. He shows a square entrance hole cut one quarter inch each way in the plot to secure entry.
The piece argues average hens yield 6¢ worth of eggs yearly, with costs around 1.82 dollars per year for feed housing and care, making keeping average hens unprofitable. Yet more farmers keep hens above average, and few favor poor hens when good ones cost little extra.
Well matured chicks hatch American varieties in April Mediterranean in May then fed for growth to be marketable by October. The plan outlines staged hatching by breed and a growth period to reach market readiness.
Mrs. Darrington visits Judge Lofton to start divorce proceedings after a century of marital strain and a troubling letter. Archie Lofton counsels, sharing a bitter exchange about trust and honor. In a rain soaked moment the couple reunites, choosing reconciliation over a legal separation.
A playful excerpt contrasts table manners with a job interview scene. The etiquette note warns against sword swallowing at meals and misusing napkins while a new college graduate jokes about answering Greek Latin and history questions during a post office deliverable task.
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