Corean Life and Customs As Seen by a Visitor in Corea
The article describes Corea under Japanese rule, its geography and population, and details Corean dress customs for men and women, mourning attire, and urban life. It warns tourists about curio shops selling crude imitations and notes the persistence of Corean traditions amid modernization.
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Seoul
Corea
Gores
Yala
Turnen
Coren
New York
Pennsylvania
United States
Japan
China
Enoruch
Neenseburn
Cost and Value of Corn Silage on Stock Farms
A. L. Haecker argues stockkeepers must calculate silage costs to choose economical rations. He cites Missouri data at $5.90 per ton and outlines two cost methods, favoring land-cost basis. Under best conditions silage worth $5–$6 per ton, with potential returns of $70–$100 per acre depending on use, plus savings in butter and milk production, making silage essential for farms with siloed feed.
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A. L. Haecker
Iowa Homestead
Missouri Agricultural College
Imported Parasites of Corn Borer Aid Control
A rapid expansion of imported parasites for corn borer control spreads across New York Ohio and New England with four species now established. Winter shipments from France to Arlington Massachusetts supplied about 35 000 of one parasite type 13 000 of another and 355 000 host larvae for rearing four additional parasite species.
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Europe
New York
Ohio
New England
France
Arlington
Mass
Manure, Cultivation, and Pest Control for Pastures and Crops
The article advises manure to nourish pastures as a crop. Shallow cultivation protects raw crops. It suggests a poison ball for gopher and cutworm control with bran arsenic and molasses. It notes hog producers gain from pasture and legume feeds and argues for a five year wheat industry program aligned with farm groups and Kansas State Agricultural College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papor
Kansas State Agricultural College
Kill Cabbage Worm by Poison Sprays
The common cabbage worm is best controlled by spraying with lead arsenate or calcium arsenate, says the United States Department of Agriculture in a bulletin titled The Common Cabbage Worm and Its Control. Dust forms may be used with lime or plaster, but distribution and sticking vary with moisture. Farmers can obtain Bulletin 1461-F free from the USDA in Washington, D. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Sanitation Key to Profitable Poultry Industry
The poultry industry faces losses from tuberculosis coccidiosis tapeworms roundworms and bacillary white diarrhea. Control relies on flock testing disposing of reactors cleaning premises moving to fresh ground destroying fly habitats and manure piles, soil rotation, and blood testing older birds to halt infection. Healthy thrifty chickens reduce susceptibility to bacterial diseases.
Best Time to Cut Grasses for Hay Crop
The USDA says cut most grasses as soon as they head well. Millets and Johnson grass early when heads emerge. winter grains wait for milk stage. Legumes like cowpeas soybeans should wait for pods. alfalfa and clovers may bloom before cutting. Quick harvest with minimal sun exposure yields better hay.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Select Best Boar Type for Strong Spring Pigs
Buya boar that sires pigs with constitution and feed efficiency to start toward 200 pound market hogs. Avoid undersized scrawny boars as they fail to sire vigorous offspring. The boar should be large for age, wide and deep with bone, straight legs, strong feet, and proper patterns.
Old Folks Need a Mild Laxative Not a Physic
An aged audience is urged to choose Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin to aid natural bowel regularity without griping or upsetting the system. The ad claims the laxative is harmless and pleasant, available in a 60 cent bottle at stores selling Medicines.
Character and Brain Told in Handwriting
A Chicago Daily News item quotes Dr Logre of Paris, noting handwriting links to intellect. Illiterate people often have legible but plain writing. fancy writing signals mental debility. rapid elite writers produce hard to read script. artists tend to have pretty, expressive writing. carelessness also affects legibility.
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Logre
Paris
Chicago Daily News
Men Seek Beauty Dr Fourmenthal Study
Dr Fourmenthal, on a French government commission to study how Americans pursue beauty, reports that forty percent of beauty shop patrons are men seeking to remove wrinkles around the eyes.
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PD. Fourmenthal
United States
Distinctive perfume guides a lady to clear healthy skin
An advertisement notes that a lady’s distinguished look comes from her chosen perfume. A routine bath with Cuticura Soap and hot water cleanses pores, then Cuticura Talcum powder completes the regimen for clear sweet skin. It adds a striking fact about crocodile-infested rivers in Borneo causing native deaths.
The Waiting Rewards Defy The Original Quest
A reflective line about patience suggesting outcomes rarely match initial aims. The saying explores the irony of waiting and the unexpected paths outcomes take.
Gossips and Silence: Rumor and Assumption Discussed
A brief reflection on how rumors spread and people fill gaps in knowledge with assumptions, highlighting the human tendency to trust hearsay and overlook missing facts.
Alaska fur trade valued at nearly one hundred million
The United States has appraised Alaska fur shipments at 98.8 million since 1867. Last year output reached 38 million. About 90 percent of the global fur seal herd, approximately 700000 animals, is owned by the U S government in the sea off Alaska.
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Alaska
United States
Seae
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Artistic Cleaning & Dyeing Co
Keosauquaway
Des Moines
Iowa
Elliott
Fourth Street
Kodak Films
Superior Photo Finishing Co
Waterloo
W.N. U
Des Moines, NO
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Standard Oil CO
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Cher Ory
Lee Baad
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