Improper Feeds Cause Big Legs In Sheep
USDA study links most sheep losses to feeding problems. Progressive feeders shift from range to lot feeding to ease digestive issues. A novel method places hay bales in lambs’ feed lots to curb derangements. Officials urge better diagnosis, feeding, sanitation to cut preventable losses.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Idaho Board of Sheep Commissioners
I. F E. Murray
Bureau
Salt Lake City
Intermountain
Raising Chicks on Clean Ground to Prevent Gapes
Prevent gape infection in chicks by using clean soil and proper handling. Purdue recommends raising chicks on fresh ground and plowing infected soil or rotating crops. If soil remains contaminated, keep chicks off the ground for a year and use creolin solution for affected birds. Prevention is easier than cure.
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Purdue University
West Virginia
Save Wheat by Burning Grasshoppers at Night
Kansas State Agricultural College entomologists advise farmers to burn tall dry vegetation along fence rows at night to destroy large grasshopper populations and protect young wheat. If burning isn’t possible, apply poison as soon as hoppers attack newly sown fields, since a single leaf loss can kill seedlings but recovery is possible after the second leaf emerges.
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Department of Entomology
Kansas State Agricultural College
Cause of Bowel Trouble in Hens
Bowel trouble in hens stems from digestive disorders caused by feed. Lack of dry mash can trigger issues and a hopper or bran may help. White diarrhea affects chicks though adults may carry it without signs. Do a post mortem on any hens that die to note unusual conditions.
Farmers End Grain Theft By Feeding Fowls In Morning
Farmers can prevent fowls from disturbing new grain crops by ensuring they are well fed. Hungry hens follow seed rows and dig up seeds, but a morning feed of shelled corn stops the scratching as hens will not scratch for grain when food is readily available.
Nationwide TB Eradication Shows Strong Progress
The Bureau of Animal Industry reports 25,163 reactor cattle found in April after testing 815,886 cattle. By May 1, 10,794,910 cattle nationwide were under supervision. Iowa leads with over one million cattle supervised, with Illinois Michigan Missouri New York and Wisconsin in the next tier. Extensive testing and culling are reducing the disease, with 59 counties in 14 states now nearly free and hundreds more nearing accreditation.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Iowa
Illinois
Michigan
Missouri
New York
Wisconsin
Indiana
Minnesota
Kentucky
Montana
North Carolina
North Dakota
Nebraska
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Washington
California
Georgia
Idaho
Kansas
Maine
Vermont
Protein Makes Cheaper Eggs Declares Kempster
H L Skempster of Missouri Agricultural College reports ten years of feeding trials showing meat scrap tankage and milk by products boost egg yield. He notes two thirds scratch feed and one third mash, with six pounds meat scrap per hen yearly optimal for White Leghorns.
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H. L. Skempster
Missouri Agricultural College
Missouri Station
Poultry and crop notes from Ohio station data
Sweet clover should be cut six to eight inches high. Spinach is easy and profitable. Manchu soy beans yielded well last season. Well-bred, well-fed chickens are key to poultry success. Rid lice and mites to cut overhead. Sow soy beans after corn for hay. Buttermilk seeds aid chick tonic and disease resistance. A national poultry exposition is being discussed. Manure value differs by barnyard age, $3.45 vs $2.92 per ton.
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Ohio
Comfortable Five Room Bungalow Promises Homey Country Living
Article by William A Radford describes a compact 30 by 37 foot bungalow with broad porch kitchen pantry brick fireplace and two 12 by 12 bedrooms. The design centers on a living room with brick fireplace built in bookcases and adjacent dining room plus a practical pantry and basement stairs.
Concealed Beds Add More Room to House
Doctors say sleeping porches boost health but cost limits hinder adding both a sleeping and sun porch. Concealed beds solve space issues by folding away into walls, providing a comfortable bed with familiar mattresses and concealed design. When folded up they disappear from the room, preserving daytime space.
