Farm Poultry Wire Mesh Standards for Fencing and Yard Layout
USDA guidance outlines two inch mesh as standard for poultry yard fencing and suggests three fourths to one inch mesh at base. Fence heights vary by breed, with Brahmas up to four feet and other birds around six feet. Clip Leghorns to limit flight, provide gates, rotate and green-feed yards, and consider south-facing yards for faster spring dry ground. Allocate 85 10 400 square feet per bird when yards serve as exercise and green feed. offer shade and possible fruit-tree shade.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Grit Supply Essential For Healthy Fowls
Poultry experts emphasize grit as vital for digestion in the gizzard and nutrient absorption. A box of grit and crushed shells aids egg shell formation, while charcoal helps digestion. advise keeping grit accessible in every pen for flock health.
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Lve
United States Department of Agriculture
Green ducks in big demand across the country
An editor’s note cites a vast market for green ducks awaiting development nationwide. It says the enterprising individual who develops the niche can expect to find strong demand and assured sales for produced ducks.
Cost of Using Tractors and Horses Shown in Year’s Work
A government survey from Oct–Nov 1920 studied 286 Ohio Indiana Illinois farms to compare tractor and horse use. It details farm sizes, tractor plow capacity, days of use, stock numbers, costs per head, feed, fuel, depreciation, and per acre power costs for plowing and other tasks.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Bureau of Animal Industry
Office of Farm Management and Farm Economics
Bureau
Drawbury& Home Farm
Working With Others in the Body of Christ
The lesson portrays the church as one body with many members each with a unique gift and function. It emphasizes cooperation over envy, mutual dependence, and the need for humility. true unity comes from Christ as head and a shared life.
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Christ
God
Jesus Christ
Doing Things and The Value of Purpose
A reflection on making meaningful effort. It argues that action gives life purpose and a clear conscience is more valuable than wealth, asserting real happiness comes from achieving worthwhile aims.
More Valuable Than Gold
A concise proverb praising character over wealth, noting that a good disposition outweighs gold as a natural endowment. It frames virtue as the true treasure beyond fortune’s gifts.
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Addison
Famed State Lawyer Noted For Mule Case Tales
A New Orleans Times-Picayune item recalls Col W H Holmes the state game superintendent who rose to high office and won three cases centering on a mule, with the punchline that each case involved the same mule. The anecdote is paired with light non sequiturs about laundry, beauty, and a sausage.
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Col. W. H. Holmes
Department of Conservation
Mississippi
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Hiawatha Bride Returns Home After Brief Marriage
A Hiawatha bride of only a few months returns home with a black eye said to be a present from her husband and declares she will file for divorce. The note appears in the Hiawatha World and reflects a domestic dispute amid local social gossip.
Cartoonist model joke from a playful exchange
A lighthearted quip compares a baby named Flubdub to a potential cartoonist model. The remark humorously suggests the infant could attract work as a drawing reference, framing the child as a future asset in illustration.
Right Thinking Psalm Verse Quotation
The document presents a religious quotation from Psalm 14, praising acceptability of words and inner meditation. It foregrounds devotion, strength, and redemption in a concise exclamation.
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Aly
Little Girl and Auntie Dialogism Returns as Lesson
A dialogue from the Edinburgh Scotsman features a girl and Auntie debating discipline. The girl offers a harsh method to enforce behavior by shaming girls, separating boys, and denying seating with girls as punishment.
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Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Sweet Tooth
Wrigley’s
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ITIL
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Battle Creek
Mich
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