A special recommendation this winter is the published diary of a local girl, Lucy Breckinridge of Grove Hill. Our selections also include Booker T. Washington's Up From Slavery, Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes and 'Tis, and A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving. But we all know the winter has its perils too. The winter months bring cold weather troubles to the farmyard. A bitter winter can be extremely hard on poultry flocks.
Birds stressed by low temperatures are much more susceptible to illness.
Add to that the crowded conditions that come about this time of year, and the flock is doubly at risk for disease. The Egg of it All . About the editor. Previous Edition of the Welsummer Times. And brought to you by the EverSit Company, maker of the finest nesting boxes anywhere.