23 Aug 1902
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1902
Page
1
The article argues that combining poultry raising with farming is easier and more profitable than pure poultry operations. Farmers benefit from labor reuse, self produced feed, and cheaper costs, while fall harvests provide feed and free-range insects boost birds’ health and growth. Egg and poultry marketing fits into farm travel.
The article details Red Caps as the largest Hamburg class variant, similar in size to Minorcas, with hardiness and early maturity. They breed slowly due to comb shape, have square even combs, and bright red wattles and earlobes. Plumage is red and black with blue black hackles, and weights: cocks 7.5 pounds, hens 6.5 pounds, young stock 6 pounds, pellets 5 pounds.
A reader asks Farmers' Review how to build a pigeonhole style fancy poultry house in town that can hold at least twenty breeds with each variety kept in separate spaces. He seeks a visually pleasing, single or slanted roof design and welcomes merit ideas to educate and entertain while preserving landscape.
The letters note quick maturation of Buff Orpingtons and compare them with Barred Rocks and Buff Cochins. Hens weigh seven to nine pounds, cocks eight to twelve, start laying at five months and lay through winter. White skin and plump breast give an appealing appearance for cooking. Percy W. Hutton, Linn County, owns them.
At the Rf Station on May 18 1899 twenty Leghorn eggs were exposed for an hour to brimstone fumes then packed in Sowers of sulfur. Results: good in some tests, bad in others. on May 31 1900 shells showed discoloration and air cells enlarged with mold and rancid yolks in several eggs.
An editorials argues farmers should discard dairy machines and cows that lose money or offer no profit. Good cows yield butter profit, ordinary cows break even, and poor cows incur losses. Farmers should fatten and butcher outdated cows or dispose of them promptly to maximize wealth.
Minnesota reports describe efforts by large monetary interests to control creamery butter. State dairy officials warn co operative creameries may struggle to survive as big centralized outfits buy cream and butter, both in state and nearby cities. Chicago firms reportedly move to secure creamery output, paying above market for goods, signaling vast changes in the butter trade and the rise of a potential large scale butter trust.
The dairymen of Kansas push for a state dairy and food commission. Kansas lacks such a body now, with existing laws only banning adulteration of milk and vinegar. The note cites Kansas butter production of about 59 million pounds yearly and hints at regulatory gaps in other states.
A 1890 Nebraska tally shows 626000 plains sheep fattened in corn belt yards. Western stock moved east, dipped to prevent scab, then corralled for about 100 days on corn with two bushels daily per 100 head plus meal. Profit hinges on sheep value rise and corn price, with risk from scab outbreaks and yearly corn volatility. Cross breeding discussed as mainly for butchered stock. high-class sires on grades improves herds but purebreds still dominate shows. Feeding oat straw via racks advised with water and salt, mixing with meals or root sugars for cattle welfare.
The article notes Mrs Paul Lawrence Dunbar, wife of Paul Lawrence Dunbar, as a prominent writer and former Brooklyn teacher. It cites her 1895 Violets and Other Tales and 1899 The Goodness of St Roque from Dodd Mead, plus regular magazine short stories. Since marriage in 1898 she has lived in Washington writing stories and aiding her husband. It mentions a photograph from Twentieth Century Negro Literature featuring portraits of prominent African Americans and essays on vital topics.
The Rev. Walter B. Calley of Boston Tabernacle has been appointed general secretary of the Baptist Young People's Union of America and will establish its headquarters in Chicago. Born in Dover, Delaware, in 185—, he trained at Crozier Seminary, led missions in Bethlehem and Philadelphia, pastored Charles River church in Cambridge, and later worked at the Boston Tabernacle, where his efforts paid off debts and boosted success.
Gen Regalado, president of Salvador, demonstrated marksmanship aboard a map of war vessel. He hit a cartridge shell suspended from a white thread at thirty paces twice. He then asked the commander in chief to hold the thread and fired, cutting it twelve inches below the hand.
The text refutes common beliefs about elephant life span and size. It cites ear edge turnover as a growth indicator, notes ages eight to nine show straight edges while older elephants show edging turnover, and argues that heights of ten feet are unrealistic. It mentions San derson as a leading authority and provides figures on male and female sizes and carcass weights.
Louis H. Ayme the U S Consul at Guadaloupe, now in Chicago, and his wife are the island’s only permanent Americans. Mrs. Ayme alone currently holds that distinction, as Ayme is away on official business since mid June. A Bermuda-ashed porcupine fish is described in the Aquarium with spines that deploy when disturbed, earning the name hedgehog.
Gen John P S Gobin commands the militia sent to quell rioting and keep order among striking miners at Shenandoah Pa He is a long time state guard leader and former commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic A Spanish American War brigade commander and 1898 Pennsylvania lieutenant governor he enjoys Gov Stone s full confidence and has prior peacekeeping experience in mining districts.
Miss Mary Bogardus of Poughkeepsie N Y tele phone girl resigns to marry Albert Edward Tower iron works millionaire. Wedding planned for early fall with preparations under way after a secret engagement following Mrs Towers death. Tower charmed by her voice after she answered his phone. Bank of England notes and wealth details appear in the same piece.
Sir James Crichton Browne notes that workers lose suppleness around age forty and wage scales in the button trade reflect this aging tendency. Peak output shows a skilled button maker producing 6,240 ivory buttons daily for 45 shillings weekly, while at sixty five he struggles to earn more than 20 shillings, indicating reduced vigor and capability.
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