Motoring Star Shows Vermont Hospitality and a Family Mystery
Philip Starr, a young Boston architect, meets Blanche Manning in Vermont and accepts lodging with Mary Manning in Hamstead. He learns Blanche’s past and discovers Mary knows his boss Hamlin, while Blanche’s tale hints at an old Mannig family superstition about the Blanches.
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Vermont
Philip Starr
Boston
Blanche Manning
Starr
Blanche
Hamstead
Herousin
Mary Manning
Mary
Philip
Herousin Paul
le Hamlin
Blanches
Mannig
Violet Manning and the Hamstead Household Tangles
Violet Manning, a beautiful yet indolent wife of Martin Manning, drains her life in White Water and Hamstead. Mary, her cousin Jane, and Paul Manning drift through church, romance, and secrets as Mary wrestles with love for Paul and loyalty to Philip Starr, amid family dynamics and mounting tensions.
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Violet Manning
White Water
Hamstead
Europe
Martin Manning
Lady Blanche
Horace
Hod” Evans
Myra
Violet
Martin
Blanche
Paul
New England
Hod
Seth
Agricultural College
Mary
Philip
Lady Blanche Farm
Burlington
Davis and Hamlin
Gale Hamlin
Pat
Wallacetown
Jack Weston
Philip Starr
Dinner Efforts Falter in Mary’s Family Gathering
Mary and family host a hurried dinner marked by grief and poor spirits, with Blanche and Philip as the only seeming exception. Mary discovers Paul ill in pale blue pajamas, his face pale and exhausted as the scene unfolds amid Wallacetown social expectations.
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Mary
Blanche
Philip
Paul
Wallacetown
Humorist Defends Interest In His Horse-Sense Editorial
Robert Beachley argues in Golden Book Magazine that taking interest is natural and not a vice. He compares biblical and historical figures labeled as usurers to make the point that earning interest on money can be reasonable.
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Robert Beachley
Golden Book
Ezra
Fish Hatch Reactivity Across Species
The text notes guppy fish give birth to live young rather than eggs. It mentions Embiotocidae or surf fishes of the Pacific coast and Cyprinodontidae or top minnows common in U S freshwater streams, plus sharks and rays in tropical waters and various small aquarium fishes.
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Pacific
North America
Keep Five Good Dairy Cows On Every NC Farm
A. C. Kimpey argues five good dairy cows per farm could bring wealth to North Carolina. With one pound butterfat daily per cow sold at 20 cents, states tax payments would be covered in 1931 and funds could finance autos, cities like Raleigh, and farm buildings. The moral is to grow feed, milk cows, and enrich the state.
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A. C. Kimbey
North Carolina State College
WNU
North Carolina
Raleigh
Test Proved Value of Grain to Pastured Cow
A twelve year old Guernsey cow in Wisconsin demonstrated grain feeding on pasture pays. Over four summer months she produced 1177 pounds more milk and 42 pounds more butterfat than the prior year with no grain. Grain cost 18.75 dollars, milk value rose 33.50 dollars, net gain 19.75 dollars. Cow fed eight pounds daily plus hominy bran oats linseed meal. commercial mixes also available.
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Genessee-Eagle
Wisconsin
Cow Feed in Summer Affects Year Round Profits
A Farm Journal note from the Brown-Doniphan association area Kansas explains that withholding grain in summer lowers milk flow and butterfat in December. It argues cows grazing on grass alone cannot yield profits, and losses extend into fall and winter.
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Brown-Doniphan Association
Kansas
Farm Journal
Proving a Pedigree Through Daughters in Dairy Breeding
J. C. McDowell of the bureau of dairy industry argues that a pedigree is a promise and records of a bull’s daughters fulfill that promise. Dairy herd improvement data from Vermont show 109 bulls increased production while 127 decreased it among four breeds. average daughters yield about 8,000 pounds milk with dams at 8,060 pounds.
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J. C. McDowell
Bureau of Dairy Industry
Vermont
D. H. LA
Hoard's Dairyman
Feed values guide resting cows to optimize milk output
The Dakota Farmer notes that when cows rest, feed should be evaluated by how it is used. Any intake above maintenance goes to weight gain or milk production, with well nourished cows converting rations efficiently.
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Gays
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Eady Bianche
France
Parkinson Keyes
Jane
Miss Manning
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