Land Values Should Govern Price of Home
Builders face a core question as construction begins after lot purchase. Leaders in the home-building world advise that building cost should roughly equal land value, with exceptions for prime locations. This rule applies from modest one story brick homes to ultra high value office buildings, shaping decisions on where to invest based on land prices.
Some Problems of Home Ownership Preparation
Preparation for home ownership cannot begin too early. The determination to acquire a home and the belief that owning one is the normal part of life are essential. An owned home, with its satisfactions, is the ideal most families wish to secure. The first question is how much to invest, and it is a serious mistake to build beyond the ability to pay. Fixed payments should be planned from family income after thorough expense checks.
Shellac Finish On Furniture Enhanced By Banana Oil
Shellac on furniture or woodwork becomes fairly waterproof with two or three coats of banana oil. The final coat should be sanded smooth and brushed on generously. Each coat gets light sanding. The finish dries dull but can be brightened with furniture wax.
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Popular Science Monthly
Inside Woodwork For Colonial Interior Finishes
Woodwork should suit painting or enameling in a colonial style. White pine offers neutral grain and color, birch is close grained and good for enameling, and both may be mahoganized for stair treads and handrails in traditional colonial fashion.
Sheathing Paper Insulation Value and Longevity
The passage argues that fine sheathing paper should endure as long as the building it shields and provide about 9 percent perfect insulation, emphasizing durability and thermal performance.
Scientist Wins Leidy Medal For Amebae Research At Hopkins
Dr. Herbert Spencer Jennings of Johns Hopkins University receives the first Joseph Leidy medal from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. The award honors work on amebae and rotatoria and will be given every three years in memory of Dr. Joseph Leidy, the esteemed paleontologist and former academy president.
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Herbert Spencer Jennings
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Joseph Leidy
Academy of Natural Sciences of
Philadelphia
Joseph Leidy II
Academy
World’s Oldest Forest Unearthed Near Gilboa New York
Dr John M Clarke state geologist and paleontologist declares a grove near Gilboa New York to be the oldest known forest based on fossil remains He reports ancient trees resembled modern tree ferns and likely reached 50 feet in height.
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Gilboa
N. Y
John M. Clarke
New York State
Cuticura Trio Promises Skin Relief For Babies
Advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for soothing hot baths Cuticura Ointment for rubbing into red rough itchy skin and Cuticura Talcum powder for fragrance. It claims the three products form an indispensable toilet trio for babies and general use.
Canadian tobacco output in Ontario and Quebec last year
Ontario produced 12,135,000 pounds and Quebec 6,575,740 pounds to total 18,710,740 pounds. The crop's value was $4,358,898 and 21,317 acres were planted, yielding an average 878 pounds per acre.
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Ontario
Quebec
Earliest Tennis Skills Attributed To Margot 1427 Reference
Historical note recalls a famous female player Margot who played forehand and backhand with power and craft, suggesting rackets existed before 1427. The statement highlights early court craft and the antiquity of racket sport in medieval Europe.
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Margot
Grateful Mandy Finds $30 in Wash Last Week
A grateful line recalls Mandy discovering thirty dollars in a wash last week and expressing thanks to an elderly authority figure. The brief reflects a social exchange and a small act of honesty tied to an aboveboard community setting.
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Mandy
Hot Weather Philosophy Eludes Discomforts
A succinct maxim notes that enduring heat hinges on dodging the worst discomforts through practical restraint and mental adaptation. The saying frames summer as a test of self-control and adaptive routines.
Fame and competition honor the best in us
A quotation by Chauncey Depew praising fame earned through fair competition. He lauds the Olympic ideal as the finest form of human contest and adventure, where the better man, prepared and striving, earns respect and recognition.
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Chasrmcey Depew
Hearst
International Cosmopolitan
Return From Europe Delayed Until Lunch Says Boss
A brisk exchange frames a travel delay as a boss notes the Europe trip ends in the morning and a return will not occur before lunch. The dialogue hints at schedules and workplace timing without extra detail.
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Europe
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