Poultry House Design Emphasizes Comfort and Ventilation
University of Illinois expert W A Foster argues that a simple dry well ventilated poultry house with ample roost and feed space, fresh air and sunlight, and a southern exposure boosts bird health and farm value. Open front designs require sensible use to avoid drafts while modern systems advance but are not foolproof.
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W. A. Foster
Farm Mechanics Department
College of Agriculture
University of
Foster
Biddy
Milk Powder Remedy for Little Chick Diseases
California agricultural experiment station reports a 40 percent dry skim milk diet protects baby chicks from coccidiosis and boosts growth. In trials, inoculated groups without dry milk saw 23.8 percent mortality versus 2.3 percent with dry milk. growth was 25 percent faster with powdered milk.
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California Agricultural Experiment Station
Poultry Health and Winter Laying Tips
Poultry experts urge easy care for hens to stay healthy through winter. Early hatched chicks begin laying in fall and can be productive by winter. Clean fluffy feathers aid sale of pillow fillings. disinfect incubators with creosote or carbolic acid to destroy tubercular organisms. Sunlight and vitamins boost egg production. wheat and oats supply protein but lack carbohydrates, so balance needed to prevent losses and mortality among pullets.
Cassowary Recites Odd Meal Tale To Brush Turkey Clique
The Cassowary recounts a bizarre feast before the Brush Turkeys, boasting a blue neck and red tie, dramatic yawns, and a huge beak. He claims to have eaten a baseball and a door knob as courses, illustrating his claimed digestion and marketing prowess.
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Brush Turkey
Cassowary
Cheese as a versatile protein in old recipe notes
The article catalogs cheese based dishes including Stuffed Potatoes With Cheese Hot Cheese Sandwiches Pittsburg Potatoes Rice Baked With Cheese and Charleston Muffins. It describes steps, ingredients and baking methods highlighting cheese as a waste free meat substitute and a flavorful staple.
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Pittsburg
Charleston
Date recipes and a note on democracy in nursery schooling
A 1926 Western Newspaper Union feature extols good sense and social cohesion in youth, then provides date based recipes. It describes date laden dishes from date sandwiches to date bread and date pudding, with notes on ingredients and preparation methods.
Little Alice Refuses Aton cash at church visit
A reader recounts a child named Alice politely declining a large plate of money offered by an aunt after a church visit. The exchange shows courtesy and self control in a domestic scene.
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Alice
How the Elephant Walks
A reader notes a child recounting a visit to a show with an elephant. The message captures Mamta’s exclamation and Marge’s description of the animal’s tall presence and its cautious steps during the return from the event.
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Mamta
Margie
Tek Ward
Itis
Neighborhood Correspondence Details Local Visits and School Close
Local notes recount a school closed last week with a picnic. Teachers’ mother Mrs Arthur Johnson and Grace Gaddy assist Mrs Sut ton. Mildred Dunkin helps Mrs Ickes. Albert Lewis from Indiana, brother of Mrs Robinett, arrived by motorcycle. Several hundred sheep to shear nearby.Visits by Carl Bauers Laurence Robinett and families to Emmet Sutton. Gus Williams family and L Brown of Clare visited F M Davis Vernon. Williams daughter Maxine visited Mrs Turbush and Clara M. who moved to Clare from Vernon township. Orrin Smith hosted guests with Marion Call helping. Viola Schaeffer finished a successful term south of Mt Pleasant and will teach next year there with higher pay.
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Arthur
Johnson
Grace Gaddy
B. Sutton
Mildred Dunkin
Ickes
Albert Lewis
Indiana
Robinett
Thia
Carl Bauers
Laurence Robinett
Rosella
Emmet
Sutton
Gus’Williams
L. Brown
Clare
F. M. Davis
Vernon
Williams
Maxine
Jesse ‘Turbush
Clara M
Burd
Orrin Smith
Marion Call
Viola. Schaeffer
Mt. Pleasant
Cold Sunday in Hinkville highlights local visits
A quiet Sunday covers visits across Loomis and Farwell with Al and Sadie Purdy, Archie Thompson, Sadie Connors, Linnie Silverthorm and Mabel, plus Sally and Doris Isabell born to C Green. Warren Sparbel, in Lansing, visits family. trips to Detroit yield braces for girls.
