Loss by Fires Great on Farms
Rural fire losses run about 400 dollars per minute with annual farm fire costs near 225 million. Farmers should act as inspectors and firefighters, align buildings to winds, use fire resistant roofs, clean chimneys, install proper furnaces and grounded conductors, and keep ladders and water or extinguishers ready to cut risk.
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Overcrowding Linked to Poultry Cannibalism and Egg Eating
A federal poultry nutrition expert says overcrowding drives feather picking and cannibalism in flocks, with barley or oats reducing feather picking. Egg eating rises with calcium deficiency, and ruby window panes and lamps are noted as simple preventive measures.
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H. W. Titus
Federal Bureau of Poultry Nutrition
Worm-Free Chicks Safe from Colds Targeting Poultry Health
The article advises keeping poultry worm-free to reduce colds, noting worms lower immunity. It recommends watching droppings, inspecting the intestinal tract of birds, and treating with worm capsules if found. After treatment, disinfect housing, burn or dispose of droppings, confine birds 36 hours, and protect from drafts and crowding with a balanced ration.
Sale of Fruit Vegetables Doubles in Twenty Years
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea company officials say per capita fruit and vegetable consumption in America has risen two to threefold in twenty years and up to six to tenfold since forty years ago due to modern refrigeration and better transport.
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America
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Gems of Thought and Moral Maxim Snippet
A fragmentary collection contrasts zeal and moderation with moral aims. It cites Addison on purposeful living and Fielding on wealth versus need, ending with a reflection on conscience at the gate and karmic consequences.
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Four-Poster Doll Bed For Santa to Bring
This column promotes a tiny four poster doll bed as a Christmas gift project from directions in Sewing Books series. It notes Book 6 now available and lists crafts like refurbishing furniture and decorative sewing tasks. Readers are invited to send orders for the four poster doll bed kit.
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Before One's Conscience and the Honest Man's Trial
A moral meditation asserts the toughest ordeal is facing judgment by one's own conscience. The honest man suffers more than any external accuser could argue for guilt, knowing inner truths that others may not discern.
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