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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1921
Page
2
Daily market sheet lists wholesale prices for eggs corn meal oats and flour alongside butter young chickens and hogs in regional markets. Values show butter at 46 cents per pound creamery 46 sen and chick prices 25 to 30 cents with corn meal 2.00 to 2.36 dollars per hundredweight and standard middlings around 1.60 to 1.80 dollars per hundredweight.
The United States Department of Agriculture warns against forcing molting and advises letting nature take its course. Early molters are usually poorer layers, with molts lasting two to four months. Some hens shed nearly all feathers in one go, laying few or no eggs during the process.
Poultry experts advise maintaining a protein rich laying ration during molting to support feather formation as egg production declines. Some keep up liberal protein and fat in the feed, with sunflower seeds favored for gloss and exhibit condition.
The May 29 1921 timetable lists southbound trains to Bristol Roanoke and Shenandoah with Pullman sleepers and parlor cars. Northbound services include connections to Washington Philadelphia and New York with specific sleeper trips and intermediate stops. Fares schedules and reservations are obtainable from Berryville agent H H Barks or Roanoke general agent W C Saunders.
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