Dried Sweet Corn and Bean Anthracnose Outlook
An article discusses drying sweet corn using sun or artificial heat on roofs or trays and notes best practices for even drying. It then surveys bean anthracnose in Maine, stressing disease-free seed, resistant varieties, and Bordeaux mixture or lime sulfur sprays, with historic experiments at Highmoore Farm showing substantial disease reduction but inconclusive results.
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Touthern
Pennsventi
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
Maine
Vis
New York
Highmoore Farm
Ithmoore Farm
Exposition at Springfield to showcase Maine agriculture
October twelfth to twentieth Springfield Massachusetts hosts the Eastern States Exposition and Dairy Show. Maine aims to boost cattle horses sheep and swine breeding with top pedigreed stock and diversified exhibits to spur local farmers toward high quality production. Senator Bert Fernald offers to mail Farm Bulletin 847 on potato storage and related topics to interested readers.
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Springfield
Massachusetts
Maine
Pringfield
New England
Department of Agriculture
Bert M.fernald
Bert M. Fernald
Senate Office
Washington, D. C
Soaked Oats for Growing Fowls
Soaked oats are highly valued for developing muscle bone and feathers in poultry. Soak overnight in clean water to soften hulls and improve palatability. Use clean troughs and sift oats to remove hulls and moldy grains. feed to chicks over ten weeks and mix beef scraps to boost laying.
Holding the Reins with One Horse Cultivator
A veteran note describes adjusting reins on a single horse cultivator to prevent snagging. The writer details tying two rings to the breeching and threading the reins through them so the reins ride high above the horse’s back, avoiding contact with equipment. A similar technique using short stays and rivets is mentioned as an alternative.
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Urs
Care of Young Breeding Males in Poultry Flocks
The article advises separating cockerels from growing pullets as soon as sex can be determined but recommends keeping a few mature hens and one or two cocks to maintain order. It notes cockerels raised with females stay balanced and less prone to issues after a few weeks of breeding. It also warns that skim milk in cooking cereals requires careful heating to avoid burning unless using a double boiler.
Bath School Board Plans Curriculum Changes Amid Opening Week
The Bath school system outlines changes to mathematics and commercial courses to be printed for parents. About 500 pupils will be affected as Morse High School and other campuses open Monday with no loss of instruction. New staff include Morse Principal James P. King and teachers such as Viola Hogan and Elizabeth Hodgkins, with details for each grammar and primary school provided.
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Merly
Miss Murray
North Street
King
Morse High School
Supt
Stuart
Bath
James P. King
Carl B. Timberlake
Viola G. Hogan
Mera Bradford
Elizebeth M. Hodgkins
Myra A. Jones
Ilen Blair
Mary E. Campbell
Maude C.*seymour
Edith E. Merrill
Dummer Street
Ella J. Douglas
Hope E. Sturtevant
Californios Observe Gigantic Gold Dredges In Operation
The travel narrative describes massive gold dredges at work along California rivers. It explains the dredge mechanism with endless buckets lifting earth, washing gravel to extract gold, and pushing the machine forward as it works. It notes deep digging to bedrock, the floating dredger in a man made pond, and concerns over tillage land being rendered unproductive while a syndicate promotes leveling land and planting orchards.
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California
Marshall Monument and Sierra Nevada Rail Journey
The narrative describes a trip from a Marshall Monument near the first California gold discovery to a ten mile carriage ride and back via Sierra Nevada mountains. It notes placer mining by hydraulic methods, extensive snow sheds over forty miles, and a majestic four hundred thousand pound locomotive as the traveler recalls early mining fortunes and the landscape carved by nature.
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California
Marshal
Sierra Nevada Mountains
There’s No Place Like Home End of Travel Chronicle
A travelogue finishes after crossing the Sierras and tracing the journey through Syracuse Albany Bowdoinham and Cathance. The author notes 8075 miles covered on ten railroad systems before returning to their quiet country town Bowdoinham.
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Sierras
Syracuse
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Albany
Bowdoinham
Cathance
Soldier Boy Watches Sun Sink at Sea
A report from Allston Mass details soldiers writing home and receiving aid from the Ladies' War Relief. It recalls Wishart’s brutal Vimy Ridge battle and long hospital stay with typhoid and trench fever. The piece explains trench fever as a still-mysterious malady with severe back pain, vertigo, high fever, and protracted relapses, noting no identified germ or cure.
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Keene
Edna Harwood
Miss Magoun
Hanson
George H. W. Barton
L. E. B. Courser
Hodgkins
Donnell
Allston
Mass
Ladies’ War Relief
Wilson
Wishart
Vimy Ridge
Onnce
Bath Local Jottings Highlights and Notables
Bath items show shopping trips, shipyard expansion with a 75 by 40 foot drafting loft, and theatre duties in transition. Notables include plans for a Bangor music festival attendance, marriage intentions in Bath, State fair guests, and a large Red Cross donation from Sebasco and West Point Auxiliary members.
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Dell Lewis
Five Islands
Bath
Scott Tibbetts
Kennebec
Percy & Small Shipyard
H. B. Emerson
Portland
E. H. Gerstle
Boston
Emma Eames
Emilio de Gogorza
William R. Chapman
Bangor
Grassy
Oliver E. Groves
Viola Chaplin
Melburne
Babbidge
Rockland
Rhoda Carlisle
Charles Jordan
E. R. Groves
Seth Stewart
James Southard
C. W. Walsh
Lewiston
Walsh
Armory Hall Assn
Stevens
Portland Ambulance Co
Allentown
Donald Sewall
France
Ralph C. Covel
Red Cross
Sebasco
West Point
How the Body Is Nourished and Blood Purity
Explains assimilation of blood to organs and the need for pure rich blood. Promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as purifying and enriching the blood to improve assimilation and strengthen the whole system. Advises buyers to insist on Hood's Sarsaparilla, not substitutes.
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Advt
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Nellie R. Turner
Fiostina E. Marston
J. Gertrude Silsby
Louise Libby
H. Emma Magoun
Carrie E. Crockett
Margaret T. Mulligan
Cada S. Burnham
Center
Nannie E. Trask
Ruth E. Wright
Helen V. Bagley
Bessie Webster
Martha E. Hooper
Harriette Holway
Mabel J. Lake
Almira T. Stu
Weeks Street
Mary H. Conley
Olive Murray
Grace E. Lightbody
Gladys J. McGillicuddy
Mitchell
Effie C. Wright
Florence Watson
Carrie H. Trott
Lilllian F. Fisher
Sarah L. Coombs
Winneganee
Eleanor F. Ferguson
North Bath
Mary E. Philpot
Hattie BE
Richardson
Carrie A. Hall
Napoleon B. Cortell
Hazel O. Littlefield
Eagher J. White
Hattie IE. Richardson
Littleton
N. W
Littleton High School
Vas-sar
Department of Music
New York University
Penmanship
Pennell Institute
Gorham Normal School
Sisus
Naples
Marshall Monument
Marshall
Soldier Boy
John Billings
John F
Frank Neill
Georgiana Mecill
New York City
Billings
G. 5
Nicholas
Harvey Henderson
Washington Park
Winship St
Gewraun
York
Castoria
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