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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1932
Page
3
Arthur T. Ringrose of the Cornell poultry department states milk and alfalfa are cheap feeds that supply animal protein and vitamin G essential for growth and health. Experiments show higher chick survival and weight with vitamin G, and hens lay more eggs in winter when milk replaces meat scrap.
Poultry chief A. O. Smith at Minnesota University farm says home mixing of mashes and scratch feeds lowers costs. Farmers can arrange grain grinding with local mills and mix proper proportions with animal and mineral matter. Directions are available from the poultry division, University farm, St. Paul, Minn. Dairy farmers with excess skim milk can learn to use by-products for laying flocks.
P R Record of the Ohio Experiment Station says proper feeding is key to battery brooding. A recommended formula includes ground yellow corn 38 pounds ground wheat oil middlings 20 pounds wheat bran 10 pounds finely ground whole oats 10 pounds alfalfa meal 5 pounds meat scraps 10 pounds dried milk 5 pounds salt 1 pound and cod liver oil 1 pound.
Wisconsin Agriculturist recommends a starter ration for baby chicks: 45 lb ground yellow corn, 15 lb standard wheat middlings, 15 lb pure wheat bran, 12 lb dried buttermilk or skim milk, 6 lb meat and bone meal, 8 lb alfalfa meal, 8 lb high calcium lime or oyster shell grit, 1 lb salt, ample water, and 1 to 2 percent cod liver or sardine oil for four weeks.
Poultry notes stress brooding quality and careful chick-box handling to prevent theft. Sudden temperature shifts harm chicks more than steady extremes, and moist litter spreads disease in crowded brooders. US farm flocks show 5 percent fewer hens and pullets on January 1, 1982 versus a year earlier.Young turkeys need around seven weeks of warm brooding.
George Presnell alias George Miller, a fugitive wanted for a 1903 murder in Bakersville North Carolina, served on juries in Centerville Iowa that convicted John Junkin for murder and a one legged man Gy Smith for 25 years. He later became a justice of the peace before resigning. North Carolina seeks his extradition and Presnell plans to return. He says he acted in defense of a woman's honor and will not plead guilty.
In Richmond 70 gas works employees attended the funeral of Mascot Jim a devoted plant dog for eight years. The workers built a coffin buried him in the plant yard and had long funded his license and medal. Jim died after a tar well incident while chasing a rat ending his ill health.
Riccardo Testa known as Italy's criminal poet is released from Collegno lunatic asylum as cured after being jailed for theft at Milan editorial offices. His case cited heredity and drug habit. he wrote poems and a drama during confinement and rose to fame with The Shell winning a prize and a Milan theater production.
Detectives uncovered a burial vault in Franklin cemetery Ken sington, 15 feet underground, described as the rendezvous for boy bandits. Bits of coffins bones and remains were found along with two coffins stacked in a corner and an empty coffin used as a table.
Professor Hamilton of Cornell reports fox diet includes up to five mice per stomach and substantial berry intake in summer. As winter nears foxes eat mice and rabbits, prey on woodchucks, and raise young with live prey at the den. Protective measures are urged to ensure future fox generations and ongoing sport and profit from foxes.
Outstanding economic problems of the day will be discussed on the National Farm and Home Hour Saturday April 30. Speakers are L A Downs president of the Illinois Central rail road Benjamin M Anderson Jr economist Chase National Bank and United States Senator Otis F Glenn. The program is directed by the corn belt farm dailies with Chicago Drovers Journal in charge.
The article explains the 17 year cicada life cycle. Cicadas require 17 years to mature from egg to adult with regional variation. Adults lay eggs in tree bark and nymphs burrow to roots to feed before emerging.
A fragmentary dialogue depicts a son asking if money can influence his father. The exchange uses broken English and suggests a skeptical view of money’s power in family dynamics.
A terse dialogue unfolds with an older man reflecting on sorrow and loss as he carries a weighty memory. The exchange hints at personal tragedy centered on a beloved spouse and a burdened conscience.
In Boston a shoe shine stand owned by Tony Sali enables his four sons to pursue careers. One son finishes medical school in Naples, another studies engineering, and two others start clothing and contracting ventures in this country thanks to earnings from the parlor.
The Swedish government plans to string a telephone line across northern Lapland to connect nomadic reindeer herders who already have radio but have lacked direct contact with the outside world. The move aims to improve communication for the Lapps living in tents of reindeer skins.
A satirical column riffs on advice and lies with quippy lines about car trouble, lamp posts meeting cars, locking up men, and the value of kind words. The tone is brisk and humorous, aiming at social manners and honesty.
The text traces horse riding gear from bareback use in ancient Greece to saddlecloth adoption by Athenian cavalry, notes pads or rolls for seating, and marks the first stirrups in Maurice era. It cites Nero era funerary art and the Theo dosius column as early saddle evidence, with later medieval saddles resembling oriental designs and evolving high front parts and the side saddle emerging near the 12th century.
A turnip nearly the size of a watermelon, grown on the Lee farm at Irvington in Virginia’s northern neck, was exhibited in Richmond. The vegetable measured exactly nine and one half inches in length.
A clipped quotation reflects on payment for writing and the social contract. It notes Boswell earning $2,000 for his story and discusses taxation as the government’s main touchpoint with citizens. The piece ends with a Ciceroic reflection on marriage as society’s first bond.
A block of cellular concrete floated on water at the University of Toronto during an experiment by Prof. G. R. Anderson. The light, porous cement made from cement, gravel, water, sand and a carbon dioxide forming chemical was likened to bread rising with yeast. Anderson notes its remarkable sound resistance.
A freight train split on a steep gradient near London and its fore and hind sections raced four miles to avoid collision. The engineer sped the engine to keep the rear from derailing the front, and the derelict cars were eventually stopped, then attached again on a level stretch.
A Lewiston resident found a pigeon's nest on his bed with straw and sticks arranged as a nest and an egg inside. The odd discovery occurred after he left his window open overnight.
A compact reflection contrasts backbone with faithful friendship as the true image of the Deity. It also notes love may be blind yet the average mother in law acts as an eye opener.
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