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al. Purdy
Archie Thompson
Loomis
Sadie Connors
Shepherd
Wm. Hawkins
Maxine
Minnie Ellen Brown
Saginaw
John
Mayer
Detroit
Warren Sparbel
Lansing
Joan Sparbel
Harold
Raymond Moline
Linnie Silverthorm
Mabel
Flint
F. Hinkle
Wm. Russell
Wm. Hess
Arthur Johnson
Bessie Boughton
Cg, Green
R. R. Feighner
Clare
A. Oliver
Methodist Parsonage
Farwell
C. Green
Doris Isabell
GC. Green
Jefferson Willey
Washington, D. C
Windover Lake Residents Prepare For Summer as Season Nears
Ford Nixon returns home from Ithaca while L A Presley works near Clare for J Shaeffer. Windover residents host visitors, discuss building cottages and school plans. Families from Clare and Lansing visit, with plans to spend most of the summer at Windover.
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Ford Nixon
Ithaca
L. A. Presley
Clare
J. Shaeffer
Henry Mayenschien
EB. A
Lee Waters
Little Bobbie
St. Johns
Pal O
Mr. Waters
Arley Azelborn
John Homan
Windover
Lake George Resort Notes Wind Through Local Visits
Monday business brings Harry Davis and Bi Austin to Glaré. Miller of Clare bought cattle in the neighborhood last week. Frank Newsom visited Mt Pleas ant on business. Toni Nichols and family from Shephard spent Sunday at their cottage. Harrison callers Wednesday included Wm Arnold, Harry Davis, H R Austin and Wimer Beard. J Bigelow came up from Shepherd Sunday. Mrs Ethel DuVall of Austin called on old friends Sunday. Mr and Mrs Oscar Delling were
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Harry Davis
Bi Austin
Mr. Miller
Clare
Frank Newsom
Mt. Pleasant
Toni Nichols
Shepherd
Harrison
Wm. Arnold
H.R. Austin
Wimer Beard
J. Bigelow
Ethel DuVall
Austin
Old Friends
Oscar Delling
Pleasant
Esther Luce
Farwell
Margaret Palmer
Harry Kress
Lake George
Newton Kress
Greenwood
Grindstone Bridge
Silvan
Muskegon
Marion
Church Bridge
Kord
Edward Mussell
Rosebush
George Snider
Frank Robison
Duane
Will Wilson
St. Vernon
Thomas Abbott
Harl Colosky
Gilmore
Carl Major
Flushing
Belle Edick
Lloyd Hdick
Emmet Wood
Flint
Delam Wright
Warren Heiser
Roy Shumway
Carl Spicer
Dexter
Frank Irwin
Thomas Bolen
Will Irwin
Stevenson Lake
Raymond Scott
Lake
Aaron Irwin
Fred Irwin
Thomas Bolén
Frank Schoonover
Clint Schoonover
Agie Hutchinson
Milo Myers
Ruth Funnel
Marguerite Irwin
John Ott
Alma
Anton Billgren
Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Picnics
The record lists numerous visits and gatherings across Clare Farwell and surrounding townships. Families like the Newsoms Kresses and Kwss are noted for picnics, church events, and visits, with extended kin reaching from Lake George to Flint. Casual travels to Harrison, Marion, and nearby farms are described, alongside health notes and a few illnesses.
Local Notes and Social Gleanings From Vernon Hill Area
Mrs M Buckley learns cousins Leola and Leola Mullican of Indianola Iowa accepted a two month engagement singing in London after their engagement with the Greenwich Village Follies in New York City. Harvey Skinner of Leota stays at the Gerren home. Kenneth Gerren injured his wrist Monday night. A motor trip to Coleman brought the Dowlands and Davis family to dinner with local residents.
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M. Buckley
Leola
Leola Mullican
Indianola
Iowa
Greenwich Village
Harl Dowland
Fred Davis
Coleman
Frank Burton
Tim .Graves
Jim Graves
Ray Eaton
James
Leota
Economy Week At Red Front Cash And Carry Store
Advertising copy notes weekly economy week at the Elden Building McEwan Street. Offers include pink Alaska salmon eight cans 44 cents, P G soap three packs 39 cents, cornflakes twenty five cents, Canada Dry ginger ale three bottles fifty cents, peanut butter picnic size one pound 22 cents, oranges per dot twenty five cents, chocolate treats at fifteen cents per pound, and chocolate coated peg AtE clusters. Open evenings.
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P&g
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Graham Bonner
Ryt Tram Aware Wah
Tiis Animal
Western Newspaper Union
West Grant
Ice
Windover Lake
J. L. Heath
Windover Club
Heath
Lake George Resort
Shantung
Rayons
Hcl
Eam
Earl Dowland
Ralph Stevens
O. O. RF
Andrew Irwin
Lincoln
Lillian Ott
Walter Butts
Homer Irwin
Junior Anderson
Ralph Stevenson
James Carty
Hazel Wheeler
Owosso
Henry Lines
Bart Anderson
Wilfred Klingerer
Chicago
Joe Verette
Vernon Hill
Cash and Carry Store
Elden Building
McEwan Street
Fred M. Morgan
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