Poultry Raising Hints From the Bureau of Animal Industry
The bulletin by G Arthur Bell outlines pure breeds, hen feeding, and house design for efficient poultry farming. It covers variety choice for eggs and meat, recommended breeds, indoor layout, winter feeding mash, and a suggested diet for chicks, plus the economic value of eggs and the scope of egg production.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
Wilson
Melvin
Bureau
G. Arthur Bell
Maine Experiment Station
Winter Egg-Laying Contest at Lady Warwick College
Consul Daniels in Sheffield reports a novel winter egg laying contest showing that laying strain and family lines matter more than breed. Four Buff Orpingtons led from Oct 16 to Nov 16 with 49 eggs and from Nov 16 to Dec 16 with 120 eggs, while beauty marks proved less predictive than lineage for egg production.
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Lady Warwick's
Ladies’ Agricultural College
Consul Daniels
Sheffield
England
Not the Laying Kind
A bashful young woman entered a Southern grocery with chickens to sell. She asked the price while presenting her birds on the counter. The clerk failed to see tied feet and asked if they would lay. She bit her handkerchief and replied they are roosters.
Weather Service expands quick forecast calls to farmers
Prof Willis L Moore directs extension of telephonic weather forecasts to agriculturists in multiple states. New York Pennsylvania Indiana Michigan and others already participate with rapid advisory notes. Maryland Virginia and West Virginia will soon join this service to aid farming decisions.
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Weather Service
Weather Bureau
United States
Willis L. Moore
New York
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Michigan
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Unlikely truths on dogs and tunnels across ranges
The bloodhound is often seen as ferocious but is in fact gentle like most dogs. The Pennsylvania Railroad considers tunneling the Allegheny Mountains while the Southern Pacific plans a Sierra Nevada tunnel. Tall people tend to live longer and spring births yield sounder constitutions.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Allegheny Mountains
Southern Pacific
Sierra Nevada Range
Nick Longworth Horse Tale Turns Sour on Fame's Shadow
A Cincinnati horseman recalls Nick Longworth nearly gaining fame when H M Ziegler offered to name a Kentucky yearling after him. Longworth chose the larger colt, which became Nick Longworth, while the other was named Hermis, famed as a legendary American racehorse. The named horse failed to win, leaving Longworth teased by friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Longworth
H. M. Ziegler
Cincinnati
Longworth
Kentucky
Ziegler
Mr. Longworth
Mr. Ziegler
Jockey Club
Hermis
Nick
Nor
Loneworth
The Negro as a Farmer by Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington argues in Washington that the Negro thrives in rural farms and dairies while urban life harms him. He notes strong white demand for trained Black workers in schools factories and farms and cites Tuskegee graduates finding positions before term end. He links education to broader ambitions and industrial growth in the South. He also uses a cork analogy to discuss buoyancy under pressure.
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Booker T. Washington
Washington, D. C
South
Tuskegee
Washington
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