Feeding Young Turkey Chicks and Garden Tips
Practical advice on rearing hatched turkeys with stale bread and milk, then corn meal by three weeks, plus bone meal or chopped meat. Notes on free range, poultry as pest control, and careful garden management. Rhode Island findings show incubator chick deaths from uneven heat, overcrowding, and tuberculosis. sun and air recommended. Butter production costs vary by creamery size, with large operations lowering per pound cost. Garden bed setup and spring planting guidance, including spacing, mulch, and seasonal care. H. M. Woodward, New England Homestead.
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Guinea
Turkey
Rhode Island
H. M. Woodward
New England
Royinu Weeds With Chemicals in Wheat Fields
A historical note credits Professor Bolly of North Dakota experiment station with weed control in northwest wheat via copper sulphate spray. Experiments indicate possible weed kill for charlock and others. Optimal solution strength remains undecided, with a 10 percent trial recorded when weeds stood three to five inches high.
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Bolly
North Dakota
Northwest
Spraying for Weeds in Crops and Farm Notes
The report details weed control trials in cereals using copper sulphate and iron sulphate, noting effectiveness against ragweed and charlock with copper, and better results in Ireland and France with iron or copper solutions. It covers corn and oat field tests, yields, and the impacts on pennies cress and wild roses, with broader farm tips on dairy and crop management and a note on a threshing method experiment by A. W. Trow.
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Bally
Ireland
France
Germany
On Her Anniversary She Sits a Rueful Noon Child
A four year old girl sits on a sunlit step complaining of hunger while her mother and nurse are away. The postman offers sympathy and odd lines about gifts and meals as the scene shifts to an advertisement for Grain-O a healthful drink for children and a note on China coal deposits and geopolitical implications.
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Rick
China
Mrs Austin's new dress Mutual Consideration
A humorous exchange about marriage and thoughtfulness appears in a Washington Star item. A newlywed man jokes his wife is considerate for buying him neckties and colored shirts, while he says he wears them to avoid hurting her feelings.
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Washington Star
Month's Test Free Rheumatic Care Offer
A promotional notice offers a free one month trial of Rheumatic Care from Dr. Shoop of Wisconsin with six bottles, express paid, no money required, and a $5.50 payment only if cured. The ad repeats the offer and contact details for the physician. It also mentions New York as a major commercial hub and includes several unrelated commercial lines such as stamps and railroad excursion tickets from Nickel Plate Road with a May schedule.
Home care tips and patent remedies from a past issue
In a Bick-Room, a rubber ice bag rivals a hot water bag for sickness care. Keep medicines hidden and rooms scrupulously clean while avoiding strong perfumes around the ill. Mercury-containing catarrh salves should be avoided. Hall’s Catarrh Cure claims no mercury and is taken orally. The royal Duchess of Albany rode a bicycle first among royals. Free Allen’s Foot-Ease samples offered. various ads note prices and uses. Baltimore area size and a travel special to Buffalo via Nickel Plate Train with May dates. Cures for wind and cough marketed at low prices.
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Amell
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
I’, J. Cheney & Co
Grain-O Promises Healthful Coffee Alternative
An advertisement claims Grain-O, a grain based drink, avoids coffee drawbacks such as digestion issues and insomnia while tasting like the finest coffees. It promotes Grain-O as healthful, nourishing and suitable for children and adults and priced at 15 and 25 cents.
Nickel Plate Road offers $1.00 fares for groups of five
The Nickel Plate Road advertises inaugurations for travel parties of five or more on one ticket between any two stations within 100 miles. Each person pays $1.00. Organize your party and enjoy a Sunday outing by contacting local agents or C. Asterlin, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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Nickel Plate Road
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Buffalo
Claypool
Ind
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Ayer
J. W. Fiala
Hadlyme
Suiterin
Security
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Jerety
Vitalia
Mason Vitalia Institute
New York City
Weat
Canada
Inibola
Gaskatchewan
Sind
F. Pedley
Hopkins
siMy
Gouram
Drurgisis
Jones
N.Y
E. Russell
CO. Poutwater
W.N. WU
Wallace
Iowa
the Farm
A. W. Trow
Minnesota Institute
Trow
T. B. Terry
Practical Farmer
Mrs. Austin
New York
Harbor
Mrs Austin
Alec
Datere
Inn
the Duchess of Albany
Allen
Olmsted
le May
Baltimore
St. Jacobs Oil
W. L. Douglas
Ewil Boy
Bou
Standard Oil Co
Aarmad
Philadelphia
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