Cleaner ranges essential for poultry stock health
Rutgers University poultry specialist J C Taylor says modern flocks suffer from parasites when kept on old ranges. A clean range is ground where no chickens were raised or poultry manure spread for two years. If unavailable, use a two to three year rotation with crops like corn and clover to reduce coccidiosis and intestinal worm mortality.
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J. C. Taylor
New Jersey State College of Agriculture
Rutgers University
Terror
Poultry Grades Set By Chicago Board For Live Birds
Chicago live poultry buyers will find grades from the Chicago poultry board. Grades include prime or No 1, medium or No 2, and canners or No 3 with strict definitions for each. No 1 requires vigorous healthy birds free of tumors, TB, injuries, and deformities. No 2 allows some defects but remains healthy. No 3 covers birds not fit for human food.
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Chicago Poultry Board
Chicago
Feeding Young Chicks After the First Month
The article warns that after the first month many poultry keepers neglect chicks and let them rustle for themselves. It stresses consistent access to a well balanced ration, noting matured pallets lay in fall and winter when egg prices are high, and early hatched chicks require proper rations to raise these pallets.
Poultry Hints on Chicks and Breeding Stock
Advice on raising chicks and selecting breeding stock. Emphasizes keeping hens strong with proper depth and width of body, providing oyster shell sun and greens, and careful handling of goose eggs and water for goslings. Stresses vigor vitality vitamins minerals and proper egg care for hatchable eggs.
Another Ship in Distress Reported at Sea
A distress incident at sea is reported with details by D2 Walsh noting another vessel in trouble. The situation involves maritime responders and ongoing efforts to aid the stricken ship and ensure crew safety.
Stubborn couple reunite after aunt’s visit and spat
Betty and Dick reconcile after a spat and three silent days. Aunt Mary arrives from Pine Grove, helps mend the rift with warmth, and Dick phones from a drugstore announcing the “try out” is off. Betty plans to claim the smoking stand as a reconciliation token.
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Betty
Tedy
Dick Britton
Tick
Mary
Aunt Mary
Edna Pratt
Pine Grove
Edma Pratt
Britton
Dicky
Frau
Aunt Mery
Collier Mistaken for Bishop Stuns Peer in Carriage
In a tale from My Life for Labor Robert Smillie relays a North country collier who chats with Lord Durham on a train. They discuss horse racing coursing and terriers, then the bishop exits. The collier, surprised, quips the bishop may think them a pair of devils.
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Robert Smillie
Labor
Lord Durham
The King's Girls in Seventeenth Century New France
The French government sent shiploads of brides to Quebec to wed local bachelors. Over a thousand women, called the King's Girls, arrived under nun supervision. Marriages followed quickly with grants and tax relief from the crown, while bachelors who refused faced fines. Many Quebec families trace origins to these matrimonial arrivals.
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New France
Quebec
Beethoven's Last Composition Quest Examined
A 1526 Berlin Royal Library reference and a 1827 note by Beethoven describe a symphony sketched in his desk, an overture, and other works. The claim of a final composition remains unresolved and debated by scholars.
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Beethoven
Royal
Berlin
Washington Star
Early American Flag and Esek Hopkins Rattlesnake Standard
The first commander in chief of the American navy, Esek Hopkins, used a yellow silk flag depicting a rattlesnake with the motto Do not tread on me. One description places the snake at the foot of a pine tree and attributes its use to 1776, though the exact hoisting location is unrecorded.
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Esek Hopkins
Seed Origins for Garden Varieties Across Nations
The U S Department of Agriculture notes garden seeds come from diverse sources across the United States and abroad. It highlights how seed regions shift westward to Idaho Montana California for peas and beans, Nebraska for sweet corn, Colorado Florida and Texas for melons, and Kansas Nebraska plains for squash and pumpkin seeds, with California supplying radish and lettuce seed.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
New York
Idaho
Montana
California
Nebraska
Rocky Ford
Cale
Colorado
Florida
Texas
Kansas
Americas
Bermuda
Canary Islands
Denmark
Good Seed Is Essential in Potato Production
Ohio State University horticulture extension specialists urge potato growers to use certified seed as the first step to economical production. They advise selecting well drained fields, soil fertility with fresh organic matter, and green manures. Fertilizer rates may rise with better conditions, up to 1000 to 1500 pounds per acre, applied in the row separate from seed pieces for best yields.
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Ohio State University
Agricultural Hints On Small Grains For Animal Feed
Agricultural hints discuss barley as a satisfactory substitute and corn alternatives. It notes soybean seed compares favorably with other concentrates and that 8 000 to 10 000 pounds of rich dry matter per acre can be grown at low cost. It asserts corn yields the most appetizing grain for animals.
California Fig Syrup Endorsement from Topeka Mother
Mrs. H. M. Smith of Topeka testifies her five year old son thrives on California Fig Syrup. The ad extols rapid cleansing, stable health, and energy benefits while citing four million yearly bottles and physician endorsement over fifty years.
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H. M. Smith
Peke Ave
Topeka
Kansas
California
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the King’s Girls
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Matwe
Eom
Hanford
Harold
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