Frivolous Flavor Rules Diet Choices Across Nations
A study notes consumers worldwide prioritize color and presentation over taste and nutrition. It cites English dislike for sweet potatoes, varied egg and butter color preferences, and how dealers dye or package foods to boost appeal while potentially sacrificing flavor or quality.
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Stone
United States
Department of Agriculture
England
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Washington
New Orleans
Hodgins Invests in Car Deal. Mother-in-Law Speechless
Hodgins praised the investment while his automobile reportedly bolted away with his mother-in-law and frightened her into silence, leaving observers noting the unusual incident and Hodgins' cautious endorsement of the venture.
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Hodgins
Ploughing Contest Added to Field Day at Minnesota Agricultural College
The Minnesota Agricultural College introduced a ploughing contest as a new field day feature. A freshman won first prize a sulky plow and a senior took third. Contestants laid out a twenty foot wide land finish with straight furrows and weed turning judged by width depth evenness and weed burial.
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Minnesota Agricultural College
Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer
Pioneer Press of
St. Paul
Hardy orange project aims to blend north and south citrus traits
United States Department of Agriculture botanists pursue a cross between a northern bearing edible orange and a southern inedible orange to create a hardy citrus tree. The goal is a plant that tolerates cold and bears fruit in regions from central Virginia to central Kansas, enabling orange groves in numerous midwestern and southern cities.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Norfolk
Richmond
Lynchburg
Teington
Tontsville
Cairo
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Kansas City
Orange hybridization and pollenation described at agriculture department
The article explains methods to create a new orange by hybridization or pollination. It notes citrus trifoliata, a Japanese shrub, grows in the United States up to Massachusetts for ornamental use. Three plants at the Department of Agriculture, each about eighteen feet, bloom in spring. A botanist watches for gum exudation signaling ovary ripening and clips the stamens to collect pollen for fertilization.
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United States
Massachusetts
Japan
Department of Agriculture
Orangery
Agriculture study shows orange pollen improves bitter orange
The Department of Agriculture reports that pollen from sweet oranges has been applied to bitter orange stigmas for about ten seasons. Each year fruit quality of the bitter orange has improved and this season the oranges are expected to be good table fruit.
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Department of Agriculture
An English Knight and Patience in a New York Wake
An English visitor in New York asks directions and names many honors as a Knight of several orders. An Irish guide replies with a boastful Hoboken persona, delivering a rapid chorus of mock Irish phrases about night and wake.
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New York City
Erin
John Kenneth Edgerton
London
the Garter
Bath
St. Joan
The
Golden Fleece
Royal Legion
Pat
Pathrick
Timothy Plennigan
Hoboken
Senator Beveridge's The Triestan Advance on sale still
A local notice notes Senator Beveridge's book The Triestan Advance remains available at the store. The item is described as currently on sale though described as stale on display.
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Beveridge
Suburban Co Operation in Kensington Sparks Cooperative Water Plan
In Kensington Maryland a resident built a pump linked to a neighbor’s gasoline engine to provide water without pumps or wells. The system now serves half a dozen families and may extend to more homes. Plans also propose using the engine to drive an electric generator for neighborhood lighting at night. The piece praises cooperative water and utility schemes as a model for rural settlements.
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Kensington
Maryland
Washington
Doughnut Joke Punchline Replaces Hole Size
A witty exchange asks how to improve doughnuts and answers that bigger holes would do. The quip plays on the double meaning of holes as a critique of pastry design.
Kentucky Crops Herald Unusually Large Cuban Tobacco Output
Reports indicate Kentucky’s harvest this year may yield a record amount of Cuban tobacco. Analysts note favorable weather and strong plant health could drive higher production across major growing counties.
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Kentucky
Baler for Speed with Self-Feed Attachment
The Baler for speed handles 12 to 18 ton daily capacity with a 40 inch feed hole. Adapted to bank barn work it stands up to its tasks without wheel digging. The Self-feed Attachment increases capacity and reduces labor while making better bales without increasing draft.
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Boston
San Francisco
Ben Davis
Scotland
Canada
Long Island
Florida
Greer Manufacturing CO
Exchange Place
Maxwell
Maxwell’s Homemaker Magazine
Fisher Building
III
William Bros
Ithaca, N. Y
Kirk
James S. Kirk & Company
IIL
Aurora
Catal
A.J. Root Co
Medina, Ohio
HAY Press
Main Street
Sandwich, I
International Harvester Co
America
Monroe Street
Chicago, IL
U.S.A
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