Points for selecting high yielding dairy cows
W W Swett of the Missouri College of Agriculture explains key features of dairy cows linked to high production. He emphasizes udder structure including depth, width, teat size and symmetry, strong milk veins, and soft pliability. He notes strong constitution, broad chest, high feed and water intake, large barrel capacity, and alert temperament as favorable. Quality and temperament are also highlighted.
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Missouri College of Agriculture
Herds Tested During June 1922 Tuberculin Check Figures
Cattle tested in June 1922 numbered 250 886 according to the Bureau of Animal Industry United States Department of Agriculture. Eight thousand eight hundred ten reacted about 3 percent. Removal of diseased cattle improves herd health milk safety and economics. By month end 35 239 herds were on file for testing containing over half a million cattle.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Skim Cream Quality Tied to Churn Efficiency
Close skimming yields higher quality butter as heavier cream forms finer sandlike grains that churn into a better product. Heavier cream is preferred for shipping since skim milk incurs charges. The surplus butterfat can improve farm feed value.
Tester to Big Aid
A short note cites a tester aiding a large endeavor to move a herd toward profit, highlighting testing as essential in guiding a substantial help effort.
Dairymen Move to Cull Nonproductive Cows
Dairymen recognize the need to remove cows that scarcely pay their keep as they burden the herd and hinder efficient dairying. The shift aims to improve overall herd productivity and profitability.
Cows to Keep Up Fertility on 100 Acre Farm
A 100 acre farm using commercial fertilizers maintains fertility with ten cows: seven milk cows, three dry cows, plus young stock and horses.
College Boy Real Salesman in Odd China Sale
In a rural farming district two college boys stopped their old truck before a plain house. A stern woman initially declined egg cups for her eight-person family, then agreed to buy five, noting only five were needed for her family.
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Chicago Journal
Baron Munchausen Tales and Their Authorship
The Bar on Munchausen stories arose from an imagined hero baring a real German officer Jerome von Munchausen. Raspe published the first English edition in 1785 and later translations followed. Authorship is disputed with some crediting Rudolph Erich Raspe and citing various sources for the adventures.
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Baron Munchausen
England
Rudolph Erich Raspe
Jerome Charles Frederick von Munchausen
Russia
Bebel
Castiglione
Trencher Talk at Poets Luncheon Sparks Old Plate Tale
A poet hosts a frugal luncheon using wooden trenchers as plates. He explains that trenchers are medieval wooden trays and notes the cost of servants prompts a revival of the trencher. Guests flip plates for a second course, discovering a second hollowed side.
Night With Hugh Abed by a Waking Infant
In a suburban bedroom a tired father paces with his crying newborn son Hugh. The parent quips that naming the child Hugh causes hue and cry, blaming the name for the infant’s fretfulness, a wry domestic moment from London Tit-Bits.
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Pickelbury
Hugh
London
Misplaced phrases prompt mis read on common topics
A montage from Everybody's Magazine shows a mix of misheard phrases and everyday notices. It includes pruning fruit trees, a dining room ad for ladies, a five room house for sale, a chicken-house, and a physician warning about spanking a child on an empty stomach.
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Everybody's Magazine
Just a Gesture
A farmer shoots at a low-flying aircraft, angrily expressing sentiment over property intrusion. The farmer explains he emptied his shotgun to confront the aviator, noting the plane could not hear his curses. The Birmingham Age-Herald reports the unusual clash.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Glamis Castle Secrets and the ill fated President voyage
Legends surround Glamis Castle with tales of a secret chamber and a monstrous heir, while the 1841 President steamship vanished after leaving New York for Liverpool. Notable passengers included Tyrone Power and George Coleman, with no wreckage ever found.
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New York
Liverpool
England
United States
Tyrone Power
Prince
George Glugston Coleman
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Webster
Atlantic
Wahlte House
William Henry Harrison
Power and Co Kman
Duke of Devonshire
Richard Roberts
Queenstown
Atlantic Ocean
Great Britain
Roberts
Moses Rogers
Savannah
Vanished Steam Leviathan of Early Atlantic Voyages
A historical note on enigmatic maritime disappearances and early steamship voyages. It recalls Captain Kidd legends, the Marie Celeste, the Cyclops loss, and the Pres ident mockingly cited as an early steam liner vanishing, reflecting 19th century hopes in trans Atlantic steam travel.
