Secrets of Bird Migration Across the Americas
A biological survey of agriculture reveals key findings on bird migration and wintering behavior. Over 2,000 observers contributed data totaling more than 500 000 observations, showing routes from Canada to Argentina and wintering in the Gulf states and beyond. The record journey belongs to the nighthawk with flights exceeding 8 000 miles.
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North
South America
West Indies
United .Es
Canada
North Pole
Anarctic
United States
Gulf States
Central
Texas
Cuba
Lesser Antilles
Gulf of Mexico
Mexico
Equator
Pampas
Argentina
North America
Peru
New England
Drazil
Alaska
Caribbean Sea
Fatagonia
Animal Pawnshop Flourishes in New York City
D Potter, trainer for the New York Hippodrome, runs an animal pawnbroker that accepts camels lions elephants and many others with no interest charges only the cost of care. A dog pawned for twenty dollars, though worth fifty, escaped its door while the dog’s trainer and pawnbroker faced the incident.
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New York City
D. Potter
New
Feeding Chicks: Moist Mashes and Varied Rations
Poultry guidance notes chicks grow fast on moist mashes but need balanced digestion. Alternate mash and grain, offer dry mash, and provide succulent foods to prevent imbalance. Eggs can be fed with corn meal, but avoid overfeeding. include stale bread mixed with corn meal and beef scraps as a quick, palatable mash.
Birds and shrubs shape wild birds in Illinois study
A University of Illinois bulletin explains birds favor different surroundings for feeding nesting and refuge. It notes 76 percent depend on trees or shrubs and two thirds of Illinois birds rely on wooded or shrub habitats while forests’ loss shifts species to open fields and hedges. A retired clergyman successfuly hatches chicks under hens and incubators without artificial heat.
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University of Illinois
Illinois
8. A. Forbes
Alcohol Milk Test Not a Reliable Bacteria Substitute
Bacteriologists state the 68 percent alcohol milk test is not a reliable substitute for bacterial examination. The test yields a precipitate with lactic acid or rennet bacteria, but many other bacteria can cause negative results, especially in mixed market milk. In single cows, a positive reaction signals abnormal milk and a need for herd examination and better handling.
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Europe
Department of Agriculture
Department
Pest Control for Poultry Vermin with Kerosene Emulsion
The article advises poultrymen to combat lice and mites with a kerosene emulsion sprayed into cracks and crevices. It describes making the emulsion from kerosene whale soap homemade soap and water, heating and mixing, then diluting before use. A spray pump is recommended and carbolic acid added to increase effectiveness.
Homemade Healing Lotions and Home Remedies
A column describes fragile healing lotions and old home cures. Instructions include an egg froth mixture with vinegar honey whisky salt alum and bluestone for sores. Rheumatism remedies use saltpetre oil rubs. Neuralgia and sciatica employ potato poultice baths with hot potato water for several days.
Landrith to Speak at Local Chautauqua Final Day
Dr Ira Landrith president of Ward Belmont College Nashville Tenn will speak the afternoon and night of the last chautauqua day He has been a renowned humorist thinker and orator touring cities over a hundred thousand population and recently spoke twelve times in Chicago His Southern eloquence patriotism and vision mark him as a leading southern educator and YMCA leader poised to appear on the local platform once in a decade
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Ira Landrith
Ward- Belmont College
Nashville
Tenn
Doctor Landrith
Sea
Chicago
Armory
Souther
William Grady
International Y. M
South
Manure Fertility Values and Mixing Tips From Ohio Experiment Station
A report from the Ohio Experiment Station details nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash contents in fresh and dried hen manure, cattle manure, and yard manure. It discusses mixing with acid phosphate to fix ammonia, warns against lime in ashes, and provides a mixing ratio to emulate a 2-10-2 fertilizer using dry hen manure, acid phosphate, and unleached hardwood ashes.
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Ohio
Ohio Experiment Station
Brunter submerged firing system for steam generation
The Brunter system of submerged firing creates steam by igniting a high pressure gas jet beneath water in a cast steel steam generator. The liquid and gaseous combustion products enter a cast iron boiler, using coal or oil as fuel, with a German chemical firm cited as a user of the Brualer boiler.
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Bruwler
Germany
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