Standards Breeds and Varieties of Chickens 11 Bulletin
The USDA Farmers Bulletin No. 1507-F describes standards for Continental European oriental game ornamental and miscellaneous chicken breeds. It highlights Polish crests Leghorn popularity shifts and ornamental value with bantam classes. Free copies available from the Department of Agriculture Washington DC.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Finishing Poultry for Market A Difficult Task
Finishing fowls for market is described as largely an art. Birds confined all season can be finished in about ten days by generous feeding, while free-range birds should be fattened gradually to avoid losses. A fattening mixture of corn meat oats bran and tallow is recommended, with scalded feed for the first meals and corn and wheat at night, plus cooked sweet potatoes thickened with cornmeal to add flesh quickly.
Geese Feather Harvest Timing and Market Value
The article explains that picking geese feathers yields profits but should occur after the breeding season when quills are dry and bloodless. It notes rising demand and cautions against harvesting just before marketing to ensure feathers fetch top prices for the geese industry.
Poultry care and feeding guidelines for laying hens
Practical notes cover water access, disease prevention by burying dead birds, feed texture and nutrients, need for poultry yards, and disease control tied to range. Ground oats for growing stock, straw loft benefits, salt limits, mash boost, and mixed rations including bran meat scraps oats and green foods to avoid soft shells and promote appetite.
What Christmas Seal money goes to in Iowa health drive
The annual Christmas seal sale statewide funds local and state health work through Iowa Tuberculosis Association groups. 25,000 pamphlets explain local use of funds, including school health supplies, nutrition, nursing inspections, dental surveys, and health education, with nationwide outcomes like reduced tuberculosis deaths and expanded sanatorium capacity.
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Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Board of Control of
Anamosa
State Tuberculosis Association
Iowa
State Association
Board of Control of State
State Department of Health
State Vocational Board
National Association
IPS ON SALESMANSHIP By O. T. FRASH
A retail clerk should avoid insulting customers by asking Is there something for you. The piece urges welcoming callers with genuine service and a polite, friendly approach. True salesmanship comes from eagerness to please and treating visitors as disinterested friends.
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IPS
O. T. Frash
Keeping Faith With the Easy Buyer
A 1927 Western Newspaper Union piece warns clerks to honor the trust of the easy buyer who purchases on confidence. It argues misrepresentation destroys customer faith, warns one careless clerk can ruin store reputation in a day, and urges staff to remain seen as friends to preserve ongoing business.
Children of Lepers in Culion Colony Separated for Care
In the Culion leper colony in the Philippines 285 children under fifteen were removed in 1925. They were placed in nurseries, institutions, or with friends. Periodic health exams and school training are provided, and they correspond with their parents.
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Culion
The Guide and the Guyed Figure of Speech
A playful linguistic transcript centers on a guide who guides a guy, then is themselves guided by the guy. The wording spirals as the guider and guided exchange roles, ending with mutual wordplay about being guyed.
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Bostow
Earliest English Glee Club Emerges in London
In 1787 a glee club formed in London and flourished until 1857 making it likely the first important English glee club. The style, peculiar to England, was not written until the mid eighteenth century.
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London
England
Great Lyric Poet Pindar as Greek Lyric Voice
The passage compares Pindar to Homer and Sophocles, noting he was the lyric poet of the Greeks and that his fragments cover nearly all lyric poem forms.
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Homer
Sophocles
Pindar
Be Safe With Cole’s Carboli Salve Ad
A vintage advertisement urges keeping Cole’s Carboli salve at home to ease burns or cuts and promote scarless healing. It lists prices 30c and 60c and credits J. W. Cole Co. of Kford Ill. as the maker.
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Cole
J. W. Cole Co
Kford, Ill
No. The Source Reflects a Quotation Record
A collection of reflections and quotes about transients, permanence, and youth. The remarks discuss baggage, permanent guest status, and a man’s shift from shame to bragging about youthful escapades.
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