There’s no sport like duck shooting in the marsh
A vivid essay extols duck hunting highlighting snapshooting from a canoe and blind hunting. It contrasts the thrill of watching a mallard at fifty miles an hour with the quiet skill of paddlers guiding quiet in wild rice country. The piece celebrates patience, silent waters, and the demands of both methods.
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Atlantic
North America
Efort
The Autumn Girl's Anklets From the World
The article celebrates the comeback of the anklet as a fashionable adornment for autumn. It notes anklets evolve from signs of bondage to symbols of beauty and emancipation, with modern versions ranging from hinged strings of gold to jeweled bands worn under stockings.
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New York World
Eberle
Cleaning the hog troughs and farm notes on alfalfa
Plan for a V shaped trough insert to aid cleaning and thorough rinsing. Claims alfalfa's high protein value and compares with clover. Recommends balanced swine rations, winter poultry ventilation, and root crops as appetite stimulants. Discusses skim milk use, city farmers, forest tree culture, and a piano box smokehouse plan.
Japanese Marriage Laws Expose Limits on Equality
In Harper's Weekly the article notes that Japan has not adopted reform in marriage ethics. It claims no gender equality exists and cites grounds for divorce favoring the husband. It describes parental guidance shaping a bride’s conduct with strict rules on conduct, obedience, and social behavior.
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Harper's Weekly
Japan
A Song by Helen Hay Whitney in The Metropolitan
Poem contrasts old and young through vivid imagery of wind leaves and singing. It assigns the line between aging and youthful fire to a crafted, masterful voice.
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Helen Hay Whitney
The
Metropolitan
Flowering shrubs in winter for indoor decoration
The article explains growing hardy shrubs indoors during winter from early flowering stock. It lists suitable plants such as Deutzia gracilis, Magnolia stellata, Spiraea, Japanese privet, Cornelian cherry, and gold bells, advising small plants, proper timing, and careful root retention to ensure blooms.
Cattle Feeding Prospects Remain Mixed and Risky
The Live Stock World notes feeding decisions hinge on price signals and risk. Prof Mumford says losses common last winter and May corn prices rising discourage farmers from feeding. Dealers see fewer cattle moved to market as feeders fear cars, yet overall supply and roughage keep the proposition viable for now.
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Buess
Professor Mumford
Illinois Experiment Station
Chicago
Don't neglect young stock amid corn housing efforts
The article urges careful attention to young stock as farmers focus on housing corn. It warns of frequent rains and potential snow, mouldy corn, and blown crops. It stresses shelter, daily checks, and feeding for pigs, horses, and cattle to avoid stunted growth and lost profits.
Mixed Food for Swine and Feeding Tips
The article warns against overreliance on stock foods and condiments, urging swine producers to base feed on corn with other grains. It recommends occasional supplements, frequent green foods, and generous skim milk to improve appetite, weight, and vigor. It also favors varied feeding to pay off.
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Cn Luce
Michigan Ship Canal Aims at Maritime Supremacy
The University of Michigan opens an inland ship canal to train engineers and test hull designs. Professors Sadler and Cooley drive a program inspired by Clyde model canals to study wakes, hull forms, and wave resistance, with models cutting energy waste and aiding naval training.
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University of Michigan
Michigan
United States Navy
Congress
M. E. Cooley
Navy
Herbert C. Sadler
Sadler
Scotland
Cooley
William Froude
Cunard
Neptune
United States
Georgia
Washington Basin
Coloring Birds by Hand from an Exchange
A bird dealer explains to a friend that red pepper is fed to canaries during moult to produce orange color. He notes other breeders use pepper to maintain bright breast color in bullfinches, adding it occasionally to the diet to prevent dull tones.
There Was a Limit Irish Barber Tale
An Irishman visits a barber shop to be shaved but the barber leaves briefly. A monkey in the shop steals the brush and finishes lathering the Irishman. The man protests as the monkey appears to attempt the shave while the barber is away.
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Pat
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