Milan Plans Five Line Subway System Under City Center
Prepared by National Geographic Society. Milan announces a 50 mile underground railway linking the city center with five lines reaching distant points, as Rome plans a subway too. The piece surveys Milan’s rapid modern growth, its electric streets, largest station, and its status as a leading Italian metropolis with a long history.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Ilan
Italy
Milan
Europe
Upper
Po Valley
Rome
Piazza del Duomo
Lombardy
Piedmont
Brent Po
B. C
Sorale
Naples
Itome
Name Well Earned The Death Legion
The French Foreign Legion earned its grim nickname Death Legion for its extensive involvement in some of the force’s most perilous campaigns across history.
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French Foreign Legion
Death Legion
All Night Lighting Boosts Winter Egg Output in Poultry
A Rural New Yorker correspondent cites Ohio State bulletin 476 showing all night lighting in henhouses raises winter egg production. Trials indicate increased egg laying without harming fertility or hatchability, with slow maturing hens and late hatchers gaining production.
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New-Yorker
Ohblo
Ohio
Keeping Flock Confined Boosts Egg Quality at Willard Farm
Dale Willard of Vermilion County Illinois confines his laying flock until noon to produce cleaner eggs and higher early daily output. He notes 75 to 90 percent of eggs come in the first half of the day and attributes gains to more mash consumption and better ration balance. He contrasts weather effects on cleanliness and argues partial freedom reduces soil eggs and improves quality.
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Dale Willard
Vermilion County
Ill
Chicago
Mr. Willard
Capper
Caring for baby chicks tips and feeding guide
Do not feed baby chicks for 72 hours after hatching. Start feed with oatmeal or starter mash. Feed oatmeal five times daily to 15 chicks. offer mash after. Provide sour milk daily and green feed after seven days. Keep clean water, add charcoal and grit, and maintain strict hygiene for best results.
Pullets Worth While
There is no mystery about growing good pullets. Slow-growing pullets not ready to lay until eight or ten months old are a dead loss. With strong pullets and hens fit to lay eggs and provided feed, there will be a profit margin from eggs this next winter.
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R. B. Thompson
The
Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman
Poultry Hints for New Farm Setup and Nesting Material
A poultry farm with 900 birds needs about $15,000 in capital. Prepare the poultry house for prompt pullet entry when laying begins. Old nesting straw or excelsior should be burned and replaced with clean fresh nesting material to deter vermin.
Wheat to Pork: Feeding Tips for Hog Fattening
H B Osland of Colorado Agricultural College says wheat can equal corn in feeding value for hogs and, with tankage, yields maximum gains. Coarsely ground or rolled wheat boosts efficiency by 15 to 20 percent. over ground or pasty wheat reduces digestibility. A 450 to 150 pound wheat input is needed to produce 100 pounds of pork, depending on the ration.
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H. B. Osland
Colorado Agricultural College
Osland
Steps to Avert Hopper Plague in North America
Farmers in Canada and the United States are urged to act against a looming grasshopper plague for 1932. Experts advocate deep plowing or late fall cultivation to destroy millions of eggs before hatch. A rainy season could curb the outbreak, but preventive work is stressed as eggs are laid across vast regions from the Rockies to the Great Lakes and into the prairies.
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Canada
United States
Rockies
Great Lakes
North
Saskatchewan River
Ground Barley Replaces Shelled Corn In Steer Diet
A 1930 University of Minnesota study found ground barley in fattening rations matched shelled corn in performance for steer calves. Replacing corn with cane molasses raised intake and profits slightly, while molasses in seed alfalfa hay did not improve value. Adding molasses to full fed barley, linseed meal and alfalfa hay increased consumption but lowered profits.
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University of Minnesota
Hogging Down Corn on Dairy Farms
Farmers advise careful hog feeding to avoid waste and poor gains. Turning hogs into open cornfields risks overconsumption and sloppy work. small fenced areas are better. Lack of protein supplement inflates feed needs, while a simple mineral mix can reduce feed required per 100 pounds of gain.
Soybean meal Proves Equal to Other Protein Feeds
The price of soybean meal is now comparable with Mnseed oil meal and cottonseed meal. Dairymen and cattle feeders who use Mnseed or cottonseed in their rations will aid soybean growers if they substitute soybean meal in fall and winter. Tests show soybean meal equals linseed or cottonseed meal in feeding value.
Mary Baird finds hope as her child Doris lands film test
In Astoria Mary Baird, once famed as mother of the films, confronts bankruptcy with five months of food bills and ailing husband. Her ten year old Doris reunites with a director who tests her voice, offering a contract for a star child part.
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Mak Baird
Astoria
Long Island
Doris
Mary Baird
Frank Hanway
Mary
Frank
Eden Musee
New York
Biograph Studios
Fourteenth Street
Hollywood
Sweet Home
Nary Baird
Lady Luck
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
WNU
Restful Sleep for Fretful Feverish Child Castoria Ad
Advertorial note describes restless sleep in children due to discomfort from waste buildup. Promotes Castoria as a gentle, safe, plant based remedy for relieving constipation and restoring sleep without harsh drugs. Emphasizes natural formulation and brand name presence.
Cole's Carbon Salve Heals Burns and Skin Ailments
An advertisement for Cole's Carbon salve claims quick relief from burning itching and skin diseases. It asserts instant pain stoppage and healing without scars and directs readers to send 80c to The J W Cole Co Rockford Illinois for a package.
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Cole
J. W. Cole Co
Rockford, Ill
On the Beach Caption Mystery at the Shore
A beachside caption poses a riddle about a woman in a half-piece bathing suit asking who she is. The reply identifies her as the chaperon, hinting at social norms and observers noting attire and roles in a seaside scene.
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Como
Gian Galeazzo
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Bellagio
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Maggiore
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Iseo
Idro
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Lake
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Thorvaldsen
Canova
Psyche
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Milane Sselakes
Baby Chicks
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St. Bartholomew the Great
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Rinso
Red-River Valley
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Cree & Chaffey
Palm Springs
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Trea Particulara
St. Powell
Brompton Pince
W. N. Uy
Des Moines
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