Watermelon wilt spreads across states threatening crops
The wilt disease of watermelons, caused by a soil fungus, has spread from the southern states to the Pacific coast including Oklahoma, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, Arizona, Texas, California and Oregon. It weakens vines, dries leaves, and persists in soil, manure, and drainage, with prevention through crop rotation and resistant varieties.
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Pacific Coast
Oklahoma
Iowa
Indiana
Missouri
Arizona
Texas
California
Oregon
Department of Agriculture
Improved beehive patent gains interest in Norfolk
A Norfolk Virginia man patents an improved beehive featuring a metal inward ledge strip and inclined kerf to receive the frame support. The design aims to make the hive wind and moisture tight, shielding the bees inside.
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Norfolk (Va
South Africa's Hot Spring Unearths Medicinal Water
Oil drilling near Port Elizabeth, South Africa, drilled to 3600 feet and found abundant hot water with strong medicinal properties. A bath facility has been built to use the mineral waters as a therapeutic feature.
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South Africa
Port Elizabeth
Meat Prices Rise Amid U S Livestock Losses Study
An exhaustive report by Agriculture Department specialists links higher meat prices to supply not keeping pace with demand amid growing world populations. It cites rising cattle and swine numbers, declining sheep, and forecasts gradual global meat production growth against population growth.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
America
Bureau's Success Shows Surge in May Employment
The employment service reports May placements at 11,453, up from 7,653 in April. More than 17,500 applied for work in May. Since its organization a year ago the bureau has found jobs for over 75,000 people.
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Employment Service Bureau
Trade figures show year end exports reach four billion
Exports for the fiscal year ended in June totaled 4,345,000,000 dollars while imports were valued at an amount not specified in the fragment. The report highlights a large trade balance with strong export activity and ongoing import valuation.
Hints for Apple Growers Prepare Surplus Marketing
Early guidance urges growers to estimate local surplus, seek additional markets, and form cooperative selling groups. Plan packaging and storage with barrels baskets or boxes and pick Duchess Whitney Strawberry Transcendent and Okabena apples before mellowing to prevent spoilage.
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Duchess
Whitney
Minnesota
Controlling Twig Blight in Fruit Trees
To reduce twig blight remove old useless pear and apple trees and prune out badly blighted twigs. Cut away blighted spots on trunks or large limbs to prevent spread.
Ivory Tusk Billiard Balls From Elephant Ivory
A historic note details how ivory billiard balls are made from cow elephant tusks. The tusks shrink more in width than length as they dry. Balls are formed from slightly thicker tusks, rough turned then warmed for two years before final turning to true.
New Nursery Stock Regulations Take Effect July First
The federal horticultural board issued revised rules governing import of nursery stock into the United States. Permits for imports from countries with nursery stock inspection remain valid until revoked. Orchid and tree seed imports from non inspecting countries are also covered. Most changes are minor and clerical.
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United States
Federal Horticultural Board
Pruning Fruit Bushes For Better Crops
A Colorado station prepared guide notes currants and gooseberries bear on canes at least two years old. To sustain production, rotate canes: keep a fixed number of new shoots and remove old exhausted canes each spring, and later prune shoots not needed for future fruiting to direct energy to fruiting canes.
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Colorado Station
Sorghum Smut Treatment and Seed Care
Sorghum smut may be controlled by treating seed with a solution of formalin and water. Seed can be sprinkled or immersed. sprinkling is easier and effective when done carefully. Treated seed must not contact untreated containers unless those are treated too. milo is not affected by smut and does not require treatment.
Willful Winnie Rejects Father over Jack Wedding
In the Boston Transcript style snippet Edith asks about her father’s opposition to her marriage to Jack. Winnie replies she warned intervention would mean war, highlighting family tensions over romance.
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Edith
Jack
Winnie
Papa
Boston Transcript
Increasing wheat by smarter farming in Ohio
Director C E Thorne of the Ohio experiment station argues that with less labor and more seed manure and fertilizer Ohio could grow as much wheat on 1 500 000 acres as now from 2 000 000 acres and half a million corn acres saved last year would add wealth at high prices. Proper handling of soil factors determines profit.
