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Domestic News
July 16, 1902
Barre Evening Telegram
Barre, Washington County, Vermont
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Collection of practical tips for raising healthy poultry, covering space, feed, management details, housing, nutrition for egg and meat quality, and checking egg freshness via air bubble.
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POULTRY POINTERS.
Fowls will not thrive with close penning or crowding.
About one foot of space on the roost should be allowed for each adult fowl.
A handsome appearance is worth 1 or 2 cents a pound on poultry in selling.
Calcareous matter for shells and gravel to aid trituration in the gizzard are indispensable.
Ground or crushed bone is so valuable for their health that it should always be kept before them.
The morning meal may be made more palatable and stimulating by adding cut onions with salt and pepper.
Carelessness in the little details necessary to good management will soon show in the condition of the fowls.
Clean, pleasant and suitable quarters, with wholesome, nutritious food, have much to do in determining the flavor and quality of both the eggs and the flesh of fowls.
A good way to tell a fresh egg is by the air bubble in the large end. The smaller the air bubble the fresher the egg. A fresh egg must be examined closely to see the air bubble.
Fowls will not thrive with close penning or crowding.
About one foot of space on the roost should be allowed for each adult fowl.
A handsome appearance is worth 1 or 2 cents a pound on poultry in selling.
Calcareous matter for shells and gravel to aid trituration in the gizzard are indispensable.
Ground or crushed bone is so valuable for their health that it should always be kept before them.
The morning meal may be made more palatable and stimulating by adding cut onions with salt and pepper.
Carelessness in the little details necessary to good management will soon show in the condition of the fowls.
Clean, pleasant and suitable quarters, with wholesome, nutritious food, have much to do in determining the flavor and quality of both the eggs and the flesh of fowls.
A good way to tell a fresh egg is by the air bubble in the large end. The smaller the air bubble the fresher the egg. A fresh egg must be examined closely to see the air bubble.
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Agriculture
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Poultry Pointers
Fowl Space
Egg Freshness
Poultry Feed
Fowl Health
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Pointers on poultry management including space allowance, appearance value, necessary feed components, meal enhancements, importance of details, suitable quarters and food for quality, and testing egg freshness by air bubble size.