Improving Egg Quality Through Proper Flock Management
Poultry experts advise removing roosters during warm months to curb losses, and adopting simple practices to improve egg quality. Gather eggs twice or thrice daily, cool promptly, and store at 32 to 60 degrees. Maintain clean housing with adequate nesting space, wire dropping boards, and sufficient floor area to reduce broken or dirty eggs.
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WO Alp
College of Agriculture
University of Jingig
Beryvice
Average Poultry Ration in Both Grain and Mash
Montreal Herald outlines daily feed needs for 100 Leghorn pullets and others. It lists grain and mash amounts per week across six weeks, estimating total feed around 100 pounds for 50 chicks, with specific ounces and pounds per week.
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Montreal Herald
Prairie Farmer on Controlling Chicken Lice and Mites
Instructions describe using nicotine sulphate to paint poultry roosts to kill lice and mites. It notes limited effectiveness for body lice and feather mites requiring multiple treatments and even euthanasia for infested birds.
Teghorn Feed Requirements for Leghorn and Other Hens
Idaho Farmer notes feed needs for Leghorn hens about 75 pounds of grain and mash per year 40 pounds grain and 85 pounds mash plus Rhode Island Reds and Barred Plymouth Rocks consume roughly 10 pounds more. Variations occur with environment egg production and individual birds making exact numbers unpredictable.
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Teghorn
Rhode Island
Plymouth
Idaho
Feather Picking in Fowl Fights and Prevention
The Rural New Yorker notes fowls pecking at each other after a provocation. separating the flock by turning them out cures the practice. It suggests tar on bleeding spots near the comb or head to deter attackers. Bleeding follows injuries from accidents or attacks.
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New Yorker
Sets High Standard for Pig Marketing
Charlea B. Shuman a University of Illinois agriculture graduate has a three year record of raising and marketing 75 percent of farrowed pigs on his Moule county farm. His three year average sale rate is nearly eight pigs per litter from 509 farrowings totaling 4735 sold. He collaborates with the university extension service to demonstrate swine sanitation and approved practices. Last summer he fed 52 head and sold them September 23 at six and a half months old, averaging 204 pounds each. Feed conversion was 2.01 pounds of feed per pound gain.
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Charlea B. Shuman
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Ils
Shuman
Shu Tian
T. Robins
Hye Stock
How to Fight Groundhogs With Gas and Traps
A Montreal family article describes methods to control groundhogs damaging crops and lawns. It suggests blocking holes, guiding a car with a rubber tube attached to the exhaust to release carbon monoxide, and running the engine for about twenty minutes to kill pests. Readers with experience are invited to report results.
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Montreal
Rerahh
Suggestions to Boost Farmers Finances by W I Cavert
University extension economist W I Cavert from St Paul offers tips to farmers facing low prices. Overhaul old machinery and harness, share equipment with neighbors, avoid high interest installment buying, defer purchases, and live frugally. Focus on marketing and producing what the market wants to gain extra income.
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W. IL. Cavert
University Farm
St Paul
Emergency hay crops for livestock in Iowa
The article discusses hay options for livestock in southern Iowa, recommending soybeans and soybeans with Sudan grass for cattle and sheep, noting soybeans as excellent winter roughage and oats as a versatile day feed. It mentions oats and wheat mixtures as preferred horse hay in some towns and warns horses do not favor soybean hay during heavy work.
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Iowa
Sudan
Wallace
Ensiling Prepares Corn For Winter Fodder Says Dakota Farmer
A Dakota Farmer article urges ensiling corn to protect the crop from early frost. It notes proper timing when kernels reach the glazed stage and describes the process of testing for readiness by rubbing the kernel to reveal starch.
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Hia
First steel bridge spans Euphrates near Baghdad
Washington dispatches report the first steel over Euphrates bridge near Baghdad in Iraq nearing completion. The span will serve the busy overland route between Baghdad and Damascus, reflecting one of the Near East’s bold engineering feats of the era.
