Pink arsenical insecticides unveiled for public safety
Farm Topics notes a switch to pink coloring for lead arsenate and calcium arsenate. The pink hue aims to prevent mistaken identity with flour or lime, while insecticidal effectiveness remains unchanged. The color serves as a clear warning without altering usage or effectiveness.
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James W. Dayton
Megenghussuo
Silees
Agricultural Insecticide and Fungicide Association
Teach Chicks to Go to Roost Early for Easier Training
North Dakota Agricultural College reports four week old chicks learn roosting quickly. Brooder houses feature hinged lightweight roosts with medium mesh beneath to keep droppings away. Roosts incline from floor to wall and raise for cleaning.
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North Dakota Agricultural College
College Poultry Farm
Head of Healthy Hen Indicates Laying Status
The head of a hen offers clues to activity through comb changes. A laying hen shows a full bright red comb, wattles, and earlobes. when laying stops the comb shrinks becomes dry and rough with colored scales.
Care of Leghorns in Small Poultry Mash Habits
Leghorns are dainty small feeders and strong mash eaters. The notes describe how to feed and manage hens using mash, including hopper use and practical tips for efficient feeding.
Wise and Otherwise Bright side gold brick and smart birds
A collection of wry observations about optimism and wealth. It notes people who pursue money with persistence, wives earning more, and the idea that the smart few win big while others are overlooked. The piece also jokes about laziness with a Great Dane and ends with money not growing on trees.
Rich Young Ruler Teaches Discipleship and Wealth
Lesson on Mark 10 17 31 emphasizes self before God and God before self. It notes the rich young ruler loved possessions, asks followers to surrender wealth for true discipleship and eternal rewards. It highlights humility faith and moral standards over material success.
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Village with Long Welsh Name Attracts Curious Visits
The Detroit News notes a Welsh village bearing a 658 letter name meaning Church of St Mary near the Pool of White Hazels by the swift whirlpool at St Tysilio's. The inscription hints at romance and beauty inviting travel to this church by the pool and red cave.
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Pwll Gwyngyll
Chwynn Drobwill
Tysilio Gogogoch
Tysilio
the Red Cave
When England Knows Not Our Language An American Abroad Explains
Globe trotter Harry A. Franck describes humorous English American linguistic quirks from the British Isles. He cites examples like vest for undershirt and garters for suspenders and notes how terms differ across shops kitchens and households in England.
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England
Harry A. Franck
British Isles
Draper’s
Winceyette
Hidden roots of virtue withers in sunlight
A Carlyle aphorism argues virtue thrives only in darkness and secrecy. Thought, doctrine, and action must stay hidden or root withers, and visible scrutiny ruins the outcome.
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Thomas Carlyle
Weather and crowd described in playful baseball annals
A Kansas City Star note recalls a quirky announcer who used vivid adjectives to paint a game day scene and a book reviewer who claimed a book was unputdownable. It also mentions a neighbor pushing boundary lines during snow or yard work and a boisterous group of relatives teasing a young man about his love life with a blush joke.
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Kansas City Star
Australian Camel Patrols and Desert Transport History
Australia maintains government camel patrols to guard wheat belts and border areas. Camels, imported from India, became a pivotal transportation method in arid western regions, aiding explorers like Burke and Wills and remaining in general service since 1886.
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Great Wheat Belt
Western Australia
New South Wales
South Australia
Australia
United States
India
Burke and Wills
Melbourne
Gulf of Carpentaria
A. R. Wetjen
Globe Magazine
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