Simple methylene blue test gauges milk quality in factories
A low cost methylene blue test uses a few test tubes a water bath and a thermometer to judge milk quality. Milk with fewer bacteria keeps the dye longer with high quality showing color after six and a half hours versus thirty minutes for poor milk. The test aids distributors and farmers by revealing sanitation effects at the barn and milk house.
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E. G. Hastings
Wisconsin Agriculture Experiment Station
Hastings
Utility Value of Pure Bred Livestock Circulated by USDA
The United States Department of Agriculture issued Circular 235 titled Utility Value of Pure-Bred Livestock showing higher returns from superior stock. It includes cost data, marketing, registration, and incentives based on experiences of over a thousand livestock owners. The 24 page illustrated circular is available in Washington, D.C. while supplies last.
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Department of Agriculture
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United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Fresh Water for Cows Boosts Milk Output
Proper hydration is vital for cow metabolism from digestion to waste removal. About 87 pounds of water accompany each 100 pounds of milk, so cows should have access to water at least twice daily to maintain high production. Sudden weather changes affect drinking, and it is easier to sustain production than recover from slumps.
Dairy Notes on Calf Salt Feeding and Feed Varieties
Calves should receive salt as soon as they start eating grain and hay. A hand separator not properly adjusted wastes milk daily. Soybean feeds show promise for dairy cows, and added variety in the ration helps if costs are controlled. Selecting a good bull can boost milk production over ten years. Weeding border cows wastes money and labor.
Monkey Talk at the Zoo Delights Douglas and Dorothy
In a children's tale at the zoo the young pair meet talking monkeys who insist they are children. A keeper explains the rule speech is silver bananas are golden before adventures with ponies camels and a giraffe hoofs debate.
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Dorothy
Monkey House
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Ocean Lessons and a Gravity Pun in Boy Magazine
A humorous exchange about nautical knots and miles from The American Boy Magazine, followed by a riddle about Newton and gravity. The dialogue plays on sea terms and a pun about the gravity of the situation, reflecting playful classroom banter in a London Answers style.
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American Boy Magazine
Sir Isaac Newton
London
Children Cry for Castoria
An advertisement touts Mother Fletcher’s Castoria as a long standing remedy for infants and children addressing constipation flatulence wind colic and diarrhea. It claims to relieve feverish symptoms regulate stomach and bowels aid digestion and provide natural sleep without opiates while bearing a genuine signature.
Lenin’s Corpse Still Draws Crowds in Moscow
Thousands view the lifelike features of Lenin daily in Moscow though he died years ago. Authorities faced accusations of substituting a wax figure and summoned a German scientist to verify the preserved body. Putin era priests face backlash as religious Russians murmur about a devil preserving Lenin for a future burning.
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Moscow
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Bayer Aspirin Safety Warning Ad Shouts Itself
A public service style notice urges consumers to buy only Bayer Aspirin and to look for the Bayer name on packages or tablets. It claims 26 years of physician approval and cautions against imitations, then adds a quip about egotists to close.
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