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Newspaper

Shafter Press

Location

Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1947

Page

5

Milk Cooling With Electricity Sound Investment

The article discusses dairy farmers needing to cool milk promptly to preserve quality and prevent bacteria and off flavors. Water alone is insufficient. ice adds cost and storage issues. Electric milk coolers on electrified farms offer quick uniform cooling at about 12 to 13.5 cents per hundred pounds, with power costs around 3 cents per kilowatt hour, below the national rate.

Pennsylvania State College School of Agriculture New York State

Know Your Breed New Hampshires by W J Dryden

Progenitors of modern New Hampshire flocks came from Red chicken stock in New Hampshire. Standards valued freedom from pullorum disease rapid growth feathering and egg quality alongside type and color. Ideal male shows rich reddish bay hackle and saddle deep chestnut red on wing bow back and medium chestnut on breast. Female is medium chestnut red throughout. Weighing 5 1 2 pounds for pullets 6 1 2 for hens 7 4/5 for cockerels and 8 pounds for cocks.

Incinerator Design Endorsed by Clemson Agriculture

An old metal barrel can be converted into a disposal incinerator for dead birds, poultry, turkeys and other disease carriers. Iron rods form a grille six to eight inches above the bottom, with holes cut below for draft. Clemson Agriculture College calls this incinerator a must.

Clemson Agriculture College

Spraying Cattle for Flies Improves Herd

Purdue entomologists advise using 50 percent DDT wettable powder mixed with water at two pounds per five gallons. Apply one quart per animal, with three or four applications per season at three week intervals or as needed, using a three gallon compressed air sprayer or larger.

Purdue

Restoring a Girl's Severed Nose by Plastic Surgery

In Los Angeles 15 year old Esther Brooks had her nose severed in a car crash. Surgeons delayed replacement for four hours but the graft remains alive and doctor G J S Rambo cautions judgment.

Los Angeles Esther Brooks G. J. S. Rambo

Girl Safely Freed After Narrow Escape Between Buildings

In Newark a 4-year-old girl, Cornelia Ann Byron, followed a kitten into a narrow gap between a beauty parlor and a tavern. She became wedged, prompting police, oil treatment, cellar cutting, and brick removal before she was freed and treated for bruises. The kitten was not seen again.

Newark N. J Cornelia Ann Byron Cornelia Ann Edward Mulcahy John Byron Belleville Goodness City Hospital

Lost Colony Play Brings Wealth to Roanoke Island Town

In 1937 Manteo on Roanoke Island hosted The Lost Colony performances about the 1587 English settlers. The show grew into an annual event, boosting a 1,000 resident town with 500,000 visitors and $4,000,000 in revenue over six summers, shifting its economy from fishing.

Manteo Roanoke Island North Carolina

Boy Burglar Uses Wire to Loot Elgin Homes

A 15 year old Elgin youth Jack L Glissman admitted stealing 1500 dollars in seven burglaries using a wire tool to pick door locks. He was caught after being seen flashing rolls of new dimes. His brother Richard 25 was also arrested for breaking into a Geneva area school building.

Elgin IIL Jack L. Glissman Abbott Richard Geneva Jack

Fondness for Her Dog Costs Woman Life in Accident

In Kansas City Mrs. Nelle Bly Andrews and her husband walked with Pesty the fox terrier when the dog paused on a streetcar track. They attempted to guide the dog away as a streetcar approached and were struck. Mrs. Andrews died and her husband was injured. the dog survived unscathed.

Kansas City Nelle Bly Andrews Pesty

Falls From 60-Foot Cliff, Is Found 18 Hours Later

Ed Wright, about 30, fell sixty feet into a rock quarry and lay injured for about eighteen hours before rescue. Boys playing nearby heard his cries and alerted residents who notified police. He was taken to a hospital with a broken neck and other injuries.

Hopkinsville Ed Wright Bo Heen Tore Wrights Wright

Sneeze Saves Girl From Nasal Button Operation

In Harrisburg PA 2 year old Lucile Burns sneezed at the last moment and expelled a lodged button from her nostril just as surgeons were about to remove it during an operation at Harrisburg hospital.

Harrisburg Lucile Burns Harrisburg Hospital Lucille

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