Riding Master and Tailors Clash Over New Outfits
The riding master vents fury at shoddy riding outfits sent by Cuttum & Quick. Jim defends the tailor, revealing Mrs Leonard’s embarrassment at the wardrobe. The master vows to teach them a lesson, recounting a tale of a deceptive tailor and a lesson in taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Cuttum & Quick
Leonard
Tallor
Con
Jim Carstuly
Cuttum &. Quick
Mr. Quick
Sol
Leon
Alaskan
Alaska
Portable poultry fence solves soil and sweetness problem
A. E. Van Natta of Indiana describes a portable fence system built from hemlock components to keep fowls on fresh soil year after year. The design uses T shaped joints, a shelf bracket, and a 12 inch board to hold the upright, with wire completing each 16 foot section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. van Natta
Indiana
Fences and screws altered for easy stacking
The notes describe removing screws from brackets and fuses to stack the fence out of the way with minimal trouble. It details re moving i foot fuses and replacing them during setup.
Skim Milk Boosts Hen Health and Egg Production
Skim milk provides most of the protein for laying hens and aids fattening by producing white flesh. It can be fed sweet or sour, as a drink or mixed with bran and oatmeal. Sour milk or buttermilk helps health and digestion, especially for yard confined birds. sour milk often sells for ten cents per gallon near creameries.
Poultry Tips For Winter Care And Breeds At Fairs
Advice on keeping fowls indoors in bad weather and ensuring hens lay through winter. Details egg composition in a 1000 grain egg, selecting bantams for children, researching breeds at fairs, proper feeding and housing, disinfecting and greasing, and choosing the largest vigorous chickens to winter lay.
A Venetian Poisoner in a Romantic Tragedy Unmasked
In Rome a lethal case from the Florentine era links Lorenzo Luccese to Bianca Ranzine and Francesco Demetrio. Luccese, suspected of using a needle tube to poison Mantel and Demetrio, is captured after wounds reveal tiny darts. He is executed, while Bianca and Demetrio wed amid lingering fear of unseen enemies.
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Neville
Tebaldo
Venice
Rome
Italy
Lorenzo Lucchese
Tlorence
Hin
The
Arno
Bianca Ranzine
Ricardo Mantel
Lucchese
Signorina Ranzine
Francesco Demetrio
Bianca
Young
Demetriond
Florence
Luchese
Binnen Ranzine
Demetrio
Howie
Lo Ehese
Ini
Suiutt
Lincet
Luccese
Mantel
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Ues
Sisseton
Ort Gavagely
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