Poultry digest explains digestion and breeding shifts
An Australian style treatise details the anatomy and digestion of fowl, describing crop, gizzard, and cloaca, and stressing saliva and proper feeding. It notes shifts toward pure breeds boosting show quality, market value, and the blending of utility and exhibition farming amid evolving practices.
Desirable Blend of Utility and Fancy Poultry
Poultry-keepers split between utility breeders and show fanciers. Public opinion shifted over two decades from mutual contempt to embracing pure breeds like Leghorns or Orpingtons. The change boosted profits for those who adopted pure-bred stock.
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Sydney Cuburle
Pune
Blute
England
Sydney Morning Herald
Agriculture in Japan Highlights Urban Rurals and Policy
The Agricultural Bureau of Japan publishes Outlines of Agriculture Japan noting 31 million people, six percent of 81 million, depend on farming. Landholdings average small, rents high, tenants toil with limited land. Rice dominates, with barley, silk, vegetables, and animal products following in importance. Government supports education, cooperation, and disease and pest control, aiming for self sufficiency and reduced cereal imports.
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Agricultural Bureau of Japan
Japan
Comtesse de Paris Visits Wood Nortone in Quiet Royal Privilege
The Comtesse de Paris, mother of the Duo Orleans, frequents Wood Norton with a lifestyle shaped by travel and adventure. She travels in a buskinlike coat, carries a stout walking stick, and shares a close bond with her daughter Queen Amelie. The Duo Orleans has built a museum at Wood Norton to house treasures from Arctic expeditions and other jakt adventures, curated by Purhimeeit with notable taste. The Magnot Moyal villa visit in October drew attention as guests toured the exhibits.
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Wood Nortone
Comtesse de Paris
Orleans
Abe
Wool Norton
Alee
Amelie
Nortom
Purhimeeit
Wood Nelson
The Foul Brood Troubles Of A New Zealand Beekeeper
A New Zealand beekeeping expert describes foul brood diseases, debated remedies, and the conflicting methods of Simmine and M’Evoy. The author shares long running struggles, lessons on disinfection, starve cures, hive hygiene, and personal experience from early beekeeping to present losses and costs.
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New Zealand
Otago
Simmine
Simmina
Jones
Condi
Meguy
M‘evoy
Brave criminal seized after canal rescue in Paris incident
A Paris canal rescue turned into a chase as a youth who saved two people fled when recognised. He was captured after a pursuit at a police depot and admitted he was wanted for a two year sentence. Officials praised his gallant act and may grant leniency.
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Paris
Daily Telegraph
The Dairy Profit Question and Cattle Quality
The text argues rich farmers can afford better cows while poorer ones cannot and must work harder. It notes profits in dairying hinge on cow quality and feeding, with reference to a Pan American model dairy where cows yielded about $8 annual profit after food costs.
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Oman
Booth
pan-American Model Dairy
English hop manuring experiments at Golden Green
A report by Dr. Bernard Dyer summarizes a year of experiments at Golden Green Hadlow Tonbridge England testing nitrogenous fertilisers on hops. Results support applying up to 2 cwt per acre of nitrate of soda, with liberal phosphate and potash, and note that 1 cwt per acre may be safe even in wet seasons for vigorously growing varieties like Fuggles.
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Golden Green
Hadlow
Tonbridge
Eng
Bernard Dyer
Mark Lane
Audi
Rials
Dyer
Champion Shorthorn Bull Aids Dairying Income
A home raised Champion Shorthorn bull proves one good cow can justify a herd sale income. Dairies in various regions can succeed with proper dairy methods and adaptable cattle. Judging focuses on individual merit, with discard if below standard. price does not always reflect usefulness for the ordinary dairyman.
Moisture in butter and Danish averages in farming notes
The article discusses moisture in butter and averages for Danish crops, noting permanent butter exhibitions at the Danke Government Laborate for Agricultural Research. It evaluates manure and nitrate applications, suggesting 6 to 8 cwt per acre of nitrate for certain hops, but warns against late nitrate use delaying hop ripening.
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Danke
World Champion Dairy Cow from Missouri Earns United Fame
The world champion dairy cow is Missouri Chief Josephine a Holstein Friesian owned by the University of Missouri College of Agriculture. The 1910 report notes 970 dairies in exhibitions, details butter moisture analyses, and records daily milk yield of 124 pounds over 183 days with a peak of 14 quarts in one day.
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Missouri
Josephine
The
College of Agriculture, University of Missouri
Pawnshop Bank Uses Public Pawn Office as Bank
United States Deputy Consul General reports from Frankfort that small tradespeople rely on the city public pawn office as a bank by taking loans and pledging goods. The Frankfort pawn office features thirty four rooms several jobs for the business employs a director and a staff of twenty persons.
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United States
Frankfort
American couple wed at sea off Scotland to bypass residence rule
A New York merchant Alfred Browne-Soott and Miss Stella Mabel Pearling married aboard a tug beyond Scotland's three mile limit on a frosty January day. With Rev Kennedy Cameron and two lawyers, they declared the ceremony legally Scottish at Inchkelth and returned to Leith by taxi with friends.
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Partiea
Laith
Winnvurgh
A Practical Top Coat for Travel and Everyday Wear
A versatile long top coat serves motoring travel and general utility. Made from double-faced cloth, cheviot, corduroy, or any cloaking material, it offers a rollable collar that forms lapels or buttoned fronts. Suitable for small women and young girls. emphasizes comfort and smartness.
Homely Fare The Making Of Gravy And Dishes
A vintage cooking guide details how to craft rich gravy from meat juices and stock, plus step by step recipes for Kidney Soup Chicken and Tomato Patties Victoria Pudding Curried Fish Easter Bun and Oranges Cake with tips on browning, thickening and steaming.
Humorous Scrapbook Panels of Village Life Dialogues
The prose vignette strings together comic exchanges among villagers and visitors. A magistrate, a sailor, a grocer, and various townsfolk trade quips about children, marriage, weather, and daily chores while snippets hint at a seaside or rural setting and lighthearted social foibles.
Hare Dish with Oranges and Herbs Stews in Rich Gravy
The recipe details hare preparation with butter, onions, and stock, then braises in claret or port with celery bay leaf parsley and thyme. Finish with blood mixed with claret and strain into a pan, serve with onions bacon and garnish. Also includes vegetable frying in butter, brown dusting, stock, and simmering for 15 to 20 minutes.
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