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that hay prices will go ldweir fn the immediate future, but it must be kept in mind that lower freight rates granted to sufferers in drought areas will act to restrict somewhat price gains for this commodity. Shenandoah Valley prices paid farmers: No. 2 leafy alfalfa, . $35; straight alfalfa, $32 to $33; timothy, $23 to $25, and clover, $25 to $300.
Young albatrosses on sunbaked Midway keep cool by using their feet in an unusual manner. The birds balance on their heels with webbed feet outstretched in the shade of their bodies. Breezes thus can carry away more of the body’s heat.
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