Gift Horses and Odd Gifts Mentioned in Whispered Tales
A Kansas City Star style note sets a collage of quirky exchanges as a book reviewer dislikes a novel calling it pabulum for ninnies. A shopkeeper brings home a cape after years of being left about. Various characters pass items and favors among neighbors in a stream of domestic vignettes. Rootstown, Ohio boasts an industrious citizen who hoes by night under a searchlight.
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Baby
Kansas City
Rootstown
Ohio
Prince of Wales Exhibits Four Canadian Shorthorns at Chicago
The prince of Wales displayed four Shorthorn cattle from his BE. P. ranch near High River Alberta at the International Live Stock exposition in Chicago. Lead animal King of the Fairies and top star Princeton Rosewood head the quartet, with two entries sold at ranch auction to Maj. Gordon W. Lilley Pawnee Okla and H Morison Lacombe Alberta.
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Prince of Wales
High River
Alberta
Chicago
Princeton
E. P
Maj
Gordon W. Lilley
Pawnee
Okla
H. Morison
Lacombe
BE. P
Calgary
Rockies
W. L. Carlyle
Hampshire
Shropshire
Properly Prepared Poultry for Market
Poultry should be confined in close quarters and fed a wet mash of pancake batter for ten days to two weeks to reach market readiness. Cockerels show 20 to 85 percent gain and fetch better prices. use a fattening ration of ground wheat oats and corn or barley with milk or meat scraps if milk is unavailable. Feed three times daily for ten to fifteen minutes.
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C. A. Barton
North Dakota Agricultural College
Conditions for storing roots in winter
Three conditions for storing roots are ventilation, dryness, and a temperature just above freezing. A coal cellar is ideal though outside pits or barn bins with stable temperatures work. For dairy cows, 20 to 30 pounds of beets per day supplement low protein with alfalfa or clover hay and bran or oil meal if hay quality is poor.
Correct Proportion of Alfalfa to Feed Pigs
Guidance on alfalfa use in pig rations warns that ground alfalfa should not exceed five percent of a pig's diet. Hay is preferred but if pigs refuse hay, ground alfalfa can be mixed into feed. Let pigs self-balance by using a self-feeder to provide access to alfalfa as needed.
Fix Drain for Silo
Dairy experts disagree on concrete floors for silos. Thousands use a concrete drain with mixed views on benefits. If soil absorbs efficiently a simple hole in the floor may suffice as a drain.
Sparrow Blamed for Spreading New Disease in Poultry
Indictment against the English sparrow cites its role in spreading a parasitic worm found in chickens and turkeys near Lake Minnetonka and in Ottertail County. University researchers note tumors or cysts on birds reduce market value though health impact is unclear. The parasite, long known in Europe, has rarely been seen on poultry before.
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W. A. Riley
Division of
Entomology and Economic Zoology
H. C. H. Kernkamp
Division of Veterinary Medicine
University of Minnesota
Lake Minnetonka
Vining
Ottertail
Europe
Doctor Riley
Keep Cabbage in Cellar at Proper Temperature
Cabbage keeps best slightly above freezing between 88 and 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Many cellars are too warm, so storing large quantities outside in a pit is best. When at proper temp, bury heads in boxes of sand. Use solid, good heads pulled at a good size. late varieties store longer.
Practical farm advice on feeding and storage gains
The text urges pushing palletized heavy egg production, storing machinery for next year, and ensuring green feed through winter. It discusses soy beans as a balanced protein, avoiding scrub trees, and using silage to cut ration costs and boost livestock profit with high returns. It notes experiment stations help farmers avoid costly errors and that silage often pays for itself in the first year.
Home Candy Making And Holiday Kitchen Tips
A 1934 Home section offers simple Christmas candy recipes including Peanut Brittle College Cream and Chocolate Caramels, plus a Glace dipping recipe and Lemon Honey. It also shares a Henley quote and suggests fruit cake gifts, sponge cake for two, luncheon eclairs, and festive box presents for children and friends.
Scientist suggests rain from sand clouds
In a Boston Globe style quip, Swetter notes a scientist’s claim that shooting sand through clouds can induce rain, while Swatter jokes that salt pressing always brings rain for him. The exchange highlights humorous weather tinkering talk.
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Boston Globe
Don’t Take Calomel for Inactive Liver Pill Ad
Advertisement touts Bond’s Pills as a liver and bowel remedy to remove bile and poisonous waste. Claims a single dose is effective and urges against substitutes. Price listed as 25 cents and availability at all druggists.
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Munyon
Mnyon
Jon
Bond
Quarter Tone Piano Fails to Catch Berlin Audience
A newly designed piano with quarter tones in Berlin struggles to gain acceptance as listeners lack training to hear the fine divisions of the scale.
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Berlin
Dump Hatches 24 Chicks From Incubated Eggs
Twenty four chicks hatched from eggs thrown into the municipal dump east of New Philadelphia. Intense heat partially incubated the eggs and the city is caring for the birds.
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New Philadelphia
Cuticura Talcum Powder Advertised as All-Purpose Skin Dust
The advertisement touts Cuticura Talcum Powder as an antiseptic and parfumey skin care product. It markets the powder for face skin baby and dusting use and claims it renders other perfumes superfluous as part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio alongside Soap and Ointment.
Her Future Dili
Readers are treated to a witty London Mail dialogue about perception and rumors surrounding a young woman described as attractive while hints of a past are exchanged between two men. The exchange playful yet intriguing reflects period tone and social gossip in a concise snippet.
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Dili
Jack
London Mail
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