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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1930
Page
6
Artificial lighting can boost egg production in winter. Colorado Agricultural College extension poultryman C. Ufford explains hens lay more eggs with extended light. Methods include morning lights 4 to 5 a.m. with daybreak, or combined morning and evening lighting, plus dimming to roost. Evening feeds and dimmers help manage hunger and cold in winter.
Poultry expert J. B. Hayes of the University of Wisconsin cautions against forcing young stock for winter eggs and advocates gradual feeding. For mature pullets and hens, increased winter feeding can raise flock production with a recommended two-part ration: scratch mix of cracked corn wheat and oats, plus a bran heavy mash with multiple grains and oil meal. Feeds should be given in two to three portions daily, with the mash acting as the main force behind production.
A Cornell chemist explains eggs rot from carbon dioxide escaping the shell. Newly laid eggs hold limited CO2 but shell porosity lets it pass. Reabsorption by exposure to tiny CO2 amounts keeps eggs fresh indefinitely at a cost of a few hundredths of a cent per dozen.
Select your best hens and confine them in pens of 12 to 20 per breed, placing a good male in each. Keep hens in each pen as near alike as possible. Avoid promiscuous breeding to ensure profitable chicks when you hatch eggs.
The article recalls the December 28 1835 battle at the Withlacoochee in Florida where 108 regulars were nearly wiped out by Seminoles. Major Dade led the detachment, was killed, and the survivors fought from a small fort with a triangular breastwork before the Seminoles withdrew.
A boss asks the applicant about writing experience for business letters. The man boasts that in college he wrote letters to his Scotch father to pry money loose. Impressed, the boss tells him to name his own salary.
A burglar attacked a merchant knocking him unconscious. When the victim awoke, the thief had moved the valuables outside and stood nearby. The merchant groaned asking what else was left to take. The intruder inquired about trading stamps.
An exchange humorously contrasts a stiff aging man with a friend who jokes he is well oiled. The quip hinges on the idea that despite joints creaking the speaker remains in good shape and spirits.
A concise verse notes a person who underwent psychoanalysis and was deemed a "nut." The speaker recalls being informed of the outcome, implying a judgment of instability.
A man questions why his partner keeps fish on the menu and she replies she is not selfish but follows a new recipe to remove a fish bone stuck in the throat. The exchange centers on cooking, concern, and a practical remedy.
A humorous item about Mr. Voester Titus Wadde who keeps to his family, never seen without his baby in the car. The wife notes he uses a pinch to quiet the child, joking that it saves the price of a horn.
A terse dialogue notes Bessie’s return to circulation and a man’s reluctant concession that she may be free for others. The exchange implies social or romantic implications surrounding Bessie and her availability.
The excerpt contrasts philosophy's affirmation of human dignity with a stark view of humanity as susceptible to various germs, portraying a tension between ideal thought and vulnerable flesh.
A brief quirky note from the Cologne Lus tige Kolner Zeitung mentions a conversation about an Emmy question and a misinterpreted veil remark. The item references a veil stolen at a drapers, implying a light newspaper snippet on fashion or social trivia.
A publisher congratulates a poet on naming a new poetry collection Secrets while advising the poet to keep the title private. The exchange highlights the creative choice and the publisher’s endorsement of the idea.
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