Rajah the elephant dies after standoff with keeper
Rajah, the famed elephant from Bowdler’s circus, dies after a dramatic stretch of captivity. Miss Jane Holt, who befriended him, witnesses his final act as Graves is injured during the escape attempt. The dead beast’s tusks reveal a hidden treasure of rubies and gems.
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New Machine Eases Killing Fowls in Poultry Work
An exchange describes a new device that kills fowls humanely and neatly. The machine suspends the bird by the legs in a tubular casing, holds the head, drives a brain-impaling lance, and delivers a strike to the back of the head, preventing blood spatter and mess.
Control Watermelon Disease by Spray
Watermelon growers face anthracnose causing dark leaf spots and pink-centered fruit lesions. The USDA advises Bordeaux mixture sprays, using fresh mix, proper pump pressure, and timely applications two weeks before maturity and again a week later to reduce losses.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Protecting the face and hands in lime sulfur spray work
The article offers practical safety tips for fruit growers using lime sulfur sprays. It emphasizes eye protection with goggles, rubber gloves, face lubrication, and wearing heavy leather gloves when handling oily gear. It notes easier handling with miscible oils, warns against harsh summer sprays, and provides techniques to prevent strain during long spraying sessions and when dragging hoses.
Weight of Various Chicken Breeds Hatchling Rhode Island Red Lead
A fragment notes the hatch weight of Rhode Island Red at one and a half ounces and compares to weights at two weeks or later, indicating a table of breed weights.
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Rhode Island
Rethinking Calf Value in Dairy Economics
The article argues against crediting a cow with a fixed calf value per year. It proposes counting the calf only three days after birth, then treating the calf as market-driven by feed costs and that milk sales form the cow’s eventual wealth. It notes US milk production costs near five cents a quart and mentions a calf’s substantial early feed consumption.
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United States
Calf Value and Investment in Growth Costs
A writer argues that a newborn calf has only potential value and that labor, capital, and feeding determine its ultimate worth. The piece notes it costs more to raise a calf to productivity than its birth price, making a cow’s value tied to the calf’s eventual sale price rather than its initial value.
Method for Drying Up a Cow Before Calving
A cow should be dried off six weeks before calving. Drying may take two weeks depending on milk persistency. Remove rich feed and allow pasture or hay. Start by leaving some milk at first milking, then omit a milking, then milk every other day, then reduce further as needed. No fixed rule exists. best judgment and experience are required.
Desirable Grain Ration for Cows Described
An article discusses a grain ration combining corn and oats with cob meal and cottonseed. It cites a mixture totaling 60 pounds of oats and 160 pounds of cottonseed as a desirable feed option for dairy cattle.
Hand Stripping Favored Amid Unclear Debate
Fragments of a local note show discussion on hand stripping methods with unclear details. The text references ee aa and Phas tees aber a é oy, leaving what is favored or decided undetermined.
Madhiden Jeon's Bluff Called in Early Evening Transcript
A fragment cites a bluff by Bluffman asking to change a fifty dollar bill as a conflict over payment. Banks respond affirmatively while Bluffman delays payment until next week.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Free Offer Promises Book On Jam Cause And Care
A jumble of ad like lines touts a free book on jam causes and care, signed by Jease A Guss of Benckton Massachusetts and references a Brighter Side publication. It includes a trench warfare quote and a remark on opera attendance.
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