Self-Feeding Plan Improves Fattening Pigs’ Gain
USDA Beltsville experiment compares self-fed Berkshires with hand fed hogs. Pigs started near 92 pounds, 70 days of feeding yielded 205 pounds for self-fed and 107.5 for hand-fed. self-fed cost per 100 pounds gain around 107 dollars versus 24 dollars for hand-fed. Self-feeder offered continuous access with separate compartments and ample exercise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Beltsville
Plowing Wheat Early Benefits Soil and Crop Health
Early plowing buries Hessian fly, preserves soil moisture, and improves plant food availability for wheat. Delaying plowing to September reduces moisture retention and increases winterkill risk, while weed control supports rapid nutrient access and a vigorous spring crop.
Holder for disks and colters for sharpening
A device by J Z Hinds and M I Wright of Wall Lake Iowa describes a holder for disks and colters during sharpening. It features a movable frame on a stationary frame with a vertical shaft threaded into a fixed member, a crank on the shaft to raise and lower the frame, and a long shaft with a disk at its end driven by gearing from a transverse crank shaft.
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Scientific American
J. Z. Hinds
M It. Wright
Wall Lake
Rat exterminator uses car exhaust to kill rats
An Illinois farmer deployed car exhaust to kill rats in his chickenhouse. He ran the engine with a hose under the floor. Twenty rats attempted to flee but were killed by dogs and upon lifting the floor he found 140 rats dead or stunned, with none escaping.
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Illinois
Harvesting Advice for Strawberries
The article urges removing surplus runners and hoeing out excess plants to prevent crowding. It warns crowded patches yield a poorer crop next June and likens surplus runners to weeds to emphasize cleanup.
Old Sour Swill Barrel Disgrace to Your Farm
A fragment references a barrel described as old and sour and criticizes its use on a farm, labeling it a disgrace and urging better practices.
Colt's Teeth Care For Colt Health
If the colt shows trouble or poor eating, inspect his teeth. A sharp tooth cutting tongue or cheek prevents grinding food and causes distress. Sometimes a tooth needs extracting.
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Colle
Orchard sprayer demo nets 1800 profit in 1915 Missouri
A county agent reports an orchard spraying demonstration in Missouri that yielded about 1800 in profits for 1915, contrasting with typical earnings around 8500 to 8600 without spraying logs.
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Missouri
Thin Apples and Plums Pruned to Improve Growth
Advice to thin apple and plum trees to reduce fruit load. Expect stations indicate spacing should be four to the inches apart to promote better development and harvest quality.
German War Report Admits British Superiority In Air And Artillery
A British captured document titled the experience of the Fourth German Corps from the Battle of the Somme reveals German shortages in guns aeroplanes and war materiel while praising British infantry defense rapid consolidation and tenacity It also notes British air superiority sound signaling and the inadequacy of German communications and ammunition with food supplies reportedly sufficient.
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von Arnim
France
Germany
Somme
Count Sixt von Arnim
von Archim
von Armin
Fourth Corps
The
Chinese girl pioneers at Boston University business college
Miss Mabel Chen Fong, the first Chinese girl to attend Boston University and to enroll in the college of business administration, aims to study modern business methods and return to China to teach. She currently works as a salesgirl.
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Boston
Mass
College of Business Administration
Boston University
Mabel Chen Fong
Fong
Bostonian aims B B A degree then teaches business methods in China
She plans to obtain her Bachelor of Business Administration at the university and, after graduating, return to China to teach American business methods. She is a graduate of the girls high school and the daughter of Chen Fong of Boston.
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China
The
Girls High School
Chen Fong
Boston
Strychnine Kill Crows But Sparing Chickens Questioned
Harrisburg experts call on state colleges to explain why strychnine kills crows while leaving chickens unharmed. The livestock sanitary board circulated a warning on using poison and cited an experiment where brown leghorn chicks fed strychnine did not mind it, but crows fed the bait died.
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Harrisburg
State Department of Agriculture
State Lvestock Sanitary Board
Quall
First Appendectomy On Pacific Aboard USS Sheridan
The first successful appendectomy on the Pacific was performed at sea. Major G A Denn of the US Medical Corps operated on private Milton S Sineh after Finch fell ill three days out from San Francisco. Finch recovered and was moved to Presidio hospital upon arrival.
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San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
United States
Sheridan
Manila
Honolulu
Maj
G. A. Denn
United States Medical Corps
Milton S. Sineh
Finch
Dean
Philippines
Presidio
Cousins Wed by Telephone in Missouri and Alabama
Reverend ZT McCann of Memorial Methodist Church St Louis married his first cousin Carrie McCann of Oxford Alabama by long distance telephone. The ceremony occurred with the bride in Alabama and the groom in St Louis. Missouri forbids cousin marriages but Alabama allows it. lawyers say telephone marriage is legal.
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Fulton, Mo
ZT. McCann
Memorial Methodist Church
St. Louis
Carrie McCann
Oxford
Ala
Alabama
Missouri
McCann
Bellboy Youth Saves $500 From Tips in a Year
Ann Arbor teen John Summers, seventeen, saved five hundred dollars in twelve months from bellboy tips. He earns ten dollars a month plus board, with weekly tips ranging from ten to two hundred dollars. He bought a typewriter with his first savings and rents it to guests as a side line.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
John Summers
Old Hen Keeps on Laying in Beaverdale
Beaverdale Pa Thomas Mannion of Beaverdale street owns a hen aged thirty six years. The bird is not ailing but continually hatches a setting of eggs each year and continues to lay.
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Clara Bischoff
Beaverdale
Thomas Mannion
Beaverdale Street
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Colt
Teutonic Corps
Dirigible
Somme Region
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