Pay Poultry Disease Proving Serious
Extension specialist G In Fermison reports a rising toll from range paralysis in farm flocks. The disease affects chicks from about fourteen to eighteen weeks, with lameness, paralysis, blindness, and wing droop as early signs. Sanitation, reduced crowding, small rearing units, and segregation from older hens are advised until a prevention method is found. Some chicken families show resistance.
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Fermison
Ohio
WNU
Exceptional Rhode Island hen yields 442 eggs in two years
A North Dakota study notes one Rhode Island hen producing 284 eggs in year one and 198 in year two, totaling 442 eggs over two years. She consumed 190 pounds of feed, delivering $10 in egg value and $2 feed cost, yielding about $4 annual gross profit.
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A. Barton
Poultry Department
North Dakota Experiment Station
Rhode Island
Powliry
Wallace
Treating Chick Disease With Ointment From Oils and Camphor
An article from Missouri Farmer advises ointment treatment for Colds and Roup in chickens. The recipe combines olive oil gum camphor and carbolic acid heated cooled and mixed carefully to avoid explosions. Apply to head face and wattles every second or third day and in severe cases place some ointment in the mouth roof opening during head massage.
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Missouri
Feeding layers by appetite when birds regain health
When birds are out of condition feed according to their appetites. As flocks recover, resume regular feeds gradually. Even healthy layers differ in taste, so one flock may prefer grain while another wants something else. It pays to give them what they want.
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Cream
State Guard
Ling
Paris
London
New York
Cross-Breeding Poultry for Profit and Weight Gain
Cross-breeding lighter weight hens with heavier breed males can boost live weight by one to two pounds per bird. While crossbred pallets may not match very heavy layer breeds, they can still offer profitable laying through winter and spring and may produce superior offspring.
U. S. Wheat Crop Poorest Recorded
Ohio State University reports prospects for the winter wheat crop are the poorest on record. Ohio may exceed average while Kansas Nebraska and Oklahoma face far below average yields. The total U S crop is estimated at 334 million bushels with two thirds winter wheat and one third spring wheat.
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Ohio State University Agricultural ‘College Extension Service
WA Service
United States
Ohio
Department of Rural Economics
Ohio State University
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Brighter Outlook for United States Corn Market
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics expects less global competition for US corn this year due to a smaller Argentine crop and South African crop reductions. Argentine 1933 forecast at 264 million bushels versus 293 million in 1932. 1931 record was 420 million. Old crop stocks are low, export supplies around 0.0 billion bushels as of March 1. Shipments in March reached about 7.8 million bushels. The bureau notes future Argentine shipments will mainly come from the new crop. US corn supplies remain higher than last year despite heavy farm consumption.
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United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Soybeans for Brood Sows and Market Pigs
Soybeans may be safely fed to brood sows during gestation at half to three fourths of a pound per head per day and during the suckling period at one pound daily. Avoid soy for market pigs after weaning as it causes soft pork. A mineral mix of limestone, bone meal, and salt should accompany soybean feeding.
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Yallace
Explosives Taught to Alabama Farmers for Soil Work
Alabama farmers are being taught to use explosives by the agricultural extension service of Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Demonstrations include blasting boulders and stumps to aid farming implements. Later lessons will cover dynamiting to control erosion.
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Alabama
Agricultural Extension Service of
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Farm Trends and Practices Across United States Farms
The report notes more cows on U S farms than ever before and recalls ancient Rome farmers using smudge fires. It cites French weed control with sulphuric acid, Alamance county demonstrations of 37 crop rotation plans, and 1932 Ohio feeds expenditures of 3 745 million dollars vs 39 883 million in 1929. It warns mares foaling require avoiding pulling hard heavy loads and deep water, while Oregon farms plan windbreaks using state forest nursery trees.
The Fable of the Tired Typicals 8
In Serylea a eccentric figure Reuben Glue dodges city crowds in a linen duster and carpet bag as a traffic obstacle. A Polish descent constable and a curious cast of characters from a flapper to a Sheik discuss fame, modern life, and rules. The piece ends with a cautionary moral: be yourself even under strict social rules.
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Reuben Glue
Rutabaga Center
Trattic
Majolica Ware Origins and Shifting Definitions
The history of majolica traces to Majorca and early Italian lusterware of the fifteenth century. Over time the term broadened to cover enamel wares and even general glazed ceramics, while true lusterware remained called mezza majolica.
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Majorca
Italy
Rare Moa Eggs Gifted to Auckland Museum
Two moa eggs were presented to the Auckland museum described as gifts of exceptional value. Moa, a giant New Zealand bird long extinct, would have roamed forests. Only six other moa eggs are known, and the two exhibited eggs bear fossilized moa skeletons.
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New Zealand
Auckland
Chinese flood control feat marks rapid earthwork milestone
An engineering achievement in China built to prevent repeats of the 1951 floods, with enough earth to form a wall three feet high and three feet wide encircling the globe four times, piled in just over a year to protect millions from disaster and starvation.
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China
Khartoum Siege Notes Sold to Lord Bate of Edinburgh
The final notes issued and signed by General Gordon during the Khartoum siege were purchased by Lord Bate of Edinburgh, Scotland. The notes on gray paper bear their values in Arabic script and Gordon’s signature in the right corner.
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Khartoum
Gordon
Lord Bate
Edinburgh
Scotland
Debutante Etiquette Across Thecentury Social Forms
Emily Post reflects on debutante rituals from balls to tealeings, noting dowager influence waning and invitations by peers guiding modern practice. She suggests flexible conventions by locality, and ends with advice on staying socially adept through dancing, games, or other pursuits.
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George Ade
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Serylea
Roxbury
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Diefy & Straw
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Alan
Cal Wagner
Sandusky
Ann Pennington
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House
Wwnu Servier
Sydney Bulletin
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Rinso
Petra Estes Mein Ted
Potter Drag & Chemical Corp
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