Cornell mash feeds bilby chicks at Cornell University
Professor L M Hurd explains a single mash program for bilby chicks from first feeding at 86 to 48 hours to eight weeks when a grain mix is added. Chicks have constant mash access with twice daily fresh mash, ample hopper space, and optional grain limits to balance mash intake.
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Cornell
Bilby
L. M. Churdh
Cornell University
Hurd
Two of Most Effective Destroyers of Vermin
A guide on vermin control for poultry recommends blue ointment applied beneath the vent and sodium fluoride powder dusted on multiple body parts. A newer method uses Blackleaf 40 tobacco-derived poison spread along perch tops to fumes kill lice as fowls roost.
Open Shed Shelter Is Favored for Turkeys
The open shed of the machinery shed type is recommended for turkey shelter. It can have one end closed at the front with roosts inside to protect from wind and storm. It offers excellent ventilation, ample exercise space, and protection. The shed can also shelter small machinery in summer.
Rat bulb substance shown to kill rats without harming humans
Scientists from the U S Department of Agriculture report that a bulb grown near Italy’s coast yields an essence that kills rats yet is not poisonous to hens dogs or people. This discovery suggests a safer rodent control method despite rat activity.
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Italy
Mediterranean
United States Department of Agriculture
Lice Deterrent Advice for Poults and Poultry Care
The article advises using a thick lice deterrent cream on poult heads and camphorated oil applied lightly between quill feathers with a fine brush. It warns against confinement in newly painted coops and against letting poults roam freely on the chicken range.
Broiler Feeding Tests at NCSU Show Costs Per Two-Pound Bird
North Carolina State College researchers tested Single Comb Rhode Island Red broilers. Seven pounds of mash and grain feed cost about 2 cents per bird to reach two pounds. Chicks cost 20 cents and coats 10 cents, totaling 32 cents when ready to market.
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Rhode Island
North Carolina State College
Profit Sharing Parable Critiques Industrial Philanthropy
Bruce Grey cites Lenin to mock profit sharing, recounting a factory tale where workers receive no profits and a 15 percent wage cut as their share. The Detroit Free Press quote uses a sharp parable to question philanthropic business schemes.
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San Francisco
Russia
Lenin
George
Detroit
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English Beadle Passing But Tribe Not Extinct
The article notes the beadle as a near extinction in England with the Kew beadle near retirement after long service. Beadles held powers to whip noisy churchgoers and enforce manor customs, also serving as head-borough, constable, and herdsman. Today many self-appointed beadle figures lack the historic uniform and authority.
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England
Beadle
Kew
New York Herald Tribune
Maine Man Rescues Fox Pups Then Loses Them
Kenneth M. Lee of Augusta captured two fox pups and sheltered them in a basket. The mother fox advanced within three feet, snarling. Lee moved the pups about a dozen miles, much of it by canoe, built a pen at a camp, but the mother later dug a hole from outside to recover the pups.
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Augusta
Maine
Crooked men keep others from forming close ties
A terse observation notes that some men are so crooked that no one can become intimate with them, implying social distance and mistrust arise from their behavior.
Bear escapes burning Milford inn and dives into river
As a Milford Delaware hotel caught fire, owner Mr Windsor released a captive bear from a nearby cage. The distressed animal bolted through the crowd and leapt into the Mispllon river, where it swam away as flames raged until the blaze was extinguished.
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Windsor Hotel
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Government subsidy to Folklore Society of Ireland praised
The Irish Free State will grant a subsidy to the Folklore Society of Ireland. The move is hailed by Irish literary and artistic circles and many citizens as a boon for collecting and publishing folklore, celebrated as among the world’s finest.
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Irish Free State
Folklore Society of Ireland
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pilladvertisement
Laxative remedy advertisement notes Wright's Indian Vegetable Pillg to aid nature gently and surely at 25 cents a box from 372 Pearl Street, New York.
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Wright
Pearl St
N. Y
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There Are Water-Pipes Advise Smoking at Work
A fragment notes a quirky exchange with the line I advise you to smoke at work and a terse reply Sorry I’m a divec Faun. The items read like stray OCR bits from a humorous column or dialogue snippet with unclear context.
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Faun
Child’s amusement vs. adult irritation puzzle
A brief quip notes that nothing amuses a baby that does not also irritate adults. The playful line contrasts infant joy with adult annoyance in a tongue in cheek reflection.
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