Tuberculosis campaign spurs farm improvements in Hillsdale County
Hillsdale County Michigan farmers, after eradicating bovine tuberculosis in 1921 with USDA help, expanded efforts into livestock quality and poultry herd health. A poultry project in one township showed 40% TB in flocks, revealing high losses and prompting culling, better feeding, and fence separation. A young pig club participant, Fred Grey, built a warm movable hog house and improved sanitation, achieving strong gains and finishing stock.
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Hillsdale County
Mich
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Husbandry
College of Agriculture
Weighed in the Balance dairy film debut features Blossom Cow
A Department of Agriculture release proclaims a three reel film titled Weighed in the Balance. Blossom the dairy cow is billed as a star and storyteller in a rural romance promoting cooperative farming. Dance with human actors John Hardacre and Dorothy Bengon. film ends happily as Blossom is saved.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Blossom
United States
Chutcher
John Hardacre
Dorothy Bengon
Department of Agriculture
Two Million Spent Annually on Rat Poisons and Traps
United States Department of Agriculture figures show about 2 million dollars a year is spent on rat control products. Chemical poisons total roughly 1.38 million, bacteriological rat viruses about 500 thousand, and traps over 233 thousand, based on reports from 22 poison makers, 9 virus producers, and 4 trap manufacturers.
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The
Biological Survey of
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Farm boy wins pig contest with 3000 pound litter
A Spokane county boy in a junior agricultural extension club topped a 1924 pig litter contest by producing 3,055 pounds of pork in six months. He kept a detailed record of feeding amounts and feed types used, per reports to the U S Department of Agriculture.
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Spokane County
Wash
United States Department of Agriculture
Meats Certified for Export Reach Large Total
Records from the federal meat inspection service show over 2.12 billion pounds of meat and products certified for export in the last fiscal year. Beef and products amount to 170,561,063 pounds, mutton 2,702,530 pounds, pork 1,940,001,856 pounds, horse meat 929,100 pounds, totaling 2,120,104,468 pounds.
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Federal Meat-Inspection Service
Meat export certificates exceeding five million pounds issued
The meat inspection service issued certificates for exporting 5,476,692 pounds of inedible animal products. The figures reflect certified quantities, not exact exports, and support the U S live stock industry amid foreign confidence in inspection. Imports of meat and meat products totaled 38,633,031 pounds, mainly beef, which comprised about half of total imports.
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Meat Inspection Service
United States
Ickes News Crowded Out Last Week
Crowded social notes list visits and dinners among local families including Kreader Ross Mayer and related households. Entries mention residents from Dalton Bridgeport Sidney and surrounding areas visiting or hosting through Monday to Friday with several couples and families noted.
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Ickes News
Leonard Freeburg
E. N
Ickes Kitchen club lesson on dustless cloths and refinishing
Mesdames Guill and Rathbun, delegates for the Ickes Convenient Kitchen club, demonstrated care of furniture and floors to 50 or 60 Indies at Mrs Walsh's home. They taught making a dustless dust cloth a homemade paint remover and refinishing old furniture or floors as spring house cleaning fever approaches.
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Mesdames Guill and Rathbun
Ickes Convenient Kitchen Club
Alliance and Herrin show how towns vary in harmony
The Alliance Times-Herald extols Alliance Illinois for racial and religious harmony while condemning Herrin as a harsh example of division. It argues towns prosper where Jews Catholics Protestants and Gentiles live and work together and warns against factional incitement.
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United States
Nalong
Herin
Wlinois
Alliance
Herrin
America
Alliance Times-Herald
1 Percent Ten Truck Pneumatic Air Tool sale
An advertisement offers a one percent ten truck pneumatic tool in perfect condition at a cheap price. Contact A. 8. Hardy for details.
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Betty
Parker Hardy
Telegraph
Subway Tangle Is Straightened Out
Federal and state representatives and Box Butte county commissioners resolved a highway delay by rerouting the Bridgeport Alliance highway. A new West Third street subway will enter Alliance, avoiding dangerous rail crossings. The Burlington viaduct, costing 25000, will be government funded and construction can begin soon.
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Box Butte County
Alliance
Burlington
West Third Street
Flemingford
Stolen auto quickly recovered after pursuit through Alliance
A Ford coupe disappeared as Glen Wilt neared it on Box Butte avenue at 8 pm. Chief Patterson and Special Agent Amis pursued with Wilt, calling in towns nearby. In minutes calls went out, Horton searched the city, and Carl Fredericks Laird Druery and Ethel McDebord were brought to the station. Fredericks borrowed the car without permission. The 19 year old DeBord girl had come from Lead to Alliance, worked briefly at Busy Bee cafe, and was described as eager for thrills. The boys were detained briefly. she will be held for investigation.
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Glen Wilt
Box Butte
Patterson
Amis
Mr. Wilt
Horton
Carl Fredericks
Laird Druery
Ethel Mdebord
Fredericks
DeBord
Alliance
Lead
Busy Bee Cafe
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Fred Grey
Pig Club
Blossom Cow
Farm Boy
Mrs. J. C. Kreader
Tonie Benish
Alex Ross
J. C. Kreader
J. M. Kreader
Carr Ross
Stoetzel
J. C. Kreader’s
Mrs. Walsh
Mesdames
J. C
Rex Rogers
Northport
E. N. Southard
W. F. Caborn
Dalton
Charles Mayer
Henry Mayer
John Peterson
Chris Peterson
Sheephead
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Ford Service
Detroit
Nene
ST Auth
ZED
Lincoln Joint Stock Land Bank
Western Securities Company
American Bank Building
Nebraska
East Third Street
Fritz Brauer
Sidney
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