Johnny Chuck Faces Winter Fat Test in Old Orchard
Johnny Chuck sits on his doorstep weighing whether his fat stores will keep him warm through a cold winter. He weighs the risk of hunger if his fat falls short and recalls Old Mother Nature provides fat as both blanket and food. He munches on clover while friends call him piggish, then hopes to be fat enough before Rough Brother North Wind and Jack Frost arrive.
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Chuck
Johnny Chuck
Johnny ‘Chuck
Johnny
Striped Chipmunk
North Wind
Jack Frost
Johinny
T. W. Burgess
WNU Service
Cosmopolitan Dishes Across America and Panama Salad
Cosmopolitan dishes reflect global fare at breakfast tables with tea from China India coffee from South America and fruit from the West Indies. The Panama Salad features pineapple lettuce grapefruit orange segments and a cream cheese stuffed date. Porto Rican Sandwiches describe pineapple halves and pimiento fillings.
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America
China
India
South America
West Indies
Boners and Blunders From Old Exams and Jokes
A whimsical catalog notes humorous tidbits from exams and essays. It references thieves, jails, the Whig party name origin, a grand jury, blood circulation, and general commentary on newspapers detailing calamities and love.
Looked for Greatness in a Tree and in a Man
A poem reflects on seeking greatness in nature and people. It contrasts a tall tree and a rose in a rock cleft with a man famed for wealth, a street performer, and a spotless mother whose songs live on in her son. The piece critiques material fame versus inner virtue.
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Douglas
WNU
Kitty McKay by Nina Wilcox Putnam
The girlfriend claims money speaks loudly especially when the wife controls it. This line hints at social tensions and financial influence in relationships in a serialized or humorous tone.
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Nina Wilcox Putnam
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Poultry Disease Warning for Flocks
Dr Charles Murray of Iowa State College warns that visitors spread infections in poultry flocks. He advises against discussing disease with neighbors in pens, restricting access to visitors unless shoes are disinfected, and quarantining new stock for several weeks before mixing with home birds.
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Charles Murray
Iowa State College
Maintenance of Proper Body Weight Important for Pullets
The Missouri Extension Service notes pullets often lose weight after two to three months of heavy egg production and may stop laying if not treated. A midday moisture-mashed fattening feed, three to five pounds per 100 pullets, restores weight. Mix six pounds corn meal, three pounds shorts, one pound dried milk. moisten to crumbly mash. If skimmilk is available, omit dried milk.
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Agricultural Extension Service
University of Missouri
Missouri
English Egg Laying Contest Sets World Record at Milford
The national egg laying contests at Milford Surrey claim to be the world’s largest with 3311 pullets. In the eight month period 405914 eggs were laid averaging 127.4 per bird. A pen of 12 Black Leghorns tops with 1828 eggs averaging 152.3 per bird. A Rhode Island pullet leads individual birds with 213 eggs and another Red Rhode has 218 eggs though 36 were under two ounces.
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Milford
Surrey
England
Rhode Island
Timely Poultry Hints on Green Feeds and Mangel Use
Poultry advises that mangels are less valuable than earlier for feed. Alfalfa is praised as top green feed to boost hatchability, with carrots seen as a practical succulent option. Hints urge poultrymen to store green feeds for winter, planning to raise or buy loads annually.
Winter Laying Breeds for Early Spring Production
The article notes that early-hatched pullets support winter laying, stressing careful attention to rear sturdy stock. White Wyandotten, Buff Plymouth Rocks, and Rhode Island Reds are cited as proven winter layers, midweight breeds that also yield well for the table.
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Plymouth
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Whig Party
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Kitty McKay
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Owen Joseph Bush
Donie
Cincinnati Reds
Dan Howley
Bush
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