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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1902
Page
8
The article warns gape worm in chicks harms windpipe and outlines three prevention methods. Hatch early so chicks are feathered before warm ground incubates the parasite. Keep brood dry to deny moisture needed for parasite development.
The excerpt describes dipping a feather tip in a five percent carbolic acid solution and swabbing a chick's windpipe. It notes some chicks may die or be stunted, but argues the practice could be worth it if time is not valuable.
Orange Judi Tarmer describes a ventilated 10 by 18 foot poultry house that prevents roup by drawing air from beneath and exhausting stale air at the peak. The sealed upper roost area with tarred walls keeps hens free of drafts, healthy, and laying well, with no sick fowls reported. The design shelters 40 hens with a quarter acre run and includes a glass covered dust pan. Bees left in unprotected hives in winter frost moisture into the hive.
A letter from F O Lib Jay of Otsero county WN critiques a winter hen house concept. He warns a cloth front curtain on stormy days offers little protection and urges a tight wall instead. He notes separating pens is essential for multiple varieties, but the proposed roof is unsuitable for a chicken house.
Nearly all poultrymen favor a sloping shed roof with the high sunward side to maximize light and heat. Mr Sib ley backs glass as a tonic and purifier for poultry. A hall runs the coop length with end doors and additional doors along the hall to curb drafts on long buildings.
A poultry writer emphasizes breeding healthy stock with strong vitality and proper nonkinship mating to improve egg fertility. Exercise and a balanced diet with animal matter and grains are urged, aiming for fertile eggs and vigorous chicks capable of surviving early life challenges.
Buzzings From Beedom discusses bee care for wintering and spring feeding. It notes bees cluster near stores, the queen deposits eggs within ten days, and a prolific 3000 eggs daily claim. It compares comb production vs extract honey and warns comb cost in honey.
Notes from the era mix light gossip with extraordinary crime tales. Miss Swift learns to ride a bike while convicts escape using string sand and grease. a guard endures punishment by copying a cookbook. balloons carried 22 million letters from Paris during the siege. era quips and cartoons round out the page.
Letters of congratulation for Pe-ru-na flood in from every state as Dr Hartman receives hundreds daily. From laborer to editor, stage workers to preacher, all claim Pe-ru-na cures and prevents catarrh. Governor of Oregon praises it in a May 9 1898 letter, urging families to keep Pe-ru-na at home and read Dr Hartman's Winter Catarrh booklet.
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