Practical Cow Testing Associations Growth and Practice
The article outlines the rise of cow testing associations in 30 states by 1914, their aims to improve dairy farming, and the cost and method of testing. It explains tester roles, per cow costs, daily procedures, and how records determine profitability and feeding efficiency for dairy herds.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Fremont
Mich
New York
Vermont
Wisconsin
Europe
Association
Babcock
State Estates de Culture
Cost Of Spraying Per Tree In Orchard
The Nebraska Experiment Station notes that spraying costs per tree total 24 cents while net income from sprayed trees is 2.35 dollars and 0.81 dollars from unsprayed trees. The sprayed trees gain 1.50 more income than unsprayed, or 1.30 more after spraying costs. Differences with other orchards depend on disease and insect prevalence.
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Nebraska Experiment Station
Hen Is a Machine on Farm Profit Model
The piece argues the hen serves as a machine converting farm inputs into profitable outputs. It compares poultry to dairy cows in efficiency and productivity, emphasizing mechanized production concepts on the farm.
Hints on the Care of Hogs
The article urges choosing a single standard breed and sticking to it. It warns against selecting bone in market pigs and emphasizes feeding for fat rather than bone when finishing, while feeding for bone and development in breeding stock. It notes corn alone fatten pigs quickly but harms health and growth.
Monkeys Finger Printed in Central Park Simian Rogues Gallery
In New York City Central Park Zoo monkeys are finger printed on white paper as part of a playful study. Keepers and policemen compare ape prints to human patterns while a lemur shows a near nonhuman paw print. The two year old Knocko bears the most grief.
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York
Central Park
Patrick Ryan
Ryan
Bill
Bob
Snyder
Knocko
Bomar ranks cities by cigar snipes in new prosperity index
In a salon talk at the Louis Quince reception room, Mr. Bomar declares a novel method to measure municipal wealth by the length of unsmoked cigar ends. He places Evanston first, then Atlantic City, Philadelphia, Boston, Pasadena, New York, Detroit, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and Chicago eleventh.
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Mr. Bomar
Louis Quince
Bridewell
Bomar
Edward Bomar
Philadelphia
Boston
Pasadena
Cal
New York City
Detroit
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Chicago
Rochester Children Taught How to Fight Fires
Experiments in Rochester show fire prevention gains from an educational campaign involving children. Since 1894 heavy losses fell from 3 million to 454 thousand as a prevention program engaged schools with hands on drills bonfires fire extinguishers contests and timed extinguishing efforts.
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Rochester
N. Y
Chamber of Commerce
Electric chair for pets debuts in Detroit
Detroit officials unveil automatic electric cages at the Animal Welfare association to humane kill stray dogs and cats. A dog cage costing 250 dollars and a cat cage 150 dollars, funded by Mrs. Frank J. Diner, with city wiring provided.
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Frank J. Diner
Animal Welfare Association of
Detroit
Animal Welfare Headquarters
First Humane Society
Animal Welfare Association
Rotation Is Best Hope For Farmers And Factories
Rotation is presented as the best hope for irrigation dairy farmers providing abundant cow feed and steady butter factory output. Settlers applying the principle conscientiously seek sustained farm operation and community satisfaction.
My Big Brother a Printer and a Folded Soda Fountain Query
A boy in a downtown office boasts of his printer brother and uses a death notice to dodge work. The tale riffs on old fashioned soda fountains and asks what happened to their heyday as sarsaparilla declined.
The Height of Atrocity Mentioned in Comic Exchange
In a satirical wartime exchange, Hark away laments German use of 298 instead of shot and shell. Dingleberry responds that even worse would be gas bills sent to victims after gas exposure with a request to remit payment.
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Harkaway
Dingleberry
Fleecer’s Fiction Cites Promissory Notes and IOUs
The Boston Evening Transcript quotes Fleecer describing his writing as centered on promissory notes and IOUs.
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U’s
Boston Evening Transcript
Castoria: A Safe Remedy for Infants and Children
Castoria is advertised as a harmless Castor Oil substitute for infants. It claims to ease teething, stomach issues, and diarrhea without opium or narcotics, and has been sold for over eighty years under Chas. H. Fletcher’s supervision, warning against counterfeit imitators.
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Astoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
Blank's Marked Down Shoes Spark Price Question
A shopper notes a marked-down shoe sale at Blank's provoking debate over price cuts. The exchange focuses on the marked sizes rather than overall price strategy.
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Blank’s
Hands Like Velvet One Night Treatment Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Cuticura as a one night hand treatment for red rough chapped hands. It instructs soaking in hot water with Cuticura soapsuds, drying, applying Ointment, wearing a bandage overnight, and promising wonders. Mail a sample via 32 pence Skin Book to Cuticura Boston.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Why She Went to Church
A deaf elderly woman, unable to hear sermons at her distant church, chose to attend the nearer church. The minister welcomed her and she quips that all churches lead to heaven and she will attend the other church since she cannot hear the sermon.
Humorous Tale Involving Waistcoat and Menu Gaffe
A husband returns from a club with a white waistcoat badly spotted. The wife scolds him, but he explains the stains came from no menu cards being available, and he wanted to inform her what they had to eat.
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Hubby
The Usual Thing Cartoon Dialogue
A quip filled exchange contrasts marital listening with advice, noting how troubles loom distant then loom closer. It cites a man who listens to both sides as meeting many lars and jokes about whisky driving men to work for price. It ends with a pun about human kindness in small cans.
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Lars
Russian ban on brandy sales reduces Moscow vodka use
The eight month old government monopoly in the Russian empire restricts vodka sales. A Moscow report contrasts 1914 vodka consumption with 1913, showing sharp drops in July August and October. Early wartime policy allowed vodka in first class restaurants but banned bottle sales with heavy fines.
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Russia
Russian Empire
Moscow
Ear marks reveal origins of English volunteer troops
War correspondent Alexander Powell, speaking in New York, notes ear marks as a telling sign of troop origins. He cites the Midlands miners, Manchester mill hands, and London bookkeepers, joking that bookkeepers slant rifles behind their ears when commanded to be at ease.
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Alexander Powell
New York
Midlands
Manchester
London
Mr. Powell
Unmaker of History in a Lone Dialogue
A terse dialogue features a directory canvasser asking a woman about her husband’s work. She replies he unmakes history by writing historical novels, prompting a quip about his “tory” unmade by the question.
Noah Endures the Flood in Odd Chronicle
A fragmentary scene shows Noah confronting a flood as he laments a barren place to intern. The tone hints at irony and survival amid surreal weather.
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Noah
Girl Admires Fast Mat To Catch Escaping Glimpse
A girl watches a swift mat in motion and imagines catching it before it slips away, admiring its speed and playful challenge.
Conversation Reaches New Low at Ball Park Grandstand
A public scene in the ball park grandstand draws attention for its heated chatter and loud commentary during a game, capturing a moment of rowdy fan behavior and spectatorship.
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Ball Park
No-Owner Expenditure Reconciled by Unowned Funds
A man can accept any level of spending if the money spent does not belong to him. The remark argues that moral or legal responsibility hinges on ownership of funds rather than the act of expenditure itself.
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Michigan
A.se
Lesa
Renee
Perrerry
Washnetov
Reesei
Corte Reese
Crete
Nebraska Station
PETSE
What Is
Castoria
Singleton
Gymework
Argent
Southland
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