Recycle Christmas Trees for Yard and Garden Use
Recycle Christmas trees by using branches as mulch to protect tender perennials and container plants. Evergreen branches insulate against extreme temperatures and reduce frost heaving. Shredder chippings also make mulch. whole trees serve as windbreaks and birdfeeders, catching snow and protecting plants. Needles decompose to enrich soil. Jim Hovland Fond du Lac County horticulture agent.
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Jim Hovland
Fond du Lac County
Antifreeze Dangers for Pets Warned by Iowa Vet
A water puddle of antifreeze on a garage floor can lure dogs and cats with its sweet taste. Swallowing antifreeze may cause severe illness or kidney damage, potentially life threatening. Owners should clean spills and call a veterinarian immediately if poisoning is suspected.
Purdue tests ultrasonic seed bug detector patent filing
Purdue University scientists report a device that uses ultrasound to hear insects eating inside seeds. The detector signals like a Geiger counter when bugs are present, and can identify a single infested seed among clean seeds. Purdue has applied for a patent on the device.
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Purdue University
Purdue
Farmer Volunteer Program Seeks Knowledge Sharing
Since 1968 Agricultural Cooperative Development International and the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives sponsor a people to people effort. Farmers in Egypt the Philippines or Panama may apply via Extension offices. Knowledge areas include dairy herd management nutrition artificial insemination and marketing. Milo Olson Polk County agent.
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Egypt
Philippines
Panama
Agricultural Cooperative Development International
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Time rides through Ashland County memories across eras
The author recalls a lifetime of travel from wicker buggies and sleds to trains, boats, and early airplanes, recalling family trips along the DSS&A line, river bridges, and sled rides. She remembers teachers, pastors, and friends, rides with her father in a flivver, ferries on Lake Superior, and the evolving pace of life through the 20th century. She reflects on time as motion and acknowledges growth, with a final note about reprinting from We Were Children Then Volume II.
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White River
Ashland
Andrus
Hertzman
Sweden Avenue
Michigan
Wisconsin
Provost School
Glidden
Shanagolden
Soo Line
Delta
St. Ignace
Straits of Mackinac
Lake Superior
Bayfield
Madeline Island
Apostle Islands
Lake Michigan
Manitowoc
Woods Hole
Martha’s Vineyard
Lake Owen
Farm family heads to Nevada mine in 1937 summer
Ken Brown of Chetek in Barron County with his son and wife prepare to work at the Ambassador Gold Mine in Nevada for the summer of 1937. They tow a 15 foot house trailer built from Popular Mechanics plans, held together by 3,500 brass screws, pulled by a 1924 Studebaker near the Tetons in western Wyoming.
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Ken Brown
Chetek
Barron County
Ambassador Gold Mine
Nevada
Mr. Brown
Popular Mechanics
Studebaker
Tetons
Wyoming
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University of Wisconsin- Extension
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