Soaking and Crushing Grain for Fattening Hogs and Minorca Fowls
Farmers share a method to prepare dry grain by soaking and crushing in a two vat system operable by horse or hand power. Fermentation enhances fattening value, with equipment placement in a barn basement and adaptable outdoor use. Also notes on Black Minorca fowls from Minorca Spain, their red facial features and size, plus a glance at Italian bees and potato crop yields.
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F. Shedd
Missouri River
Minorca
Balearic Isles
Spain
Typical Black Minorca Fowls Description and Traits
Typical Black Minorca fowls have red faces and glossy black plumage with metallic green reflections. They weigh about 6 pounds for cockerels and 4 to 6 pounds for pullets. Hens yield large eggs, around 200 per season, with strong foraging and confinement tolerance.
Revival of Nasturtiums and Simple Medical Remedies
Revival of interest in old-fashioned nasturtiums praised for bright color and long season in waste places. Also notes on glycerine remedies for coughs and throat irritation, including inhaled spray and mixtures with water or sulphuric acid, with care on freshness and timing. The piece also describes a watering trough design to separate strong and weak cattle in barnyards.
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New York Ledger
Naval Signals Learn Various Systems on Warships
At Newport Rhode Island the signal class trains boys to master multiple signaling codes. The Myer Wig wag dominates, with flag positions spelling letters, ends of word and sentence. International flags, Navy code, and Ardois lamp and searchlight systems are taught, with practice in reading and sending messages aboard ships.
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Newport
R. I
Nagisaki
Hong Kong
Sandy Hook
Ardois
Great Britain
France
Atlantic
New York Sun
The Lockpicking Youth Charles Kroekel in Camden Jail
Charles Kroekel, an eighteen year old mute, is jailed in Camden awaiting burglary trial. Son of a respected Southern New Jersey family, he began with theft as a youth, escaped reformatories, and earned a NJ police reputation for picking any lock. He was found with tools and memoranda, and a reporter recorded his own brief self description.
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Charles Kroekel
Camden City
Kroekel
New Jersey
May’s Landing
Krockel
Trenton
Camden
Mitches
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Press
Goose's Limited Mathematical Abilities
A Chicago Herald note describes seashore planners claiming wild geese can count only to two. In goose hunts, three men row to the blind, two return, fooling the birds into thinking no hunters remain. If two go and one returns, the geese avoid the area.
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Chicago Herald
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Poeke
Maynard
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Smith
Gian
Rouens
Naval Signals
Neo Cell
Goose
Woda
Fremont Eag
Stephen A. Powers
Norany
Decedents Estates
Reeves’ Town Store
Angola
Indiana
W. W. Snyder
Fremont
Bank OF Fremont
Fremont, Indiana
Susan Bart
Newt. G. Bart
Deese General Banking Business
Hilton House
Ripans
Sproce Street
Kew
York City
Allen
Allen Medical CO
Washington & Water Std
Boston
Mass
Washington
Water Std
Sheeler
Misons
Enienos
Wheeler & Wilson Mfg
Wasaeh
Guat
A. 2, Wells
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