Horses and Swarty’s Taxes Show Government Pressure
A New York State College of Agriculture study notes horses’ rising value and high losses on farms from age and accidents, urging better care. A Washington story about a businessman nicknamed Swarty links tax burdens to reduced hiring, arguing government overreach harms small firms and echoes a broader push for a balanced budget and road-funding cuts.
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Philip Henderson
New York State College of Agriculture
WNY
Chenango
Ontario
Cornell
Inghouse
Westinghouse
Swarty
Congress
White House
Washington
Seven Types of Heads Found Among the Hens
A poultry specialist from Missouri State College lists seven hen head types and their egg production ranges. rugged refined heads yield 250 to 300 eggs yearly, refined heads 200 to 250, overly refined 150 to 200, crow headed 150 to 200, phlegmatic 25 to 150, masculine heads feature oversized combs due to ovarian disturbances.
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Missouri State College
Paving Feedlots by Regular Farm Help
E T Robbins notes a brick pavement built in 1929 on a prairie farm using common bricks laid flat on dirt with a concrete rim. The 35 by 70 feet surface cost little, remains smooth, and bricks have stayed in place despite not being tightly set.
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E. T. Robbins
Poultry Grades Overhauled at Chicago Improvement Conference
At the annual poultry improvement conference in Chicago two major changes were announced. A new chick grade called U. S. Verified was established, serving as an intermediate grade between U. S. and U. S. Certified. A ruling also required dealers to submit copies of proposed advertisements for verification.
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Chicago
U. S
Maelstrom’s location and color changing facts
The Maelstrom is described as a Arctic whirlpool near Norway’s western coast. A star on currency marks substitute bills replacing defective ones. Niagara’s brink recedes about 2 percent feet yearly. Hippo hide thickness is two inches. Mme Curie won Nobel physics in 1903 and chemistry in 1911. Frogs and some fishes also change color.
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United States
Niagara Falls
Arctic
Eag
Norway
Mme. Curie
Around the House Tips on Cleaning Cooking and Baking
Shiny water glasses come from a vinegar rinse. Introduce new foods gradually to children. Orange juice can flavor bread and rolls. Wash telephone mouthpieces regularly. For sauce blend butter and flour well and use a double boiler. A burned cake can be saved by scraping after cooling with a lemon grater.
Goin A Man With Windfall Sets Out On Orchard
A man aged over ninety, after a windfall, plans to start anew at the place he began fifty years ago. He shows no sign of giving in to age, insisting time should not defeat the resilient folk. Trotty Veck Messenger.
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Swarty
Great Westinghouse Corporation of
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Westinghouse
West
Congress
House
Roosevelt
Capitol
Trotty Veck Messenger
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