Braining and Picking Chickens Step by Step Guide
Instructions describe careful poultry brain striking and dry picking methods to prevent torn skins. It covers shackle setup, grasping wings, pulling feathers, handling breasts legs and back, scraping techniques, neck stripping, and removing small wing feathers with precise hand motions for cleaner, efficient dry plucking.
Hens Thrive in Confinement With Proper Care
Hens prefer freedom but mature, rugged birds often lay more eggs when kept in close confinement with good feed and care, suggesting confinement can boost production under proper husbandry.
How to Attract Birds to Your Home
Birds may be attracted to homes by planting trees herbs and shrubs that provide seeds and fruits for feed and by exposing food on artificial devices, creating inviting perches and shelter for avian visitors.
Louisa Goes Over the Top for Uncle Sam
Louisa, a German born school cleaner in America, exhibits fierce pride for Germany then shifts to supporting the U S war effort. She cheers Hindenburg, volunteers support, and ultimately buys Liberty Bonds for her soldier son as America enters WWI.
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Louisa
Germany
America
Chermany
Nein
von Hindenburg
Jim
Faderland
Lusitanis
Lusitania
Frohman
Archie Butts
Hubbard
Loulga
Kaiser
Sam
Frau von Hindenburg
Berlin
Hark
Schoen
Uncle Sam
The Test by John Brown Jewett of the Vigilantes
Poem urges collective action during crisis. It frames the moment as the decisive test of freedom and duty, demanding personal responsibility and warning that failure would bring blame on the people themselves.
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John Brown Jewett
The
Vigilantes
Those Who Cannot Go by Edward A G Hermann
Essay urging men at home to support the war effort through work, prayer, sacrifice, and worship. It argues the home front sustains soldiers in the trenches and promotes ideals of democracy, righteousness, and Christian duty as central to civilization and victory.
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Universal Brotherhood
Kingdom of God
Earth
The Flag Speaks A Nation’s Oath To Freedom
Poem-like piece extols the flag as a living symbol forged by great minds and brave hands. It asserts the flag belongs to all and bears the nation’s name across seas and winds, urging reverence, service, and the enduring idea that freedom lives through acts and words.
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Earth
Coal flows like water in Pittsburgh steel works
In a Pittsburgh steel plant powdered coal moves through 1500 feet of four inch pipe under 40 psi, flowing so swiftly that four tons pass through a 550 foot line in five minutes as workers describe.
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Pittsburgh
His Job A Chinastudy on censor incensed colleges
A fragmentary caption notes a press censor’s role and a cynical remark about incense. It mentions 180 colleges in China devoted to scientific agriculture, suggesting a focus on agricultural education.
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China
Dig for One In Alabama A Yard Doctor Plans Spring Dig
A humorous Harpers Magazine vignette about a stubborn Alabama yard doctor nicknamed Doc Marsh who lacks formal credentials and jokes about digging for a diploma once the ground thaws in spring.
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Alabama
Doc” Marsh
Harper’s Magazine
A Man’s Best Things Are Nearest to Him Quote
A compact quotation features Richard Moncton Milnes asserting that a man’s closest possessions are his own feet and near surroundings. The observation emphasizes proximity over distant possessions.
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Richard Moncton Milnes
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Chicago
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Echo de Paris
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