Birthday Joy and Loss in Barbara Thorne Story
On her eighteenth birthday Barbara Thorne, motherless daughter of artist Christopher Thorne, receives a birthday ring from friend Bruce Maclain. They picnic at Provincetown where Bruce shares a gypsy tale, foreshadowing Barbara and Bruce's romance. Returns home to find her father drowned, and with relatives seizing control the children plan to seek help from godfather Drake, interrupting his own marriage proposal.
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Barbara
Christopher Thorne
Bruce Maclain
Bruce
Provincetown
Kit
Herbert
Gay
Lola
Stephesa" Drake
Drake
Emily Trent
Barbara and Uncle Stephen in a midnight talk
In a quiet firelit moment Barbara asks to talk with Uncle Stephen. She recalls her father and hints at unresolved memory while he weighs his restless past and the pull of family ties.
Kit's Brave Family Keeps Faith With Uncle Stephen
Barbara speaks of her fragile brother Kit and the burden on her as she seeks help from Uncle Stephen. She explains the family's need for care and her wish to keep the children in Provincetown, while confronting judgment from relatives and her own maturity. Barbara, eighteen and determined, pleads for support and understanding.
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Kit
Stephen
Herbert
Eit
Uncle Stephen
Barbera
Christopher Thorne
Not Enough
Barbara and Stephen argue softly as she asks to stay a day or two. He agrees to shelter her while she rests, wires Provincetown, and they discuss Miss Trent and his engagement. Barbara thanks him and calls him kind, while he praises her as comfortable and nice.
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Stephen
Provincetown
Uncle Stephen
Miss Trent
Barbara
Babbie
Kit and Barbara Care for Kit Amid Illness
Kit lies exhausted after a rain-soaked trip to Provincetown. Doctor Chase diagnoses bronchitis and fever and orders rest for a week or two. Barbara offers to nurse Kit, insisting she can manage, while Uncle Stephen weighs the cost of a professional nurse.
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Kit
Provincetown
Doctor Chase
Barbara
Stephen
Chase
Back Yard Flocks Cut Food Costs
Poultry extension specialist C F Parrish argues backyard poultry reduces living costs across economic conditions. He notes adaptability, but warns small-scale housing must be ventilated and weather protected with proper water, containers, and curtains.
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C. F. Parrish
North Carolina
WNU
Sanitary Practice Cuts Chick Loss Among Poultrymen
Poultry experts from Pennsylvania State College report 707 cooperators raised 426 542 chicks with an average loss of 10.4 percent. Those following five sanitary practices reduced losses to 6.94 percent, continuing a trend of lower mortality since 1929.
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D. C. Henderson
Pennsylvania State College
Agricultural Extension Service
A Productive Hen in Rhode Island Report
The Rhode Island note describes a North Dakota Agricultural College hen that laid 542 eggs in two years. Eggs sold for 9.74 dollars with 200 pounds of feed costing 2.40, leaving 7.34 for overhead and labor. Egg weight totaled about 65 pounds, and feed cost per dozen was about five cents.
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Rhode Island
North Dakota Agricultural College
QO. A. Barton
Poultry Department
Poultry Notes on Sunlight Reducing Disease in Flocks
The notes say sunlight and fresh air in poultry houses cut disease troubles. Yearling hens in corn belt frocks are about twenty times more likely to have tuberculosis than pullets.
Barley Malting Demand Questioned by Farmers and Experts
The Agriculture Department notes uncertain malting barley demand for the 1938 crop. Only select regions in the United States offer profitable malting, with Western New York, parts of Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota South Dakota Iowa and Kansas highlighted as favorable areas. Brewers require plump hulls clean kernels and disease free grain with good ripening and drainage critical to quality.
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United States
Department
New York
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
Iowa
Kansas
Cabbage and Cauliflower Growers Face Lime Dilemma
A New York state agriculture expert warns growers overuse of lime in cabbage and cauliflower. He urges calculating losses from club root to weigh whether lime buys are cheaper than potential crop losses, and suggests shifting to disease free fields if infection is mild.
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Charles Chapp
New York State College of Agriculture
Causes of Bloating in Cattle From Forage Bloom
Nutrition chemists debate bloating causes noting clover sugar may ferment in the paunch, but bloating from non blooming wet clover or fully blossomed alfalfa differs. Report cites California alfalfa grazing and Wisconsin practice, suggesting uncertainty remains about bloom related gas production.
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Calfornia
Wisconsin
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Flute
Edith
France
Nova Scotia
Italy
Spain
Washington
Stephen _ Barbara
Chapter
Department of Agriculture
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