Two Burglars and a Baby
A man reads a torn note about two burglars gone six weeks and follows a trail to a burning house on Elmwood Avenue. A burglar called Jack saves a maid and a baby, endangering himself. he is wounded and hospitalized. The story ends with Kinney praising the brave man and hiring him as a gardener, while the other burglar faces possible consequences. The nurse and doctor hide details. Kinney vows discretion and gratitude.
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PRS
George B. Kinney
Indira
Elmwood Avenue
Jack
Pete
Nighthawk
Southwich
Jis
Timely Bee Notes on Safe Colony Moves Across Seasons
Bee keeper Harry Lathrop advises best and worst times to move colonies, noting early spring as ideal and hot midsummer as risky. He describes making light colonies by removing heavy combs, reshaping frames, adding water-filled comb, and securing hive tops with a wire cloth screen to prevent rattling.
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Harry Lathrop
Orange
Judd Farmer
A Coop and Run Combined for Poultry Farms
A cut depicts a chicken coop usable with or without a wire run. On large poultry farms runs are rarely used as chicks range free and hens stay cooped. Vigilance with dogs and guns reduces poultry pests.
Coop Hen and Chicks Breeding and Rearing Tips
The article notes few losses among chicks when hens brood them. It recommends using runs for protection, keeping the hen in the coop door area at night and in storms. If allowed in the wire run, the slat section can be raised quickly to permit access.
Sugar Beet Returns in Michigan Near Saginaw
Historical figures show beet growers near Saginaw earning from 50 to 113 dollars per acre from factory sales, with costs of 32 to 40 dollars per acre. German farmers produced beets with 20 to 23 percent sugar after soil samples and seed exchange, yielding surprising results.
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Michigan
Saginaw
Germany
A Nest for Laying Hens in Poultry Rearing
A practical guide notes that a simple nest can be made from an egg case or box with a front opening. A four inch strip holds nesting material, earth fills corners, excelsior preferred to straw, and insect powder helps deter vermin. commercial poultry tips echo this method.
Poultry Ration Tips From Pennsylvania and West Virginia Tests
A Pennsylvania poultryman mixes equal parts ground corn oats and barley with milk for a fattening mesh and includes one tenth coarse beef scrap for protein and fat. A West Virginia station found that feeding wheat oats and white corn yielded notably light egg yolks, while white corn alone produced very light yolks and yellow corn imparted a rich yellow color.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Beans And Bean Use For Winter Fowls
Advice from Rural New Yorker on feeding beans to hens and pigs during winter. Beans boost protein and carbohydrate intake, aiding egg production despite poor housing. Bean dust from thrashing serves as absorbent bedding. saving it keeps hens healthier and happier.
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New Yorker
Loss in Cross Breeding Warns Against New Breed Ventures
Farmers should not expect profit from cross breeding to create new breeds. History shows ten years or more are needed to fix traits, with limited financial reward. Practical advice favors improving established breeds, as illustrated by the Orpington development and general farming cautions from Farmers' Review.
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Pryenia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cons. F. Brown
Cedar Terrace
Hot Springs
Ark
Mothers’ Club
Lydia E. Finkham
Mrs. Potts
Shutting Up Broody Hens The Wustration for movable brood house
Prairie Farmer notes a mobile brooding pen called The Wustration with wheels for daily relocation to a clean area. Handles extend as HO poles serving as roosts, a sloping roof keeps hens dry, and half rear walls use woven wire for light and ventilation. South-facing side provides sunlight. no floor. advised to be made of light wood and wheelable.
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E, Bohrer
Geese Thrive on Green Pastures and Proper Cooking
Geese are described as grassers suited for green pasture with or without a creek or lake. Fattening requires daily good grain. They yield feathers and meat for the home table, but chefs must cook them well to avoid the disliked goose flavor.
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Mrs. Prven
Mns
Anna Potts
Park Ave
Lae Mien LD
Candy Cathartio
Winchester
Jester Repeating Arms CO
New Haven
Conn
Canada
Laurier
Leer
Washington, D
Fitzgerald ,Co
Bez Ei
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