Change Pullets and Hens to Winter Quarters Early in Fall
Poultry guidance from the United States Department of Agriculture urges moving pullets from range to winter quarters early in autumn to ensure they adapt before laying. Emphasizes uniform roost levels, ample space for confined hens, thorough building disinfection, and weatherproofing. Notes experiments at Beltsville show high egg yields with corn oats and beef scraps as scratch, and warns against damp litter from rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Government Experiment Farm
Beltsville
Prevention of Grain Fires Continues After War Ends
The U S Department of Agriculture will keep grain dust explosion and fire prevention work active after the war. The United States Grain Corporation takes over the program by June 30 and its experts will be loaned from the Agriculture Department. The effort has cut big grain dust fires in mills and elevators. The Grain Corporation chief seeks funding to sustain the work to protect large grain stocks at risk, including wheat bought at a government base price of $2.26 a bushel. The department approved the plan and the program continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Grain Corporation
Bureau of Chemistry
Grain Corporation
Department of Agriculture
Poultry Breeding Lifts Market Weights in Southern Area
A USDA prepared note reports that introducing well bred poultry for breeding in a Southern community led to larger offspring. An experienced poultry buyer observed the next generation averaged 25 percent heavier at market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Treatment guidance for poultry diseases from farmers bulletin
Isolate diseased birds and treat common ailments such as colds roup gapes diarrhea Bumblefoot limberneck and scaly legs with specified remedies including disinfectants vaseline iodine castor oil creolin and hydrogen peroxide. Refer to Farmers Bulletin 957 for a detailed discussion from the U S department of agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Limberneck
Poultry Notes on Egg Quality and Coop Hygiene
Practical poultry advice discourages marketing small or dirty eggs. There is guidance on kerosene inside nest boxes to deter mites and lice, and on scattering ashes under roosts to absorb moisture and reduce pests.
Peter Gnomes Ball A Fairy Tale Party
Peter Gnome plans a moonlit ball for Every Day To Nice club inviting Fairy Ybab and many woodland guests. Twilight Bell and the Breeze Brothers arrive as music fills the woods with songs praising daily happiness and fairies dance on crowed night.
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Peter Gnome
Cave
Daddy
Fairylandsicians
Veter Gnome
Breeze Brothers
Peter Chonie
Twilight Bell
Twilight-Bell
A Worth-While Ambition for Brightening Others
A note from Girls' Companion urges a successful businessperson to inspire happiness in visitors. It invites readers to adopt an ambition that leaves those who enter their office with brighter faces and lighter hearts.
Too Strenuous for Sue in Marine Herald
Social cartoon caption notes Sue declines happiness while comparing to Clark. Prue objects, citing early rising as a burden. Published in the Marine Herald as a light humorous panel.
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Sue
Clark
Prue
Marine Herald
Keeping Pleasant Amid Busy Schedules Advice Note
The column urges maintaining a pleasant temper while juggling many tasks. It warns against overworking to the point of losing composure and stresses that hard work should not come at the expense of kindness and steadiness.
Definition of Alibi in a Classroom Verse
The text playfully explores an alibi as being somewhere else during a moment. It contrasts a teacher's question with a student’s quick, humorous response about life and whereabouts.
Fall riding habits at a glance for women and girls
A period piece describes youthful fall riding outfits in brown and bronze tweed, with a snug coat and flaring skirt, knee-length breeches, tan skirt accents, and a high crowned felt hat. Accessories include brown leather boots and dark gloves, with variations for older women favoring plain cloths and covert or whipcord fabrics. Black and white small checks appear as year round options.
Mourning Hats and Dress Styles Highlight Conservative Fashions
An article on mourning attire explains it as a sentiment driven choice with conservative sizing and craftsmanship. It details first mourning crepe uses in hats and millinery with black and white combinations, veiling, ribbons, and transitions to later period materials like grosgrain georgette crepe and tulles.
Woman's relief found in Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound
Oskaloosa Iowa resident Mrs Lizzie Courtney reports years of misery from weakness and pains relieved by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter urges other women with displacements irregularities inflammation ulceration backache nervousness or menopause to try the herb remedy and seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Lizzis Courtney
198Th Ave
West
Courtney
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Tiary
Graham Bonner
Geta
Middle West
Boston
Old South Trust Co
W.f.wyman & CO
Horton
United Pharmacal Products Co
Knox, Ind
Burkburnett
Texas
Pullis
Newport Av
Webster Groves
Mr. Reuter
Bean
D. Reuter
Chicago
Doan
Jas. W. Carr
Notary Public
BNEY
Pilys Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
N. Y
McDaniel & Williams
Bay City
Marine Eye Remedy Company
U. S
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