Drainage and crops cited in Wisconsin farm bulletin
The report reviews drainage impacts on soil, frost resistance, early cultivation, and manure efficiency. It notes local examples in Ozaukee County and cautions marsh and peat soils. other sections cover fruit associations, the maple caterpillar, and horse distemper complications including strangles, pneumonia, heart failure, meningitis, diarrhea, and founder.
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Farmers’ Review Stenographic Report of
Wisconsin Round-up Institute
N. E. Becker
Ozaukee
Virginia
Star Dream Fades as Gracie Tremaine Chooses Home
Gracie Tremaine faces harsh rehearsal routine and stage manager abuse while chasing a stage career. She discovers a letter from her parents promising home and love, then returns to a rural life with a hopeful fiancé, leaving the theater behind.
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Miss Tremaine
Gracie
Chicago
Buffalo Grass in Kansas Prairies
A Kansas report describes buffalo grass as the common short upland grass across central and western Kansas and into eastern areas. It forms a soft sod with cushion-like foliage, spreads by runners, and seeds in low clusters. It grows from seed and provides stock sustenance on ranges.
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Kansas
California Pranes Output Reported for Last Year
A San Jose report cites best figures showing California produced 110 million pounds of pranes last year. Estimates by fruit trade professionals project a rise to 125 million pounds this year, with about 7 000 remaining uncertainties.
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California
San Jose
Horticultural Observations on Fruit Handling and Trade
Observations discuss how poor packing and delayed ripening reduce profits for long distance and cross border shipments. The Kieffer pear is highlighted as valuable when properly ripened after harvest. California’s new Fruit Growers Association aims to standardize growing packing and selling, challenging independent growers to improve quality or lose access to prime markets.
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Ben Davis
Improving Stamina of Berkshires Through Breeding and Gymnasiums
Prof Shaw argues stamina and breeding quality can rise together not in opposition. He envisions Berkshires trained in farm gymnasiums with large pastures nitrogenous feeds and ventilated sties to select only the strongest for breeding shaping a limitless Berkshire future.
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Prof. Shaw
Corn Belt
Berkshire
Porto Ricos Population and Rural Character Examined
The Porto Rican census taken in October reports 953 243 inhabitants with a density of 264 per square mile. Four fifths live in rural areas as small farmers cultivate fruit crops coffee and sugar. Authorities note continued growth since 1887 but debate whether population pressure is beneficial.
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Porto Rico
Cuba
Spain
Man Mists of Misfortune Echoed in Dark Conviction
The line reflects a weary man who laments his persistent bad luck, suggesting that sorrow feeds more trouble. The quote portrays a cycle of hardship and a stoic, perhaps fatalistic, outlook on fate.
Noted Western Orator W. D. Oldham at Kansas City Event
W. D. Oldham of Nebraska stands as a leading western politician at the Kansas City convention. A veteran of national delegations he is famed for homely, evangelistic oratory, blunt wit and rugged attire that recalls a western cowboy.
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Kansas City
W. D. Oldham
Nebraska
West
Chicago
Oldham
Bill” Oldham
British Government Camels In Use For Army Transport
The British government owns over 25 000 camels with several thousand used in India to carry stores and equipment as regiments move along the line of march.
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India
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