Quail Reappears on British Dining Tables After Ban
British quail farming returns after decades long ban as Japanese quail become legally obtainable again. Goldesborough Quail Farm in Pentridge Wiltshire, founded by Mrs Gouldsbury, bred from 1000 eggs imported from China and now exports quail products to Germany amid weather setbacks.
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Britain
Goldesborough
Pentridge
Wiltshire
Gouldsbury
China
Gouldsburg
Germany
Fishermen tackle northern lakes draw in Saskatchewan
The article notes about 80 000 resident anglers plus 8 000 American visitors come yearly to Saskatchewan for fishing. It also highlights a Canadian farm worker whose efforts feed 81 people now versus six before the war.
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Saskatchewan
Beware the Mighty Polar Bear by Ormonde Godfrey
Polar bears inhabit Arctic regions north of Europe Asia and America with sparse Greenland Iceland ranges. Adults reach up to 1600 pounds nine feet long and four feet six inches high at the shoulder, a dangerous predator feared by Eskimo sealers. Cubs are born January or February in snow dens and cared for about six months. The fur is white in winter, yellowish in summer, and they swim far offshore while seeking seals fish and small animals.
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Africa
Asia
Australia
New Zealand
Arctic
Europe
America
Greenland
Iceland
North America
Scandinavia
Middle-age shifts to age seventy and new hobbies urged
The piece argues that middle-age has moved to seventy and old women should cultivate new friendships and hobbies while maintaining old ones. It suggests visiting shut-in patients, sharing experiences, and showing gratitude for blessings as practical, uplifting activities. It mentions birds feeding on rose hips.
A Lovelier You by Mary Sue Miller
A short piece argues women should adopt simple daily skin care routines to address dryness lines and wrinkles. It emphasizes cleansing and moisturizing as essential, beginner steps and notes advances in humectants and emollients that help mature skin appear more resilient.
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Boyt
Principles of photography and early photographic process
The text explains how minerals change upon light exposure and how silver compounds darken to form photographs. It notes that light patterns are captured by a camera using a lightproof box and a gelatin film, with the first photograph by Fox Talbot in 1835 of a lattice window.
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Fox Talbot
First Photograph Preservation and Photographic Tones
A historic note explains how color images reduce to tones between black and white. It describes white light containing all colors, how photographic film records light as a negative, reversing tones, and printing by projection to produce a positive image.
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Beatle
Eichteen
Near Olds
Quail
U.K
BY Ormonde Godfrey
Mildred
Smart Boys
Science
Mary Sue Miller
Fort Simpson
N.W.T
CDA
Principles of Photography
Gage
Science Museum
South Kensington
London
England
Isaac Newton
By George Sixta
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