Agricultural Advice From Meadowbrook Park By William Pitt
Rotation of crops helps soil. feed greens sparingly. ventilate coops. prepare for harvest. select sires. well bred pigs profit. more lime and tile aid alfalfa. hens need nests. broken horses fetch better prices. barbed wire scars devalue horses. prevent flies with ventilation. corn silage cheaper than hay for fattening steers. Close notes on dairying, clovers, milk quality, manure, and proper feeding for hogs, cows, and chickens. avoid pasture on alfalfa. maintain clean mangers and barns. use Babcock tester. plan yearly improvements and better breeding.
Construction of Trap Nests for Heavy Laying Strains
A summary by J L Jones explains trap nests aim to produce a heavy laying strain in flocks. It notes egg production ranges from 40 to 245 eggs per period when using trap nests, versus uncertain results without the device. The discussion emphasizes reliability and improved outcomes in breeding programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Jones
Oklahoma Experiment Station
Trap Nest System for Poultry Breeding and Egg Quality
Modern trap nests help breeders select heat producing hens by counting eggs per hen. The design prevents egg eating, controls hen movement, and auto resets after inspection. Simple to build, most parts cost under 15 cents per nest.
SOME FACTS ABOUT TURKEYS
Breeding stock should be the best in the flock and not sold off. Careful selection, thrift, and firm constitution matter as much as size. Don’t breed too early and risk weakening the strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Fresh Air Needs for Hens Report Health Fact
The text explains fowls expel body waste mainly through lungs and do not sweat like other animals. It notes birds breathe faster under heat and that a hen needs about seven times more fresh air per body size than a horse to stay healthy.
Difference In Strains In Breeds And Families
There is notable variation among families or strains of each breed, almost as large as the difference between breeds. Therefore accept with caution both praise and condemnation of any breed.
Interparliamentary Union condemns aerobome warfare at Genoa
The Interparliamentary Union in Genoa adopts a Belgian resolution condemning the use of aeroplanes in war. Joseph W. Devoe, oldest member of the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors, dies in Lyons New York at age 70. MontenegrinTurkish frontier tensions rise as Montenegrins aid tribesmen fighting Turks. Quarantine on potatoes from Britain Germany Austria Hungary Newfoundland and St Pierre and Miquelon due to black rot.
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Interparliamentary Union
Genoa
Switzerland
Joseph W. Devoe
The
Brotherhood of Railway Conductors
Lyons
N. Y
Agricultural Department
Great Britain
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Newfoundland
St. Pierr
Miquelon
Wholesale market prices for milk poultry produce and fruit
The listing shows wholesale prices for milk in various zones and grades, fresh gathered poultry including chickens and squab broilers, turkeys, fowls, and eggs. It also lists prices for fruits and vegetables such as pears, grapes, apples, cranberries, melons, and potatoes, plus live stock values for cattle, calves, sheep, and hogs, and notes on hay and straw markets.
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State
Phila
L. I
Penn
Virginia
Western
Guang Ti
M. Coerce Cereeaes
L. R. Convor
MD. Champ
M. Ie
Valley
Orange Co
L. L
Jersey
Southern & Southwestern
Xtra ci
East'n
Gozen
New, H. P
Alexander
W. N.Y
N. Y
Texas
Pennsylvania
Peggy and Reggy Sparks About Being Abroad
Dialogue snippet shows Peggy implying Reggy has been abroad and Reggy denying it, triggered by their father's remark about him being away. The exchange hints at family misunderstandings and social perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy
Passengers Force Out On Fragile Missouri Train
A drummer and a friend boarded a ramshackle train in an isolated Missouri town. The feeble locomotive stalled at the town’s edge and the engineer told them to leave until it could be restarted. The tale contrasts ignorance with knowledge and ends with an ad for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething pain.
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Missouri
Humane Society
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Humber
Markeys
Rio No. 7
Formosa
Havana
R.id
LGU
the Centaur Company
New York
Bears
Ozntaua Comppany
New York City
Magy
Ieee Aaa
I Taones Ie Cay
Lnc
Whittemore Bros. & CO
Albany Stt
Cambridge
Mass
Earn Money Nursing
Beene Ptilila Delpilia School For Nurses
Chestnut Street
Phish Pa
W.N. U
California
Messia
J. S
W. S. Kuhn
Pittsburgh
Sacramento Valley
U.S
East
Italy
Panama Canal
Kuhn Irrigated Land CO. Dept
Fifth Avenue
New York, N. Y
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