Sunlight as cure for chick leg weakness proves effective
Wisconsin college of agriculture reports direct sunlight prevents leg weakness in young chicks. The disease, rickets, stems from lack of anti rachitic vitamin in the ration or sun exposure. J G Halpin notes artificial incubation worsens losses and offers a Halpin ration: yellow corn 80 parts middlings 20 bone 5 lime rock 5 salt 1 skim milk to drink, plus direct sun.
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Poultry Department
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
J. G. Halpin
Occultry Department
Halpin
Regularity in Feeding Helps Prevent Ailments
The article explains two crop problems in chickens pendulous crop from digestive inflammation and crop bound from obstructions. It advises gently clearing the crop by oil, loosening the mass, suspending the bird, and removing contents, then offering warm water with soda and soft foods after a day without feed. Regular feeding helps prevent crop bound.
Weed Seeds in Scratch Feed Cited by Ohio Department
The Ohio department of agriculture warns buyers to check labels for weed seed percentages in scratch feeds as feeds with more than 5 percent weeds lose value. A sample analyzed showed 25.8 percent weed seed, though the law does not cap weed content.
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Ohio Department of Agriculture
Poultry Rearing Tips on Egg Hatching and Sanitation
Poultry guidance covers clean poultry houses, ongoing culling and marketing nonproducers, hatching days for various birds, and the importance of early marketing. It notes egg preservation for six to ten months, seasonal egg yields, and how pullet quality affects next year's lay. It also emphasizes warmth and dryness for young poults and that turkeys become easier to raise after the red molts.
Death House Scenes at Sing Sing As Children Sleep Beside Father
In Ossining New York tears filled the death house corridor as Frank Minnick a Buffalo prisoner faced execution. His daughter aged three and son aged two slept on the floor outside his cell while guards provided pillows and blankets. His wife and he spoke briefly for the last time as they had not seen each other since his transfer two months earlier.
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Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Frank Minnick
Men Fend Off Giant 20 Foot Shark Off Newport Beach
Richard Gunther and fourteen year old Donald Cavanaugh fought for an hour to escape a 20 foot shark that attacked their boat a mile off Newport Beach. Gunther used a spear, the shark tore a hole in the boat, and two nearby men rescued them before the creature swam away mortally wounded.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Richard Gunther
Donald Cavanaugh
Gunther
Gavanaugh
Newport Beach
Death of Ina Lutz After Fear of Failing Final Exam
Ina Sarah Lutz, 21, a student at the State Teachers' College in San Jose, shot herself after fearing she had failed her final examinations. Despite a later letter confirming she passed, she died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Her parents heard her awaken and then a gunshot at 5 am as she prepared for tests.
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San Jose
Cali
Ina Sarah Lutz
State Teachers’ College
David Lutz
Liquor Tested on Rats Lands Couple in Jail
An Omaha man and his wife were convicted in Federal court for liquor selling after agents had a chemist feed a sample to thirteen rats. The rats survived and appeared intoxicated, a test used to show the liquor's beverage potency. the defense challenged admissibility but the ruling stood.
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Omaha, Neo
Omaha
Too Happy to Live Rich Youth Ends Itself in Quebec
The body of an unidentified young man, said to be a rich heir, was found beside a limousine near St. Dome de Beauce near the Maine border. A note stated he killed himself because he was too happy and always got what he wanted, with a bullet wound in the head. His parents are described as millionaires.
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Quebec
New York
Two Odd Sea Incidents Draw London Attention
A London paper highlights two unusual sea incidents. A collision occurred between an airplane and a steamer, and a damaged airplane near the Dorset coast was spotted from land and guided by wireless. The pilot steered to shallow water and was rescued by a rowing boat.
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London
Dorset
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