Farewell to the Oyster in Winter Months
A reflective ode notes the oyster’s seasonal absence in months with an "r" and chronicles its cultural absence from scripture and literature. It laments its decline, praises its biology and presence in cuisine, and imagines civic uses like tame oysters as water purifiers while forecasting four months without the bivalve.
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Ceasar
Britain
Lucullus
Ahasuerus
Belshazzer
Jezebel
Hastings
Gregory
Job
Cheaspeake Bay
Nation wide farm cooperative forms huge purchasing unit
A meeting in Indianapolis announced the nationwide organization National Cooperatives Inc forming from five regional groups. I. H. Hull led the Indiana Farm Bureau Cooperative Association as president with H. A. Corden as secretary treasurer. The cooperative aims to secure large contracts for fuels, tires, lubricants, and farm supplies for about 500 local associations serving roughly 400 000 members.
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Farm Cooperative Purchasing Organization
Indianapolis
Chicago
I. H. Hull
Indiana Farm Bureau Cooperative Association, Inc
H. A. Cowden
National Oil Company
Kansas City
Missouri
Midwest
Indiana
of National Cooperatives, Inc
Hull
Farm Bureau
Indiana Farm Bureau Cooperative Association
Sponges Observe Unusual Sluggish Creep At London Aquarium
A newly found sponge species in the London aquarium shows slow movement from foodless to fed areas. Scientists suspect one or more sponges entered with sea water and have since multiplied, challenging the idea that sponges never move from their spot.
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London Aquarium
Being a Good Citizen Opinions on qualifications
Citizens should know local issues from newspapers and magazines and follow legislation. They must understand government operations, study the records of those they vote for, and conduct personal affairs with honesty and decency in line with public affairs.
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National Congress
Infant Henry VI Opens English Parliament on Horseback
The Montreal Herald notes a strange Westminster scene when infant Henry VI led through crowded London on a tall horse to Westminster for his first parliament. He sat on his mother's knee in the House of Lords and took part in proceedings, a sight described as the first of its kind in England.
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Westminster
Henry VI
Montreal
London
Tower
House of Lords
England
More Cows Than People in New Zealand Land
New Zealand tops population with 1,500,000 residents while dairy cows reach 1,702,000 per the livestock census. In a year the herd grows by 100,000. Only one fifth of butter produced is consumed domestically.
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New Zealand
Vitamins and beri-beri origins from Java hens diet
A discussion of how beri-beri in Java chickens led to the concept and name of vitamins. It recounts Eijkman’s work feeding rice polishings to rescue birds, the switch to unpolished rice causing disease, and the emergence of vitamins as vital yet largely unknown compounds.
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Java
H. H. Williams
New York State College of Agriculture
Eijkman
Orient
Fight on Tuberculosis in Illinois Shows Strong Results
Illinois department of agriculture reports a successful tuberculosis suppression among poultry in LaSalle, Livingston, Bureau, and McLean counties after 1931 to 1932 testing. Of 2,302 flocks tested, 1,323 showed reactants. 12,571 of 96,086 old birds and 3,080 of 250,802 young birds were reactors, confirming older birds are more affected.
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State Department of Agriculture
Illinois
LaSalle
Livingston
Bureau
McLean
Large Bin for Homemade Laying Mash Mixing
The article advises using a large bin to dump ingredients for homemade laying mash to ensure thorough mixing and avoid corner pockets. It warns against uneven feeding of meat scraps and bran day to day and notes feed companies offer supplements containing meat scraps fish meal dried buttermilk and bone meal to provide missing nutrients.
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lIndiana
Clean Out the Rats in Farmstead to Save Chicks
Indiana Farmer's Guide suggests trapping rats near rat holes using a cloth over steel traps and placing traps close by. They report success with a small red squill and hamburger mix to deter rats for weeks, reducing future losses of chicks.
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Indiana
Time to Do Calling With the Laying Flock in Winter Quarters
The text advises inspecting a winter flock for birds out of condition or diseased to prevent outbreaks. It stresses removal of such birds, close attention at feeding, and careful handling to identify the ones to remove and make room for pullets later in the season.
Throwing the Voice Art of Ventriloquism Explored
The Washington Star explains that ventriloquism is an art not magic and that most people can learn it with practice. It notes a skilled performer can seem to project sound from a distance by muffling the voice and spotlighting a chosen object.
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Washington Star
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Bayard Baker
Cram
NEW Geographical Globe
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Authe Geographic Board
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Baile Atha Cliath
Moscow
Russia
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U.S.S.R
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Warsaw
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Joseph W. Todd
Bush Circuit
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Township 15
Section 27
State Bank of Carthage
Gary & Bohannon, Attorneys
Rushville
Howard E. Henley
Gary & Bohannon
Rushville, Indiana
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