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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1906
Page
12
The article argues seed germination quality determines corn stands. It cites 1905 US yields at 28.8 bushels per acre and warns 20 percent of seed may fail without testing. It details simple germination boxes using canton flannel and numbered ears, plus rack methods, to test vigor weeks before planting.
Edith Urmey, an Iowa hospital specialist, argues that many inmates in eastern insane asylums are children of farmer pioneers raised in idleness or monotony. She cites lack of diversified work as the root cause and notes cities show physical and mental wrecks from dissipation and pressure in commercial life. Farmers neglect to instill fundamental life principles at home.
The article details selecting seed ears by kernel vigor testing. It notes half of 3,322 tested ears were unfit for seed with 77.7 percent germination. It explains sorting ears into grades and screening, and that average germination rose to 86.3 percent after discarding low vitality ears.
The piece recalls the heyday of New Bedford whaling with full-rigged ships on multi year voyages and famed captains like those of the Annie B and Mary Jane. It notes the extinction of Greenland and sperm whales and the enduring legend of the leviathan rorqual as a later driving force in whaling. It also mentions Ralph D. Blumenfeld as editor of the London Express and cites artificial pumice stone from sand and clay, plus timber loss in the Black Hills forest reserve to beetles.
United States Consul Anderson at Amoy reports on journalism in China detailing numbers of foreign and Chinese papers in Shanghai and Hong Kong. He notes prices for foreign publications, the predominance of Chinese dailies, and the growth of local dialect newspapers that may both educate and deepen provincial language divides.
Census Bureau data show a 65 percent drop in bicycle manufacture since 1900 with establishments falling from 312 to 97 and wage earners shrinking 81 percent. Capital sunk from 29.8 million to 5.85 million. output fell from about 32 million bicycles to just over 5 million. In contrast, motorcycle factories surged from 159 to 2,289, and New Zealand exports KAURI gum valued at £65 million annually used in varnish.
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