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Washington
Euphrates
Iaqla
Bagdad
Wist
Dagdad
Damascus
Ganda
Suphrates
Nile
Ita Sulley
Ancient Mesopotamia’s Rise and Fall Under Rulers
The article describes Mesopotamia’s long prosperity under successive governments, the Mongol destruction of head works in 1286, and the shift to desert amid ruined Babylon sites. It notes Basra as Iraq’s chief port, Shatt al Arab’s role, and the fertile Sumerian plain shaped by Euphrates and Tigris with a 400 mile reach to the Persian Gulf.
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Tatrugs
Islack Sea
Turkicah
Syria
Iraq
Bagdad
Tigris
Euphrasia
Sumeriene
BEIT
Suphrates
Persian Gulf
Hagdad
Mesopotamia
Itia
Cuphrates
Babylon
Citiea
Jillia
Euphrates
Megris
Shatt al Arab
Basra
OB Basra
Mosul
Angel and the writer in a New York tale
A young man from Greenwich Village writes a novel after an angel pays his way with a manuscript loan. The angel reads his work and later borrows the manuscript to impress a train companion, who uses it for her own reading on the trip.
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Bathleen Caesar
Ellen Caesar
Europe
Almoat
Tia
Angel
WNO Sertios
Funeral Plans Made Five Days Before Death in Blytheville
J Lemp head of Volunteers of America arranged funeral plans with E. G Moss undertaker in Blytheville Arkansas five days before his death. He was sixty years old.
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Blytheville, Ark
Lemp
Focal ‘Volunteers of America
E. G Moss
Minerals in Food Easy to Supply for Livestock
A university bulletin explains simple mineral supplementation for pigs and poultry. It favors calcium sources like bone meal and limestone, weighs rock phosphate, notes citrate solubility is not crucial, and warns against excessive zinc in self feed. It also cautions about wood ash variability and limited use of certain minerals.
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Tcheld
University of Mllenois
Jmwnu
Warm Weather Pests Threaten Dairy Health
In mid summer pests surge and milk spoils from bacteria with heat. Dairymen urged to keep cows clean and milking areas spotless to curb contamination. Fly traps and spray boards recommended to limit insect breeding and protect milk quality.
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Bcteria
Agricultural Squibs on Manure, Chick Rations and Hog Health
Practical notes discuss using barnyard manure before plowing for potatoes to add organic matter, chicken housing needs for a family, and selecting alert chicks. It warns against overgrazing corn and notes that corn stalks hold 40 percent of its nutritive value. A bean row tip substitutes for poles, while hog cholera requires serum inoculation for immunity.
One Was Enough Fee
A humorous exchange recalls a return from leave and multiple engagements. The speaker notes a quick engagement in the first week that was broken off after a rough start. The dialogue captures casual banter about romance and commitment in everyday life.
His Only Chance Hubby-Haryon Letter to Mother
A fragmented exchange shows a husband asking a wife if a letter to his mother could be mailed inviting her to visit. The wife declines while suggesting a postscript about the children catching measles. The quirky dialogue hints at family strain and health concerns.
Cause for Worry in Question of Future Marriage
A dialogue explores fears about remarriage after a spouse's death. A man worries his wife will read his response as longing for freedom whether he says no or yes. The exchange centers on trust and perceived intent in a potential future relationship.
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Mr. Batch
Nubride
Shell
What She Meant About Mrs Jones Queer Remark
A brief line of dialog reveals a mother’s charitable gloss on a neighbor’s reputation. The exchange highlights rural gossip norms and suggests admonition against judging others harshly.
Fragmentary Bride Pearls Comment Cited in Gossip
A clipped quotation from Forethought notes a bride’s attire, mentioning a rope of pearls and a remark on pearls bringing bad luck. The source implies speculation about whether the groom chose imitation pearls.
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UN Tow
Ife
Tata Dent
Hergel
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