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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1936
Page
2
Cynthia and Reuben navigate a private moment amid workmen, law books, and rural life. Jesse mouths legal lore from Blackstone while Cynthia contemplates love, education, and a future beside the Ohio river as Sparrel and Julia watch from a distance.
A young woman in a large London store was caught giving wrong change and acting snappy. The firm sent her to a psychology expert who linked her behavior to a cradle incident with a cat. She improved after moving from the fur to the umbrella department.
Poultry specialist C M Ferguson of Ohio State urges moving the most advanced pullets first as they near laying. Later, remaining range birds may develop, while slower pullets should be finished for market. Use leg bands to identify early breeders and thoroughly clean and disinfect houses before moving in. Ventilation, insulation considerations, and switching to complete laying rations are advised.
The Indiana Farmer's Guide advises moving pullets to the laying house once more than 10 percent are laying or when reddening of the other pullets begins. Clean, disinfect the laying house, provide clean litter and suitable feed hoppers, fix nests and roosts, and ready windows and ventilation before transfer. Move birds quietly and sort by maturity to minimize rough handling.
A North Carolina Agricultural College authority notes that feeding a small amount of grain in the morning and the remainder at night boosts egg production. Morning feed should be in clean litter four to six inches deep. Afternoon feeding in troughs is advised where disease or parasites are present. A flock of 100 hens typically consumes 10 to 12 pounds daily.
The article urges farmers to cull slow growing pullets as they mature. It emphasizes cold-blooded removal of underperformers to avoid feeding costs and to preserve only the best birds for future profit.
Dr. W. A. Hagan of New York State Veterinary College says vigorous birds meet the strain of high egg production. He notes a 200 egg hen can produce at least five times her weight in eggs in a year, about ten times what she would yield without domestication.
A writer laments noisy mockingbirds and flavorful California produce while skewering politics and modern crusades. He recalls surviving two years in the state, chasing a radio program, and contemplating a move east as autograph seekers and estate beagles intrude. He asks how to reduce road deaths and jokes about dental care and aging teeth.
The Fomans made a fresh pork and pine nut sausage spiced with pepper bay leaves herbs and cumin seed. It tied to Lupercalian feasts and early Christian bans, later lifted when imperial authorities found bootlegging kept sausage sales alive.
Learn a lace square design easy to crochet. Create a table cloth bedspread or pillow cover by joining many squares. Pattern 5193 includes instructions an illustration and materials. Send 13 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept 259 W Fourteenth St New York NY.
The Literary Digest explains the term legitimate as used fifty years ago to distinguish Shakespearean style drama from farces and extravaganzas. Today the term broadens to mean an actor who performs on stage rather than in motion pictures.
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