Western Canada Prosperity Outlook From Prairie Trade Reports
The Canadian West shows strong trade mainly from credit merchants in 1918 gains. Farmers buy autos and pay cash, land sales rise, and crops prospects look bright with 1915-like yields. Immigrant and local farming growth, education, and telephony bolster rural life as Canada lines up for postwar expansion.
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Canadian Credit Men's Associaton
Vffled
Lear ‘Tere
Prairie Provinces
All
Parts
Canada
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Northern Land Companies
Manitoba
Yeavong
Kidgman Nott Robins
Farm -Mortgage Bankers Association of ‘America
Europe
Light Brahmas Dominate as Superior Slow Maturing Fowl
The Light Brahma is praised as the oldest and most popular feather-legged breed, valued for stately appearance and large, slow maturity. It carries white neck plumage, black and white feather patterns, and strong toe feathers, with strict judging standards emphasizing weight, color, and feather quality.
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Kempsthr
Mignourley College’ of Agricultura
Dairying Essentials: Comfort, Cleanliness, Calf Rearing
Practical notes on dairy management emphasize comfortable cows, roomy and clean calf housing, dry well ventilated spaces, and careful handling. Feeding matters but is not sole to success. separate calves for first two months to quickly detect problems and prevent calf-to-calf nursing.
Cleanliness First for Sanitary Milk Production
Clemson College Bulletin emphasizes rigorous dairy hygiene. Cows must be healthy and clean, barns well ventilated and roomy, yards clean and well drained, manure kept away from barns, milk rooms concrete, well lit and screened, utensils washed after use, and tinware kept rust free. Water supplies must be clean, steam or hot water used for cleaning and sterilizing equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemson College Bulletin
Whitewash Formula For Government Structures In Washington
A detailed 19th century method for whitewashing the White House and lighthouses describes soaking unslaked lime, boiling water, straining, adding salt, rice paste, Spanish whiting, and glue. The mixture is kept hot in a portable furnace and applied while hot after standing for days.
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Whitet House
Washington
Correct Types of Pasterns and Horse Feet Faults
The note discusses how clear differences in pastern and foot quality reveal faults. It highlights that good and bad pasterns and feet are evident, and it does not require much horse sense to identify the flaws.
Pattern Types in Horse Pasterns and Feet
The passage describes pastern angles with A as too upright and straight, BY as too sloped, C as the correct forefoot type, and D as the correct hind foot type. It notes distinguishing features between fore and hind foot conformation.
Eradicate the Hessian Fly by Timely Actions
An agricultural note from T. J. Talbert of Missouri College of Agriculture urges early plowing and burying the fly, destroying volunteer wheat, sowing after the fly-free date, and using oats or rye as fall pasture. Deep tillage buries the pest and harrowing hinders its escape, with starve-out recommended until mid October. Collective action by neighbors is stressed to avoid reinfestation.
Barn Manure Breeds Flies
A note on garden manure warns that stable manure rapidly breeds flies, spreads disease, and should be relocated to the garden or geld where its value is appreciated. The text underscores the nuisance and health concerns of unsanitary manure heaps.
No Comeback Letter Sparks Vacation Conundrum
A garbled note from Atint Mint asks to spend vacation with Georga. They decline, planning to avoid hosting next winter by moving to a two-room apartment in the fall. The passage features a flirty girl and a counterfeit coin, with little decipherable detail.
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Atint
Mintdo
Georga
Jicko Mr Benedict Marriage Rumor Suppressed
Fragmentary text suggests a discussion about a marriage and a party or group named Jicko and Benedict. The lines are garbled but imply questions of commitment and a refusal to marry, mentioning listening and dust or defeat in a casual, conversational tone.
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Benedict la
Jeck
Atrick
Ducks Dive Question From Aaryp And Tommy
Dialog snippet shows playful exchange about ducks diving and a misheard explanation. Mentions Aaryp Tommy and Misa Darlington with a light, joking tone and a family relation hint.
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Tommy
Mother's Friend Castoria Ad Excerpted Claim
Patent medicine advertisement promoting Castoria as a safe remedy for children. Claims it relieves teething, diarrhea, colic, feverishness, and sleep issues while promising natural digestion and growth. Warns against counterfeits and imitators, notes 30 years of use and Castoria signature guarantees.
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Chas
H. Fletcher
Katin
Habits and Humor From a Curious School Lesson
A teacher leads children through nature talks about birds insects and flowers provoking mixed feelings. Robbie May doubts a fly can hang by its knees, while others champion novelty in dress reform sparked by Mary Gordon and a sharp retort about American clothes and patriotism.
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Robbie May
Robbie
Laurie Tee
Mary Gordon
Paris
Cuticura Ads and German Immigration History
An advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment and Soap for clear pores with a free sample offer by mail. The piece also notes a Pennsylvanian German settlement of 100,000 colonists, Germantown origins, and a William Penn crafted ad aimed at Rhine Germans after the Thirty Years War.
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Pennsylvania
Germantown
America
Wiliam Penn
Germany
William Penn
Rhine
Philadelphia Public Ledger
What She Wanted Cake Delights Sixth Birthday Girl
Lydia Virginia, ready for her fifth birthday, rejected a sample cake and asked for a cake that looked like a spotted cat. Grandma Grantina baked a marble cake, and Lydia Virginia approved, declaring it the kind of cake she wanted.
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Lydia Virginia
Grantina
Cleveland
Forget to Pay A Winchester Barber Bill
A former Winchester resident now in California forgot to pay his barber bill after a haircut and shave. He hurried to catch a lodge meeting and a train home. In the shop, friends heard him say goodbye as he left without settling the charge.
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Patrona
Winchester
Ives
California
Indianapolis News
Seed and Plant Testing Aided by Farmers Nationwide
Nearly 770000 farmers assist the United States Department of Agriculture in seed and plant testing efforts nationwide.
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The
United States Agricultural Department
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Robing
United States
Robine
Hendmen's Club
Chicago
Altiintion
Ata ‘Nore
Eren
Great Britain
United. States
South America
Diven
France
Kalcker—Smith
Tome Barker
Western Canada
Boundary Points
Winnipeg
G.j.brenpto
Chirag
Dna
Mae
Nat Pene
Missouri College of Agriculture
Onanot
Calved
T. J. Talbert
Inke
Obstacton
Misa Darlington
What Is
Castoria
Asserta
Gutloura
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Boston
What
Wanted
Boo Skinhermer Mfg. CO
Omala Aha.us
Wien
Bewing Machime CO
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Dealare
Deatera Everywhere
Set Trouid's
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Seretant
Riba Ericet, Sep
Trenton Cimmnoast
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