Rice Bran Helps Flocks Fight Perosis in Experiments
USDA and state collaborators report that substituting 10 to 20 percent rice bran in confinement chickens diet reduced perosis cases. Additional 6 to 10 percent rice bran lowered afflicted birds. calcium phosphorus balance also aided prevention. Perosis differs from rickets. tests imply another vitamin besides D is needed for bone development.
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United States’ Department of Agriculture
Wise Poultryman Warns of Egg Losses and Germ Growth
A poultry expert laments yearly egg losses from roosters and careless gathering. He explains how a fertile egg begins germ growth around 68 degrees Fahrenheit, and how erratic heat causes rotting before market. Infertile eggs do not rot under the same conditions.
Light yolks favored by buyers in big city egg markets
USDA notes buyers in New York and other cities prefer light yolk eggs. Dark yolks may result from green feed or heat exposure. thus dark yolks do not always indicate inferior quality. White corn wheat buckwheat and oats produce light yolks and uniform color and size define quality eggs.
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New York
United States Department of Agriculture
Blackhead Disease in Turkeys Linked to Soil Worms
Blackhead in turkeys is spread by tiny soil worms carried by chickens. The worms persist year to year in the ground, so preventing the disease relies on turkeys running on clean ground not contaminated by the worms.
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Turkeys
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Cosmetics and Beauty Practices of Thompson Indians
The Smithsonian report details traditional beauty rituals among Thompson Indians of the Pacific Northwest. It describes armpit needle washing, facial and scalp decoctions from yellow pine and wild flax, daily fir branch stroking for vigor, and training with fir branches to avoid laziness, reflecting beliefs in scent, hair, and endurance.
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Pacific Northwest
Bureau of American Ethnology
Smithsonian Institution
Woman Tries To Escape A Magic Spell Plea
Fragment from a narrative shows a woman crossing over obstacles while invoking fir branches for aid if she steps unknowingly into a magical spell. The passage emphasizes superstition and personal peril in a folkloric setting.
Mystery Miser Garver’s Cattle Feed Plant Mix up
James C. Garver remodeled a Madison building to manufacture cattle feed and staged a first production. A hidden misrouting caused grain to spill from a roof ventilator as workers watched, revealing a workman diverted grain into the wrong pipe.
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Garver
Are We Created Unequal Reveals Inherited Differences
Prof Harrison R Hunt told the Eugenles Research association that biological discoveries over decades show people vary enormously at birth due to inherited traits. He argued that such differences imply that men are created unequal.
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Harrison R. Hunt
Eugenles Research Association
Fragmentary Sausalito Quote Traces Moral Clash
Fragmentary lines show a Socratic style exchange about faults and perception. A Seneca quote contrasts others sins with our own kept out of sight. The readable text hints at moral critique, but concrete events or people are not shown.
Goose Banker Al Meyers Involving Goose Cash Mystery
Cloud Minnesota report recounts Goose “Banker” Al Meyers who earned $1.61 by buying and killing a goose, finding 25 dimes and 11 cents inside. Paul Bautch, the seller, recalls tossing coins for the goose to scramble after.
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al Meyers
Paul’ Bautch
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