KEEP BOYS ON FARM RIPLEY CHOOSES TWENTY FOR ALLOTMENTS
Twenty boys aged eleven to fourteen have been selected to work on a half acre plot leased by Dowager Lady Loveface. Under headmaster William Haxland they will farm, fence, sow, and manage vegetable plots with future plans for flowers fruit and beehives. The program aims to teach why farming works and keep boys from overcrowded town jobs. Twelve will pursue farming long term with eight planning garden work later.
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Ripley
Lady Love Face
William Hlaxland
Romantic Career Star Faces Annulling of Pierce Marriage
The New York Supreme Court hears a suit to annul the marriage of Roy E. Pierce and Betsey Chapman. Chapman, a Boston native and former stage performer, sparked a high profile romance with European attention. Pierce contends mental incompetence at marriage. Chapman is in a Central Valley sanitarium.
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Supreme Court of
New York City
Roy E. Pierce
Pierce
Betsey Chapman
Henry Clay Piercé
Central Valley
Government plans cavalry drive to move Elk from Jackson Hole
A sensational proposal seeks to relocate up to 30 000 elk from Jackson Hole Wyoming to better ground. Government funding envisions a cavalry herd drive with troopers circling the herd and relays along the route to corral the animals toward a new winter range amid warnings of injuries and deaths.
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Mase
Last Hours of Congress Hint at Elk Herding Plan
The Warren amendment foresees government troops next summer moving 30 000 plus elk from Jackson's Hole ranges to feeding grounds on the Big Horn. Cattle drives once spanned 100 miles, but jut imagined scale now faces the challenge of guiding 380 000 wild elk through rough forest paths, a task beyond seasoned riders.
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Congress
Jackson's Hole
Big Horn Range
Golden West
Fall May Silence Atlantic City Hotel Owner
Mrs. W. B. Smith proprietress of the Wal- Mangford hotel in Atlantic City sustained injuries in a stumble at a boardwalk playhouse. She tripped in the balcony and struck a brass rail, injuring her chin and threatening loss of speech after the impact.
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Atlantic City
N J
W. B. Smith
Wal- Mngford
Cooking on Care transfers offer city recipes
Thousands of Kansas City residents will carry cooking transfers issued by the street railway company. The backs feature instructions on boiling frying and baking learned from the manual training high school's domestic science program.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Bellevue Hospital to Build World Largest Heating Plant
New York. Bellevue hospital plans a heating and ventilating plant costing about $500,000, aiming to possess the biggest in the world, reflecting a major expansion of its facilities.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
Poultry Breeds Compared Leghorns Dominant In White Egg Markets
The White Leghorn is the most popular breed for white eggs and large plants due to high productivity and adaptability in confinement. Leghorns excel as winter layers when sheltered and fed properly, while Plymouth Rock Rhode Island Reds Orpingtons and Wyandottes follow in popularity. Minorcas resemble Leghorns but offer no clear advantage. A small dairy-poultry mix can be profitable with careful management.
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Plymouth Rock
Rhode Island
Feeding young pigs and sows for profitable hog production
The article advises starting with low for piglets then increasing ration as they grow, stressing heavy sow feeding to boost pig weight indirectly. It recommends through two to three weeks with separate troughs, skim milk or thin middlings porridge, and crowded feeding as pigs begin eating freely. It covers pasture needs, suggested green feeds like alfalfa and clover, movable fencing for continuous grazing, and cautions on scouring in nursing pigs with overfeeding or dirty practices.
Ration for Eggs Boosts Balanced Grain Mix
A successful egg production ration combines equal parts of Indiana corn, wheat, and oats by measurement. The mix is well balanced to support laying hens and improve output.
Poultry Incubation and Breeding Tips for Small Farms
The article advises incubator care requiring little extra time, recommends incubator pens under two weeks old, and notes purebred poultry fetch higher prices. It suggests trap-nesting breeding pens if nest trapping is impractical, emphasizes heat under the hover, and warns against delaying marketing of ducks and geese. It also cautions squab breeders to prioritize size and breeding quality over color, and favors utility strains that do not rely on trap nests.
Portable fence setup for temporary enclosures
The notes describe using 15 to 20 grains of sulphate of iron to aid growth or effectiveness, with no doses until an effect is observed. A portable fence with supports is illustrated for enclosing temporary lots, to be securely nailed to stakes driven into the ground on each side.
Spraying Chute for Stock Inventions in Stock Care
An alley style spray chute for cattle and horses is described with two foot fences, a twenty five foot length, and a cement floor sloped to drain spray. It outlines a chamber system for driving stock through a chute with multiple spray nozzles and a force pump to apply coal oil or crude oil emulsion as a pest remedy.
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B. Garman
Avoid Rheumatism in Hogs By Proper Ventilation
The article warns that rheumatism in hogs stems from damp dirty and poorly ventilated quarters. It urges a ventilation system with no direct air currents and sun access, dry sanitary sleeping areas, dry yards and clean houses, damp bedding and cold floors to be avoided, and false wooden floors in cemented hog houses for comfort.
Farm livestock management and feeding guidance notes
Practical advice on sheep louse rarity, pork quality from Clover-fed pigs, ration adjustments for working horses, cost effectiveness of home produced pork, and faults and health factors in hogs. Emphasizes breeding costs, ensilage value, pure bred boars, lamb creep feeding, ewe and lamb care, and winter feeding with carrots or mangels.
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Jackson’s Hole
Warren
War Department
Poult
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