House Party Schemes For A Hidden Foot Race
Senior Speed, Yale cheerleader, becomes entangled in a love and deceit plot at the Flying Heart ranch. Mrs Keap reveals she is engaged to two men and asks Speed to sabotage Culver Covington to protect her romance and the outcome of the upcoming race. Speed agrees to help while fearing exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flying Heart Ranch
Centipede Ranch
Flying Heart
J. Wallingford Speed
Yale
Culver Covington
Helen Blake
Speed
Jean Chapin
Covington
Helen
Larry Glass
Wally
Glasa
Havre
Culver
Mrs. Keap
Berkeley Fresno
Jack Chepin
Jack
Seonent
Jack Chapin
Jove
Roberta
Scott
Chicago
Brooding Early Chicks Requires Careful Housing
The article warns that hatching early chicks is easy but brooding them is hard. It stresses the need for warm, stable, comfortable quarters and warns that many fail in brooding due to improper conditions. Proper brooding demands attention beyond hatch success.
Berkeley Fresno and Miss Blake Debate Training Quarters
In a bunkhouse scene students discuss decorations and athletics. Fresno declares he dislikes Speed yet admires his medals, then brags about a past official role and plans for California. Miss Blake asks about decorations while Jean and Larry finalize setup as Bill Sto ver comments on the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erkeley Fresno
Blake
Mr. Speed
Mr. Fresno
Fresno
Helen
Jean
Larry Glass
California
Bill Stover
Glass
Speed
Lawful Weight of Apples Varies by Variety
Wisconsin inspector weighs multiple apple varieties and finds an average just over 42 pounds per bushel. Only the Lawyer variety is likely to reach the 50 pound legal weight, as it is among the heaviest apples grown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawyer
Inspector of
Store Manure for Gardens
The article advises storing manure in a large screened box with a hinged top to keep pests away. It recommends keeping the heap aspacted to prevent water penetration and draining excess moisture through a corner spout into a sunken barrel for year round use.
Good and Bad Cows For Better Farm Records
A farmer errs by keeping what seems to be good dairy cows without tracking their economics. Close records reveal many such cows barely pay for their feed and care, underscoring the value of data in herd management.
Make Colt Thrifty Diet With Ground Grains
The text notes using cooked roots mixed with wheat bran or ground oats or barley to feed a colt, suggesting this combination will go a long way toward making a better and more thrifty animal.
Peru coasts and guano birds in age of arid shores
The narrative describes Peru’s coastal climate from Panama to Cape Blanco, the dry belt above the Andean barrier, and the abundant bird life that forms vast guano deposits. It details Bougainville’s cormorants and pelicans, mass nestings, and mass migrations that leave eggs and chicks vulnerable to gulls, vultures, and terns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Tropics
Panama
Cape Blanco
Andes
Cape
Atlantic Ocean
Gusno
Lobos
Guanape
Pescadores
Ballistes
Chincha
Greatest Engineering Jobs of Modern Times
The article praises large scale earth works like the Panama Canal and Catskill Aqueduct as great engineering feats. It notes advances in blasting and drilling, cites Europe’s delayed use of gunpowder, and credits dynamite air compressors and power drills as revolutionizing mine excavations in the last fifty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Catskill Aqueduct
Europe
America
Germany
Greasing the Bullet for Rifle Cartridges
The article describes coating each cartridge bullet with a thin layer of automotive grease before insertion. It warns to avoid grease on the shell and notes three benefits: reduces metallic fouling in the bore, boosts accuracy, and lengthens rifle life.
Abusing Confidence in a Domestic Dispute
Woman accuses her husband of deception and reliance on another for daily car fare. The quarrel centers on financial trust and alleged infidelity, as described in Life magazine style tabloid prose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Yeu
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McReagh
Paul Armstrong
Edgar
Harper & Brothers
Ures
Madison, Wis
Ben Davis
Errr
Seto Hs
Ballistes Archipelagoes
Pescadores Island
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