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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1922
Page
5
The guinea fowl market peaks in late summer and fall as birds reach two pounds. Heavier birds appeal as the season progresses and dressing varies by use. For hotel or restaurant trade, dress like common fowl. ask dealers about feathering before shipping. Blood vessels are severed to bleed birds head downward before market.
Evocative description notes that removing feathers follows a brain pierce and neck vessel severing. It describes how convulsive neck muscle action loosens feathers enabling easy removal. The passage emphasizes mechanical steps rather than ethical context.
Poultry specialists note no tasting difference between white and brown eggs while consumer preference and price push producers to favor white shells. Brown eggs prove equally good but market demand in New York sometimes tilts toward white, urging balanced production of meat-weight layers.
The busy hen lays best when fed generously till full grown. Be kind to fowls and they will repay. Fright lowers egg yield. Exercise improves laying fertility and chick growth. Provide ample nest boxes that are not too deep to prevent egg breakage. Overly tight confinement causes restlessness and vices like egg-eating and feather-pulling.
Special commissioners M M Lynch and Robert T Barton announce a public sale in front of Winchester Court House on September 16 1922 at 12 oclock noon. The property is No 620 on the east side of North Market Street fronting 89 feet and extending to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad right of way. Terms are one third cash with balance in two annual installments secured by deed of trust and a building insurance policy. Auctioneers Duvall and Dunn.
Stockholders of the Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company will meet in Winchester Virginia on September 1 1922 at 12 15 p m to elect a president and board of directors and to transact other business. G W Woolford secretary. Also a note on flowers and their neighbors in a separate item.
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