Paultry Finds New Way to Store Eggs
Paul F. Sharp of the New York State College of Agriculture reports experiments showing carbon dioxide in air slows egg decay. Eggs stored in CO2 rich air remain clearer and preserve longer, with CO2 usable in cold storage rooms, shipping containers, and refrigerator cars. The dipping oil method is less practical.
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Concrete Runs Outside Brooder House Advancing Poultry Care
Concrete runs outside brooders are a new addition to poultry farm equipment. They let farmers place chicks near the dwelling while avoiding contaminated soil and reduce labor from moving portable buildings. A two inch concrete thickness suffices with edge reinforcement, they should be smooth with drainage slopes, and can be without roofing.
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Poultry Hints For Early Egg Production And Care
Advice on pullet hatching for fall and winter eggs, avoiding overcrowding, dusting hens with fluoride before nesting, gathering eggs to reduce dirt, profitable October laying, better feed and care, pasture pens for pigs, milk feeding from low fat cows, October 1 laying target to avoid moults, small flocks with good care, protein use in feed, early feathering and crowing signal profits, selecting early crowing cockerels.
Chefoo China and the Fickle Fashion Hairnet Trade
Washington reports Chefoo, a port in Shandong, rose to fame through the hairnet industry. The shift of production to the Shantung coast followed World War I and cheap labor, reducing Chefoo's work force from about seventeen thousand in 1921 to only a few thousand today.
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Portraits on New Currency Predicted to Drive Demand
Elmo Scott Watson writes that after July 1 1929 the public will seek portraits on the redesigned currency. The article lists each denomination from $1 to $10,000 with corresponding portraits and back designs, and explains why distinct portraits aid recognition and counterfeiting prevention. It also outlines size reductions, production savings, and notes Franklin Jefferson Hamilton Madison Jackson Lincoln Chase Grant Cleveland McKinley as featured figures.
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Lights Out in Time to Save Woman Swindler
A well dress[ed] woman swindler in Zanesville used checks from a Cambridge bank to buy items in two stores. A third store detained her and called the bank as the lights failed, and she vanished during the blackout.
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U S French Agree on Visa Fee Cut for Tourists
Paris reports a France United States pact cutting tourist visa fees from 10 to 2 dollars. Norman Armour, American charge d affaires, announced the measure lasting two years. Officials expect the move to ease passport difficulties and boost travel.
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