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HP Sea
Captain Kidd
Cyclops
Atlantic
Tarantula bite risk downplays danger says medical review
The Journal of American Medicine notes that the Italian tarantula bite causes only local inflammation and the Russian tarantula Eurypelma steindachneri shows no profoundly poisonous properties. Baerg at Arkansas reports fangs tested on animals and humans, but incidents resemble bee stings more than deadly toxins.
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Journal of American Medicine
Venice glassmakers’ deadly monopoly and emigration ban
Venetian state policy used assassinations to prevent glassmakers from leaving Murano. Emissaries killed two workers recruited by Belgium’s Leo pold to migrate, while others were sent to the galleys for seeking work abroad. The excuse cited was unemployment from Spanish factory growth.
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Venice
Murano
Leopold
Belgium
Council of Ten
Spain
Wrath Preferable Echoes From a Kansas City Star
The Kansas City Star notes that wrath is best avoided by a soft answer yet warns it may invite a lingering afternoon chore at the desk. The quip frames patience as a practical virtue in daily disputes.
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Kansas City Star
Listen and Obey Guide Cited by Amerson
A brief note quotes R W Amerson urging adherence to guidance and discipline. It emphasizes listening for instruction and conformity to an understood rule or word guiding conduct.
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R. W. Amerson
Wends of Slavic Origin
The Wends are a Wendish people in Lusatia Prussia and Saxony. In the sixth century they stretched from the Elbe to the Vistula and Bohemia. They call themselves Serbs and are called Polabs in history. Their language blends Saxon Prussian Polish and Czech. Population declined from 144000 in the 1830s to 116800 in 1900 and is lower today.
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Germany
Lusatia
Prussia
Saxony
Baltic
Elbe
Vistula
Bohemia
Bohemian
Vitamins are Bits of Sunshine and Cooking
The piece argues that vitamins come from sunshine and that over boiling harms these vitality givers. It notes above ground vegetables gain more sun rays than root vegetables and that raw fruits and vegetables are more beneficial than boiled. It cautions artificial heat destroys natural vitamin power.
Oldest Engines in England at Brookmill Road Station
Two engines in the Brookmill Road pumping station of the London water board are over a century old. Built about 101 and 110 years ago they pump about 1,750,000 gallons daily and have raised at least sixty thousand million gallons in total. Each 50 horsepower engine drives two pumps of the Cornish mine type, unchanged apart from minor modern tweaks. They will be replaced by cheaper, newer engines.
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Glamis
Scotland
Sir Walter Scott
Glenshire
Earl of Strathmore
Lord Glamis
Belasco
England
Castle of
Earl of
Brookmill Road
London Water Board
Heated Argument at the Office Sparks Fire Sprinkler Fear
The girl hustles amid a busy day while Sambo the office boy moves slowly. Sambo explains the boss is furious and in a quarrel, panicking as he fears the automatic fire sprinkler will trigger soon.
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Sambo
Sumbo
Rolling Court Patrols Florida Highway Patrols Traffic
A Florida patrol on Atlantic Boulevard near Jacksonville operates a rolling court with justices of the peace and bailiffs riding along the highway. Deputies on motorcycles accompany the court to pursue and arrest drivers who threaten traffic, escorting the prisoner to meet a rolling court for processing.
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Florida
Atlantic Boulevard
Jacksonville
Justices of the Peace
Britain to require only British instruments in two year licenses
Postmaster General recommends two year broadcasting licenses for Great Britain baring non British instruments. London Evening Times reports cabinet approval. The policy aims to ensure use of exclusively British equipment in all broadcasts.
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Great Britain
London Evening Times
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Magara Falls
Na-Way
Ezcelie Lines
Adrian, Mich
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Albasan Company
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Wilmington
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Quincy St
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