Mississippi flood may ease cotton troubles by cutting acreage
Across the deep south the Mississippi flood is seen as nature’s remedy for the cotton crisis. Over 3 million acres are idle with six states hit hardest, and only a small portion of inundated land may return to cotton. Relief shifts toward feeding areas and truck gardening to sustain farms.
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Tlanta
South
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi Valley
Beech Trees Least Hit by Lightning in Survey Finds
A government survey shows western beech trees are least likely to be struck by lightning, while western yellow pine and Douglas fir are hit most. European studies echo the pattern with pines oaks and spruces favored, beech spared. Factors include height, bark texture, and isolated trees. soil moisture and snag tops may also influence strikes.
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Wash
Ming
Europe
Forest Service
U. S Department of Agriculture
Richard E. McCardie
Pacific Northwest Forest Experiment Station
Budgeting at Home Still Key to Family Finance
A newspaper column urges Gen tension special to remind households to plan a year ahead. It argues most families lose money through haphazard spending, cites 75 percent of income going to essentials, and praises budgets as a definite plan for income and expenditures guiding purchases and savings.
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Fane Ebiniss
Miss Eans
Fruit disease threatens Ohio apple crop in recent conditions
Weather in Ohio has favored the spread of apple scab with chemic proportions endangering many sections and possibly new infections on leaves and fruit not protected by sprays. Dr. H C Young of the Ohio Experiment Station warns of a serious menace and recommends lime-sulphur treatments for calyx areas.
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Ohio
Styas
H.C. Young
Ehief
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology
Ohio Experimentalation
Young
Kin of composers studies insects in Wisconsin
Adison Wisconsin May z Mee, a junior at the University of Wisconsin, hails from a noted musical lineage as a cousin of Rimsky Korsakov and a great nephew of Tchaikovsky. He trains in agricultural science, focusing on entomology and plant pests, hoping to apply his research upon returning home.
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Adison
Wis
May Z Mee
Vladimir WN
Rimky-Korsakoff
University of Wisconsin
Rimaky-Koreskov
Peter Dich Techaikowsky
Kusaia
Ahimeky-Horsakof
Cotton Susceptible To the Corn Borer
EDFORD Mass May 28 Farmers learn the corn borer threatens cotton as well as other crops. Tests in experimental plots show cotton attracts the pest, which could travel via water from the Mississippi, spreading an invasion that could rival boll weevils.
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Edford
Mass
United States Department of Agriculture
Mississippi
Europe's Resource Shortage and Agricultural Density Highlighted
Dean Mann of the New York State College of Agriculture reports Europe suffers from land fragmentation and small fields. He cites Europe’s low land density compared to the United States and notes limited prospects for mechanization in small, subdivided European farms. Alberta plans over four percent more sugar beet acreage, continuing its role as a leading cash crop in select districts.
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Jatlon
Europe
RB. Mann
New York State College of Agriculture
Ohio State University
Blann
International Board
Rome
Paris
United States
Dean Manon
Poland
Belgium
Switzerland
Minute Quantities of Poison Hastening Plant Growth
May 28 report from Dr J McHargue of the Agricultural Experiment Station Lexington Ky states minute quantities of certain poisons can speed plant growth and may yield new fuel sources. The study discusses chemical elements once thought injurious and notes potential for taller trees and accelerated growth through careful introduction.
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MecHargue
isi/ilfe
Engineering Foundation
J. & McHargue
Agricultural Experiment Station
Lexington
California Plan Aims to Reclaim 18 Million Acres
California unveils the Bailey plan to reclaim about 18.09 million acres through six dam sites, massive water storage, and pumped irrigation to power and agriculture. The project includes Islet reservoir construction, river diversions, and government-built dams on the Sacramento San Joaquin system, funded by bonds and powered by future electricity sales.
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Acramento
Calif
California
Golden State
Balle
Paul Bailey
Natio Ihe
Boulder Dam
Aea
Great
San Joaquin Valley
Bailey
Iménto
Feather
Yuba
America
Trinity
Joaquin
Carami
Sacramento
Tenequia
Balley
San Joaquin River
Sacramento Valley
Foleom
American River
Oroville
Agricultural trends and forest management in postwar United States
Government farm facts highlight drought and fire prevention urged by the Agriculture Department. The report notes rising per capita milk and cream consumption, cooperative Woolmart metrics, and a broad range of agricultural goods. It cites increased forest protection, deforestation concerns, tree planting near waters, and restoration of bottom lands as part of national policy.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Partment of Agriculture, Inc
Bureau of Agricultural Economica
United Ninety
Department of Agri
National Foreste
Yarra
United the Forest Service
Meigs County 4-H Clothing Clubs Host OSU Specialist
Meigs county 4-H clothing clubs met in Pomeroy with Miss Anne Bricher of Ohio State University. She outlined uniform state procedures for making garments including aprons dresses and undergarments. The program spans four years for girls aged ten to seventeen and ends with county fair judging and premiums.
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Meigs County
Pomeroy
Anne Biebricher
Ohio State University Club Department
Biepricher
State Club Department
Milk and Milk Products Research Bureau formed aims
The American public will be educated to consume milk more, with a new Milk and Milk Products Research bureau in Racine Michigan outlining aims to expand milk as a food, set purity standards, and educate on sanitation and hygiene in milk production. The piece lists officials and several residents as examples of the project’s reach.
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Rand Rapids. Mich
Milk and Milk Products Research Bureau
United States
Canada
W. H. Hassett
United States Department of Milk
Paris
Poultry Day School Announces June Poultry School
The Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station at Wooster announces a poultry school on June 16 as a new feature of the annual Poultry Day on Friday June 17. The school aims to provide the latest reliable information for those seeking help with poultry industry problems.
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Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Wooster
World Poultry Meet Draws Delegates From 40 Nations
Nearly 40 countries will send over 60 delegates to the World's Poultry congress at Ottawa from July 11 to August 4. More than 10,000 birds will be exhibited, with many from European royal flocks. Beets Profitable The Taber Irrigation District in Alberta reports 1926 sugar beet income per acre of $71,558, triple wheat profits.
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Ottawa
Taber
Alberta
Canada
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