From Toil to Triumph by Anna C Grannis
A profile of Edgar J Hollister a renowned soil expert who rose from Canadian farmer boy to West Coast dean of agriculture through applying science to farming His work includes reclaiming swamp land on Long Island Sound and developing irrigation and soil amendment methods to boost productivity.
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Anna C. Grannis
Edgar J. Hollister
Agricultural College
Ontario
Hollister
Hind
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Colorado
Life Work of Edgar J Hollister Highlighted by Mrs Grannis
Mrs Grannis profiles Edgar J Hollister detailing his remarkable activity and the results observed firsthand. Dean Hollister’s quiet modesty aside, the account suggests many more stimulating incidents of overcoming difficulties and emphasizes brainwork farming as a viable path for American agriculture.
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Edgar J. Hollister
Grannis
Dean Hollister
Hollister’s Farm Revival Aims to Educate Small Holdings
The article highlights Dr. Hollister’s work in transforming sandy soil via natural decomposition to grow crops and educate embryo farmers. It notes H. J. Heinz’s interest, Hollister’s appointment as Dean of Agriculture at Winona Lake Institute, and a plan to create small five to twenty acre farms teaching scientific and practical agriculture. It also mentions reclamation of Connecticut salt meadow for intensive farming to provide employment and wealth.
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H. J. Heinz
Hollister
Agricultural Institute of
Winona Lake
Indiana
Connecticut
Value of Alfalfa to Farm Animals Study Highlights Plains
The Bureau of Animal Industry released I. D. Graham's study on alfalfa for growing and fattening cattle and other livestock in the Great Plains. The experiments show valuable results for regional ranchers, though the full implications remain to be seen.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
I. D. Graham
Great Plains
Alfalfa Feeding Practices for Pigs and Poultry
The article outlines alfalfa harvest timing for pigs to maximize leaf content, noting the third or fourth cut is softer and more palatable. It recommends trough feeding with a floor, and states alfalfa in green, hay, or ensilage forms is prime poultry fodder. For poultry, the last alfalfa cutting is best, as leaves are abundant and plants are more succulent, with chopping or grinding advised to mix with grain. Steeping hay in hot water before feeding is also suggested.
The Irish Potato Growing Guide
A guide to potato production in rich sandy loam with high potash fertilizers. For late potatoes rows 2 to 3 feet apart and hills 14 to 18 inches apart, seed dropped in furrows 4 inches deep. Plant sprouts in 1–3 weeks, frost optional, cultivation vital through season.
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Department of Agriculture
Mary and the Hives and a World of Odd Stats
A playful verse links Mary to her swarm of bees in search of her fives. The text then shifts to grim figures with India’s plague toll and brief economic and industrial notes: Scottish ba 208 prices, Japanese jinrikishas expansion, number of textile factories in Japan, and France’s debt per capita.
Classified Help Wanted and Advertisements
A collage of old ads seeking agents engineers salesmen and labor. Listings include openings in Chicago Brooklyn New York and Boston for window signs photographers hustling songs plumbing training and commission jobs with varying pay and requirements.
Real Estate Offers and Wanted Listings Across States
Real estate ads seek choicest fruit and farm tracts on Gulf Coast Highlands and in Irvington Illinois with cash terms. Wichita area seeks property with 640 acres near Garden City priced at 6400 dollars. California colonization lands offer 2000 to 20000 acre tracts at low prices. Phillips & Wells advertise nationwide farm and commercial property free to buyers.
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Gulf Coast Highlands
Irvington Par. Co
la Sallelle St
Chicago
Ilo
Wichita
Kansas
Garden City
E. IL
Spencer
Lawrence Ave
California
U. S. Dike Investment Mason Bidg
Los Angeles
Cal
Caligraphy Typewriter and Phonograph Ad
Business equipment listing offers a Remington caligraph typewriter at 10 dollars and an electric commercial phonograph from Hacker Ark Ph with blot removing devices. Includes contact for H A Ink Eradicator Co. at 1980 Washington Ave New York for agents.
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Caligraph
Remington, Yost, Densmore & Jewett
Electric
Hacker
H. A. Ink Eradicator Co
Washington Ave
New York
Post Cards and Miscellaneous Ads From New York City
A jumble of small advertisements for SOTY post cards of New York City and mail offers. Also offers for fountain pens visiting cards cypher writing athletic outfits scarves jewelry and bee supplies. Various vendors list contact addresses in New York Brooklyn and Medina Ohio with notes on prices and services.
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Soty Znir
New York City
Julius Weil
Houston St
Men City
Mechanics & Traders UK
CAL
The
Newton Art Co
Broadway
New Catskill
Rip van Winkle
West Point
Hudson River Viewa
Barton & Spooner
Cornwalle Sennterns
Medina
Ohio
N.Y
Philadelphia
Fuek
Sherlock Holmes serial tale to appear in magazine section
Special announcement announces serial publication of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Readers are invited to follow the early chapters as the acclaimed tale appears first in the magazine section, with Doyle praised for imaginative power and delightful style.
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Sir A. Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Europe
America
Sir Conan Doyle
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Guy Elliott Mitchell
Truumph
Maryland
Long Island Sound
Washington, D. C
Long Island
Florida
Canada
Dean FE
J. Hollister
Winona Boys
Winona Park School
Winona
India
Eastern
Asia
Japan
France
Ranus
Allivan
van Buren St
Railway Association
Monroe Street
Brooklyn
Geo. Ht Lawrence Company
Wa Ave
Novelty Shear Co
la Salle St
Chicago, I
Alfred Holzman
Iborn St
Union Plumbing School
Scarborough Co
Boston
Maas
Indianapolis
Ind
Phillips & Wells
Kune Building
Hee Sree Jeweler
Main Point Pen Co
Beekman St
New
Matteson
46Th St
N. Y
J. W. Magrath
P.O. Box
U. S&s
Us ‘Sons
Mass
Rypinski
West Newark
A. B. Lacey
Washington, D
Connor
Oxford
L. O'Connor
Young
Winona Agricultural Institute
Electrig Wheel CO
Quincy
His
McHale
Scranton
Sverioceneus
Civil Service
Eeract Get
Ridge Enginees Premae Lumber Wink Sateenngineer
Englis
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