Buffalo Giveaway Promoted as Park Faces Winter Grazing
Washington reports indicate Yellowstone’s buffalo herd exceeding 1200 will be reduced. The National Park Service offers free buffalo to first 100 applicants provided they are not killed and used for exhibition or propagation. Alaska action promotes reindeer herds and musk oxen to secure meat for future American needs.
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Elmo Scott
Watson
Washington
Yellowstone National Park
National Park Service
Department of the Interior
America
Great West
Alaska
Siberia
Sheldon Jackson
Doctor Jackson
Lapland
Congress
Rasmus B. Anderson
Madison
Wis
Denmark
Anderson
Lapp
Lapps
United States
Nome
Seattle
Canada
Europe
Asia
Eurasia
Great Natural Game Preserve
Territory of
United States Biological Survey
Fairbanks
L. J. Dickinson
Town
Peter Norbeck
South Dakota
Hoover
Department of Agriculture
Greenland
Norway
New York
Wash
Seward
North America
Paul G. Stedington
Great Transcontinental Forest
Hudson Bay
Mackenzie River
Arctic Islands
Point Barrow
Thelon
Great Slave Lake
Northwest
Biological Survey
Disposal of Leaking Cows and Milk Loss Dimming Herds
Montreal Herald outlines that cows with persistent milk leakage are best milked more often or disposed of. It warns against banding teats and tape, notes iodine and alum solutions as minor fixes, and says few recoveries justify keeping such cows unless highly valuable for breeding.
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Montreal Herald
Scrub Cows Unprofitable Advice for Southwest Dairy
An article argues that cows producing low butterfat are financially ruinous. It notes 10 cows averaging 100 pounds fat yield $135, while a single 400-pound animal yields $138. It urges selling scrub cows for beef, buying better cows, and culling unprofitable stock to improve the dairy industry in the Southwest.
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Texas
Southwest
Kill Lice in Calves
Lice in calves during winter are hard to control but can be eradicated with a 2 percent coal-tar dip applied to all body parts, followed by a second treatment after 10 to 14 days. Apply only in warm, dry calves. In severe weather a kerosene and lard mix or loose powder helps. Clean and disinfect calf sheds to aid control.
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J. B. Fitch
Kansas State College
Cure for Sucking Cow Habit via Mouth Bit Method
A Hoards Dairyman writer describes curing two cows of the persistent habit of sucking others by placing a light snaffle bit in the mouth secured with a rope over the head and a throat latch of bail wire. The bit must not pinch and should stay in place for weeks. removal reportedly ends the habit.
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Hoard's Dairyman
Dairy Facts Milk Composition
The composition of milk is about 8 percent water 8.7 percent fat 3.3 percent protein 5 percent lactose and 0.8 percent ash with small variations.
Are We Created Unequal
Prof. C Harrison K. Hunt told the Eugenics Research Association that discoveries over the past half century show people differ enormously at birth, often inherited, making it self evident that men are created unequal.
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Dlothstead
Ctarrison KR. Hunt
Eugénics Research Association
Worcester man injured in car window accident
Norman Katz of Worcester Massachusetts cleaned his car windows and, attempting to reach the front seat, put his head through a closed window. He sustained a forehead laceration requiring five stitches.
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Norman Katz
Worcester
Mass
Tigers Breed in Mexico After 1918 Circus Wreck
In 1918 a circus wreck in Mexico freed a Bengal tiger and two ligresses that were never recaptured. Over two decades the tigers bred in the region's mountains and now thrive in Mexico. Their traits include cunning cruelty and a large appetite for other beasts. The article speculates tigers could become common in Mexico within a century.
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Mexico
Miany
Teers
Remarkable Garden Harvest Yields Multiplied Produce
In West Memphis Arkansas J W Stotts found a twin radish and quadruplet tomatoes in his garden. He also harvested a cabbage with seven heads. The unusual fertility is noted as a sign of the land's richness.
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West Memphis
Ark
J. W. Stotts
Mr.Stotts
What's the costume for a states man
A humorous caption noting the ensemble described as a plug hat and hair shirt, reflecting a satirical take on political attire.
Deep Sea Life Debunked By Midcentury Scientists
Early ocean researchers long held that the deep sea was barren. By the mid-1900s, discoveries showed abundant life exists at depth, reshaping understanding of marine ecosystems and prompting new exploration.
Brief Tug of War Demand Over Push and Pull Etiquette
In a terse notary style note, readers are urged that if one cannot push or pull effectively they should step aside. The message emphasizes keeping traffic flowing and avoiding obstruction during handling or movement tasks. The brief instruction suggests courtesy in shared spaces.
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England
New York Zoological Park
Yellowstone Park
Ey Re Een
Rcks Co
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Anne Ea
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