New Lamona Breed Likely To Shift Egg Color Preference
The United States Department of Agriculture describes how egg color largely depends on breed. The Lamona, a new breed with a red ear lobe that lays white eggs, may satisfy farmer and consumer demand while offering size and meat advantages.
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United Stater’ Department
Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Plymouth Rocks
Rhode Island
Wyandottes
New England
Boston
Providence
New York
New Yorker
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania
MiNorca
Philadelphia
Chicago
Middle West
Pacific Coast
California
Department of Agriculture
Feeding Skim Milk to Pigs and Chickens
Skim milk can be fed to pigs with careful use to avoid waste and poor value. When mixed with barley and other feeds, calculate value in live hog terms, noting small portions should be offered to poultry and growing stock to prevent spoilage and unfitness for fowls.
Ration Advice for Growing Pigs and Milking Sows
The Ames animal husbandry department stresses high protein and mineral content in sow and pig diets. A recommended ration combines corn, a three to one slop mix of wheat middlings and 60 percent tankage, with lime, char, coal, and salt. Self feeding is advised and pasture can replace half the slop. Sudden ration changes should be avoided.
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Animal Husbandry Department
Ames
Towa
Dressing Asparagus Beds With Manure
The text advises applying manure to asparagus beds to speed growth and soften the sprouts. It notes salting the bed is unnecessary and yields no noticeable effect either way.
Eggplant Seed Care Hint from Garden Column
A fragmented garden note warns that eggplant seed should not be kept too wet during germination and suggests careful moisture management to avoid poor sprouting. The brief fragment mentions care instructions and germination conditions.
Bayer Aspirin Ad and Doctor Patient Exchange
An advertisement promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as safe for colds toothache earache neuralgia and rheumatic pains with directions on the package and the Bayer Cross symbol. A separate fiction snippet quotes a specialist promising a patient recovery in two weeks amid a busy schedule.
Cuticura Ad Promises Clear Skin and Soft Hands
Advertisement touts Cuticura three step routine to soothe itchy scalp. Apply Cuticura Ointment to dandruff spots, rub gently, then wash with Cuticura Soap and hot water. Ends with claim to clear skin and soft hands.
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Claims Rust-Free Laundry
Advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as preventing rust spots from poor bluing. Imagery contrasts a forgetful lover with requests for bonbons bouquets and theater tickets, urging readers to try the product and see the difference.
Did Not Get That Sovereign In London Shop
Jenkins, after entering a shop, spots a sovereign on the floor and drops a glove over it to hide. He tries twice to retrieve the coin but it remains. A shopwalker interrupts with a sales pitch for glue as Jenkins flees the scene.
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Jenkins
London
Spring It and a Laugh Up His Sleeve
A lighthearted quip about Bill’s grin stems from a joke that he has a laugh up his sleeve. The piece hints at limits and notes that even pet lovers dread the wolf at the door.
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Bill
Man Crafts Two Foot Chinese Pipe In Office Hobby
An Indianapolis man who spends long hours at his desk carved a large two foot pipe during quiet moments. He had it stained and finished, then smoked tobacco, fainted hours later, and learned the vapors from paints and varnishes affect health. A wall display pipe remains as a prize memento. The Farmer's Lot quotes compare labor life, noting union wage envy and a farmer joke about death rates.
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Indianapolis
Soare
Just Punishment
A narrator recalls a child’s mischief of freeing a canary and causing the cat to eat it. The exchange exposes how a whispered tale leads to consequences, reflecting on clever sayings and the cost of careless actions.
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Bayer
Janking
Goodyear
Indiana
J. H. Kimble
Farmers' National Congress
George
Willie
Postum For
Postum Cereal Co., Incy
Battle Creek, Mich
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