Pigeon Rearing for Meat and Skim Milk Sales
Practical notes explain squab farming in small lofts, breeding cycles, and meat yields with six by six foot spaces for eight to ten pairs. It urges reliable stock, emphasizes avoiding nuisance flocks, and cites Homer pigeons as popular. Also discusses Hartford skim milk stations to supply cheap, nutritious drink and cooking option on routes.
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Sis
United States Department of Agriculture
Farmers
Hartford
Connecticut
State Agricultural College
Department of Agriculture
What Does a Plivver Cost How to Track Car Expenses
A humorous system explains calculating a five year car cost by doubling the original price then dividing by five to estimate annual expense. It notes gasoline and repair costs accumulate to about twice the purchase price after five years. The piece uses playful spellings and practical math to show ownership costs.
Fragments on farming liquidity and the Babcock test
The text discusses leaks in business and farming as a metaphor for waste in manufacturing and farming. It mentions how some firms seek efficiencies, notes the value of cost-saving in auto parts, and highlights the Babcock test for butterfat in milk as a key measure for dairy farmers.
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Babcock
How high should windows be for hog houses
An Iowa State College blueprint explains window height must vary by latitude and farrowing date to maximize light in hog houses. Examples show heights from about 3 ft 6 in to 8 ft 11 in for different towns and dates, with a map and calculation method for any farm in three Iowa regions. The discussion is paired with Col. M. Wood's tribute to the cow, extolling its all around utility.
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Fort Maci
Ada
Marshalltown
Estherville
Fort Madison
Iowa State College
Iowa
M. Wood
Caw
Springfield
Uinois
Ocean
Great Plains
West
The Cow and the Rise of American Settlement
A reflective piece celebrates the cow’s role in transforming America from prairie to settled land. It links dairy and livestock to nation-building, noting the cow fed babies, powered farms, and aided migration from the plains to homes with schools and churches as buffalo vanished. Weather forecast note follows for the week starting January 27, 1918.
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Plymouth Rock
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Ws.s
United States
Thrift
Emmet County
War Savings Stamp Campaign
R. R
Emmet
Uncle Sam
Front
Enimet County
Federal Dairy Division
Mo Fm
He Fe
U.S. Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
Mississippi
Missouri
Pertia
Ferana
Fifa
Peruna Company
Columbus
Obio
B. B. Anderson
5Th Street
Owa
Leeds
Emmet County Land and Abstract Company
Abatrac
Emmet Co
Eagle Clothing
Howard Espeset
F. H. Rhodes
C. Stanley
W. T. Rhodes
C. D Tedrow
Aca. Cashier
Irust and Savings Bank
Joan
W.S.S. Wagonee
First Trust
Buick
Ford
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