Standard Grades and Harvesting Practices for Peaches
The USDA bulletin Farmers' Buffet 1208 outlines the need for uniform peach grades based on quality, not size. It advises picking fruit about 48 hours before maturity, careful handling to avoid bruising, and organized hauling to packing houses, with the bulletin available free from the USDA in Washington, D. C.
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United States Department of Agriculture
H. W. Samson
Middle
South Atlantic
Bulletin
Washington, D. C
Protect Grapes With Bags and Bush Tree Care Notes
Spray grapes with Bordeaux mixture after flowering to protect fruit. Bag berries when the size of okra weed to deter birds and rot, using No 2 bags for Delaware and small bunches, No 3 for Niagara and large bunches. Make a drainage slit and slip bags over the bunches. Gooseberries and currants to be dusted with arsenate of lead or sprayed with arsenate of lead solution for worm control.
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Niagara
Concord
Fruit Demand Sparks Widespread Planting Urge
A report notes strong demand and paying prices for fruit across the country. It urges growers to plant fruit trees only if they can reliably care for them, warning against planting without eventual stewardship and proper attention.
Popular New England Breed Showcases Morgan Horse Strength
The United States Department highlights the Morgan horse as a superior versatile breed increasingly used to improve saddle horses on western ranges. At the Southwestern Exposition in Fort Worth March 11 18 a strong Morgan showing featured Red Oak 5249 as best aged stallion and champion. Remount efforts place stallions in Kansas Missouri Montana Nebraska and Texas. Stronghold remains New England especially Vermont where the breed was developed.
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United States Department
Southwest
Fort Worth
Tex
Red Oak
Morgan
General Gates
United States
Morgan Horse Farm
Middlebury
Kansas
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Texas
Tinois
Iowa
New England
Vermont
Fox farming expands as industry grows across United States
The Biological Survey of the U S Department of Agriculture reports about 500 ranchers raising silver foxes and 12 000 to 15 000 foxes in captivity with an estimated 8 million dollars invested. The fox farming trade has expanded over 25 years as the United States remains the world’s largest fur market and breeders face species, sanitation, disease and market knowledge challenges.
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United States Department Agriculture
More
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Wisconsin Inspected and Accredited Hatcheries Named
Wisconsin hatcheries are the only U S facilities under state regulation and inspection for poultry. The state department of markets and University of Wisconsin hatchery divisions set standards for flocks and hatcheries, issuing certificates and marking chicks from accredited sources as standard bred and from eye producing strains.
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Wisconsin
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
State Department of Markets
Poultry Department
The
University of Wisconsin
Department of Markets
Slides on Better Farming Loaned to 46 States
The U S Department of Agriculture loaned 291 lantern slide sets to extension workers in 46 states in January through March to illustrate better farming and home making. 451 sets went to schools. popular topics include Better Sires Better Stock, home grounds, corn production, road improvement, poultry management, dairying and forage crops. Arkansas, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Pennsylvania led in requests.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Arkansas
Ohio
Michigan
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Clean Up Fence Rows to Fight Garden Pests
Insect pests like grasshoppers wire worms and cut worms can be controlled by cleaning old grass and weeds from unused land along fence lines. F A Fenton entomologist at Iowa State College says these sites harbor pests and early cleanup kills many before they start. Crop rotation can starve wire worms cut worms and corn root worms where pests were prevalent.
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F. A. Fenton
Iowa State College
Tanlac praised by Mrs Archer for indigestion relief
Mrs T J Archer of 1147 Shepard St Peters burg Va says Tanlac cured her long standing indigestion headaches dizziness and rheumatism after months of misery. She praises the medicine as a blessing and notes she no longer suffers digestive pain or heartburn.
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Tanlac
T. J. Archer
Shepard St. Petersburg
Optimism Snippets From The Life Of Life Magazine
A collage of light hearted exchanges from Life magazine humorously portrays citizens reacting to common situations. The dialogue touches on fireproof hotels refunds tax offices relationship shifts and minor daily misadventures through witty one liners.
Witty Exchange Cited in Courtroom Style Banter
A sharp line about a spouse in a courtroom style exchange highlights a playful boast. The remark humorously contrasts physical strength with domestic banter. No formal dispute or formal claim is asserted.
Peculiar Names Bring Navy Enlistment Then and Now
A Houston navy recruiting officer enlisted Bryan Dry after learning his Moonshine Hill Texas home. The story recalls wartime honor with 6000 Canadian Expeditionary Force and Royal Air Force graves to be marked in 1200 cemeteries and kept under perpetual care.
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H. B. Parsons
Navy
Houston
Tex
Bryan Dry
William Jennings Bryan
Parsons
Texas
Kansas City Star
Canada
Imperial War Graves Commission
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Royal Air Force
Planting Best Corn Seed Saves Life Efforts
The article argues corn seed quality matters greatly with a peck per acre enough to show gains. It notes that using superior seed, developed by others through breeding and selection, pays back many times in the first year.
Tomato Growing Emphasized As Winter Food Crop
The article urges careful tomato cultivation to secure home and legal market supplies amid high food prices. It stresses soil choice, proper fertilizers, and cultural practices, noting well drained garden loam as ideal for tomatoes.
Better Tillage for Farms
A small well tilled farm yields better returns than a large area badly cared for. If more farmers followed this lesson, as the gardener did long ago, they would have more ready money. LeRoy Cady associate horticulturist University Farm St Paul reflects on practical farming practices.
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LeRoy Cady
University Farm
St. Paul
Bringing Him to the Point
Miss De Muir Papa forbids you to visit the house and calls you a dangerous man. He says you linger and will never marry the girl, then makes a proposal in Edinburgh Scotman.
Clever Boy Sage Says Truth in Stretching
A mother advises learning to extend outcomes while a boy questions whether stretching the truth is right. The piece toys with envy spotting flaws where none exist, underscoring a witty moral about honesty and perception.
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Johnny
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