Breeding Males Key to High Egg Production in Flocks
Poultry experts urge selecting breeding males with proven trapnest records from the mother’s pullet gear. A flock average of 150 to 160 eggs annually is excellent, with ten percent of White Leghorn pullets exceeding 200 eggs. Buyers should demand exact pedigrees and mother’s egg history to ensure true 200 egg potential.
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O. W. Harvey
University of Missouri College of Agriculture
University of Missouri Poultry Farm
Essentials for Pigs Highlight Water Shade and Pasture
R W Clark of Colorado Agricultural College urges farmers to give pigs ample water shade and pasture this season. Without these essentials many pigs fail to be profitable even with grain. Providing a little grain alongside pasture yields better results for growing pigs.
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R. W. Clark
Colorado Agricultural College
New Mexico Pinto Bean Growers Form Marketing Co op
The New Mexico pinto bean grower cooperative reports $82 000 extra profits from 1919 sales as sixteen graded warehouses enable clean packing. With 1 500 members the group marketed 250 carloads last year and seeks ongoing Bureau of Markets guidance.
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Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
New Mexico
New Mexico Association
Sheep Require Pure Water For Health And Growth
Sheep need a regular daily supply of water in all seasons. When clean water is unavailable they will drink dirty water or eat snow in winter. Access to water and salt keeps sheep healthy, improves appetite, and prevents poor, run down condition despite good feed.
Systems of Feeding Fowls
The article outlines two feeding methods for fowls the dry-feed system using dry grain and the mash system which mixes a daily moistened mash. Dry feeding saves labor and reduces bowel trouble from sloppy or soured mashes, though a dry mash is sometimes used.
Proper Time to Cut Wheat
Farmers bulletin advises cutting wheat when straw is nearly colorless and grains not fully hardened. Cutting earlier reduces shriveled kernels, while waiting to full ripeness bleaches kernels and increases shattering loss. For large fields, begin cutting as early as safety allows.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Convenient stable rake with dual edges design
A one piece metal rake features two working edges a toothed edge for loose litter and a smooth edge for finer material. The device is formed from a single metal piece.
Modern Dairy Barns Rise With New Features and Comfort
William A. Radford explains dairy barn design as crucial to modern farming. He advocates improved buildings and labor-saving equipment, including in-barn drinking cups, to boost cow comfort and milk yield while easing workers’ tasks and supporting family income and farm prosperity.
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William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Prehistoric Race Exhibit at Museum
In the American Museum of Natural History a display on a lost prehistoric community near Aztec New Mexico chronicles Earl H Morris three years of exploration and restoration for the American museum The display promises extensive material for future permanent exhibition though only six shelves are currently shown.
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American Museum of Natural History
New York
Aztec
New Mexico
Earl H. Morris
American Museum
Morris
Large dairy barn shows modern design and ventilation
The barn measures 36 by 96 feet with concrete first story and frame upper structure. It features two rows of stalls facing a central feed alley, advanced ventilation, and fresh air through foul air flues and roof vents. Two silos and a track system for feed and litter improve efficiency. Artifacts nearby include yucca sandals and shell ornaments.
First Photograph Portrait Marks Early Portraiture
Eighty one years after the first living person portrait was taken a daguerreotype of Dorothy Draper, daughter of Professor Draper, survives in America. The slow 30 minute exposure required whitening powder on the sitter in bright sun. By 1857 a French duke popularized carte de visite pictures on visiting cards, sparking a boom in mass portraiture.
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America
Dorothy Draper
Professor Draper
New York
Disbert
More motor cars than washing machines in Arkansas note
A brief Arkansas Gazette line notes a trend with more motor cars than washing machines and adds a witty remark that they tell not but they spin.
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Arkansas Gazette
Bride Questions Divorce Courts Business
A June bride laments not understanding how divorce courts find their cases. The remark hints at perceived surge in matrimonial disputes and the role of legal processes in婚 life.
Shave With Cuticura Soap Ad Claims Double Efficiency
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for shaving bathing and shampooing claiming double razor efficiency and skin health with no irritation even when shaved twice daily. It also promotes a Roman Eye Balm and a conductor deserving fare note.
Odd Looking Horse Hints at Steam-Laundry Scrubbing Board
A gypsy leads a ribby horse, mistaken by a spectator as heading the wrong way. The owner insists he knows the route, saying the animal will prove useful as a scrubbing board at the steam laundry.
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Guv’nor
Aid to Business? College Career Sparks Tobacco Talk
A Yonkers Statesman quip questions whether college education aids business by noting a son in college smokes about 7,000 cigarettes a year, joking that it fuels the tobacco industry.
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Beacon
Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
Must Strive For Ideals In Citizen Development
A civic exhortation argues no one reaches full potential without aiming high. It urges persistent effort, learning, and growth beyond comfort, viewing failures as opportunities. The essay links personal improvement to national strength, claiming the best citizens make a nation rulers of the world.
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Ford
How He Knew. Meeks and Weeks Dialogue
A terse exchange begins with Meeks claiming a man who tries to change a woman's views is a fool. Weeks questions how such certainty is possible, and the lines suggest a witty, domestic dispute over viewpoint control.
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Meeks
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Bayer
Thomas Jeffersons
BeLcans
Canada
Western Canada
Dept. of Immigration
Ottawa
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W. S. Nethery
Columbus
W.N. U., &Eveland, NO
Duntley
Ford Motors Trucks
Fordson Tractors
J. W. Duntley
Michigan Ave
Chicago, Ill
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