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Newspaper

Brookshire Times

Location

Brookshire, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1936

Page

6

Cod liver oil vitamin D standards for poultry feeds

The U S Department of Agriculture sets new standards for cod liver oil used in poultry feeds. Cod liver oil must contain at least 85 international vitamin D units and 600 international vitamin A units per grain to be labeled as cod liver oil. Other vitamin D sources are priced by minimum feed percentages to protect young chicks, and potency claims vary by measurement unit.

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Rutgers College of Agriculture feeds chicks for growth

University of New Jersey guidance on chick rearing describes feeding sour milk to baby chicks in the brooder. It notes rapid growth from high protein, digestible nutrients and urges using enamelware to avoid chemical reactions with sour milk.

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Poultry Care Tips From a Historical Almanac Entry

Practical notes urge immediate work on turkey processing when feathers loosened. Farms estimate eight eggs per year feed cost per hen, with brood timing affecting profits. Culling guidance, moulting hastening, alfalfa leaf content as feed, sun exposure, and limiting long-serving breeders are advised to maintain egg quality and flock fertility.

Carrier Pigeon Petey Returns Home After Daring Voyage

Glenn Butcher, a doughboy and pigeon farmer near Lockport UK, treasured Petey the carrier pigeon. After Petey was stolen to Chicago, the bird fell 600 feet but retrieved a box, then steered home along a 45 mile river route in seven days using a swagger stick as a crutch.

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Buffalo Chase Ends in Narrow Escape on Texas Ranch

Buck Pyle recalls a wild hunt on a Clarendon ranch where cowboys Sam and Henry tracked two buffalo. Sam clung to the tail while the animal charged toward the Mexican boundary, then used a poplar branch to tickle its nose and turn it back. Henry arrived to rescue Sam after guiding the beast away. Sam now shuns buffalo nickels after the perilous ride.

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Palm Tree Aids Chicago Golfer At De Leon Springs

A royal palm at De Leon Springs golf course catches balls from John H. Fisher of Chicago during a Florida visit. His caddie retrieved a ball hoisted from the tree and Fisher later learned thirteen balls bore his name. He noted slices from Chicago’s Tam o Shanter course curving toward Florida.

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Dignity and character shape the bearing of a man

A quotation extols dignity as the highest beauty power in a man. It claims no arts or cosmetics match a noble purpose and generous affections for shaping the features into angelic likeness. Patience and time are said to conquer all.

Meaning of Hot or Bootleg Oil in Petroleum Fields

Nature yields hot oil in Tampico with temperatures up to 180 degrees while operators, to evade production limits, pump oil through secret lines and haul it by trucks. The Washington Post notes such oil is termed hot or bootleg as states curtail output.

Tampico Mexico Washington Post

Butterflies and Flowers Crochet Pattern Offer

Butterflies and flowers form a striking crochet pattern using a simple pattern with a mix of solid and airy stitches. Pattern 1084 provides directions charts materials and use ideas. Send 15 cents for pattern to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept 82 Eighth Ave New York NY.

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