Guidelines for Building and Operating a Duck Farm
A United States Department of Agriculture guide outlines site selection on light sandy soil with good shipping access. It stresses efficient building layout from incubator to brooder to growing houses, central feed rooms, ample watering for large flocks, dual yard rotations, and a pond or stream for breeding ducks though some farms keep ducks dry until marketing.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Broeder
Cheap Coop for Back Yard
Small flock housing can be inexpensive with one or two piano cases or packing boxes repurposed into dry, well ventilated coops. USDA poultry specialists advise seeking USDA bulletins for build plans, available from the Division of Publications, Washington, D. C.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculure
Division of Publications
Washington, D. C
Preserving Eggs With Lime When Water Glass Is Unavailable
United States Department of Agriculture specialists note lime can substitute for water glass to preserve eggs. A lime solution is made by mixing two pounds unslaked lime with water, then diluting with five gallons of boiled and cooled water. After settling, use the clear liquid to cover clean eggs in a jar with two inches of liquid above the eggs.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Egg Receipts at Lynden Coop Break December Record
Washington Cooperative Egg and Poultry Association Lynden plant set a new record in the week of December 12 by receiving 1038 cases, the highest total ever handled at the facility.
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Lynden
Washington Cooperative Egg and Poultry Association
Home Economics Club to Meet in Lyn Don Hall
The Home Economics Club of Lyn don will meet Tuesday at 2 p m at the G A R Hall. Officers will be elected and year long work will be discussed. All are invited to join as members.
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Home Economics Club
Home Economics Club of
Lyndon
G. A. R. Hall
A. C. Wilder
Nooksack
Sumas Hospital
Jessie Bartelds
Baptist Sunday School Presents Pleasing Christmas Program
The Baptist Sunday School gave a fine Christmas program at the church on Monday evening. Rev. Baker showed slides on The Nativity before the program. An offering for the poor surpassed $25. The program included recitations by George Weeks Evelyn Handy, Marian Thomas, Hazel Satherwaite, Helen Davis, Opal Bayes, Jack Baker, Richard Jones, Irene Jones, and Rex Sorenson. solos by Eleanor Weeks and others. a Christmas story by Bessie Hitchcock. a pantomime Safe in the Arms of Jesus. and a Junior Choir, Young Ladies Class, and various class performances.
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The
Baptist Sunday School
Baker
George Weeks
Evelyn Handy
Marian Thomas
Eleanor Weeks
Alvin Weidkamp
Hazel Satherwaite
Helen Davis
Opal Bayes
Bessie Hitchcock
Arms of
Jesus
I . Young Ladies
Rex Sorenson
Riverside and neighboring families host gatherings this Christmas
Riverside notes show Mr and Mrs Jake De Hoog visiting the Riesebos home in Everson on Sunday. Theel family from Bellingham spent Christmas week with Albert Theel. Grace Headrick and Lester Landaal visited Reid home. Tillie Meurer returned to Seattle. Simon Brune and sister Enna visited uncle Peter Dykstra. Carl Reid and bride honored with a charivari. Albert Theel Jr on sick list. Numerous families shared Christmas dinners and visits across Riverside and nearby towns.
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John Theel
Bellingham
Albert Theel
Grace Headrick
Lester Landaal
Reid Home
Tillie Meurer
Seattle
Simon Brune
Enna
Peter Dykstra
Greenwood
Riverside
Carl Reid
Albert Theel, Jr
S. E. Bruce
J. E. Pruce
Booth’s Corners
P. A. Clarke
A. C. Palmer
Booth’ Corners
G. E. Bruce
H. T. Jones
T. J. Nelson
T. Berthame
Ellen Booman
Lynden
Margaret Cramer
Will
Jake Cramer
W. C. Reeves
Jessie Bartelds
H. Hoksbergen
George Jacobson
John Bruns
Delta
Helen Bruns
Christmas Program At Ist Reformed Church Delights Congregation
The First Reformed Church on Grover Street staged a splendid Christmas program featuring choirs, solos, recitations, and a shepherds tale. The church parsonage is renovated for the new pastor Rev. P. Jonker arriving with his family. Local residents and visitors, including Mrs. C. H. Robbins and Mrs. David Brink of Aberdeen, Mrs. Thomas Young’s guest list, and travelers Edith Harris, Ed Clark, and Howard Nessen, share holiday happenings.
