Corn Crown After Vetch
The piece argues growing scarcity of grain and corn due to soil fatigue and war. It highlights Indiana farmer William C. Smith who claims to restore worn land to yield 72 bushels per acre in a year at low cost using his method from the book How to Grow 100 Bushels of Corn on Worn-Out Soil.
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Rome
International Institute of Agriculture
United States
Chicago Board of Trade
William C. Smith
Indiana
Agricultural Colleges
United States Department of Agriculture
Mr. Smith
Boan- Smith
Dian
St. Paul
Duluth
Vetch Improves Poor Sandland This Farm Sees Huge Corn Yield
On a two acre sandy tract at Mr. Smiths farm vetch was sown and grew to four feet by May. The next year 25 acres were sown with vetch and 21 acres planted to corn. Despite doubts and drought the corn yield reached 72 bushels per acre, selling at $35 per acre, with soil-restoration bounds shown. Vetch thrived on both poor and rich soils and withstood frost and drought.
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Mr. Smith
Elephant Butte Dam will curb the Rio Grande floods
The United States reclamation service completed Elephant Butte dam a vast reservoir on the Rio Grande in New Mexico. The structure stores 862.2 billion gallons, spans 45 miles, and shores 216 miles, enough to flood Delaware foot-deep over 4 285 square miles. It irrigates 185,000 acres across four valleys while dwarfing related projects.
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United States Reclamation Service
Elephant Butte
Delaware
New Mexico
Texas
United States
Assuan
Egypt
Eagle
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Rio Grande
Ancient Japanese embroidery and lace making traditions
The article describes Kyoto as the historic center of Japan's embroidery for kimonos and screens with skilled male workers earning 40 to 75 cents gold daily while women earn 15 to 50 cents. It notes lace making is new, small in output, and mostly export oriented in Kobe.
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Kyoto
Kobe
Japan
Wind Whips Flag as War Sparks Local Memory
Dr George T MacCoy recalls April 1898 Spanish American War when two Irish workers laid asphalt on Washington Street. A courthouse flag flapped in a strong wind prompting one man to question its purpose, another replying the wind is the only thing that can whip it.
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Edinburgh
George T. MacCoy
Columbus
Washington Street
Indianapolis News
The Better Wish
A brief exchange notes two people wishing to wear mitts and clothes they cannot afford. One expresses envy of affordable attire while the other admits limited means and longing for any affordable garment.
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