Breeding Males Key to High Egg Production in Flocks
Poultry experts urge buying cockerels with clear trapnest records from the mother to ensure high winter egg production. A 30-egg winter average can reach about 200 eggs yearly, though factors like late spring can reduce output. Buyers should demand exact pedigrees and avoid 200-egg miracle claims.
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University of Missouri Poultry Farm
Sheep Need Regular Water and Salt for Health
Farmers should provide sheep with a daily supply of clean water in all seasons. When water is scarce, sheep may drink dirty water or eat snow. Adequate water improves appetite and body condition, and salt is also essential alongside good hay and grain feeds.
Systems of Feeding Fowls in Dry and Mash Methods
Two systems exist for feeding fowls dry feed and mash. The dry-feed system saves labor and lowers bowel trouble risk from sloppy or soured mashes, while the mash system uses a moistened daily feed.
Convenient Stable Rake with Dual Edges
A single piece metal rake with two working edges. The toothed edge gathers loose fitter while the smooth edge lifts finer particles passing through the teeth. Designed for efficiency in stable cleaning.
Plan for Purchasing Farm Equipment and Livestock
A guide stating that buying a farm often includes already on site equipment live stock and materials. Such a purchase yields income from the outset and can enable ongoing operation with minimal or no loss.
Welcome Relief From the Tortures of Rheumatism
An 8.8.8 remedy claims to purge rheumatic germs from blood, promising relief. The advertisement cites 8.8.8 as a superior blood purifier and antidote to rheumatism, with a Birmingham address and medical advice line at 107 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
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Swift Laboratory
Atlanta, Ga
Dreaded Goodwin Sands In Kent Chronicle
The English coast has long feared Goodwin Sands once an island named Lomea owned by Earl Godwine. Its shifting sands, exposed to Dover Strait, ruined ambitions for a light and led to funds diverted to a church at Tenderden. In November 1708 a hurricane sank 123 warships near the area.
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Goodwin Sands
Terra Firma
Lomea
Earl Godwine
Goodwin
Dover Strait
Tenderden
Lomen
Kentish
Aid to Business: College Careers Help Tobacco Trade
A Yonkers Statesman quip notes a student's college activity of smoking about 7,000 cigarettes a year. The joke implies schools indirectly aid business by shaping consumer habits and industry demand.
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Beacon
Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
Quick Correction Sparks Tense Home Arrival Talk
Dialogue shows a sharp correction as she asks for nine o clock return. He hedges then offers ten minutes to nine resolving the time dispute with a brief clash.
Old Time Jazz Weddings
Parents of the bride gift the groom a song and dance as a jazz wedding custom noted by Dallas News reflecting era style and social rituals.
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Dallas News
Brander Matthews Critiques American Short Story
At a Columbia tea, Brander Matthews, a renowned critic, urged American short story writers to favor beauty over mercenary concerns. He noted a writer who described a tale as realistic and joked about how much money it might realize.
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Brander Matthews
Columbia
Mr. Matthews
Eccentric Clerk and the Postage Stamp Wound
A Chicago businessman's clerk suffered a cheek scarring from a wire basket fall. Lacking court plaster, he applied three two cent stamps to the wound and carried on working. The employer, seeing the stamps, quipped that the clerk carried too much postage for second class matter.
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Chicago
Absent-minded Professor Recalls Miss Clausset Wedding
In a playful exchange, an absent-minded professor recalls a memorandum about Miss Clausset’s wedding. He initially forgets the groom, then realizes he himself is to marry her, prompting a surprised admission from his sister.
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Clausset
Classet
John
The Real Thing
A brief column humorously contrasts genuine science salesmanship with a joke about selling a suit to a man seeking a collar. The dialogue frames the punchline around a misunderstanding of value and expertise in a shop setting.
You Can Be Sure of This Always
A terse aphorism asserts that no effort exceeds the best possible result, implying talent or luck cannot improve upon one’s best attempt and urging acceptance of outcomes. The line emphasizes discipline and humility in pursuit of excellence.
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O. W. Harvey
University of Missouri College of Agriculture
English Coast
Graveyard of the Ocean
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