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Newspaper

Le Grand Reporter

Location

Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1938

Page

7

Indian Runner ducks excel as egg producers and broilers

The Indian Runner duck is noted for higher egg output and lighter body, with drake weight about 4.12 pounds. They lay larger white eggs, produce broilers weighing 2.5 to 3 pounds at six weeks, and are active, hardy, and non-sitters. Ducks need more feed and care but resist disease better. marketing rhythms affect egg price realization.

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Brahma Chickens Described as Majestic Hardy Layers

The Brahma breed is noted for a pea comb and a very large size with weights from eight to twelve pounds. Cocks reach about 12 pounds, hens 9, cockerels 10, and pullets 8. Descriptions emphasize their broad heads, heavy brows, vigor, and utility as heavy table fowl, with dark Brahmas in coloration including black bodies and steel gray females with black penciling.

Philadelphia New England Rhode Island

Agricultural notes on veterinary counts and farming facts

Estimates place 12000 to 13000 licensed veterinarians in the United States. Uncle Ab says a steady farm power supply boosts horse numbers. Cannibalism in chicks links to boredom overcrowding or hunger. China’s 330 million hens lay about 26.25 billion eggs yearly. A 1200 pound cow producing 42 pounds milk daily needs roughly two ounces salt per day. Green feeds provide essential vitamins. Department of Agriculture to divert surplus hops to fertilizer and mulch. Hens thriving with good feeding should be culled promptly in summer. On 1938-01-01 U.S. horses numbered 11,163,000 and males 4,477,000. Only 47% of fluid milk is pasteurized. 1936 saw 42 epidemics and 28 deaths from unpasteurized milk.

Prideful Old Mr Toad Gets Dinner Invite Rebuff

Old Mr Toad, boastful after dining with Buster Bear, shuns neighbors and plots a grand meal. Jimmy Skunk and Buster Bear craft a plan to humble him. Old Mr Toad eagerly agrees to dine, then boasts of the invitation, cutting off Bobby Coon and others.

Mr. Toad Thornton W. Burgess Buster Bear Bobby Coon Jimmy Skunk Green Forest Jimmy Buster Buster Breat Old Mr. Toad Bobby T. W. Bergess

Tidbits on Rugs All Over Designs Win Favor

Betty Wells surveys rug trends focusing on all over borderless designs in plain and two tone textures. prefers patterned plains balanced with coordinated colors. notes rug size should suit the room and arcing shapes optional. cautions on chemical washing and wear factors while stressing durability depends on construction and materials.

Betty Wells Agropos Sy Betty Wells

Ocean Rescue Catches Five Pilots in Jamaica Bay Crash

A U S coast guard amphibian rushed to save five pilots after their plane crashed in Jamaica Bay. Pilot Kenneth Porter of Elizabeth New Jersey, who was piloting the craft from 500 feet, was seriously injured in the fall.

New York United States Coast Guard Jamaica Bay Kenneth Porter Elizabeth N. J Bay

Soapy’s Winter Plans In A Tale Of Cop And Anthem

Henry Tells Tale Of Cop And Anthem follows Soapy on a cold winter night as he contemplates two life paths philanthropy or law. He chooses a bold course, feigns balance with a bribe to a cop, and escalates with a brick to a storefront plate glass, then pivots toward another scheme involving a passerby girl as winter deepens.

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Porter of Greensboro to Ohio Prison Later Writer

William Sydney Porter later known as O Henry lived in Greensboro as a youth and then moved to Austin Texas. He embezzled 1150 dollars and was sentenced to five years in an Ohio prison where he began writing. He died in 1910 and was buried in Asheville.

William Sidney Porter Greensboro N. G Asheville N. C Encyclopaedia Britannica

Soapy’s Island sentence ends three months on vagrancy

Soapy fights loneliness and fear in New York streets as two nearby cops watch him. He tries to charm a girl but bolts when pressed. After wandering toward Madison Square Garden he confronts his past, contemplates reform, and is finally arrested by a magistrate for vagrancy, sentenced to three months on the island.

Soapy Yale Madison Square Garden

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United States China Department of Agriculture Gloria Masson Ocean County Miss Masson Mostrates Henry Elizabeth C. James Jack Frost Seany Elizabeth James
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