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...fill the air. Burton, fag in hand, strides about. The mickeys are the most economical stock; there's little price premium in fattening them up. "The whole operation is about turning grass into T-bones," he says. "It's a magic industry." By 9.30 a.m., it's smoko. The billy boils, banter flows. Cook Jill has brought buttered bread, treacle and sausage rolls. Slightly less grubby from work than the men and Swedish traveler Christine are two first-year veterinary science students from Melbourne. Emma Zalcman and Kristie Jennings are getting valuable farm exp-erience and having fun. "The interaction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turning Grass Into T-Bones | 8/7/2006 | See Source »

Important changes are shown in the survey of Freshman physical examination statistics inst completed by Dr. Alfred Worcester '78, Henry K. Oliyer Professor of Hygiene. Over last year's Fresh-man class there is an increase of tonper cent in the number of those who smoko, two per cent more wear glasses, and the samo increase is shown in the number of these who have had their appendices removed before entering college...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: More Smoking, Be-Spectacled, Appendix-less Freshmen Revealed by Wadsworth Figures-Vaccination Runs Riot | 12/2/1927 | See Source »

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