Bargain Sale Procedure in Quiet Shop Dialog
A shoe merchant suggests a special sale to boost business as the manager debates discounting stock. The pair discuss marking down a line of shoes from ten dollars to eight fifty to attract customers.
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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1937
Page
7
Poultry Outlook Favored by USDA Bureau Says Prices Rise Next Year
The USDA bureau foresees higher egg and chicken prices in early 1938 due to smaller farm flocks and lower egg production rate, despite a large fall grain harvest. Feed supplies look ample this year, with total grain output the largest since 1932, and turkey production expected to rebound in 1938 after a 10 percent drop this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department Agriculture
WNU
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Corn Belt
Bureau
Turkey
Fast Growing Pigs Best as Breeders Says NC State Expert
H. W. Taylor, extension swine specialist at North Carolina State College, says breeding stock should come from the heaviest litters judged at weaning. He notes select boar and sow pigs from these litters and that four to five week old treatment minimizes stress. Sanitation and balanced rations are crucial for hog production. He urges trying farrowing and raising pigs on clean land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Taylor
North Carolina State College
Taylor
Safe Poultry Handling Temperatures and Steps
The guide lists semi scaling water at 126 to 128 degrees for broilers and 128 to 130 for fowl, 125 to 127 for young turkeys, and 128 for old turkeys. It instructs checking the thermometer, 30 seconds in water, and killing by bleeding through the mouth and brain sticking.
Agricultural Notes on Poultry and Farm Practices
The text discusses predators of poultry in shark flesh context, egg fat content comparisons, cellar storage temperature indicators, turkey growth timelines, pasture grazing timing, egg freezing points, and pest control for poultry roosts using grooves cut and kerosene filling to deter mites.
Modernizing an old walnut chair with new cushions
A craft note describes removing arm pieces and most carvings from a walnut chair, replacing the back with fiber board and a tufted cushion, and fabric coverings. It promotes Mrs. Spears new book SEWING offering 48 pages of home upholstery and sewing projects for 25 cents, in Chicago Illinois.
Quotations on ambition humor and effort from notable figures
The quotes attribute insights from Bruce Barton Albert Einstein Sinclair Lewis B M Baruch Will Durant Jack Dempsey and A J Jennings on cost courage humor recognition and self improvement. They reflect views on pursuit of greatness and personal conduct in life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Barton
Albert Einstein
Sinclair Lewis
B. M. Baruch
Will Durant
Jack Dempsey
A. J. Jennings
Sacred Abuse Reflections From Goethe to Voltaire
A compact note ties Goethe and Voltaire to themes of sacred abuse and moral paradox, suggesting the paradox of reverence fueling harm and the need for critical perspective on long standing ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goethe
Voltaire
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