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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1907
Page
9
A historical guide outlines methods to protect bee hives in winter and spring. It describes wrapping hives with tarred building paper or similar coverings, deploying quilts during manipulation, and practical steps to transfer colonies for insulation and heat retention while minimizing heat loss during hive inspections.
The text outlines mating ratios for poultry species including fowls and geese, noting eight hens per cock in heavy varieties and up to fifteen for light breeds like Leghorn, plus one drake per four to five ducks and geese in trips. It also advises early hatching for market gains, stressing spring chickens fetch better prices than later sold fowls and the impact of feed costs.
The article stresses that success with poultry hinges on the pleasure of feeding and caring for them. If tending to their needs becomes drudgery, it should be dropped to prevent neglect and resulting disease.
Guidance on flock management for breeding yards notes that female numbers depend on rooster vigor and housing size. It advises specific ratios for different breeds, urges timely selection of breeders, and warns against selling out and mating leftovers to improve quality.
A Farm and Home correspondent reports preference for hatching most chicks in March and April, with none later than May. Larger flocks rear pullets in colony houses with range, fed wheat oats cracked corn and gluten mash with skim milk. Smaller flocks are confined and fed similar rations plus peavines and Canadian peas. Ecockerels are kept in movable yards fed cracked corn mash and corn meal.
Instructions describe making a grit box from inch and half inch boards. Cut four pieces, assemble with two back holes, hang on pegs or poultry house side. Box holds three kinds of grit or feed separately for hens, with front extending below top to regulate flow.
Year of abundant yields on our seed farms with 200000 new customers as motive. Offer twelve cents for thirty two cent postpaid seed mix and grower goods. Send sixteen cents for one package of Perliner Earliest Cauliflower plus our mammoth plant and seed catalog. Free catalog mailed to all prospective purchasers at Box W La Crosse Wis.
Galveston Texas honored Detective Pia Allary K Adair for a recent arrest whose method was kept secret. Adair declined to explain the technique, joking that many paths exist to catch criminals. He recalled a quip about a trap and a mouse to illustrate inevitability.
An eminent authority links rheumatism and kidney trouble to sour blood from excess acids. It recommends a home tonic: Fluid Extract Dandelion half ounce, Compound Kargon one ounce, Compound Sarsaparilla three ounces, shaken in a bottle and taken half a teaspoon after meals and at bedtime. Try at first signs of rheumatism or back or kidney concerns.
New York women find a back fastening method by turning blouses inside out to fasten from top to bottom, then reinsert arms. Separately two inventors, J. B. Fowler and William H. Thompson, announce electrical devices for distant vision. Fowler uses four wires for combined sight and hearing, patent details withheld under a patent claim.
A Montana man details long indigestion and nervous exhaustion eased by Grape-Nuts cereal. He credits brain and nerve restoration, steadier nerves, improved digestion and eyesight, and a return to good humor after starting the product. Read the pamphlet linked to Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason.
Advice on poultry care stresses grit within reach and un drainable fields for Geese, noting Buttermilk as a good feed for hens, and the need to keep everything clean and seasonal. It warns against overfeeding corn and cites charcoal as a cheap stomach purifier. Fresh eggs are essential as older eggs weaken chick growth.
The text notes that poultry keepers often make large profits from small flocks but struggle to sustain similar results with larger flocks. It reflects on the universal challenges faced by poultry farmers in scaling operations while maintaining profitability and consistency.
The San Francisco Chronicle notes pianist Rosenthal’s famed delicacy and quirks after arriving late at the Majestic. He inspections, and complaints about street noise prompt an on-site effort to move him and calm nerves as a burst pipe required repairs.
A visitor tries to lure a busy physician to come see a sickly patient but the doctor is so pressed he cannot leave. The caller insists it is not illness, only a card game. The servant relays the doctor will come in ten minutes to join a game of whist.
The Chartreuse liqueur, first created by an aged baker of the Carthusian monks, was sold at auction for 1,750,000 dollars after their expulsion from France. French buyers failed in business as monks now produce Aqueur in Spain, and the public prefer the Spanish product to the French firm.
The London World notes trades offering good pay to those with keen senses of smell. Perfume blenders must mix ingredients in proper proportions and pass professional testers. Leading firms pay around £4 10s to £7 weekly, with smellers sometimes earning over £3 in a week by detecting scent escapes, often paid per escape reported.
The sultan’s household spends on meals and eggs with annual income near ten million dollars. Domestic expenses reduce weekly outlay by about ninety thousand dollars even as the food bill remains contained under five thousand annually.
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