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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1900
Page
7
Nellie Hawks explains a trap nest with self locking doors that hides its operation from hens. Each hen is numbered and recorded as eggs are laid, enabling selection of high producing birds and discarding indifferent layers. The method promises a pedigree based breeding program and patent backed nest plans sold to breeders.
Fatt and Winter work to move laying stock to winter quarters and feed for eye production. Repair buildings for cold weather and stop dampness and drafts. Exhibition fowls should be kept in the exhibition coop for about a week to tame. Water quality and readiness of pallets for laying by late November are discussed.
Geese varieties Aftien and brown China geo 3 mate quickly and breed prolifically. Toulouse ganders are strong flyers but slow to mature and less reliable. Both Emhden geese and Powoue show sit tendencies with varied mothering. Crossbreeds noted as prone to issues.
A garbled OCR passage hints at refreshing fabrics like black taffeta and parrow satin with rustle sounds. It mentions lace mull tulle and shortgominga, but the text is incomplete and unclear about concrete steps or outcomes.
The article urges poultry keepers to actively seize opportunities and invest in better stock. It notes that while some exhibitors win prizes, the real payoff comes from leveraging success into future sales, expanding efforts beyond shows, and raising standards to meet growing demand and rising prices. It emphasizes starting now, not waiting for a breakthrough, and suggests copying proven tactics and making one’s own luck through effort.
L J Keyser argues old hens lay poorly in a second year as fat accumulation reduces egg material. Through tight feeding, fat control, and targeted animal foods such as bone, beans, clover, and bran, older hens can remain productive into a third year. Careful management boosts profitability.
Indian Game Cock reports Nebraska plans to feed a large sheep flock this year with unprecedented numbers of southern lambs fed in, while Colorado feeding will be markedly reduced due to high prices for feeding lambs and related costs.
Instructions describe constructing double tier fattening pens with wire fronts and a dirt tray beneath, warm ventilated dark rooms, cleanliness, and specific feed blends. Includes guidance on cockerels, cramming, killing method, plucking warm birds, and notes on skim milk for young colts and corn columns in feeding trials.
The document lists city officers including Mayor S W Rawson, aldermen Wm Norbury and F Mondenall for the first and second wards, Wi amps and Wm Kimberling for the second ward, R H Hoge and H Co Gorfen for the third ward, City Clerk F Gates, City Attorney C H M Ritcher, Superintendent of Streets Emil Drol, and Marshal Police Magistrate J L Ingler.
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