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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1927
Page
2
Washington patent No 1 022 355 by G F Mitchell attaches a crystal detector to a standard telephone to receive local broadcasts. The compact portable device uses the phone line as an aerial and allows listening with the earpiece or headphones without major telephonic disruption.
A writer in Radio News explains making a four plate tandem condenser from two 17 plate sections. Detail includes disassembly by three bolts, cutting long bolts in half, precise bakelite spacer sizing, and preserving rotor alignment. Diagram 1 shows an assembly method with bakelite separators and bolts while Fig 2 and Fig 8 offer alternatives. The process ensures the two rotors become a single electrically connected unit with maintained length.
During the Arctic voyage with MacMillan, radio operator Austin C. Cooley noted strong auroral displays and radio fading. He observed blue aurora bands and red-tinged fringes, linking aurora with radio conditions, especially below the 40 meter band. He cites a possible relation to barometric pressure mirages and magnetic storms, with temperature influencing fading formulas.
Prague dispatch says about 200000 amateur radio operators exist in Czechoslovakia this year and more licenses are issued. The figure likely includes listeners and amateurs, similar to the US where 18000 are licensed, with American equipment popular yet facing competition from domestic and German gear.
The bulletin outlines haying methods and equipment for different regions and yields. It notes that equipment should be ready before haying starts and that crews of varying sizes stack large amounts of alfalfa, timothy, and wild hay with different stackers and rakes. It promotes Farmers' Bulletin 1526-F for free access.
A Kentucky station study shows pigs grazing rye pasture from March 19 for 42 days without grain lost pounds. Another group on clover and bluegrass from May 13 to July 4 gained only 8 pounds in 53 days, averaging 90 pounds.
Notes discuss drought and farm practice including doves as weed destroyers and their seed consumption, the value of short human labor to produce a bushel of wheat, and using rapeseed as a garden crop or salad greens. It mentions hay cutting soybeans, grazing stubble, and rape as pasture for sheep.
An article cites Prof. E. S. Good of the Kentucky College of Agriculture noting daily salt needs by animal type. Working horses need about two ounces, idle horses one ounce, cows and steers one ounce, sheep half an ounce, and pigs an eighth of an ounce. The station advises a salt limestone bone meal mix and constant salt access to prevent under or over consumption.
A guide to proper horse collar fitting stresses easy on the shoulders with no forced placement. It requires even contact from top to bottom, space for a finger between neck and collar, and no sidewise movement to prevent neck soreness and shoulder injuries.
Poultry expert L. M. Black says active chicks reduce toe-picking feather-picking and vices. Adequate space mash hopper room and drinking fountains on farms with thriving flocks, plus careful feeding to avoid overfeeding, keep chicks lively and prevent mischief.
Hubam is praised as a honey plant comparable to biennial white sweet clover and possibly superior in some locales. The annual grows rapidly, boosts soil fertility in favorable conditions, yields abundant pasture per acre, shortens crop rotation by a year, and can smother weeds in the first season after seeding.
Farmers rarely improve old blue grass pasture but Ames Iowa experiments show high returns from disking and reseeding each acre with alsike and red clover plus sweet clover. A 100 pounds per acre acid phosphate helps, though cheaper results come from simple dishing and reseeding with a clover mix.
An English school glazed a classroom with UV transmitting glass and 80 boys aged nine to eleven showed larger gains. They gained about three pounds and half an inch in height compared with peers in a standard classroom. Blood coloring matter increased 8.63 percent and school attendance rose 3.73 percent.
In Phoenixville Pennsylvania residents petition council to rename Nutts Avenue after Colonel Nutts, staff officer to George Washington, arguing Nut is slangy and tired of kiddings. The move aims to reflect Valley Forge road instead of the historic street name.
European experts review a new aircraft claiming Rome to New York in six hours and Rome to London in one hour. Proponents propose flights at 25 000 feet to reduce air resistance in the thin atmosphere.
A Prague published statistica study shows youth crime is most prevalent in regions of Czechoslovakia where schooling opportunities were historically scarce, highlighting links between education access and crime rates among minors.
A group of young sailors announce the founding of a new colony on Santa Maria Island in the South Sea. They state women and money will be barred as they seek a pure male society after divorces separations and failed love affairs.
The Boston University department of journalism maintains the first four year degree in newspaper work in New England. It grants the bachelor of journalism degree upon completing requirements. A proverb notes inner light guides one to brightness.
Cleary Lulte of Chicago has developed a compact adding machine that performs $300 machine work for 295, weighs 4 oz, fits a vest pocket, and is operable by a child. Businessmen and storekeepers praise it as a top invention of the last 25 years and the inventor offers agents a free introductory opportunity.
Electrically heated blankets for full size or single beds are now available. They are intended for sleeping porches or hospital use and have many other special applications. They feature two or three heat settings like ordinary small warming pads.
The text argues youth fighting can be permissible if done intelligently and warns that selecting a smaller opponent is acceptable, reflecting casual debate on fighter conduct.
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