Tile Your Land and Increase Your Crops
A farm bulletin explains the benefits of drainage and proper silo placement to improve silage quality and crop yields. It details silo construction for air tightness and the advantages of outside versus inside silos, followed by ten broad effects of drainage on soil structure, moisture, temperature, aeration, and ultimately crop yields.
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Iowa State College
Slso
Lancashire
England
John Johnston
The Aspidistra or Parlor Palm Plant
The aspidistra or parlor palm is valued for indoor decor and year round evergreen appeal. It tolerates low light and minor neglect, resists gas exposure, and propagates by division with careful repotting and proper soil. Proper watering and air circulation in pots prevent sour soil and rooting issues.
Dairy Improvement Through Careful Record Keeping
The article argues that building and maintaining a productive dairy herd requires discriminating selection guided by careful records. It recommends weighing milk twice weekly, using the Babcock test to evaluate milk quality, and adjusting rations to output. Such practices reduce food costs and improve herd efficiency by culling unprofitable cows and planning crop rotations and concentrates.
Memory in beasts noted by Duncan at New Gallery
F Martin Duncan notes elephants have strong memories and that other jungle beasts show notable recall. He cites tigers in captivity recognizing friends after months and lions in zoos displaying fear when visited by hunters from their native lands.
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F. Martin Duncan
New Gallery
Zoological Garden
London Daily Mail
Getting His Own Back in Plunkville Election Scene
A breezy Plunkville vignette features a suffragette leader declaring the sex does not require razors and a meek man jokingly admitting his wife sharpens pencils with his razor. The crowd teases a candidate named Bim Piffle for reeve as a visitor asks who he is.
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Beaconsfield
Pitt
Plunkville
Bim Piffle
Atranger
Reeve
His Little Joke
A brief exchanges shows a visitor from Hindustan asking what a lac of rupees means and receiving a witty reply that it is a great inconvenience reflecting cross cultural humor.
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Hindustan
Family keeps tradition with coal instead of wine
A lighthearted exchange recalls a father laying down a tin of wine at a child's birth and a reply about continuing the custom. The speaker then says they will instead lay in a ton of coal for their son.
Influence of the Fruit Package on Market Appeal
The text argues that fruit packaging largely drives consumer sales and that growers and shippers continually innovate attractive packages. It notes the importance of appearance for attracting transient city buyers and mentions the surge of new packaging styles in recent years.
In bolled aqua sanitas axiom revised
A Modern Health note quotes the Modern Observer challenging the axiom in latin about health water. The Catholic Standard and Times reports the punchline proposing a corrected phrase "In bolled aqua sanitas" as a wry remark about sanitas.
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Plain Citizen
The
Catholic Standard and Times
Politician's Boom Boosts Hopeful Election Mood
A Washington Star quote asks what fuels a hopeful candidate who believes the unexpected shapes outcomes. The remark highlights a belief in surprise shifts during campaigns and the influence of unpredictable events on voters.
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Washington Star
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Elmer O. Fippin
New York
Green Mountain
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