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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1922
Page
7
A quirky Lancaster item notes an itinerant seller, G Binkley, with a 64 inch beard selling postal cards. The piece jokes at shoppers failing to find help as the bearded man tours the area, age around 40, beard long enough to reach the ground, and a lighthearted tone about selling prices.
United States Department of Agriculture guidance outlines withholding hard feed from eighteen to twenty four hours before slaughter and providing water up to slaughter. It details humane killing by neck incision, brain destruction, immediate penning of birds, feather removal, cooling, and storage in ice water or cold air, with cautions against over- scalding and drying methods for shipping.
The prison ship formerly moored at the river’s foot near West Street and Twenty-ninth Street in New York recently floated to the Battery and docked there. It is being used to show New Yorkers how prisoners were kept at sea in the old days.
Poultry specialists advise watching chicks from 8 to 12 weeks old as they learn to roost. Wide perches reduce crooked breast risk. place perches near the brooder to train chicks, or install roosts after drink for a few nights. When brooded together, set roosts at four to five weeks to encourage older chicks to use them first.
The text warns against overcrowding and overfeeding fowls and notes the importance of keeping poultry on good terms with humans. It mentions money from fowls, the difference between well-fed and overfed hens, and urges immediate extermination of ten chances to one that something is present.
Hartman is described as one of Washingtons finest guiding daily safety for chickens and sappers on the street. The feverish prize poultry, a Rhode Island Red cross, is raised at his home alongside his snares and bears. Hartman says this is the only kind of chicken you can fool with safely.
A new instrument described as a one octave keyboard with two kerbodita like keys has been invented by Emanuel Maat of England. The double busrd is stated to allow rapid playing across both hands with ten notes per hand, enabling simultaneous performance.
Readable fragments mention Scraps All Wrangell Alissa at 17500 feet high and Caley Kidd accused as not a pirate. A Swiss milkmaid with eight messages and a claim about wages appear alongside stray garbled lines about dust carried by New Yorkers and subway riders.
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