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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1947
Page
15
Ad copy outlines patient humor and humane methods for teaching dogs simple tricks. Advises not training before three months, progresses day by day until mastery, and warns against abuse for slower learners. Offers booklet No 78 with 20 illustrated lessons plus diet grooming and illness chapters.
The French artist Degas endured years of hardship and sold canvases for a few francs. A dealer later claimed to have sold his works for 20 000 francs each, but Degas compared the news to a racehorse winning only for the bookmakers, showing tepid emotion.
Limestone applied at soil test rates corrects surface soil acidity. Apply six months to a year before legume seeding to sweeten soil. Disk or harrow to mix limestone into top two or three inches and allow areas of sweet soil to form before clover can access lime. Tests should be done before liming.
The U S Department of Agriculture developed a new vaccine giving chickens immunity for several months. Poultrymen in about 30 states faced losses from Newcastle disease which also affects pigeons ducks turkeys geese and pheasants. While not final, experts continue work toward a fool proof vaccine and rely on sanitary measures to prevent spread until market release.
A home crafted cart built from an old hood doll carriage wheels and three tubing pieces for a handle. The welded design by Fred W H Spear of Natick Massachusetts helps dispose of leaves weeds and ash cans to the dump.
University of California scientists report a new enzyme found in frog eggs called phosphoprotein phosphatases. The enzyme may have counterparts in all life forms and it frees phosphorus from proteins in the ovum to support embryo growth and development.
The text lists a set of trivia prompts including questions about a short lived 1784 state, the origin of an artificial cork leg name, radio waves discovery, alopecia, railroad rail length, the occupants of Grant's tomb, North America's only marsupial, and a biblical fiery furnace question.
Franklin helped form Tennessee state history. The term honors the inventor. The unit named for Heinrich Hertz. Baldness describes losing hair. Standard length is 39 feet. Figures include General and Mrs Grant. The opossum bears young in a pouch. Shadrach Meshach and Abednego.
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