Culling Poultry Flock Is Favored by Agriculture Report
The United States Department of Agriculture urges regular culling to remove unprofitable hens. Weak, sick, or thin birds should be killed and buried or burned. Indicators include molt timing, egg production, vent and pelvic bone distance, abdomen expansion, and beak and leg color, with laying hens showing plump red combs and wattles. Continuous vigilance for disease or poor condition is advised.
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Plymouth Rocks
Island
Fix Grades of Hay of Different Kinds
Government backed hay grading aims to reflect narrative values and aid buyers and sellers. WW F Steinmetz of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station explains grades show feeding value and palatability, while also measuring weed content and foreign material. Grades help consumers gauge in kind quality and condition, enabling recourse if misrepresented.
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WW. F. Steinmetz
Minnesota
Steinmetz
Fall Plowing Best Early
Fall plowing is recommended by University Farm men in St. Paul Minnesota as it extends decomposition of crop residue, opens soil for fall rains, helps eradicate weeds, reduces spring work, and allows prompt spring sowing, easing farm crowding and horse workload.
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University Farm
St. Paul
Minn
Farm Poultry Tips and Crop Notes from Nineteenth Century Almanac
Infertile eggs from incubators make good chick feed and Sudan prass is a top summer crop for non legumes. Legumes boost following crops and provide feed. Iron treatment for affected hens may be required. Plowing hubam adds 10 to 20 bushels per acre to the next corn crop. Parasites like lice and mites harm poultry profits. keep them in check. A clean poultry house is essential with droppings boards cleaned weekly in warm damp weather. Fall vegetables for storage include carrots, turnips, winter squashes, late beans, and beets.
Belief in Talismans Among Filipinos Recalls Ancient Chief
The article notes persistent belief in talismans among Filipinos, tracing lineage to a feudal prince and a kerchief called the angel in moon. It describes talismans granting powers, stories of healing, and a long search for a buried spot said to hold magical lineage. It mentions police actions against impostors and a counterfeiters raid with a dies image linked to the Virgin Mary. Large pilgrimages followed a claimed blessing from the stream-hidden image.
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Malkily
Jkerghiet
Manila
Maria Cristina
Spain
Alfonso
Society Suggestion From a Southwest Town News
An old bachelor faces limits on social life as married men curb bachelor gatherings. The town’s bache lors long frequented social events hosted by young married couples and romance led to separations, prompting a new rule. Now bachelors seek social ties among the unmarried while widows offer cautious company.
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Cunninghan
E. W. Howe
Long Journey for Nothing Aderman’s Absent Minded Error
Professor J. Aderman of the University of Sydney traveled 24,000 miles in London before realising he miscalculated the universities congress date. The error pushed the opening to June 126. He arrived as a delegate and faced humorous embarrassment.
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J. ¥. Aderman
University of Sidney
Australia
London
Congress of the Empire Universities
Aderman
Universities’ Congress
Aderman Turved
Vets Plant Memorial Trees At Washington Memorial Walk
One hundred sixteen members of the American Tree association in Washington were registered after a memorial tree planting on a memorial walk by the United States Veterans hospital No. 100 Battle Creek Mich. Trees were planted for Coolidge Pershing Wilson Harding Lee Miles Garton Bourdian Lincoln Kilmer. Emma B Kotz and Dr William M Dobson directed the plans. The association offers tree planting instructions and a tree day program for a postage stamp. The memorial walk features silver maples.
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American Tree Association
Washington
United States Veterans’ Hospital
Battle Creek
Mich
President Coolidge
General Pershing
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Marding
Robert E. Lee
General Miles
Clara Garton
Mabel Bourdian
Avraham Lincoln
Joyce Kilmer
Emma B L. Kotz
William M. Dobson
The
Tree Association
Woodring Aged Nampa Man Plays Golf and Mows Lawn
The 88 year old Woodring of Nampa Idaho played a round of golf on the occasion of a famed figure's birthday and drew reporters. He stated he remains active at similar age, mowing his lawn eight to ten hours daily as a regular vacation activity, Obivugo Post.
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Woodring
Nampa
Idaho
Seer Rockefeller
Ollagnate
Obivugo Post
Homecoming Proves Fatal for Liverpool Man
Thomas O Rourke of Liverpool, Ireland, aged sixty nine, returned to his boyhood home near Bel fast and the Mourne mountains at Kilkeel. At the foot of the hill he suddenly died, doctors citing emotional excitement and joy as the cause, describing it as too much for his age and condition.
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Homas O’rourke
Liverpool
Hogland
Belfast
Ireland
Mourne Mountains
Kilkeel
Italy's Streets Narrow Mew Streets In Italy
A quirky note observes Italian streets narrowing to accommodate street cats as they roam old lanes. The remark hints at how urban space shifts around animal presence amid urban life.
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Italy
Bedford Iowa street improvement proposed resolution 1925
City of Bedford Iowa proposes grade and curb gutter paving on Illinois Street from Main to Cook and intersections. It details concrete bases curb type and paving options, assessments to abutting property, and final hearing date September 18 1925 with provisional adoption and notice requirements.
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Bedford
Iowa
Illinois Street
Main Street
Cook Street
Council Chamber
Town
J. E. Lovell
J. S. Nevius
Average air passage through lungs for a normal person
A normal person passes about 400 cubic feet of air through the lungs every 24 hours, weighing over thirty pounds in this context.
For Rent: Six Room House with City Water and Lights
Classified line shows a six room house for rent in September district with city water and electric service. Contact Gall 294 or Ed V. Kemper for details. Also a lost notice seeks a place for a care business district near Market Street with Levine Meat as contact.
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Gall
V. Kemper
Levine Meat
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