Preserving Eggs With Water Glass and Limewater
United States Department of Agriculture tests show best results with a 10 percent water glass solution and good results with a weaker mix. Earthenware jars outperform wooden and metal containers, with wax coatings less effective. Limewater offers a cheaper alternative, and guidance covers preparation, quantities, and storage to keep eggs eight to twelve months, or up to seven months for best quality.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Ways of telling bad eggs
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture explains egg quality tests. A fresh egg shows a pinkish glow when candled. after sun or heat exposure it may develop blood vessels around the embryo or a light floaters, white rot, or black rot. A greenish white indicates bacteria and a green white is unsafe.
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United States Department of Agricultura
Kill the Rooster In Egg Trade Eludes Season Loss
The text argues for culling roosters after the hatch season to prevent ongoing losses in the egg trade. It emphasizes yearly waste caused by roosters remaining with hens beyond the breeding period and urges decisive action.
Keep Drinking Vessels Clean and Disinfect Dairy Dishes
Advice urges cleaning and disinfecting drink vessels every few days, especially milk dishes, to prevent disease. The guidance emphasizes scalding or other effective sanitizing methods for hygiene.
Legume in Rotation and Leading Crops
In crop rotation a leguminous crop should appear every cycle. Among the top choices are clover and alfalfa, noted as leading options for nitrogen fixation and soil health within rotations.
Extra Good Laying Hens Produce Ample Eggs
The article notes that well cared for laying hens average 15 dozen eggs yearly and can reach 20 dozen. A flock of ten hens can supply eggs for two average size families based on common usage.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Poultry Breeding Tips From An Early Guide
Unnatural for fowls to melt before a year old. Mark rapid growing ecockerels for next season's breeders. Clean coop in hot weather to curb vermin and disease. Oats with ground corn and skim milk make a good summer ration. Do not rely on a single grain for best results. Guinea chicks are tender. Breeding better poultry requires American standard breeds like Plymouth Rock Wyandotte Rhode Island Red Java Dominique Buckeye.
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Plymouth Rock
Wyandotte
Rhode Island
Java
American sentiment toward French aid and notable WWI writers
A discussion of pro French aid sentiment in the U S Senate amid ratification debates for a French treaty. The piece cites Jusserand on France’s democratic reasons for aiding the colonies and highlights former wartime writers like Rupert Hughes Kenneth L Roberts and Richard Aldrich serving in the U S army with honors and later general officer promotions potential for Pershing and other generals.
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Washington
France
United States
Yorktown
Senate
America
Great Britain
Atlantic
J. J. Jusserand
Jusserand
Rochambeau
L’enfant
Lafayette
Louis XVI
Iberty
United States Army
Intelligence Service
War History Division
Army Intelligence Service
Rupert Hughes
Kenneth L. Roberts
Life
Richard Aldrich
New York Times
Arthur Somers Roche
James Jeffrey Roche
Hughes
National Guard
Roberts
Siberia
Congress
John J. Pershing
Pershing
Lkely
Liggett
Bullard
Dickman
Joseph T. Dickman
San Antonio
Marne
Argonne
Third Army
Germany
Ansenep
Translation Quips Stir Congregation in Rural Kansas
The presiding elder cautions that a husband and father should not utter hard words at home. Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge interrupts with a wry outburst about workers and weather, reflecting a folksy frontier humor tone from the Kansas City Star.
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Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Parson
Kansas City Star
Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic Ad Ends With Morals
An old advertisement touts Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic promising quinine and iron to drive out malaria and build up the system. It mocks a failed kiss by a young widow and warns of unsatisfactory favors, framing the product as a healthier choice and criticizing poor satisfaction.
Vader-Balm advertised for summer colds and reliefs
An advertisement for Vader-Balm claims quick relief for summer colds nervous headaches and superficial inflammation. It urges readers to request a free sample or 225¢ tube for 50c stamps and warns to avoid imitations issued by KE W Vacher Inc New Orleans La.
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KE. W. Vacher, Inc
New Orleans
Ady
The Way of It Dialogue on the Panama Canal
A brief exchange questions how a fleet passes the Panama Canal and negotiates locks. The remark implies a belief that a husband knows as much as he thinks. The dialogue reflects a social observation about gender and expertise.
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Panama Canal
Famous Schoolyard Trick Turns Into Family Quip
A Philadelphia American item shows a schoolmaster recalling tossing a silver dollar to a rock as a boy and a punch line from Sammie about proving the trick to his mother. A humorous vignette follows about a boy hungry after travel and another line on effort in life.
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Sammie
Harmony in Chinese bamboo tubes and a note of five
The article describes a Chinese bamboo instrument with tubes in a diminishing ratio of two thirds, arranged to produce successive notes a fifth apart. It cites Emperor Ti and the heaven earth symbolism. It also mentions American shirts in Vera Cruz and a moral analogy about haste and dreams.
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Heaven
Earth
Vera Cruz
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