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Ohio
C. E. Thorne
Ohio Experiment Station
Poisoned Bran Mash For Grasshopper Control
Entomologist George A. Dean advises after wheat harvest as grasshoppers migrate. Bran mash with paris green or alternatives, sugar syrup and citrus is spread to cover four to five acres, with multiple applications as needed in alfalfa corn Kaffir wheat and gardens.
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George A. Dean
Kansas State Agricultural College
Nontangling Pasture Stake Made From Wheel and Axle
An old carriage wheel and axle are used to fashion a pasture stake. When the tethered animal moves around the stake, the revolving wheel prevents rope tangling, an idea showcased in Popular Mechanics.
Farm Water Supply on the Modern Pennsylvania Farm
Charles G. McLain of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture explains farm water systems. Clean a spring, box it, and pipe to buildings. Lift water with a ram or power to a tank, and run machines from a gas engine connected to a line shaft. The system proves economical and highly valued once installed.
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Charles G. McLain
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Combining Silage With Leguminous Feeds
Combining silage with leguminous feeds improves overall feed quality. Use clover cowpeas or alfalfa to supplement dairy stock diet and balance silage’s lower productive value.
Yonkers Herald offers more pages than ever before
The Yonkers Herald announces a record edition price of 150 dollars a year. A brief item notes the paper’s heightened circulation and asks readers to describe the expanded issue. The piece includes a light dialogue snippet about a young man inquiring about marriage planning.
Dandelion Turns From Weed to Commercial Plant
The Scientific American highlights a dandelion farm near New Haven Connecticut and notes its rising commercial value. Leaves serve as a spring pot herb and tonic for blood, while flowers yield wine. Roots, harvested in fall or spring, are sold dried to wholesalers for 22 to 28 cents per pound.
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Scientific American
Germany
Austria
France
Prune the Tomato Vines for Earlier Ripening
The article explains pruning and staking tomato vines to keep them from touching soil and rotting. It advises developing the tops on one stem, removing side shoots, and securing the plant tops to a four to five foot stake to improve sunlight exposure and speed ripening. It also notes Confederate veteran groups with headquarters in New Orleans.
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Wisconsin Station
South
United Confederate Veterans
Army and Navy
Sons of Confederate Veterans
New Orleans
Oregon Washington Rail Road Eastbound City Hall Route
A compact Eastbound transit list shows multiple street cross streets and local landmarks tied to the Oregon Washington Rail Road and Navigation Co. entries. The compilation emphasizes stops and nearby businesses like Bay City Lumber Co. and Mead Street, alongside hospital and mill references, suggesting a city-rail corridor guide.
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Bay City Lumber Co
Curtis & Front
Curtis & Evans
Ste
Aberdeen Lumber & Shingle Co
Mead St. & West Boulevard
Fairfield & Summit
Wilson's Mit Chehalis & Wishkah
Blade's Mill
Rail timetable for Aberdeen to Seattle Portland runs
Train schedules list departures and arrivals from Aberdeen to Tacoma Seattle and Portland via Dupont Point Defiance and other routes. Morning and afternoon times cover westbound and eastbound services with multiple trains including 466 424 422 421 423 551 662 585 586 553 554 581 582 583 584 and stops at Elma Hoquiam McCleary Cosmopolis Bay City So. Aberdeen and Moclips.
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Dupont
Aberdeen
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
Point Defiance
Dhrrives
McCleary
Elma
Moclips
Hoquiam
D. Ma
Aberdeen Junction
Cosmopolis
Bay City
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P.A
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Wincton-Salem, N.C
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
Bureau
Yonkers Statesman
Lakeview
Northern
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H. H. Griffin
H. Ahandeen
A. D. Carlton
Portland, Or
Boone & Macron Sts
Exchange & Marion Sts
F & Market
NM & Hume
G & Wishkah
F & Heron
Anderson & Middleton
Heron & Broadway
F & River
Sisters’ Hospital
G St
Eighth & H
Fifth & M
Sixth & Thornton
Ninth & K
Third
Sixth & Broadway
M & Market
Federal Mill
Heron St
Michigan Ave
Western Cooperage
Hume & Washington
Western Mill
Market & Washington
Second Ave
Iregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation CO
Owl
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R.r.guide
Chicago
Milwaukee
Paul
S.W. Johnston Transfer CO
So. I St
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