Sharples Mechanical Milker a Success at Hershey Farms
The Hershey Demonstration Farms showcase the Sharples Mechanical Milker, praised as the latest in milking technology. James Th Thoms, Illinois State University agriculture graduate, manages operations while the system uses a gasoline engine and a dual pump to mimic calf suckling, milking rapidly with gentle teat cups and a two-part pulsator for continuous, sanitary operation.
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Hershey
Dy Th James
Illinois State University
Department of Agriculture
Sharples Mechanical
Nature Milker
Sharples
Lebanon Fair Promises Four Race Days and New Exhibits
The Ever Greater Lebanon Fair runs August 27 to 30 with four daily racing events and a big racing day purse of 5000 dollars. State College will showcase an educational agricultural exhibit in a new Horticultural building, plus livestock and poultry displays and expert lectures. Local merchants exhibits fill the main Exposition Building as vaudeville acts headline between racing heats.
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Lebanon
Pennsylvania State College
Educational Agricultural Commission
State College
Lebanon Valley
Lebanon: Pigeon and Poultry Association
Love at first sight or second look
A brief exchange wonders if love can strike instantly and if wisdom favors doubt. The speaker questions belief in instant romance while admitting value in a careful second look to judge true feelings.
Answering the Signal Hogs Draw Crowd in West Virginia Mountains
A traveler reports odd behavior by razor-pack hogs gathered around a tree in Southern West Virginia. The hogs, fed by a dishonest hired man, refused to respond to his calls until a woodpecker in a tree was heard, signaling feeding time.
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West
Virginia
Handy Calculator Lesson From Grover Two Dollars Fifty Four Cents
A reader describes a simple arithmetic dialogue where Johnny counts prices for prunes rice pies candy and candles totaling two dollars and fifty four cents. Grover confirms the total and thanks him.
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Johnny
Grover
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D. L. James
Walter T. Bradley
Hoffer Shore
Engle
Hummelstown
George P. Hoffer
Swatara
M. Hoffer
Palmyra
Toemery Landis
Telephone Escuiceisicas
I. T. Basehore
Hershey, PA
Pri Rcean
P. Vanderlag
S. Third Street
Harrisburg
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