Mirrors in the Hen Yard Folly Sparks Hen Rivalry
A Boston Transcript clipping describes a man placing a mirror opposite a hen’s nest to trigger jealousy. When Biddy cackles and leaves the nest, she sees a supposed rival and retaliates by laying again, a ploy suggested for suburban readers.
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Sabbath Day's Journey Distance Defined in Judaic Law
The article notes the Sabbath day journey as the allowed Sunday walk for Jews and early Christians. It cites Acts placing the distance from Jerusalem at Mount Olivet and the Levite rule fixing a 2,000 cubit radius for the surrounding circuit. The Talmud lists the journey as 12 miles.
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Postcard Records 23154 Words Across 77 Pages
Marcel Mauvais mailed a single ordinary postcard to La Nature in Paris containing 23154 words and 125000 letters. The note remains legible to the naked eye, roughly equating to about seventy seven pages by typical book standards.
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Tanlac Reported to Boost Weight Like Wildfire
Thousands of weak run down men and women report astonishing gains in weight from Tanlac used by Dougherty and Walters.
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Winter Dairy Feeding and Co operative Bull Associations
The article discusses economical winter rations for dairy herds, emphasizing silage, mangels, legume hay, and seed meals. It covers feeding rules relating grain to milk output, benefits of succulent feeds, and the role of cooperative bull associations to obtain pure bred bulls at low cost, with guidance on organization and usage.
Dairymen and stock raisers urged to join co operative bull associations
Dairymen and stock raisers can improve their herds and save money by becoming members of co operative bull associations. Instead of each herd owner buying a bull several join and together purchase and make use of a high class pure bred bull.
Breeding Sows Urged to Expand Pork Supply
In face of a 4,000,000 hog drop from last year, officials urge immediate sow breeding to boost pork. exports rose since the war and demand will stay high. Farmers are advised to protect brood sows and litters from rain while feeds remain abundant and prices stay elevated.
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Perhaps He's Toothless? Gotham Poet’s Missing Rhyme Noted
A Boston Transcript quip notes the Gotham poet who forgot a rhyme for tob sters and the playful gustatory line about corn on the cob. An Exchange item adds a joke about a wife timing a husband, guessing both dollars and o clock.
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Dull Wight
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