Plowman's Folly: a new view on farming methods
Edward H Faulkner argues the moldboard plow harms soil and yields. He promotes surface organic matter with disk harrow use to improve moisture retention and crop production, citing experiments and his own farm results with tomatoes and grains.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Union
Homas Gray
Agricultural Society of
Philadelphia
Edward H. Faulkner
University of Oklahoma Press
Williamsburg Baptist Institute
Cumberland College
University of Kentucky
Kentucky
Ohio
Smith-Hughes
Faulkner
Voldy
Mr. Faulkner
Cleveland
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Plowman
Garden of Eden
Allied cooperation grows as war aims shift in WWII
Washington reports better Allied cooperation after rough clashes over strategy from Pearl Harbor to the Mediterranean. Churchill favors North Africa while Roosevelt balances. Russia underscores aid. Milk shortages loom as dairy farms face high feed costs and drouth, prompting calls for price relief and subsidies. Fortunes swing with policy as the drive to cross the channel continues and troops move vast distances in training.
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Washington
D. C
Casablanca
Quebec
Pearl Harbor
Hitler
U. S
Roosevelt
Pacific
U. S. Army
Churchill
France
Low Countries
North Africa
Russia
Britain
U.S. Army
Navy
Harry Hopkins
James H. Burns
Munitions Assignment Board
Burns
Mediterranean
Channel
White House Farm
War Food Administration
Office of Price Administration
Pennsylvania
Drouth
Marvin Jones
Commodity Credit Corporation
One of our fightingest generals divorced abroad
Walter Winchell in New York’s Man About Town column notes a quiet divorce of a top general while abroad. The piece weaves in political briefs about FDR family tours, Averell Harriman aides, and various international figures, mixing gossip and geopolitical hints with sharp, period voice.
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F.D.R
Douglas
Corrigans
Texas
Sunny Ainsworth
Donald Nelson
England
Standrey
Chums
Yankee Blacksmith Who Won Fame as the Father of the Steel Plow
John Deere, a Yankee blacksmith, transformed Middle West farming by inventing a self-scouring steel plow in 1837, enabling better work on sod and prairie soil and earning him the title Father of the Steel Plow.
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John Deere
FBI
Herbert May
New York
Shanghai
Patricia Lockridge
Elmer Davis
Woman's Home Companion
Mr. Cook
Yankee Blacksmith
Middle West
Dosing for Constipation Help From Kellogg's All-Bran
A reader praises Kellogg's All-Bran as a gentle regulator that eliminates the need for laxatives. The letter promotes regular All-Bran consumption with water and claims relief from chronic dosing, attributing benefits to the diet’s cellulosic content produced by Kellogg's Battle Creek plant.
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Kellogg’s
Kellogg's
Alexander Klein
West
170Th Street
Kn.x. CG
Kelloge
42 Degrees Dr Frank Graves Holds 42 College Degrees
Dr Frank P Graves former New York state education commissioner is cited as holding 42 college degrees with the last earned from Albany Law School in 1942.
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Frank P. Graves
New York State
Albany Law School
Burlington man has 97 descendants for 97 years
John B. Marchants of Burlington Virginia celebrates a lifetime by listing 97 descendants, one for each year of his age. The event highlights his large family with many generations and kin.
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Las
John B. Marchants
Burlington, Vi
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Higgins
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Philip Reed
Jesse Jones
Fritz Kuhn
N. Y. Bar Ass‘n
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