Little Brown Church and Other Tiny Uplands of Faith
By Elmo Scott Watson and others describe small churches across the United States from Bradford Iowa to Star Island New Hampshire and Sandy Spring Maryland detailing the Little Brown Church in the Vale in Iowa, Star Island worshipers, and the Mounting-ton Kentucky chapel as enduring symbols of humble religious devotion.
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Elmo Scott Watson
United States
Wildwood
Vale
Little Brown
Iowa
The
Red Cedar
Little Brown Church
the Vale
W.S. Pitts
Wisconsin
Rock County
Bradford
Nashua
Fredericksburg
Academy
Chicago
H. M. Higgins
Sandy Spring
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Andrew Hoover
Maryland
Hoovers
New Hampshire
Star Island
Isles of Shoals
America
Mountington
Highland Pike
Ventilation Tips for Poultry Housing From Cornell Research
Poultry housing varies in shape and size, but proper ventilation follows the same principles. Warm air rises, moisture condenses on cool surfaces, and moisture plus lack of fresh air weakens hens. Key fixes include a high outlet across the house, open central front space with 1 sq ft per 12–15 sq ft floor area, ceiling ideas, and keeping end windows closed in winter unless curtains cover the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Botsford
New York State College of Agriculture
Botsford
Cornell
Oats Prove Valuable for Layers in Ohio Tests
Ohio experiment station tests over three years with 600 layers show oats replacing 20 percent of corn boosts egg production by about 15 percent with similar hatchability and mortality. Birds eat 10 percent more feed and gain about 3 percent more weight monthly. Study led by D C Kennard notes oats could replace up to 50 percent of yellow corn.
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Ohio
Ohio Experiment Station
D. C Kennard
Poultry Hatch and Feed Management Tips
Clean the incubator at hatch end. Wake changes gradually in pullet flock management to avoid stressing birds. If green feed is unavailable, germinated oats work well. Good ventilation matters in any house and can be inexpensive. Cannibalism drops when chicks have free range or stay busy and active.
Doctor's 3 Rules Big Help to Bowels
A health gamble ad praises Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for bowel cleansing. It promotes daily habits like water intake before breakfast daily exercise and a fixed morning bowel routine. The pitch claims improved digestion appetite sleep and general well being with large drugstore bottles available.
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Dr. Caldwell
Long Hours of Sunshine Important to Iceland Health
Dr Henry Dwight Chapin reports in Hygeia Magazine from a summer trip to Iceland that infant mortality is among the lowest in Europe at 52.3 per 1000. He credits breastfeeding, favorable climate, and long daily sunshine up to twenty hours in summer for strong health.
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Iceland
Henry Dwight Chapin
Hygeia Magazine
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CCA
LY Ize Vale
Doctors
Resi
Lincoln
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