Shipwrecked in Mopelia Lagoon a South Seas retreat
The crew of the Seeadler narrates five months at sea in the Pacific. They trap turtles and birds on Mopelia Atoll, dine on turtle soup and lobster, refit water tanks, then survive a colossal tidal wave that wrecks the ship. Castaway, they endure with one spirit: we stand like an oak.
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Pacific
South Sea
South Georgia
Atlantic
Cook Islands
Mopelia
Society Islands
Scally Isles
South Seas
Deau- Afol
Mupella
Burt
South Pacific
Ants Protect Cocoa Trees From Beetles In Java Plantations
In Central Java a sign promises that black ants deter a sap-sucking beetle that harms tea and cocoa trees. Natives collect millions of nests yearly and reward ants by leaving white cocoa scraps to feed them. The ants prosper when beetle damage is reduced, and do not attack the beetles.
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Java
Helopeltis
Within One's Powers Aims Bring Real World Progress
A reflection on choosing a purpose within personal power to achieve tangible results. It urges action over drifting through life, emphasizing purposeful effort over passive existence.
Bottles Drift For Bottled Paper Ocean Drift Study
Navy hydrographic office prints a paper in eight languages about bottle drift. Bottles thrown overboard drift widely from days to years, with distances from a few miles to over ten thousand. One bottle cast at Cape Good Hope drifted to the west coast of Awhile, South America, about 8800 miles. Another cast off Cape Horn reached New Zealand roughly 10250 miles away.
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Navy Hydrographic Office
Cape Good Hope
Africa
South America
Cape Horn
New Zealand
Sweet clover grazing proves highly profitable for farms
Agricultural experts say second season sweet clover under lime-rich soils can support two cows per acre from spring to mid summer with some cases reaching four head. Rotate two fields for continuous grazing, one aged and one fresh, grazing older field until July to prevent overmatting, then plow under fall growth to boost next crop. Less bloat risk but precautions advised.
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Oniteacree
United States Department of Agriculture
Mature Dairy Animals Die From Swallowing Foreign Objects
At Beltsville Maryland government dairy experiment farm many mature cattle died from swallowing nails wire or similar material. Autopsies show 12 of 26 deaths over years were due to foreign objects most common a sharp wire two to three inches long. Objects collect in the reticulum and can pierce the heart or other organs. Exercise great care in handling baling wire nails and rusted fencing.
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Government Dairy Experiment Farm
Beltsville
Bureau of Dairy Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Electric Current Used in Milking Any Herd
A nickel’s worth of electric current from a farm light plant can milk 10 cows, separate 1,400 pounds of milk, churn 20 pounds of butter, sharpen tools, pump water for two days, power a sewing machine for five hours, or run two large family washings. Nearly a million U.S. farms are electrified, with some on farm plants where high lines are absent.
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United States
Maintain Fresh Water Supply for Dairy Cow
Fresh water must be accessible to the dairy herd at all times. An average cow drinks 50 to 100 pounds daily when dry and 200 to 400 pounds daily when milking. Water constitutes about 87 percent of milk and 56 percent of body weight. Fill or drain stagnant pasture pools to avoid parasites. Concrete troughs with drain pipes and floating valves are practical.
Salt for Cows Craving Tied to Dairy Diet and Salt Access
Dairy cattle crave salt in proportion to feed intake with higher producers needing more. Common practice is to provide salt continuously as rock or stock salt, while some producers mix it with grain at about one pound per 100 pounds of grain.
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Count Luckner
Doubleday, Doran & Co
Observation Poant
Mopelia Atoll
Provision Island
Main Island
Cher H
Atwater Kent
Weaf Petwork
N. B.C
WJZ Petwork
N.B.C
Pepe Peter
Atwater Kent Ra
Bebe Opera
Atwater
Atwater Kent Manufacturing CO
Wiesahickon Ave
Philadelphia
Beeck
Ala
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cuticura Talem
Sicusa
Dept
Molden
Mass
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