Highway Improvements Spark State Funding and Education Shifts
The article notes widespread state appropriations for road work, rising demand for highway engineering education, and cooperation between the Department of Agriculture and colleges to train engineers. It highlights examples in New York Massachusetts Rhode Island Indiana Ohio California and others, plus the value of good home gardens for farm families and seasonal food.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Massachusetts
Rhodesreland
Indiana
Ohio
California
Connecticut
Kentucky
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Illinois
Spaine
Maryland
Michigan
New
Wismpshire
New York
Tennessee
Utah
A MIRACLE OF THE SOIL AND A fowl plucking device
The Palouse wheat country shows dry farming success with deep plowing and a dust blanket that preserves moisture. German immigrant methods boost yields to 30–40 bushels per acre at low cost. T. G. Griggs of East Orange introduces a new fowl plucking machine using an endless belt and fingers to pluck feathers without skin tears, promising 20 percent cost cuts for poultry producers.
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Palouse
California
Europe
Riviera
T. G. Griggs
East Orange
N. J
Griggs
Howe
Fat in Milk and Butter Production Principles
Discussion explains butter fat comes from cow diet not body fat. High nitrogen and carbohydrate rich feeds like linseed meal middlings bran cornmeal and ground oats increase cream and butter yield. Cornell trials show a rise from 200 to 310 pounds of butter fat with liberal carbohydrate nitrogen rich rations.
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Cornell University
American Farm Tools in Global Trade Report
American plows and cultivators are spreading worldwide with figures showing sales in 1908 across many regions. Highlights include Japan $22,000 Asiatic Turkey $14,000 New Zealand $50,000 British South Africa $222,000 Portuguese Africa $31,000 Cuba $85,000 Argentina $780,000 Canada $474,000 Russia Europe $259,000 and Asiatic Russia $750,000.
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Japan
Turkey
New Zealand
South Africa
Africa
Cuba
Argentina
Canada
Russia
Europe
Trend Toward the Farm Labor Costs Rise for Farmers
The piece argues farmers face rising labor prices similar to other workers. The postwar panic provided a temporary easing, but the trend will recur as manufacturing and other sectors regain demand for labor, returning farmers to the same constraints.
Quinta selection enforces military service in Spain
At eighteen each Spaniard becomes liable for army or navy service but the state cannot field full forces. The army rests on a peace footing of 50 000, the navy around 600, in a country of about 1 000 000 people. The quinta selects every fifth man annually from district 18 year olds. Those chosen are drafted into the army or navy at forty, with possible peace-time exemption for about 275 dollars. Many youths flee abroad to Cuba or Argentina to avoid conscription.
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New York
Massichusetts
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Cuba
Argentine Republic
London
Vienna wedding ritual sparks public dismay
The Baltimore Sun condemns a Vienna stage joke where a groom must crown his mother-in-law with a rose wreath after the ceremony. It calls the act brutal and unacceptable, asserting Americans favor humane customs over such ostentatious indignities.
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Vienna
Africa
Pol Plancon’s Sumptuous Solo Lunch Record
New York Telegraph recounts opera star Pol Plancon dining alone on a lavish meal. A fowl from Mantes cost $5 in France, plus imported fish, costly wines, and cognac. the check totaled $35, underscoring Plancon’s wealth and solitary style.
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Pol Plancon
M. Pol Plancon
M. Plancon
Mantes
France
New York
New York ‘Telegraph
Disappointed Fusion Pick Wins New York Supreme Court Seat
A successful fusion candidate for the New York Supreme Court was surprised to win. A prominent lawyer with a practice richer than the justice salary accepted after being asked by wire about his chances. He was abroad when approached and offered the nomination, then elected by a comfortable margin.
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Supreme Court of New York
Supreme Court
Feaders
West
New York ,Tribune
The Big Hotel Spenders and Their Estates
The article notes Breakers Palm Beach veranda drink totals averaging 1000 daily, Plaza New York five o clock tea around 700, Knickerbocker New York New Year’s Eve revenue over 24000, and waiter tips from 80 to 100 weekly. It argues big hotel owners increasingly own country estates and run profits rather than losses.
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Palm Beach
Plaza Hotel
New York
Knickerbocker
Louis Sherry
Arthur BE. McFarlane
Everybody’s
Elephants and Railroads in Siam Bridge Collisions
Report notes two Siamese train elephant encounters with fatalities. One derailment telescoped six cars, while neither locomotive had cowcatchers. European engineers doubt their use, though Damascus-Mecca line now tests cowcatchers to fend off camels.
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Siam
Damascus-Mecca
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