Feeding Baby Chicks Carefully for Digestive Health
Practical guidance from the U S Department of Agriculture on early chick feeding. Start with boiled eggs or meat scraps, introduce mash, and avoid overfeeding. Provide grit and shell as chicks grow, and switch to tender greens and balanced grains as they age.
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Vanette
Poultry Notes on Egg Yields and Care
Do not expect 200 egg pullets from siege hens. Keep lime within reach and supply grit and a dry dust bath. Excessive fatness reduces egg production and predisposes to disease in fowls.
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C.dain
Lack of Package Uniformity Costs Buyers in Trade
The USDA warns that varied bag and crate sizes lead to short measures and higher marketing costs. Wide use of 40 cabbage crate sizes and 50 hampers causes confusion, while short measure packages undercut standard containers and raise per unit prices. Weight basis is proposed as most definite for sale.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Markets
United States
Congress
Farm business basis in selection of farm
The United States Department of Agriculture specialists urge farmers to view the farm as a business and to weigh both business and home factors. They warn that a desirable farm may fail if soil is poor or rocky, since enduring physical limits affect income despite good buildings and roads.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Pick and Prepare Berries for Parcel Post Shipping
Specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture warn careful picking and packing of blackberries to prevent damage in transit. Success hinges on weather and handling. a 16-quart crate weighs 27 to 30 pounds with postage 31 to 34 cents, totaling 58 to 64 cents. A crate may hold combinations of berries when shipping.
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United States Department of Agriculture
We are plants that survived a hard winter and thrived
The plants speak of a harsh winter kept indoors in a hot house then moved to a porch during milder rain filled days. They thank a kind lady who cared for them and helped them stay fresh and green. They praise rain, summer outdoors, and their winter work brightening the home. They note birds and butterflies hardly knew winter while plants endured.
Was Papa Related to Us Before He Married In
Elizabeth and her parents attend a family reunion. On returning home she asks her mother if her father was related to the family before his marriage, prompting discussion of family lineage and connections.
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Papa
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Bayer Tablets of Aspirin Safe For Many Ailments
Aspirin should be taken only as directed on Bayer Tablets packaging. The Bayer Cross signals genuine tablets tested over 21 years by physicians and used by millions. Accept no substitutes for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and pain. twelve tablets cost a few cents. available in larger packages from druggists.
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Bayer
Castoria Reminder Highlights Longtime Infant Remedy
Public notice urges mothers to examine Castoria bottles for the Fletcher’s Castoria emblem, promoting the remedy used for many years. Emphasis on the product as trusted by mothers and its association with infant and child care.
Nonsensical Advice Hits The Pulp
A humorous snippet contrasts a dentist pulling a wisdom tooth with a quip about wisdom. The dialogue mocks linking tooth loss to intellect and ends with a quirky product discount line for Red Cross Ball Blue bluing priced at 5 cents.
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Red Cross
St Paul’s Words Reinterpreted by British Woman Speak
Miss K Raleigh of the British Women’s Freedom League charges that translations of St Paul misrepresent his views on women. She argues that altering punctuation shows he did not forbid women to preach or demand obedience.
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Miss K. Raleigh
Women’s Freedom League
Apostle
Novelty In National Airs Peels Back Historic Echoes
A kindergartner asks which national song to sing and a girl quips about the line where fathers "took pills and died" replacing the familiar verse "Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrims' pride." The misheard lyric reflects playful misreadings of patriotic songs.
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America
Relief from Gas With Eatonic Proclaimed by Mrs W H Person
Mrs W H Person states Awful sick with gas and Eatonic provides relief. Acidity and gas disappear as digestion improves and appetite returns. Do not endure sourness belching or bloating. eat with Eatonic after meals and feel better. Big box inexpensive with druggist guarantee.
Danceling Eggs Reported in Shasta County
The article describes a newly observed insect egg in Shasta County California. Eggs cling to oak leaf undersides then drop and dance. Cracking sounds are heard when held to the ear. Eggs sometimes rise up to 16 inches when placed on a table.
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Shasta County
California
London
Old Cemetery Mystery Near Chatham Square
A New York Sun report recalls a square lot near Chatham Square misperceived as empty until a policeman reveals it is an old Jewish cemetery dating to 1656. He notes its use as a fort in the Revolutionary era and highlights locals’ ignorance of its history. The tale ends with a sharp jab at a man’s remark about a young widow.
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New York Sun
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