Nashi Moso Tribe Ritual Observed by Yunnan Expedition
The National Geographic Yunnan expedition studied the Nashi or Moso people in Nguluko near Likiang. A July night ceremony led by Tomba sorcerers sought to banish a devil from a sick man with a ritual using a dough devil, a dying rooster, and a flaming plowshare, ending with the man showing no gum disease the next day.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, DC. C
China
Tibet
Yigku
Likiang
Yunnan
Lee
Chan
Nguluko
Nashi
Likian
Yangtze Gorges
Tomba
Khobyu Ip Nashi
Pure-Bred Sires Boost Beef Herds Across Range
A range live stock conference urged culling females and using pure-bred sires to raise high-class stock. The article notes ranches with 65,458 cows using pure-bred bulls, and cites a 1928 USDA survey showing profit variability but overall gains from better stock. It highlights the cash crop nature of cattle and the price spread between grades, questioning how much of the spread comes from sire quality and culling.
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Corn Belt
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
B. W. Fairbangs
Colorado Agricultural College
Treating Catalpa Posts with Creosote
Instructions describe winter cutting of catalpa trees for posts, drying, bark removal, and applying hot creosote in a four foot vat at 220 degrees for 45 to 60 minutes. Posts then enter a cold creosote bath for at least 30 minutes to drive preservative into wood.
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Catalpa
Pigs to accompany steers in fattening plan
The article recommends placing pigs weighing 100 to 150 pounds in the same feed lot as steers to gather spilled grain and improve profits from fattening. Pigs fatten quickly, should be sold when market ready, and replaced by leaner pigs to continue the cycle.
Protect All Grain Crops From Rats Moisture and Fire
Advice urges farmers to guard grain against rats moisture and fire. Drain tiles rails and posts aid air flow and drying. Concrete floors and 24 inch wire mesh on studding deter rats, with galvanised metal cap to block climbing. Close doors tightly for full protection of the current crop.
Red Raspberry Planting and New Shoot Growth
Red raspberries send up new plants from horizontal roots near the surface. Shoots breakage triggers regrowth. keep or remove shoots to shape rows for easier cultivation and larger fruit. Blackcap and purple varieties form roots at tips, not by creeping shoots.
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M. G. Kairns
Paying Stand of Clover Gained by Broadcasting
A March broadcast of clover seed on honeycombed ground yields 1.61 tons per acre at the Ohio station, while late April sowing without cover yields 1.58 tons. Drilled sowing with more seed gives 1.63 tons, broadcast plus light harrowing 1.58 tons. recommend 8 to 12 pounds per acre under good conditions on lime-poor soil.
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Ohio
Use of Milk Machines Expands Rapidly in Dairy Work
Sanitation is top priority in milking machine use to produce clean milk with low bacterial count. Hot water treatment proves as satisfactory as other methods, and rubber life remains largely unaffected. After milking, equipment is washed and cooled in clean water, then heated to 160 to 165 degrees Fahrenheit before reuse.
Skunk Aimed at Beekeepers as Bees Face Threat
The article argues skunks are a major foe to honeybees. It claims eradicating skunks in winter would delight beekeepers and describes the skunk’s method of raiding beehives at night. It notes the animal feeds on bees and honey, treating stingers as a flavor addition.
Farm Notes on Tools and Gopher Activity
Carpenter work on the farm benefits from good tools. One gopher can raise two hundred mounds in six weeks. The kernel’s maturity, moisture, and frost injury depend on depth and roughness. A roughage ration for breeding ewes includes clover or alfalfa hay, corn fodder, and bean pods. Winter care means keeping animals warm and comfortable.
Oldest Buddhist text among Korean collection at Congress Library
Five of ten works form the Buddhistic treatise Ri Nyon M Ta to Ch'ng Cham Pep translated by Eunyin Nanjie as Rules for Confession in the Temple of the Merciful and Compassionate One. The work is printed on Korean mulberry paper.
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Eunyin Nanjie
Grasshoppers and cattle on the field say otherwise
A quip contrasts noisy grasshoppers with quiet cattle under a British oak. It then shifts to a sharp remark about a girl inviting her enemies to her wedding, implying defiant romance.
Quotations About Life and The Future
A compact reflection pairing Cicero on praise and glory with Byron on privacy and living well. The lines contrast public esteem with private fulfillment and hint at valuing the past as a guide for future choices.
Alimony Payer Quotes On Mindset In Philanthropy
A payer in the alimony case argues that a woman's change of mind is an effect without cause while noting that gifts and alms are expressions of philanthropy, not its essence. Addison.
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Addison
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