Four Tick Classes and Alfalfa’s Rise in Kansas City
The piece humorously describes wood ticks and their habits, comparing tire-like material to a tick and recounting boyhood experiences with removing them. It shifts to notes on alfalfa's agricultural impact, mentioning Nebuchadnezzar's cure, alfalfa's lime affinity, and Kansas City’s growth in alfalfa hay shipments, citing F. D. Coburn.
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Middle Asia
Nebuchadnezzar
Kansas
Kansas City
F. D. Coburn
A Quiz on Modern Life and Old Fashioned Ways
AUNT VIRGINIA SAYS a tone of nostalgia contrasts old fashioned people with modern urban life. The piece notes pedestrians, drivers, and social changes while urging practical thrift and self reliance in daily tasks and parenthood. It cites farm life wisdom and warns against services done from duty rather than genuine care.
Alfalfa Rewards and Soil Health Notes
A fragment highlights alfalfa farming tips and aphorisms about soil health. It emphasizes deep alfalfa roots rejuvenating tired soils and notes that well set alfalfa fields tend to change hands less often, implying value in stable, well managed alfalfa operations.
Fall Gardens in South and Southwest Open for Planting
Home gardeners across the South and Southwest may plant seeds from now through October or November to have fall, winter, and spring crops. Beets, turnips, collards, kale, and spinach are recommended with frame planting for some crops to extend growing time and protect against heat.
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Crosby
Milan
Aberdeen
Norfolk
Federal aid road act urged cooperation between levels
At a Washington meeting on August 16 1916 state highway officials heard the Secretary of Agriculture stress the new federal state cooperative principle. He noted the nation spends about 250 million annually on roads and urged trained experts in every state to administer plans and specifications. The talk framed road building as essential to rural life and national progress.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Federal Treasury
Panama Canal
Union
Highway Commission
Federal
State Highway Department
National Forests
Co-Operative Agricultural Extension Act
Department
Office of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
Straw pile value questioned by county agent in Indiana
A county agent publicly rebuked a strawboard firm for paying farmers one dollar per straw load while the straw contained far more value. Farmers lose fertility when straw is sold cheaply and later bought back at high prices. The piece urges returning straw to fields promptly to reclaim nutrients and warns against letting straw rot or be mispriced.
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Indiana
Kindergarten Note Protects Hans From Traffic
Gretchen entrusts Hans to his teacher with instructions not to release him until she calls. She warns that if Hans goes home alone he is at risk of being run over, highlighting child safety concerns at the school.
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Hans
Gretchen
Untitled Note on a Quiet Boy and Neighbor Exchange
A brief odd reminiscence recalls a three year old boy on a back porch who stays quiet until a neighbor asks what is wrong. He responds with a garbled, playful line that sounds like a mispronounced phrase from a child.
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Westie
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Strickland Gillilan
Virginia
Fall Gardens
South
Agricul
Ture
Larry
Stevens
Grandin’s
Kimball Bros. Co
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