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First Reformed Church
Grover Street
R. B. le Cocq
Palma
Mariam Pasma
Lois Meen
Susie de Boer
Adria Veleke
Timothy Pasma
Billy Zevenbergen
Bernice Veleke
Theodore Pasma
Gertie Schouten
1St Christian Reformed Church
Rev. P. Jonker
C. H. Robbins
David Brink
Aberdeen
Thomas Young
Miss Nellie De Vries and Tunis Komen Tie The Knot
Miss Nellie De Vries and Mr. Tunis Komen were married at the bride’s parents home, Mr. and Mrs. P De Vries, with only immediate relatives present. After a brief wedding trip they will reside in Lynden.
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Nellie DE Vries
Tunis Komen
P. de Vries
Lynden
Jessica de Line
Mrs. F. de Line
A E Henry Shaken Up In Icy Pavement Crash
A. E. Henry was shaken up Tuesday when his Ford turned turtle on the icy pavement near the high school. He escaped injury, and the incident was reported in the local traffic column.
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A. E. Henry
North Prairie Christmas Socials and Community Notes
North Prairie residents recount Christmas programs at local churches and gatherings. Families such as Nelsons Clarke and Bruns share meals and visits with relatives across Lynden Bellingham and Greenwood. The community notes cover school events, visitors, remodelling at the Christian Reformed Church, and upcoming club meetings.
Northwest Couple Braves Death to Help Armenia
Samuel E. Newman of Middleton Idaho, an army chaplain and Near East Relief leader, is chosen to oversee a large relief farm at Alexandropol Armenia. His wife Ethel Long Newman directs the relief society offices in the same city. They joined the field last summer and witness severe famine and disease as Near East Relief expands to reclaim over 180,000 acres of Armenian and southern Russian farmland with American seed and machinery. Orphanage laborers are trained in farming, business, and self-government to rebuild postwar Armenia amid Bolshevik and Turkish threats.
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Northwest
America
Armenia
Samuel E. Newman
Middleton
Idaho
College of Idaho
Caldwell
West Washington
Near East Relief
Seattle
Alexandropol
Newman
Ethel Long
South Idaho
Relief Society
St. Hazzard
Burke Building
Russia
Old
Bofs
Asia
Near East
Asia Minor
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Riesebos
Everson
Frank Walsh
P. Miller
Clyde Reed
Wil Meurer
George Frick
Paul Frick
Ben Trieschel
IST Reformed Church
John Treffer
Folavstrasiagee
Hermina Verbrugge
Edith Harris
Everett
Mrs
Ed Clark
Nehalem, Oregon
Mrs. Clark
Capt
Mrs. Leach
Howard Nessen
W. Ss. C
Pullman
North Prairie
Robert Nelson
Vergie
Percy Clarke
Baptist Church
Alvan
Michael Kaplan
H. Barfelds
Minnie
Marinus
Frankie Verdain
F. Stremler
Winnie
Minnie Gunst
Joe Cramer
Andrew Boehringer
Sam Bajema
S. Vander Me
S. Vander Meer
Louis
B. C
C. R. Axling
Myron Baldwin
Dela
Baldwin
A. E. Baldwin
W. F. Randall
Scrimzer
Evelyn Scrimger
Norma
Eleanor
Ady
Lafayette Ady
Clarence Marshal
Walter Miller
Walter
Florence
Cecil Miller
M. Dermody
C. Sr. Axling
Glen and
Clifton Axling
Cecil Jamieson
Camp Lewis
Florence Serrurier
Portland
P. M. Serrurier
Pauline Fredericks
Hutch
Bob Hampton
Custer
Last Stand
Marshall Neilan
James Kirkwood
Max Linder
Dr. Darst
Nature
Libby
Heinz
Abe
Pratt’s Poultry Food
Pratt’s
Pratt
Filder Lynden, Wash
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