Incubators and Brooders Transform Poultry Raising on Farms
The United States Consular Report describes incubators and brooders as modern allies for poultry farmers. Incubators increase hatch reliability, allow year round production, and enable uniform flock ages and sizes. They reduce nest work, improve winter rearing, and lower handling costs, with collectors paid by eggs per pound and total farm costs around one and a half cents per dozen.
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Aly
Circle Board
United States
Packing and Grading Eggs in Denmark
Workers, mostly women, grade eggs by weight across six classes from 6% to 9 kilograms per 120 eggs. Frames hold ten dozen eggs, weighed, sorted, then eyed under glass in a lighted hopper. Graded eggs are packed in four layers with rye straw between layers, branded, and shipped by the cooperative company.
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Denmark
To Get Winter Eggs From a Longtime Poultry Expert
J. K. Austin of Illinois County Illinois shares essentials for winter egg production. Maintain a warm coop around 40 degrees above zero, feed varied grains sparingly, avoid fatty corn, keep pens clean, and prevent foul foods. Encourage exercise by scattering grain in litter and refresh nest litter regularly. Green cut bone is highlighted as a prime stimulator of production.
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J. K. Austin
Inoquais County
A Few Sheep In Defense of Small Flocks on Farms
A Northern viewpoint urges every farm to maintain a small flock of sheep to reduce weed growth and benefit arable land. It notes sheep weed control, night penning to avoid dog predation, and the need for secure fences, warning that sheep production has fallen across states east of the Mississippi, harming both nation and farmer.
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Mississippi
Pigs In Prison on Small Country Pens
In alder districts pigs are kept in tiny pens with little or no outdoor space. The practice leads to troubles like thumps and poor welfare. Authors argue pigs deserve exercise and larger yards, ideally with rotating sections for green forage to improve health and productivity.
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Alder Parta
Manipulated Test at Vermont Creamery Causes Cash Theft
Vermont creamery patrons used a sleight of hand to swap test bottles with rich cream. One man gained over a thousand dollars from the deception before officials set a trap and recovered the funds.
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Vermont
More Trophies for College Boys at Chicago Exposition
The Union Stock Yards and Transit Company of Chicago offers two new trophies to replace the Spoor trophy held by Iowa State College. One trophy honors excellence in judging cattle hogs and sheep and the other for judging horses. Prizes target students from agricultural colleges in the United States and Canada at the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago the first week of December, with additional cash prizes expected.
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Union Stock Yards and Transit Company of
Chicago
Spoor
Iowa State College
United States
Canada
Orchard Neglect Leads to Failed Projections
Fragmentary lines describe an orchard not tended which suffered from overrun grass and improper planting by city men who hoped for great fortunes, ending in failure.
Livestock Trends Shift Southward in Illinois and Indiana
Rene Mey outlines how live stock interests are moving south through Illinois toward the Southern States. He notes small but growing stock farms in northern Illinois and discusses the climate, costs, and capital needed to establish large scale operations. He argues livestock presence builds land value while absence leads to depreciation over generations.
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Illnois
Illinois
Ivo
Indiana
Care In Dressing Animals Warns of Tuberculosis Risk
A Chicago butcher, G. B. W., reports an accident while cleaning cattle viscera that pierced his hand with a meat hook. Despite initial recovery, he developed an axillary abscess with tubercle bacilli and later died of pulmonary tuberculosis seven months after the wound.
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Chicago
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Systematic Feeding for Farm Animals Promotes Health
A farmer should provide regular, uniform portions for all livestock to avoid digestive issues and poor returns. Irregular feeding reduces vigor, disrupts digestion, and lowers productivity in cows, pigs, and sheep, stressing the need for a consistent feeding schedule.
Veteran Diaz Re-elected President of Mexico Without Opposition
Porfirio Diaz was formally elected President of the republic on July 1 with Ramon Corral as vice president. Returns show no opposition to either candidate. Diaz will serve six years. Corral expected to become president later, with Gov. Miguel A. Ahumada possibly named interior minister after Corral’s succession.
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Porfirio Dian
Republic of
Mexico
Ramon Corral
Mr. Corral
Porfirio Diaz
Corral
Ponl
Diaz
Miguel A. Ahumada
Jalisco
Interior
Richer Than Hetty Green Mary Pinkney the Richest Spinster
Mary G Pinkney an 87 year old spinster in New York is said to be wealthier than Hetty Green and Helen Gould She winters in Hotel Buckingham apartments and summers on a Bronx farm worth about 2000000 She raises garden truck and flowers and is described as an excellent farmer and not eccentric though not fond of charity.
