The Cow Yields Most Food Per Acre in Dairy Farming
The Blue Valley Creamery Institute says cows produce more human food per acre than any farm animal. If milk from one acre is consumed, it yields 2,190 pounds with 711,800 calories and 72.8 pounds protein. cheese 219 pounds with 247,000 calories and 56.7 pounds protein. butter 99 pounds with 355,000 calories and 1 pound protein. Skim milk supports hogs and poultry. Next comes hogs. poultry, beef cattle, and sheep trail.
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Blue Valley Creamery Institute
United States
Per Capita Cigarette and Cigar Consumption Sparks Debate
The text notes nearly seven billion cigars and eighty billion cigarettes were smoked in the U S last year. It calculates about 725 cigarettes and 63 cigars per person annually. It calls extravagance a concern, since not everyone can afford such spending.
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United States
Sportsmen’s Law Parallels Road Rules For Right Side Driving
The article argues that laws protecting wild game and fish are necessary yet often violated by the very men they protect. It urges compliance by sportsmen, noting the benefit of adherence while criticizing those who ignore the rules.
Broadway Cop Hard Battler Fends Off Gunfire On Busy Street
A traffic policeman on a busy Broadway corner in New York chased a fleeing man. The officer left his post and closed in as the suspect dropped to one knee and fired, while passersby bolted for exits.
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Broadway
New York
Louis Schaeffer
Detective raised after bold shooting display sparks praise
The text notes that after he was repeatedly targeted five times and fired on, the subject succeeded with every shot. The next day he received a promotion to detective and a $500 salary increase. A policeman who can shoot as well as Schaffer is urged to become chief.
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Schaffer
Ex-Service Men Plan Poppy Sales Before Memorial Day
State ex service organizations plan elaborate poppy sales on the Saturday before Memorial Day to aid distressed former soldiers with the funds. The effort will be visible in most towns as the red flower is hawked to raise relief for veterans in need.
Radios Proliferate as Essential Business Tool Across Nation
An estimated 250000 people earn livelihoods through radio work in various roles. The radio is no longer a toy but is increasingly viewed as a necessity for every business.
Diller Record Subscription Rates and Mailing Notice
The notice lists subscription terms for The Diller Record, with annual price in advance and six month terms, plus a post office entry statement. Advertising rates are five cents per line for business locals until ordered out, and rates are in effect for second class mail matter.
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Diller Nebr
Geprention Usiness
Howe Aboutr Intellectual Musings on Success and Diligence
The piece argues that success comes from early work, reliability, and learning from experience. It notes that successful people face tribulation but are generally happier and more fulfilled than loafers. It defends business people as capable and practical, while criticizing the notion that they are dull. It contends wealth doesn't justify public scorn of productive effort.
Hard and Soft Solders and Melting Points
The article defines soft solders as low melting point alloys of lead and tin and hard solders as high melting point alloys of copper brass zinc silver and gold. It notes a common soft solder of equal parts lead and tin melting at 870 degrees Fahrenheit and an alloy of one part tin two parts lead melting at 441 degrees Fahrenheit.
That Handkerchief Pause Versus The Comedian
A London comedian, famous enough to be unnamed, is invited to a peer’s house. After dinner he begins a yarn when a guest interrupts to point out a handkerchief showing from his pocket. The comic thanks him and remarks that the company knows him better than he does.
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London
No Appeal The Editor's Decisions Final
A journalist, his wife, and child share lunch as the little girl asks for more pudding. The mother sides with indulgence, the father with caution, and Alice concludes that the editor's decisions are final.
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Alice
Parson’s Daughter Questions Word in Bible Reading
A parson’s daughter returns home distressed over the word devil in her Bible reading. She says she coughed and skipped it, prompting discussion of the passage about those who believe not shall be PN seen as it were.
Rarefied Air Used for Killing Moths
Scientists E A Back and R T Cotton of the Department of Agriculture report using rarefied air to kill insects in stored articles. Exposing moths inside a trunk to one fifth to one thirtieth of normal air killed them in days, in a vault with almost all air removed. The method is said to beat fumigation.
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Washington
E. A. Back
R. T. Cotton
Department of Agriculture
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