Nevada Mines See Gold Rush Amid Silver Slump
Nevada mining booms as silver prices fall spark new high grade ore finds in Virginia City Tonopah and Goldfield. Fireball camp Pershing county yields 257 ounces gold and 123 ounces silver per ton. Charley and Jim Scossa sparked a February rush near Lovelock and Tonopah whispers speak of a major discovery. Elko Humboldt counties and Southern California capital invest, Gilberts ghost town leasers revive old mines.
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Reno
Nev
Nevade
Virginia City
Tonopah
Goldfield
Nevada
Fireball
Pershing County
Charley
Jim Scossa
Rabbit Hole
Lovelock
National Treasury
Elko
Humboldt
California
Dld
Gilbert
Ants Nest Bell Stops Phone Ringing in San Diego
Allan Perry of the city public commission reported ants built a nest around the telephone bell and clapper, preventing daily rings. The incident occurred in San Diego California as workers observed the insects using phones to nest rather than talk.
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San Diego
Calif
Allan Perry
City Pil Commission
Man Shrinks Ten Inches From Rare Disease in Sawtelle
In nine years Joe Mayott resident at the Soldier's Home in Sawtelle California has shrunk from five seven to four foot nine inches. Doctors diagnose osteitis deformans or Paget's disease with bone deformation and joint cartilage absorption. Joe, a former Catskills native and veteran, now knits scarves to earn a living.
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Sawtelle
Calif
Joe Mayott
Joe
Catskills
Cairo
N. Y
Philippines
Panama
Joseph
Paget
Chili
Russian Nurses Stall Paris Yearbook Flag Decision
Plans for a 1931 Americas hospital Paris nursing class yearbook faltered as White Russian students argued over which flag to display beside their names. While Swedish American and Canadian peers carried flags, the Russian group balked, delaying print until a flag was chosen.
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Paris
France
Americas Hospital of
Russia
Lenin
Trotsky
Girigz
World’s first rocket airdrome opens near Berlin
The facility covers a mile and a half square and hosts laboratories and workshops. It is used as an experimental station with engineers testing a flight method to mail mail to America in about six hours.
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Berlin
America
Prepare Stock Now for Coming Winter
Farmers should clean barns and inspect dry stock for skin diseases and parasites before winter. Ringworm, mange, lice, or warbles require specific treatment. detection methods and dipping or spraying remedies are described to protect milk production and flesh gain.
Proper Nutrition For Young Growing Pigs In Winter
Feeding trials show rapid gains are possible for fall pigs in winter and spring pigs in summer with skilled feeding. Ensure complete rations with adequate protein minerals and vitamins to prevent unthriftiness and rickets. Grass works in summer but winter requires balanced grain programs or pigs suffer.
Yellow Blossom Clover Superior to the White
Eastgate brothers of Grand Forks county North Carolina prefer yellow blossom sweet clover to the white blossom variety. They note it stays green later in fall and reseeds better when pastured closely. They mix seven pounds of sweet clover with four pounds of timothy and add six pounds of brome grass per acre for long grazing. Over 17 years they averaged 158 pounds of beef per acre on pasture with yields ranging from 80 to 300 pounds per acre.
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Eastgate Brothers
Grand Forks County
N. C
Timothy
Jake Eastgate
Capper
Feeding Mature Turkeys Like Other Fowls
Mature turkeys are fed grains used for other poultry such as corn wheat oats and buckwheat with corn as the main grain. Skimmilk and green foods from free range are included. Growing turkeys use poultry mash kept dry in fall. Increase corn to fatten for market. start fattening by October for Thanksgiving.
Wheat proves to be most efficient feed for livestock
Prof. W L Blizzard of Oklahoma A & M College analyzed feed costs and found wheat, priced at 60 cents per bushel, yielded the lowest cost per 100 pounds of weight gain, offering profitable feeding even with corn at 60 cents. He projects profitable use up to 70 to 75 cents per bushel as corn prices shift, noting surplus wheat and its market lead to reduce the surplus by feeding livestock.
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W. L. Blizzard
Department of Animal Husbandry
M. ‘College of Oklahoma
Blizzard
Hens Ample Space and Increased Profits
Prof. H. E. Botsford of the New York State College of Agriculture urges ample space and proper equipment in poultry houses. He recommends one foot feeding space per five hens, one nest per four to six hens, two water pails per 100 hens, and six to eight inches perch space per bird. He also details perch height, dropping board placement, and lighting guidelines for efficiency.
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H. E. Botsford
New York State College of Agriculture
Paved Lots Cut Down Food Bill for Steers
Feeding experts estimate a paved concrete feed lot saves about seven dollars per steer annually by reducing feeding costs and boosting gains. Cattle fattened on paved lots improve hog gains by two dollars per head, slash labor costs by one dollar per steer, and cut manure costs by one and a half dollars, totaling seven dollars per steer in benefits. The paved lot beside an open shed is among the most valuable livestock farm equipment, surpassed only by the silo.
Housing Hints for Winter Hen Production
Faulty housing may reduce production as hens suffer extreme weather. Insulate to prevent freezing, protect pullets from cold spells, and use lights to boost feed intake. Wet mashes at noon and alfalfa meal in mash raise consumption and profit.
Farm facts show poultry losses and hay harvest figures
The record notes diseases cost farmers millions with poultry losses in Ohio totaling about 4 million dollars annually. It mentions A B E Avenill of Houston County Tennessee securing 95 000 pounds of hay from 13 acres. It also describes a simple water lead from a pump to a trough made from an old car tire cut and fitted to reach the spout.
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A.be
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Mulholland
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Thas
Mary
Hartman
Philadelphia
Guy Miller
Arizona
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Steadman
Calgary
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