Cotton School and Stockmen Short Course Opens January 2 1911
The fourth annual Cotton School and Stockmen Short Course opens January 2 1911 at the College of Agriculture in Athens and runs ten days. Suitable for farmers over sixteen, especially older men seeking better farm practices with expert instruction in soils fertilizers cotton cultivation and related fields. Costs range 15 to 25 dollars depending on region. Applications should be sent early and circulars available from Atlanta college authorities. Also notes on sky colors signaling weather, red sunsets mean fair day ahead and coppery sunsets foretell rain. Observational prognostic method suggests watching the smallest cloud to predict good weather or rain.
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Cotton School and Stockmen
College of Agriculture
Athens
Atlanta
Demonstration Work by Dr Knapp Emphasizes Practical Farming
The article outlines eleven core elements of Knapp's Demonstration Work focusing on soil drainage, deep seed beds, seed variety, optimized row spacing, intensive tilling, humus content, crop rotation, use of manure and fertilizers, increased labor efficiency, expanded stock use of waste lands, and comprehensive farm accounting. It notes the method trains farmers through on farm demonstrations, arguing lasting belief takes years and that many farmers have already seen benefits.
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Knapp
Forty Six Thousand Boy Farmers Rise With Knapp Methods
The article cites Mississippi and other states where young farmers using scientific methods under Dr. Knapp averaged high corn yields. Bascom Ushur led with 152 1 2 bushels per acre and won trips to Washington, joining Elmer Halter and Ralph Bellewood among top performers. The program aims to certify youths and expand the educated farming movement nationwide.
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Mississippi
Bascom Ushur
Marlboro County
S. C
Washington
Knapp
Dewitte Lundy
Lexington
Miss
Department of Agriculture
Kitchen Furnishings Move Modern Home Comforts
The article notes the shift from old kitchen ideas to modern cabinetry ranges and accessories. It argues the kitchen as the home’s heart and health focus, promoting inspection of the new kitchen furnishings in the store.
Farmers Out of Poor Ones by Rosa Pendleton Chiles
Review excerpt notes Rosa Pendleton Chiles in the American Review of Rivers for November critiques how farming classes cope with poverty and destitution, offering social context and literary critique within a periodical essay framing.
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Rosa Pendleton Chiles
American Review of
Rievers
What Southern Soils Need for Permanent Improvement
A Raleigh Progressive Farmer and Gazette excerpt argues the top soil need is organic nitrogen from decaying vegetation. It notes nitrogen formed by legumes supplies both nitrogen and humus, improving soil physically and chemically, with widespread farmer use and experiments supporting this priority.
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Raleigh
N. C
Swanson Terrell and Young Take Senate Oath
In Washington on December 6 the three new U S senators Claude A Swanson from Virginia Joseph M Terrell from Georgia and La Fayette Young from Iowa were sworn in by the vice president after the senate convened Their credentials were presented by their colleagues from Macon News.
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Washington
Senate
Claude A. Swanson
John W. Daniel
Virginia
Joseph M. Terrell
Clay
Georgia
LaFayette Young
Dolliver
Iowa
Macon News
Mud and Hat Mystery From a Summer Roadside Encounter
A man finds a hat in the road and, upon lifting it, discovers the owner buried feet deep in mud. The incident recalls a line from Lippincott’s Magazine about a hay load under mud. Another vignette shows a convict before a governor insisting he is willing to be fired if his work isn’t satisfactory.
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Lippincott’s
London
Refining the Torture in a German Prison
A warden orders harsher punishment for a refractory convict. The keeper reports the inmate has already served two days on bread and water. The warden then prescribes a cookbook to read as a further discipline.
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Huber
Sieandrel
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