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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1911
Page
12
A jumble of early 20th century patent medicine pitches includes Cascarlets claiming bowel control, Garfield laxative touted as best seller, and eye remedies. The page features humor about insurance, a labor saving device and a marriage plan, with assorted quips and sensational lines.
A humorous sketch notes a man with a hobble in step with his fiancée who wears a hobble skirt. The wife asks if rheumatism explains his gait and the punchline reveals the cause is fashionable romance.
Scott Nearing of the Wharton School argues emancipation of women depends on equal physical and industrial development for girls and boys. He cites tomboy play, urges five groups of women should hold gainful occupations, and notes a plan to send 7,000 cats to Washington-area farms to combat gophers.
Albert J. Randall of Okanogan county Washington ordered 1000 cats from Gilbert of Sharon Pennsylvania. He now receives his mail in barrels as the misaddressed shipments and mixed notices cause a comical postal dilemma.
In Monclair New Jersey a dairyman, troubled by dust in his barn, ordered the tail of each cow sprayed with filtrated water. As cows sweep their tails during milking, dust is kept from contaminating the pads, improving cleanliness.
Seventeen warships of various ages and types were auctioned at Toulon for a total of about 335000 francs. The sale included the wrecked Jena and the cruiser Richelieu, which had cost 6,000,600 francs and sold for 75000 francs to a merchant from Amsterdam.
Dr Chalmers Mitchell of the British Natural History Society tours Carl Hagenbeck’s ostrich farm in Hamburg. He describes 8 to 9 acres, 80 to 90 birds, and a peat carpeted shed using incubators to hatch eggs. Mitchell notes fresh air and careful management enable profitable ostrich farming in a temperate climate.
The world’s largest pigeon farm near Los Angeles owned by J K Johnson houses over 100000 pigeons with tens of thousands of squabs. Daily output reaches about 40 dozen squabs, growing to 260000 annual crop selling for 250 to 4 per dozen. Birds consume two to three tons of grain daily and require extensive labor and care.
An old instruction advises making a watering trough from eaves troughing. Follow the steps to shape and screen the trough for safe poultry use.
A 16 inch waterer fitted with a tin cooler end, a wire screen cover, and a one inch swish keeps chicks from entering. One fill lasts all day, providing a simple, practical farm solution.
The article stresses disease prevention starts with clean, dry yards and proper drainage. It notes white and brown eggs vary by market, warns against mixed flock feeding, and favors rotating hen yards. It advises regular, not excessive, feeding for young chicks and moving coops to fresh ground occasionally.
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