The Deluge. A Brooklyn wedding night unfolds
Anita and I confront a crowded household and a wedding night under pressure from Joe Ball and Alva Ball. Lum awakens, a preacher arrives, and Anita learns she will wed under McCabe's supervision. We depart for the Willoughbys as tension grows and the couple faces fate.
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Joe
Alva
Those Norlich People Dust Treat Inferiors in Conversation
Fragmentary quotation from a Cleveland Leader item contrasts Norlich people with inferiors and jokes about taters, reflecting regional attitudes and humor in a brief newspaper snippet.
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Cleveland
Green bone boosts egg yield and hen vitality
Green bone doubles egg output by raising the egg-practicing value of grain. It tones the system, leads to stronger chicks, earlier broilers and layers, and heavier market fowls with red combs and glossy plumage. The product reportedly doubles profits for many.
SCREEN TO CONFINE BEES PLAN FOR STORAGE
A Prairie Farmer plan allows confining bees by a wire screen fitted over the hive front. Bees can crawl out if they wish but cannot fly away, enabling storage in various locations. Four slats attach the screen to the hive sides as shown.
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Joe
Touder
Biss Ellersly
Mrs. Ball
Hopperdozer Harvests Grasshoppers for Poultry Feed
A Colorado experiment used a hopperdozer behind a mowing machine to capture grasshoppers from six acres of alfalfa. Water kept insects alive for dipping, yielding about nine to ten bushels per acre, estimated at 4,000 per bushel, for poultry feed.
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Colorado
Chicken Notes on Poultry Housing and Care
This excerpt from Farm Journal Roosts discusses poultry management practices including stock types, feeding, egg washing, and roost height. It warns against overcrowding, explains why high perches injure heavy fowls, and notes the folly of high roosts for winter ranges and hens.
Beekeeping as Hobby and Benefit for Farmers
Farmers wary of added duties may find beekeeping a stimulating, restorative pursuit. Bees aid orchard pollination and offer educational value, with spring purchases preferred for beginner interest and reduced transport risk. Wintering remains the toughest challenge and fall sales can invite fraud if colonies prove weak.
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Farm Journal
GOOD FEED TROUGH FOR HEN FEEDING
A rural New Yorker illustration shows a six inch siding trough three to seven feet long with a four inch high cover edge and three inch turned edge to prevent waste. It opens to fill and is filled every two days with mixed poultry feed barley oats cracked corn and wheat, plus beet spray and clean water.
Means of Hastening Laying by French Poultry Expert
Poultry expert M Voulelloy outlines a winter laying aid using limewater soaked grain. Feed wheat barley oats or corn treated with a lime mix after soaking and thorough mixing. Prepare one quart lime with ten to twelve quarts warm water, lime the grain, stir until soaked, then dry before feeding.
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M. Voulelloy
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