Electric brooders work for chicks with warm room and care
Professor L E Weaver from Cornell says electric brooders can satisfactorily and economically brood chicks after April 15 in New York state or any warm room. They are simpler to run than coal or oil brooders but require a moderately warm room and good ventilation. curtainless models with proper ventilation are preferred.
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New York State
L. E. Weaver
Poultry Department
Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
Weaver
When to Market Ducks for Maximum Profit
Ducks reach best prices early May with 9 pound pairs at eight weeks and 10 to 11 pounds at ten weeks. Prices rise from September to November after a mid year dip. Laying season runs February to late August. Fertility and vitality drive success. supply at season start boosts profits. Manure value ranks second only to hogs for growing vegetables. Restaurants and resorts drive duck demand. 4 to 5 pound birds fetch as much as heavier carcasses. Live ducks are popular in large cities with Jewish populations and in Chinese neighborhoods.
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Michael K. Boyer
Poultry Rearing Tips and Hatchery Planning
The guide outlines early signs of illness in poultry such as lameness from tuberculosis and stresses ample brooding space. It lists six essential steps for healthy chicks: clean chicks, houses, litter, feed, management, and ground or confinement. It notes milk as a strong protein source for layers and discusses incubator hatching and geese egg yields.
Gas leak testing aided by specially treated paper
Popular Mechanics notes a sensitive absorbent paper that changes color on contact with gas. it would improve safety and effectiveness in checking house and street gas leaks. A humorous quip about misread family additions follows.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Cascara Laxative Promises Natural Regularity
A doctor extols cascara as a natural laxative that safely corrects constipation. By using cascara instead of harsh stimulants, bowels may function regularly for days with small, repeated doses, leading to weeks of normal rhythm. The piece praises Cascaret as its ideal form and notes widespread availability in drugstores.
Seamless carpet rejoining technique described
To rejoin a worn carpet width without ridges, first match patterns, turn the carpet over, and sew each edge with buttonhole stitching using flax thread. Oversew the stitches firmly to draw the pieces together, producing a flat seam even on a browed surface.
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Mirst
Had One A Broadway Housewife and a Market Basket Offer
A Broadway housewife offers a boy a quarter to carry a basket to her car and laughs when he says he already has one. A moral line follows about a good conscience being a reliable witness and a mountain’s shadow not splitting both ways.
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Broadway
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