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Mary G. Pinkney
New York
New York City
Hetty Green
Helen Gould
Miss Pinkney
Buckingham
Bronx
Russell Sage
Platt Critically Ill Son of New York Senator
Frank H. Platt son of Senator Platt remains critically ill with typhoid fever in Manhattan apartment. After eleven days in treatment physicians fear he may not survive the crisis.
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New York
Frank H. Platt
Senator Platt
The
Wan Prat
Flo
Sultan’s Progressive Tastes At Moroccan Court Shock Age 16
The young sultan of Morocco, still just 16, pursues foreign and ultramodern tastes despite popular opposition. He has formed a band of over 100 musicians transported by camel from Larrash to Fea and favors Constantinople harems over native beauties. His push for Parisian attire for his wives faces resistance at court.
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Sultan
Morocco
Larrash
Fea
Constantinople
Vast Rosebud lands open for settlement July twenty eighth
The government offers thousands of acres in the Rosebud Indian reservation in southeastern South Dakota for settlement. Each 160 acre tract will be allotted to successful drawers at nominal cost with staged payments and a five year residence requirement. US citizens 21+ or heads of families under 21 may enter. Civil War and Spanish American War veterans receive service credit.
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South Dakota
Bam
Rosebud
Gregory County
Missouri
Niobrara Rivers
Ft Ad
United States
Bjork Reelected Leader at Swedish Covenant Convention
Rev. Dr. C A Bjork, reelected president of the Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant of America, heads the organization at its twentieth annual convention in Paxton Illinois. Founded in 1886, the covenant has grown to about 20 000 members and 180 churches with missions in Alaska and China along with North Park College and Covenant Hospital.
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Bjork
Swedish Evangelical Mignant
C. A. Bjork
Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant of America
Paxton, Il
Covenant
Millstone
Alaska
China
North Park College
Covenant Hospital
Indian Court of Justice Led by Three Ponca and Otoe Judges
A Saturday court at White Eagle TT hears misdemeanors of Ponca and Otoe members. Little Soldier leads as chief justice with Hig Goose and Rough Face as associates. They speak no English on the bench and levy the heaviest fines, each paid ten dollars monthly.
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Indian Court of Justice
White Eagle
Indian Department
Little Soldier
Pot
Hig Goose
Rough Face
Count De Castellane Returns to Spotlight in Fat Controversy
Anna Gould's husband Count Bont de Castellane surfaces again amid a public taunt about his rapidly increasing weight. Paris foreign correspondents note his absence from social life and fashion circles as his waistline becomes a talking point. The tale stirs commentary on his public image and tailoring woes.
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Count Gastellane
Anna Gould
Count Bont de Castellane
Paris
Floating Theater to Be Towed Up the Rhine
A floating theater with restaurant and seats for 2000 is under construction in Amsterdam and will be towed up the Rhine for performances at riverside towns. Police rescue a dog thrown into a 120 foot well at Boa Forge Wednesbury England. Erie Railroad advertisements promote summer tours and cheap rates. Leprosy rates among fish eaters cited in Minicoy and Kaligoan regions.
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Boa: Forge
Wednesbury
England
Amsterdam
Rhine
Erie Railroad Company
Halfway Exchange
Chicago
Chautauqua Lake
Cambridge Springs
India
Minicoy
Indian Ocean
Kaligoan
Harper's Weekly
Horsemen's Kindergarten Fire Brigade Instruction
An order to the London Metropolitan Fire Brigade directs horse trainers to be strict yet kind to the horses, avoid playing with them, and refrain from encouraging them with sugar and carrots.
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London Metropolitan Fire Brigade
Henry Pry Brings Home Manifold Manuscript Brains
Mrs Pry challenges Henry Pry as he returns with a roll of manuscript. He boasts of brains, while she retorts she expected nothing in his head. The oddly phrased exchange highlights a domestic/comic moment from the era.
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Henry
Mrs. Pry
Mr. Pry
Make Yourself Felt as an All-Round Community Leader
An educational motto urges breadth and thorough study so you gain influence in commerce contracts agriculture and civic life. It promotes being a well rounded man of bread ideas and general culture within the community.
Accidental discovery turns coffee drinkers to Postum health
A Missouri woman recounts decades of stomach misery and false diagnoses until switching from coffee to Postum cured her spells. After trial with Postum at home, she and her family saw health and energy improve, and she stopped coffee forever. The ad cites Postum Co, Battle Creek, Michigan, urging a ten day trial as a test truth for coffee drinkers.
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Mixsouri
Pontum
Postum
Postum Co
Hattle Creek
Mich
Cofton
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Rene Mey
Absara
PORTO
F. H. Platt
Squth Dakota
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