All Night Lighting Proves Value for Winter Eggs
The Rural New Yorker reports Ohio experiment station Bulletin 476 finding all night artificial lighting in henhouses boosts winter egg production. Trials show hens lit all night laid more eggs than those with no light or only morning light, with no fertility or hatchability harm. Benefits include aiding slow or inferior layers and reducing melt in production, plus a minor note on discouraging theft through night illumination.
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Ohio Experiment Station
Ohio
Keeping Flock Confined All Morning for Clean Eggs
Exes from Dale Willard farm Vermilion County ML head to Chicago for a trade that pays 10 to 15 cents more per dozen than local market. Willard keeps hens confined till noon to ensure clean eggs and higher first half production, arguing freedom all day leads to mud and soilier eggs.
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Dale Willard
Vermilion County
Chicago
Mr. Willard
Willard
Baby Chicks Feeding Guidelines and Care
Guidance for raising baby chicks advises a 7 hour fasting start, then five daily feeds of oatmeal or starter mash with a heaping tablespoon per chick, plus sour milk daily. Provide clean water, green forage after seven days, charcoal and grit, and strict cleanliness for best results.
Pullets Worth While
Slow-growing pullets that are not ready to lay until eight or ten months old are a dead loss. With good and strong pullets and hens fit to lay eggs and fed adequately, there will be a margin of profit from eggs this next winter. St. B. Thompson, in the Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman.
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St. B. Thompson
Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman
Poultry Hints for a Small Farmstart in Coops
A poultry farm with 900 birds needs about 15000 capital. Prepare the poultry house for the Dullets to move in promptly when they begin to lay. Used nesting material is too old. burn it out and vermin will go up in smoke. Provide clean fresh nesting material.
Turn Wheat Into Pork, and Profit
Wheat can replace corn in hog feed and often outperforms it in fattening hogs. Experiments show wheat’s high protein value, especially in shrunken or damaged wheat, and advise adding tankage to maximize gains. Ground or rolled wheat improves efficiency, soaking offers little extra value.
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I. J. Osland
Colorado Agricultural College
Steps to Avert Hopper Plague in 1932
Farmers in Canada and the United States are urged to co operate to check a threatened grasshopper plague. Two methods are suggested: deep plowing to destroy eggs and late fall cultivation to expose and destroy eggs. A rainy season could reduce pests to normal levels. Millions are being laid in fees, experts say, as the affected area stretches from the Rockies to the Great Lakes and from the north Saskatchewan river to prairie regions. In some districts the invasion is so heavy it plugs car radiators.
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Canada
United States
Rockies
Great Lakes
North Saskatchewan River
Ground Barley for Fattening Steer Calves
A 1930 University of Minnesota feeding trial shows ground barley in place of shelled corn yields good results for fattening steer calves. Replacing two pounds of shelled corn with two pounds of cane molasses lowers feeding value and profits. Substituting two pounds molasses for two pounds ground shelled corn slightly raises feed consumption and profits. Adding two pounds molasses per steer daily to ground barley, linseed meal and alfalfa hay does not improve the ration beyond increasing intake and reduces profits.
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University of Minnesota
Hogging Down Corn in Dairy Swine Operations
A dairy farmer notes the risks of hogs grazing cornfields and wasting grain. He warns that turning large fields into hog pens leads to overconsumption and waste, recommends small fenced sections, and emphasizes the need for proper protein supplements and a mineral mix to improve feed efficiency.
Soybean meal gains in feeding value versus linseed and cottonseed
Prairie Farmer reports soybean meal now priced comparably with inseed all meal and cottonseed meal. Dairymen and cattle feeders are urged to substitute soybean meal for linseed or cottonseed in fall and winter rations, as tests show equal feeding value.
Mother of the Films Faces Bankruptcy and Hope
Mary Baird, once famed as the "mother of the films," battles bankruptcy in Astoria with five dependents. Her ten year old daughter Doris tests her voice for a potential contract at Frank Hanway's studio, reviving a glimmer of old acting days as hunger looms and a director offers a star child role to Doris.
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Ary Baird
Astoria
Long Island
Doris
Mary Baird
Frank Hanway
Mary
Frank
Eden Musee
New York
Biograph Studios
Fourteenth Street
Hollywood
Wier
Magie
Sweet Home
Lady Luck
McClure
WN Bervice
The Margaretta and the Wreck of a British Schooner
An 18th century naval clash recounts the American capture of a British schooner, the brutal boarding, and the death of Captain Moore. It details a fierce fight with pitchforks and axes, the crew’s surrender, and the schooners’ delivery to Watertown before trial. Also recounted is the tale of Christian Schell the pioneer whose defense of Shell’s Bush in 1781 with his family and fort held off Loyalist and Indian attackers.
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Sailory
Dion
Margaretta
Machias
Moore
Ater
Halifax
O'Brien
Watertovwin
Mars
Christian Schell
New York
Shell
McDouill
Shell's Bush
Melmnald
Luther
Fort Dayton
Small
German
Western Newsvaner Union
Stop Rheumatic Pain With New External Treatment
A bold ad promotes an external preparation for rheumatic pain and neuritis, claiming rapid relief within hours. It states the product reduces infection germs and restores normal vitality, offering a single doll or two for free sample. It urges readers to contact their local druggist or mail $1.25 for a full set.
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Bed& M
Youthful Frankie Declines Criticism in Playful Exchange
A child named Frankie resists singing and playing as others do, fearing how people might judge him. The passage notes the difficulty of hard work and a boy's preference for challenging tasks, while an unsuccessful man views his fate as worse than it should be.
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Ife
Postage Stamps in Use in the United States 3 denominations
The piece lists U S postage stamp denominations and subjects including late 19th and early 20th century issues. It notes portraits of Lincoln Taft McKinley Ulysses S Grant Monroe Hayes Wilson and Franklin, plus commemorative designs like the Cross and American Indian themes. Air mail stamps feature wings and map motifs in blue brown and green.
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United States
George Neton
Abrabant Lincoln
Taft
William McKine
Ulysses S. Grunts Feent
Screll
Hayes
T-cent
Pers
Tcent
Win Sri Secunt
Porkral
Teeter Sprekal Hind Saevent
Wilson
Mikvent
Golden Gate
Amp
Woodrow
Niagara Falls
Artington
Lincoln
Memorial
United States Capitol
Benjamin Franklin
Air Mail
Mining in New York State Yields Diverse Subsurface Resources
New York is not known for mining gold or silver yet its subsurface deposits surpass many states with common resources. The New York State Museum notes more than thirty minerals are mined, including hesite, meludizis, iron, zinc, pyrite, salt, calcium sulfate, stone and clay, highlighting a diverse extraction landscape.
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New York
New York State
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A pithy proverb about money and labor contrasts investing money with storing coal at home and the skill of knowing when to leave or remain, reflecting domestic ethos.
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Atson
Frankie
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