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Newspaper
Acton Enterprise
Location
Acton, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1937
Page
3
The Lyon Hurst Ballroom on Lake Williams Marlboro announces a new feature in its Friday High School Class Social Night inaugural event beginning next Friday and continuing weekly thereafter.
One of New England's popular dancing instructors with staff of lady instructors leads a three level class starting at 7.30 for beginners 8 16 for intermediate and 8 30 for advanced followed by a social dance from 9 to 12 pm featuring Buddy Trask and his orchestra.
In Middlesex County Massachusetts a petition to probate the last will of Robert BE Hartin of Maynard is filed by Martha FL Hartin who seeks appointment as executrix without bond. Any objections must be filed in Cambridge Court by May 24 1997 with appearance before the court.
Extension poultry guidance from H. H. Alp of Illinois highlights moist-mash feeding for pullets during cold months. Feed is kept brief and plentiful for all birds, with milk-moistened mash, heated bran plus cod liver, oil, corn, skim milk, and alfalfa hay forming a production-raising mix.
Iowa poultry producers practice a semi scal d method for dressing birds with water at 126 to 129 degrees for about 30 seconds. Broilers use 126-127 degrees, heavies 128-129. Proper timing avoids skin burns and feather loss, while cold water chilling 15 to 20 minutes boosts keeping quality.
Increasing protein in hen rations may be safe if abundant green feed is provided. Oklahoma experiments show no rise in breeder mortality with forcing when sprouted oats or alfalfa meal are fed daily. Green feed preserves hatchability and supports egg production when using higher protein diets and lighting.
American poultry farmers long have used cross breeding to create sex differences in chicks. For instance Rhode Island Red males crossed with Barred Rock hens yield black females with black shanks and black males with yellow shanks and a white head spot. Another method uses rapid and slow feathering White Leghorns where male chicks have small primary wing feathers and females hatch with larger ones. However cross breeding requires maintaining two breeding lines, while farmers typically prefer a single breed.
A Boston Globe writer notes few reactors found in turkey tests and urges caution in hatching. Only tested eggs should be incubated to prevent pullorum spread among breeders and hatcheries. Degeneration of Moral Nature is referenced in the fragment.
A Chinese emperor once hunted a wild goose carrying a letter to him from a northern courier who had been treacherously detained. The Emperor, while hunting, shot the goose, read the letter, and ordered the courier's rescue, recalling the bird's southward migration.
San Antonio taxi firms start a blotto special offering a two man ride home for intoxicated customers. One driver takes the drunk home while the second follows with the customer's car. The service doubles the fare but aims to reduce the dangers of drunk driving.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts issues a citation to interested parties in the estate of Miriam Paxter of Acton to object to a petition seeking her appointment as administrator. Objections must be filed in Cambridge before the forenoon on May 20, 1997, with appearance in court. Witness signatures and official dates included.
A historical note states that the average ear detects sounds from 20 vibrations per second to 29 000. The range reflects typical human hearing limits and a broad spectrum of sound intensity values.
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