Feeding Pigeons Prefer Stated Feeding Hours in Loft Hatches
The article notes veteran breeders favor fixed grain times over self serve hoppers. Centrally placed troughs, galvanized drinking vessels, and three open boxes with oyster shell grit and charcoal are described. Winter baths weekly, summer twice, and careful timing prevent illness after bathing.
Lime of Great Importance to Egg Production and Poultry
Mineral element essential for eggs and young chicks development. Adequate lime supply prevents bone and tissue loss, supporting mature hens egg production and healthy chick growth. poultry raisers should provide sufficient lime.
Purdue Experiments Show Egg Production Boosts
Experiments at Purdue University found hen groups fed skins milk produced 140.2 eggs per year, those fed meat scraps yielded 435.9 eggs, and groups without any animal feed laid 1.2 eggs on average.
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Chicks Health and Breeding Practices Under Observation
A fragmented note discusses issues in chick care with warnings about lice and worms. It mentions breeders, milk-fed fowls, and feeding rations, noting weight and fattening differences and urging attention to care standards.
Pruning Currants: Use Knife To Renew Bushes
The article urges systematic pruning of currants with a knife to remove old growth and stimulate new. It notes best fruit on two to three year old wood and warns older canes become stunted. Six sturdy bushes, planted four feet apart, can supply a family. Plant in cool, retentive soil like clay loam.
Best way to control lice: Black Leaf 40 spray
An advertisement promotes Black Leaf 40, a Standard Commercial Tobacco Extract, as the most satisfactory lice control for fruit trees. It notes the product is available at stores selling spray materials and includes usage directions on the can, with cautions about late-stage lice and combining with other materials in regular spraying.
Best Free Shape and Form for Pruning Trees
The guide advises pruning to emphasize the trunk and keep larger limbs while removing cross and dead branches. Cut near the trunk to promote sap flow and avoid stumps, taking care to remove old wood and select two to three year old growth for fruiting. It notes fruit trees on farms have declined sharply over a decade.
Johnny Evers Quietly Sets U.S. Baseball Coaching Record
Johnny Evers, coach of the White Sox, defies expectations in his first season as an American League coach. Once known as an umpire buster and a famed “human crab,” he reports no incidents with U.S. umpires this year and aims to prove himself a good boy.
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Ty Cobb Visitor Trails Painted Hotel Lobby in Detroit
Cobb entered the Statler Hotel lobby where painters and scaffolding were in use. He paused, then backed out before advancing, as decorators labored over the ceiling while the Tigers had won eight straight games.
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Shanks Urged to Move From Third to Outfield
Howard Shanks, Washi Washington third baseman, faced debate on field position with most agreeing he should move to the outfield. Last season he led third basemen with 571 chances over 154 games, averaging 8.49 per game, and set a record by starting 27 double plays.
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Washi Washington
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Old Timer Plays Baseball with Long Career Abroad
An aging baseball veteran, En Sue Punge age forty six, father of eleven, has spent twenty five years in the sport. He has traveled four times with championship teams overseas and twice to the Orient, served as outfielder for the Chinese team champions of the Honolulu league, hit .300 last season, and helped his teams win in fifteen championship campaigns. Ray Spencer, catcher, has been traded to Augusta South Atlantic Emaciation club by the Detroit Americans.
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Baseball News From The Coast And West Texas Circuits
A jumble of baseball updates notes Wichita Falls chances, Augusta slugger Wade Lecer, and Amarillo center fielder Fitzgerald sold to the Chicago Cubs. Los Angeles tally reaches 14 straight wins, Moline releases, Seattle trades Murphy to Sacramento, and Minnesota considers new pitcher. Irish-Murphy linked to Browns, Woodbridge to Cubs, and Rakke signed by Brooklyn. Pipp and Gagnon, plus umpire comments and manager rumbles, color the scattered reports.
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Amarillo Club
West Texas League
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No Putouts by First Basemen in Notable Games
Among early 20th century players, McCauley of the Washington Americans in 1891 and Jiggs Donohue of the Chicago White Sox had games with zero putouts. Donohue later set a record for chances in a season in 1907, while Artie Hofman of the Cubs vs Pittsburgh on June 24, 1910, also had a game with no putout and one assist.
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Old-time heavyweights critique modern boxing skills
Tom Sharkey argues modern champions lack the ring savvy of past stars. He singles out Jack Dempsey and Joe Choyinski, praising Corbett and noting Dempsey would rely on aggression, while today’s boxers risk losing focus after achieving titles. He recalls earning $2,500 for defeats of Wildard and Morris.
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Jack
Carl Morris
Willard
Tex Rickard
University of Minneis Will Star Athletes Graduation
A report mentions 18 star athletes by graduation and hints at funding for golf and betting on each hole. The New York Canoe Club is cited as the oldest in the United States, with Montreal swimmer Diner Perrenuit planning an English Channel swim. A chess bulletin service and Syracuse lacrosse dominance are noted, alongside Willard preparing to fight Dempsey in the fall. A Longwood Cricket Club stadium plan in Boston aims to host modern cricket bowling.
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Milk must be iced for night deliveries says USDA
The USDA warns milk delivered at night often needs more icing than daytime loads. Speed to the consumer is not enough if milk warms before reaching the refrigerator. aim for 50 degrees Fahrenheit or lower. Consumers can aid by using a properly insulated container on the doorstep.
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SIMPLE WATER SYSTEM PLAN FOR FARM TANK CONNECTOR
A farmer describes a simple gravity feed water system using a 1% inch pipe and a globe valve to supply a pasture tank from a main water tank. The setup includes a nipple nipple and a goose neck to direct flow, with a shutoff globe valve inside the large tank to stop water.
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D. G. Beaty
Indiana egg laying contest begins in Clay County
The first one year egg laying contest in Indiana opened March 1 in Clay County. One hundred hens from several farms have been gathered to establish baseline characteristics. Records will be compared monthly to select more profitable stock.
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Feed Practices for High Yield Cattle Revealed
Guidance on cow nutrition emphasizes generous hay rations and ample feeding to maximize milk output. The text discusses balancing maintenance needs with production capacity and notes the link between diet and performance.
Calf Milks Cows Aims to Improve Herd Through Forage
A brief note discusses calves and dairy herds focusing on feeding roughage and clover to boost milk production. It emphasizes improving calf-cow efficiency and grass-based feeding strategy.
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