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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1948

Page

7

Mechanical water spray plucks chickens under patent

National Patent council reports a granted device that suspends fowl head down in a frame. It rotates on a vertical axis while water pipes spray jets to remove feathers. Hot water at 75 pounds pressure softens feather follicles, then jets at 85 degrees and 150 pounds pressure finish feather removal. Also notes a seed lab finds 55,000 noxious weed seeds per pound of oats, implying 3.5 million weeds per acre.

National Patent Council

Unclear Readout Totals From Unknown Periods

A garbled set of percentage values appears without context or identifiers. The sequence includes July to December figures such as 93 percent, 98 percent, and 92 percent, followed by Sept and May entries with multiple percentages. No persons, organizations, or places are identifiable.

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