Hessian fly threatens 1920 wheat crop and control steps
United States Department of Agriculture warns growers to prevent losses from Hessian fly in the 1920 winter wheat crop. Reports show widespread damage in Shenandoah and Cumberland valleys and rising pest abundance in the western Mississippi basin. Measures include early plowing, burying infested stubble, destroying volunteer wheat, sowing during fly-free periods, and using high quality seed. Community action is essential.
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Shenandoah
Cumberland
Mississippi Basin
United States Department of Agriculture
Distinctive Maine Storage Hous es for Potatoes Featured
The article outlines Aroostook Maine storage houses with concrete walls and wooden superstructure built on hillsides with deep basements for thousands of barrels. It notes limited use of insulated houses in north, ventilation via floor trapdoors, and the northern storage of seed potatoes in refrigerated houses for southern planting.
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Aroostook
Maine
Prevent Wastage On Farms Look Out For Waste Places
On farms waste can occur in fields that wash overflow or poorly drained areas. Barnyard manure and implements left in weather may deteriorate. Avoid doing with hands what machinery should handle and conserve energy.
Toad Described As Friend To Farmers And Garden Guardians
The toad is portrayed as a harmless, valuable creature despite unpopularity. It can spray fluid from a gland behind the eye that only harms if it contacts tender areas. Toads shed skin by splitting it down the back and swallowing it. They eat insects, guarding crops, and can inflate to twice their size to deter snakes.
Straw Mulching Helps Sandy Soils Hold Moisture
Sandy soils lack organic matter and suffer wind erosion. Spreading straw adds humus, increases moisture retention, and improves soil quality, making straw mulching a practical method for these fields.
Best Equipment for Garden
Garden equipment is essential for best results in making a garden. Tools cost little compared to their value and quality raises efficiency. Proper implements save time and effort, and the same applies to general work tools and necessary gear.
Egg production as leading branch of poultry keeping
The article notes eggs were the top poultry product in the United States in 1909 with over 1.59 billion dozen produced valued at more than 306 million dollars. It explains egg farms near markets favor white egg breeds such as Leghorn Campine Minorca and Ancona and highlights the Single Comb White Leghorn as the most popular.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Campine
Minorca
Ancona
Turkeys and Other Poultry on General Farms
The article notes turkeys are widely raised on general farms in Texas Mississippi Alabama and western Florida often in small flocks with good range yielding profits. It also mentions limited duck farming in the South rising interest in geese production and guinea fowl kept for home use and small market sales with wild running guineas not scaled for market.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Summer feeds for chicks and fowls
Chicks and fowls in confinement during hot weather need lots of green food and meat or milk or both. Free range birds can obtain much of their meat food from bugs and worms and can add to their grain by foraging vegetables.
Poultry Care Tips for Clean Keeping and Breeding
The guidance covers cleaning the house and yard, feeding heavier grains in the evening, keeping poultry free from pests, feeding grain in litter to encourage scratching, and growing green crops in yards. It advises starting small if inexperienced and increasing with success, plus separating roosters from hens after breeding season to maintain egg production and prevent infertility.
Growing Healthy Chickens
Shade fresh water clean coops and colony houses and good ventilation are essential for healthy vigorous birds. Adequate space at night supports meat egg and breeding stock.
Rural credit unions promise farmer loan relief reforms
The article explains how rural credit unions under state laws provide short term personal loans to farmers for livestock, tools, and equipment, reducing reliance on merchant advances and saving millions annually. It details North Carolina as a model with organized steps including formation, by laws, banking connections, and minimal costs.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Department
North Carolina
North
Houston Speech On Credit Unions For Small Farmers
Secretary of Agriculture David F. Houston urges a system of personal credit unions to aid small scale farmers lacking easy access to traditional banks. He notes banks lend to farmers with strong credit, but many struggle to obtain short term loans due to limited banking familiarity and connections.
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David F. Houston
Secretary of Agriculture
North Carolina plans credit union growth for farmers
The Division of Markets of North Carolina coordinates credit union development among farmers. A Superintendent of Credit Unions assists in organization and supervision. Communities of 12 or more may apply for help, begin with an assistance request, then meetings to gauge interest and form committees with by law guidance.
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Superintendent of Credit Unions
State Division of Markets
County Superior Court
Carolina
Division of Markets
North Carolina
Secord
Pigeon Eggs Fertile With Healthy Feeding and Free Range
Pigeon eggs are usually fertile when the pigeons are healthy and well fed with free range. One squab hatches first, and if nest mates vary in size, it helps to sort squabs to uniform size and age. If parents die, squabs may be moved or fed artificially, though slow.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Dry mash hopper mixtures for fowl feeding
Two recommended dry mash blends for constant access. Mash No 1 combines 2 parts corn meal 1 part bran 1 part middlings and 1 part beef scrap. Mash No 2 mixes 3 parts corn meal with 1 part beef scrap.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Sweet Clover Gains Popularity and Hay Curing Notes
Sweet clover is gaining popularity year by year. Curing alfalfa or clover hay largely in the cock tends to reduce leaf loss by shattering. There is no better hay than good cowpea hay. The greatest trouble with cowpea hay is in curing.
Meadow Locusts Learn Soft Song for Fairy Queen
Mother Meadow Lo tells Millie a tale about the Meadow Locust family forming their own gentle singing style for a Fairy Queen concert. Larry Locust inspires a soft, low-voiced approach while Katydids perform their parts, and the lesson ends with gratitude and a promise of future lessons.
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Mother Meadow Locust
Millie
Meadow Locust Family Music Club
Locust
Larry Locust
Larry
Wes
Larrys
Herenry
Rah
Katy
Little Jack and the wreath from the neighbors
Little Jack brings a large armful of white roses and violets to his mother. She questions the source and he explains he took the wreath from the neighbor's doorbell because they no longer wanted it.
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Little Jack
Jack
Mamma
Ittle Jack
Worke When It Plays
A playful riddle notes a fountain that functions while playing and plays while working, prompting reflection on the paradoxical phrase and its whimsical answer.
Father and Son Debate Volunteering With Danger
A father scolds his son for laziness while the boy expresses a desire to volunteer for a risky, spice of danger project. The exchange highlights themes of motivation and courage across generations.
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Volnteer
Hygiente to a Degree at New Takeshop
A humorous note on strict sanitary fashions at a new takeshop. Clerks must wear white gloves and ladyfingers are kept separate from other cookies.
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West Uees
Toad
Farmer
Flutual
Houston
Daddy
Bonner
Hygiente
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