Fairy Tale News from Natureland Hits Midnight Feast
A whimsical Natureland News edition recaps fairy realm happenings read aloud at a Qld Witty Witch’s Cave supper. Items include Mistress Lacey and the Forgetting Habit, String-Bean Joe the Africa monkey, General Sparrow’s bath, hay tides, worm shortages, and playful fairy family chatter before a midsummer moon dance.
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Hille Brownie
Natureland News
Bennie
Qld
Witty Witch's Cave
Bulle
Pond Fairy
Effie Elf
Peter Gnome
Goontes
Brownies
Bogey
Oaf
Mr. Giant
Billie
Lacey
Lucy
Africa
Joe
Tie
Zoo
Tony
Iide Mahalla
Tess
Mahalia
Melly
Desmond
Witch
Believing in Signs Teacher Delay Lesson
A concise cartoon' style exchange shows a student asking why he is late. The teacher rebukes as a sign on the road reads School ahead Go Slow, illustrating how a warning sign misled the student about the route.
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Bobby
Improper Feeds Cause Big Loss in Sheep
The United States Department of Agriculture reports most range sheep losses stem from improper feeding. Many producers misuse remedies while digestive troubles arise from feeding conditions. Proper diagnosis, feeding methods, and sanitation could cut losses, with 75 percent due to feeding and 25 percent to disease, parasites, or poisons.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal ‘Industry
Idaho Board of Sheep Commissioners
F. L. Murray
Bureau
Salt Lake City
Intermountain
Preventing Gapes in Chicks by Clean Ground Rearing
The article explains gapes in chicks arise from parasitic worms in soil. Purdue urges raising chicks on clean ground, plowing infected soil, and crop rotation. If soil remains contaminated, keep chicks off ground for a year. WV experiment station suggests three drops of ervolin per pint of water for affected chicks. Prevention is advised as curing gape-prone birds is ineffective.
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Purdue University
West Virginia
Save Wheat by Burning Grasshoppers at Night
Kansas State Agricultural College entomology department advises farmers to burn dry grasshoppers roosting on tall weeds at night to protect wheat fields. If burning isn’t possible, monitor newly sown fields and apply poison when hoppers attack. Early wheat leaves can regrow after minor damage, but heavy feeding risks death.
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Department of Entomology
Kansas State Agricultural College
Cause of Bowel Trouble in Hens
Digestive disorders from feed cause hen bowel trouble. Dry mash helps. Bran can stop the trouble. White diarrhea affects chicks and may be carried by old birds without signs. Post mortems on dying hens reveal unusual conditions.
Birds and seed loss curbed by feeding fowls
Farmers can prevent fowls interfering with new grain crops by feeding the birds. Hungry hens follow crews across cornfields and dig up seed. a morning feeding of shelled corn stops this behavior. Birds will not scratch for grain if fed without effort.
Eradication of TB Progress Report on U S cattle tests
The United States Department of Agriculture reports nationwide progress in eradicating bovine tuberculosis. April saw 45,163 reactors found from 815,386 cattle tested, with 10,794,010 cattle under supervision nationwide. Iowa leads with over a million cattle supervised. numerous states range from 100,000 to 1,000,000 under supervision.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Iowa
Tlineis
Michigan
Missouri
New York
Wisconsin
Indiana
Minnesota
Kentucky
Montana
North Carolina
North Dakota
Nebraska
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Washington
California
Georgia
Dato
Kansas
Maine
Vermont
Protein Adds Profit for Eggs, Kempster Says Hens
B L Wempster of Missouri Agricultural College reports ten years of feeding trials showing meat scrap tankage and dairy by products boost egg production. Hens fed animal protein averaged 112 to 125 eggs per hen vs 61 in a non protein check. Protein reduces feed per egg by about half and raises output with meat scrap and tankage.
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B. L. Wempster
Missouri Agricultural College
Missouri Station
Poultry and crop tips from old farm bulletin
Sweet clover should be cut six to eight inches high, spinach is easy and profitable, Manchu soybeans yielded well last season, well bred chickens need good feeding. Control mites in poultry and sow soybeans after corn for maximum hay. Lactic acid buttermilk feeds aid chicks and disease resistance. A national poultry exposition is under discussion. Manure value figures from Ohio station show $3.450 per ton when fresh, $2.92 after three months in barnyard.
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Miunure Hanlel
Ohio Station
Nutrition tips for dairy cows during lactation and dry periods
A Rural New Yorker style article stresses coordinated rations for dairy cows in and out of production. It recommends 80 lb cornmeal and 30 lb ground oats per day for dry periods, with gluten or gluten meal as summer protein, and notes high protein needs during lactation. It advises alfalfa or clover hay over millet or mixed hay and suggests beet pulp as a moist succulent feed to boost daily production.
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New Yorker
Alfalfa and Silage for Dairy Cows Without Grain
An experiment running a decade shows average dairy cow milk output of about 260 pounds of butter annually using alfalfa hay and corn silage without grain. The report argues alfalfa and silage form a balanced ration for average cows, suggesting a potential one third production gain with no grain, and notes the value of alfalfa per ton and per acre with guidance on seeding as late as June.
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Minnesota
Dairy Facts on Silage for Cows and Breeding
The note emphasizes summer silage as year round feed and warns against keeping poor cows. It also mentions that seven breeders differ on breeding bulls when silage is fed and cautions that excessive sage in the diet can distend the paunch, which is undesirable.
Too Rough on Parson in Massachusetts Court Docket
1656 docket notes Henry Walton fined for saying he would rather hear a dog bark than Rev Cobbell's sermon. John Studty fined for stealing his master's ox and selling it back. Robert Edwards fined for wearing excess apparel with sleeve lice and gold buttons. Passing remark on Chinese graves decorated with colored paper streamers.
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Massachusetts
Henry Walton
Reverend Cobbell
John Studty
Robert Edwards
Saving a Life by Melba A Letts Girl Pet Bird
Three year old Melba A filler of Letts Indiana finds a baby bird and brings it into the house asking to keep it as a pet. After mother consents Melba leaves, returns with the bird missing and explains she gave it to the cat to keep it from dying.
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Melba
Ind
Mother
Indianapoli News
Dead Failure Senator Cameron Luncheon Mercantile Marine
Senator Cameron spoke at a luncheon analyzing the mercantile marine situation. He warned business men striving to build the mercantile fleet that they risk their fate if they do not act cautiously. A narrative about a medic and a horse chase ends with the medic declaring the horse dead after being whipped, implying a fatal result.
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Cameron
Mercantile Marine
Are You This Man Aims to Sell Honest Merchandise
A recruitment notice from H F Reiss Vice-President offers a selling plan for a large lighting and cooking system company. It invites farm men and others to join, learn selling, train with seasoned merchants, drive their own car, and be over 25, to work from 3rd Avenue address in New York.
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Saft
H.F. Reiss
Forty-second St
New York
Aar
English Forestry Commission Replants 30 Million Trees
The forestry commission aims to replace wartime forest losses by planting 30 million trees covering 16,000 acres. The effort will double next year and continue thereafter to restore English woodlands.
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Forestry Commission
Woman’s back stopped aching after Lydia E. Pinkham’s use
Mrs Paice of 147 W Summit Avenue St Paul Minnesota testified that her chronic back pain bearing down feeling and monthly sickness disappeared after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. She reports regained strength does housework and cares for her three year old daughter and recommends the remedies to friends.
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St. Paul, Minn
Pope
Lydia EB
Pinkham
Lydia FE. Pinkam
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