Submarines and Soil Fertility Hit American Farms
The article explains how submarine warfare disrupts pyrite supplies, raising fertilizer costs for farmers. It notes Spanish pyrites from Huelva via Mediterranean freighters supply acid phosphate and complete fertilizers, with ships sometimes commandeered or halted. Despite higher costs, farmers may gain from higher crop prices.
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Overseas Acre Fund aids devastated French farmers
The Overseas Acre Fund appeals for quick donations to aid French farmers after German retreats left farms ruined with poisoned wells and destroyed homes. Funds will buy food, clothing, seeds, livestock, and building materials reported by the War Relief Clearance House, with gifts marked as from the farmers of France through their Overseas Acre Fund.
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Use High Grade Fertilizers For Better Value This Year
With fertilizers high priced and scarce this year it is more important to use high grade rather than low grade goods. Plant food costs more in low grade formulas and high quality reduces freight space needed to move the same amount of plant food.
Crop prices and dollar values across farming commodities
The article argues that relative purchasing power, not fixed dollar values, governs farm trades. It compares 1914 to today, noting fertilizer costs rose from 2 dollars to 82 dollars per ton while corn moved from about 60 cents to 1.30 per bushel on the farm, urging farmers to assess profitability of fertilizers under changing value relationships.
Why Fertilizer Prices Have Advanced
War disruptions raise costs for nitrates and sulfuric acid supplies. Submarine blockades limit imports of sulfur and phosphate rock. Rail transport and high freight rates strain Florida Tennessee phosphate shipments. Higher labor and materials costs push fertilizer prices up across the board.
Causes of the Food Shortage Cited by Hoover
Herbert Hoover the U S Food Administrator cites two main factors. First natural causes including late spring droughts hurricanes and poor rainfall conditions and unexpected frosts. Second reduced European soil productivity due to bad farming practices and labor shortages from war and factory work.
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Armies Needed At Home In Wartime Call
In October 1917 the Banker-Farmer urges wartime mobilization at home. He calls for multiple armies: soldiers in trenches, food producers in furrows, a women's army of food savers, and a patriotic civilian army in business and politics to beat famine.
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Wartime Food Production Emphasized as Patriotic Duty
The article underscores farmers as a second line of defense in war, urging increased output to feed armies and allies. It notes food prices rise due to higher demand and limited supply, stressing that production is a patriotic duty and essential for victory.
No More Leaves for Him in Trenches
A Paris-spotting Canadian on leave declares he will not return to the front after seventeen months away. He sits with fellow soldiers who hear him vent about the war and trench life calling it murder and a muddy hell yet vows to fight again if needed.
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Bowie
Logie the Little Fellow Behind a Famous Name
In Angus Ontario excitement rises as Camp Borden construction begins. A local villager greets a visiting officer, mistaking him for General Sir Sam Hughes, but learns the modest commander is General Logie of Toronto, famed for turning recruits into fighters for Canada.
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The Moon and the Weather
A London Chronicle correspondent finds no link between weather and lunar phases after analyzing a century of records. While some authorities note cloud dispersion around full moon meridian passages, they reject a causal lunar influence on weather.
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London Chronicle
Schuster
Blind soldiers in Europe from war injuries
Statistics from French British authorities show in England France and Belgium over 3,000 soldiers blinded totally and about 25,000 blinded in one eye with many likely to lose sight in the other. In France alone nearly 200 have both eyes lost and multiple amputations or deafness from explosions.
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Belgium
Parental Prophesy Shocks Young Darwin Over Life Path
The young Charles Darwin faced a harsh prophecy from his father who blamed him for loving country life and warned he would become a disgrace. The remark cited his fondness for shooting dogs and rat-catching as signs of a flawed future.
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Rush of Relatives to Port Alters Atlantic Fleet Visit
Wives of officers arrived in an American port ahead of the Atlantic fleet as preparations by the city and relatives intensified. The fleet was expected to arrive secretly but ships did not appear after a week. officials learned the information had leaked and the visit was cancelled or postponed.
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Navy Department
War Cost Mounts Higher for 1918 Estimates
Government experts in Washington estimate the 1918-1919 war cost at 820.99 billion dollars based on 7 million dollars per 1,000,000 troops. They warn costs may rise if mobilization conditions throw calculations off.
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Washington
United States
You will be $36.20 to $83.00 Per Month
The notice states monthly charges ranging from thirty six dollars twenty cents to eighty three dollars for a service plan. It specifies payment periods and potential adjustments but provides no further context or parties.
Allotropic Disintegration of Tin in Cold Climates
The article notes tin as a striking example of metal decay caused by allotropic disintegration. It states the decay occurs only below 64.5 degrees Fahrenheit, making tin decay most prevalent in cold climates.
Navy enlistment guidance for Bloomfield recruits
Those seeking to join the U S Navy should visit the Bloomfield Indiana Post Office for instructions and transportation. Postmasters nationwide are authorized by the Navy Department to provide transportation to applicants for enlistment and recruitment stations or posts offer the nearest access point.
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