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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
3
Guidance on separating sexes in small breeds, appropriate grain rations, and care during weaning. Advice covers coop space, consistent quarters, milk supplementation, beef scrap use, and the roles of poultry extension and club agents in expanding production and markets.
Upon the war declaration in April last year the poultry keeper organizations and allied presses, departments of agriculture and experiment stations united to boost production and support farming communities.
A U.S. Department of Agriculture notice promotes roosterless backyard flocks for quiet mornings and better eggs after hatching season, encouraging home egg raising without crowing disturbances.
Officials of the United States department of agriculture say two factors push to raise more poultry in 1918. War needs require larger stocks of productive poultry and farm fowl numbers have fallen due to feed price hikes and transportation delays.
May-hatched chicks of moderate size and smaller varieties are expected to become good winter layers if raised properly. This highlights the advantage of springtime hatch timing for steady egg production through the colder months.
Farmers implement a division strategy to keep chicks of different ages apart. Older birds are kept away from younger ones to prevent intimidation and ensure each group grows without stress or competition. The practice aims to improve welfare and growth in mixed-age flocks.
A fashion feature describes season outfits for young girls and flappers using pongee, taffeta, gingham taffetas, and wash silks. It highlights plain dresses with simple embroidery, narrow edgings, needlework details, and pongee panels with pockets and buttoned patches as charming, practical styles.
The article notes mourning customs shifting away from heavy periods and crape veils toward lighter practice. Women wear black and white crape trimmed hats with net veils, choosing medium shapes and unobtrusive decoration. Mourning spans from one month to a year, with discretion emphasized.
A corn colored georgette gown features a skirt cut in two parts with bisected sides outlined by ostrich flues an inch long. Flues continue around the hem, echoing a millinery feature from the latest styles. The bodice is simply cut with short sleeves finished in embroidery and ostrich band detailing.
A new hat style uses a large shellacked gingham block pattern to crown the hat. The crown is veiled in georgette in a gingham color with a silk straw facing and a band matching the facing.
James Ford reports from a survey of 150 cripples in Kansas City. Findings show 70 self supporting, 14 partly, 52 beggars. residences span Jackson Wyandotte counties with many without permanent address. Alcohol correlates with begging. attitude and home support influence outcomes.
A streetcar conductor notices a small man struggle aboard with a heavy suitcase. A bystander misreads the item as alcohol and bets the man will depart at Union Station. The two men tail the traveler to the ticket window as the suitcase is opened at the Red Cross counter. The scene shifts to a curious exchange about books for soldiers.
Mrs. Isabel Dowie gave birth to a son on a city train platform after an urgent hospital run. Doctor Frank Moskowits delivered the child and, amid cheers from bystanders, the mother chose the name Frank for her son. she is thirty one years old.
A Sea Beach express car matron, about forty, disciplines roistering young men in knickerbockers from Brooklyn Rapid Transit. She quietly demands tickets as the boys parade in imitation of Indian headbands, and she teaches order with calm authority.
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