Poultry Comfort in Winter Hen House Warmth and Busy Hens
A Hancock county Ohio writer describes a 14 by 56 foot winter poultry house with southern windows, nest boxes, self feeders, grit and shells. Hens stay busy from daylight to perch time by scattered grain and by roof suspended forage like lawn clippings and beets. The article notes active hens stay warm and exclude drones except for apiary use.
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George W. Brown
Hancock County
Ohio
New England
Handy Egg Tray for Collecting Eggs with Trap Nests
The Farm and Home advises using a carrying box for each pen when trap nests are used. Number each tray to match the pen, with holes in the bottom board to hold eggs upright on the small end for easy reading of the numbers.
Habit of exchanging eggs to boost prices
The article advises careful egg gathering to prevent chilling and hens sitting on nests, proper sizing and sorting, and cleaning. It suggests selling directly to consumers or to a city grocer for strictly fresh eggs, stamping each with farm initials, and coordinating neighbor groups to share revenue and raise prices.
Cold-Storage Tests Support Dry Handling For Poultry
Experts from the department of agriculture find that poultry stores better when not drawn. Dry picking and dry chilling outperform scalded birds as bruises from drawing invite germs. Prompt storage and dry handling aid the cold-storage trade, despite agitation for strict laws.
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Department of Agriculture
Open Muslin Front Best for Poultry Housing
A glass front poultry house creates extreme day night temperature swings and increases disease risk by frosting combs and wattles. The open muslin front is the best and least expensive option, though some glass may be used if not exclusive.
Sanitary Workers Push Hookworm Eradication in South
Dr I A Shirley of the State Board of Health reports from a Little Rock conference that eradication of hookworm is possible and essential. Kentucky faces heavy infection. over 30 000 examined in 115 counties show widespread risk. citizens urged to obtain the Health Bulletin and submit specimens for testing.
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Winchester Democrat
I. A. Shirley
State Board of Health
Little Rock
Arkansas
Kentucky
South
Washington
Southland
Bowling Green
Buffalo ranch plan aims to cut meat prices in Kentucky
Joseph Wright of Danville Kentucky, a dealer in jacks, plans to convert part of his Blue Grass farm south of Danville into a buffalo ranch. He says buffalo can be produced cheaper than cattle and are suitable for meat, and is negotiating with Western breeders for foundation stock. He argues widespread buffalo breeding could lower future meat prices and notes opposition to calf slaughter reduces cattle supply and raises prices.
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Joseph Wright
Danville
Day's Duty Put On Record
A Brooklyn woman facing a brief trip devised a system for her Swedish maid. She listed daily house tasks and recorded each day’s instructions on blank phonograph records. The records, kept in pasteboard cases, were dated by four lines to prevent mistakes, and the maid memorized the orders by replaying them.
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Brooklyn
Crushed in the Rush Football Rivalry Sparks Parent Talk
A humorous outtake shows a parent remarking on a boy’s place on the football team as others joke about last season’s crunch. The exchange captures schoolyard sports banter and community chatter.
Devotion Unrequited in Washington Household
A Washington woman employs a pompous colored butler whose wife had secretly married the man. The mistress notes the bride’s extraordinary devotion when their duties bring them together, and the butler replies with smug pride.
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Washington
Thomas
Warrant Raises Laugh Line Over Election Bid
A prominent stock exchange member who ran for the assembly reportedly received only two votes. The next day a friend claimed a warrant had been issued for his arrest, joking about charges for repeating.
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Stock Exchange
Assembly
Not a Bad Idea Scene On Stormy Streetcar
A streetcar scene unfolds with a stormy backdrop as a conductor and a passenger debate a rain check. The passenger declines, and a judge figure weighs in, signaling a humorous or pointed exchange.
Baseball Paradise
Dialogue imagines a baseball fan’s dream as a place full of diamonds shining like fields. Greene answers that paradise equates to a land of diamonds.
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Redd
Paradise
Greene
Inducement dialogue from a judge scene
A terse courtroom exchange shows a magnate and a young man arguing over earned rewards. The judge interjects as the young man admits he had to dig for what he gained, eliciting a quiet, ironic twist on merit and effort.
Sleeping and Parlor Cars on Express Trains
Train service notes advise leaving sleeping dining and parlor cars on express trains. Consult agents for particulars daily on weekdays.
Train Schedules Detail Connections at Quicksand Beattyville and Cannes City
Train No 4 arrives at Quicksand at 11 25 a m and No 3 leaves for Jackson at 1 25 p m. No 1 connects at Lexington with L N for Louisville Ky. No 3 connects with L N at Winchester for Cincinnati Oh. At Campton Junction Nos 1 2 3 4 connect with Mountain Central Ry to Campton Ky. Beattyville Junction Nos 1 2 3 connect with L A Railway to Beattyville Oh K Junction No 3 daily and No 4 daily except Sunday connect with O K Railway for Cannes City and O K stations.
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Lexington
Winchester
L. & E. Junction
Clay City
Campton Junction
Beattyville Junction
O. & K. Junction
Jackson
Athol
Beattyville
Torrent
Junction
Sun
Seine
Peet
Haddix
Whick
Krypton
Hazard
Ae Whitesburg
scRoberts
Quicksand
Louisville
Cincinnati
Mountain Central Ry
Campton
L. & A. Railway
O. & K. Railway
Cannes City
Not That Kind Gibbs Quips On Advice And Offense
A dialogue exchange features Gibbs praising a man who can give and take while Gibbs jokes that such a person offers advice and takes offense. The line playfully contrasts generosity with sensitivity in social banter.
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Gibbs
Untangling a Public Ferment of Ideas
A critical dialogue highlights the tension between a speaker who takes himself seriously and the challenge of interpreting a long, obscure verse once penned by him. The exchange underscores how perception shapes response to unconventional writing.
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J. W. Jones
MT. Sterling
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A. &. Hart
A. B. Ratliff
D. W. Ratcliffe
Baseball Paradise
THE
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
M. Rothwell
New York
Wash'gton
Norfolk
Richmond
Hinton
Lexington & Eastern Railway Company
W. Hoffman Wood
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