CAREFUL PACKING OF APPLES IN BARRELS FOR STORAGE
Practical guidance for packing apples in 26 inch head barrels with 17 inch diameter heads. Describes face construction, layering, racking, crown layer, caps, and weighing for bruise prevention and storage in cold facilities.
Late Summer Hints for Orchard Work
Wording advises mowing tall weeds and summer grasses to mulch under trees to improve apple color and maturity, conserve soil moisture, and ease picking. Prune dead limbs and water sprouts, paint wounds, remove canker, and keep trees pruned for better sunlight and air. The Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station backs these practices with tests.
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J. C. Whitten
Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station
The Password and the Mission in Pulza Skirmish
An Indiana narrator recounts his capture by a Mexican insurgent near Pulza while escorting photos for a magazine. He escapes with help from a sentinel and reaches Wentworths, where he learns two Wentworth daughters aid his mission. The tale blends frontier danger with a romance set amid uprisings and a returning bond.
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Mayena
United States
Harney Rossiter
Pulza
Miss Wentworth
Rossiter
Wentworths
Chihuahua
Fpuiza
Maceo
Mr. Wentworth
Sandoval Muerte
Palza
Wentworth
Misses Wentworth
Eleanor
Daisy
Mow Weeds to Improve Farm Appearance Says Expert
Article urges timely mowing of horse weeds in fence rows and fields to improve farm appearance and value. Emphasizes neat margins attract buyers, reduce future work, and warns hot dry weather hastens weed seed ripening. advises careful timing to avoid re-seeding.
Got Lid at a Bargain from Mistress McHayder
Mistress McHayder buys a sugar basin lid for eleven pence in a village shop. She discovers her lid is the only thing missing from her own basin and pays a penny for the lid, walking away with the item. The shopkeeper is astonished by the clever bargain.
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School of Social Wisdom
Needless Work on Keeping Hands Off Walls
Parents should train children to keep hands off walls at home and others. The writer notes unavoidable dirt from play and urges mothers to warn children to refrain from touching wallpaper and weather-boarding both inside and outside.
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W. G. Chapman
Venice
Batiste
Vogues
Julia Bottomley
J. O. Rankin
Missouri Experiment Station