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Newspaper

Weekly Call

Location

Troy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1899

Page

8

Handy Poultry Device Plans From Ohio Farmer

Rebuilding a poultry house, the author adapts a plan for a combined perch nest and feeding trough system. The design features a nest alley, hinged nest access, removable nest boxes, aligned perches, manure boards and an integrated feed trough support. Instructions include cutting dimensions, cleats, and assembly steps, with whitewash finish and easy cleaning for setting hens.

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Notes for Beekeepers on Hive Care and Comb Use

Practical guidance for hive management from the St. Louis Republic notes. It covers swarm risk in small hives, queen productivity, slow melting of candy, rosin avoidance, use of wooden butter dishes, handling empty comb frames, propolis scraping, and safety with comb foundations. It also discusses foul brood, winter disease, capital needs for starting beekeeping, boiling honey from infested hives, advantages of using drawn comb, and bees building comb in wired frames.

St. Louis Republic

A Sensible Letter From Alberta Settler About Rockford Access

A letter to Mr T Hawkyard in Rockford from G Simpkins Le duc Alberta discusses favorable railway rates and abundant resources. The writer describes mild winters, cattle stock and fencing, land soil depth and moisture, small lakes for water, crop yields for wheat oats and potatoes, berries and fruit, scarce cattle and hogs, and suggested farming practices and timing for breaking and shipping stock and tools for immigration and settlement.

T. Hawkyard Rockford G. Simpkins Leduc Alberta Canada Bays Illinois

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