Birds and beasts bounce through state nicknames and symbols
Eight states show strong state nicknames tied to animals and birds while others use symbols misaligned to those names. The piece notes Arkansas with the razorback hog, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Gophers, Wisconsin Badgers, and Iowa Hawkeyes, plus Texas Longhorns and Missouri paired with houn’ dogs and Old Drum’s tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
Union
Arkansas
Delaware
Iowa
Louisiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Oregon
Wisconsin
Badger State
de Soto
America
Ozark
Ozark Hil
Yost
A G. Roche
Calumet
Badgers
Hawkeyes
Weather affects poultry feeding in lean years
Ohio State University extension specialist C M Ferguson warns lean years demand careful poultry feeding. Dry weather shifts rations risking vitamin A deficiency and reduced roundworm infestations, while wheat replaces yellow corn. He recommends alfalfa or alfalfa leaf meal to offset vitamin A and advises proper diagnosis before worm treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Ferguson
Ohio State University
Ferguson
Office of Agricultural Publications
University
Early Poultry Culling Pays Well in Two Ways
Prof. L. M. Hurd of the New York State College of Agriculture notes hens lay most in the pullet year and high producers can be kept as layers for years, but 40 percent stop laying between June 15 and September 1. Early culling saves feed and increases money per pound based on seasonal price peaks from 1922 to 1929.
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L. M. Hurd
New York State College of Agriculture
Hurd
Poultry Hints on Housing Sun Shade and Feeding
Brooded chicks outgrow small houses by summer while geese need shade protection from the sun. Mites harm poultry unseen during the day, pullets drive egg production and deserve attention, proper feeding reduces culled hens, arsenes and can be seen as a remedy for cannibalism in confined flocks.
Bayer Aspirin Relief Promises Constant Comfort
An advertisement extols Bayer Aspirin as a cure for fatigue pains headaches and colds. It promises rapid relief from neuralgia neuritis toothache and rheumatic pains with a single tablet. The copy urges travelers to keep Bayer at home and warns against cheaper imitations.
Airplanes and Automobiles in the United States
The article notes over 8,000 planes in use in the United States matching the number of cars present 30 years ago. It highlights 25,000,000 trucks and cars currently being driven, suggesting a growing transportation landscape and parallel growth of road and air travel.
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United States
Tonic Claim for Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery
A testimonial from Waterloo Iowa describes recovery from a weakened state with two ailments. The patient cites weak stomach thin blood and exhaustion as prior problems. After using Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery the person reports complete relief and restored health.
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Waterloo, Towa
Dr. Pierce
No Flowers Old Customer in Vanity Fair Style
A witty exchange from Vanity Fair where a grocer jokes about an old customer and a lucrative old assistant. The grocer claims the assistant is not defunct but has saved every penny he could lay his hands on.
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Mr. Parks
Vanity Fair
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wolverines
University of Michigan
Gophers
University of Minnesota
University of Wisconsin
Wolverine
Fielding H. Yost
Ann Arbor
Alaska
Detroit
Pelicans
Lone Star State
Texas
Missouri
Senator Vest
Vest
Ry Western Newspaper Union
Texas Longhori
Yale University
Frees Pageant of America
Wiscow
Piosiourl
Arkansas Razorback
Lincoln
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