The Gulf Coast Rice Belt and Its Growth
The Gulf Coast region in Louisiana and Texas emerges as the United States largest rice area. Irrigation on prairie soils since 1885 transformed southwestern Louisiana and southeastern Texas into a thriving belt spanning about 12 000 square miles with 10 navigable rivers. The belt features rich dark loam, impervious subsoil for efficient water use, and modern machinery enabling full drainage and self binders.
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Gulf Coast
United States
Louisiana
Texas
St. Mary's Parish
Carolinass
Beet Sugar Output Estimates for 1904 Season
The Beet Sugar output reports 209000 tons of beet sugar in the United States for 1904, up 18000 tons from preliminary estimates due to favorable harvesting conditions. Colorado records the largest state increase while last year’s crop totaled 208135 tons.
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Messrs. Willett and Gray
United States
Colorado
New Wood Seasoning Method From England Uses Beet Sugar
England reports a new process for quick wood seasoning. Wood is saturat ed with beet sugar solution and dried with artificial heat. Treated timber resists dry rot and becomes less porous, offering sanitary uses such as street paving blocks and enhanced strength.
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England
Rice crop ex eted in Japan and fruit and cotton yields reported
The Japan Weekly Mail notes an extraordinary rice crop in Japan this year while foreign reports say 8000 to 10000 acres have been planted to cotton in the British West Indies. Florida orange crop for 1904-05 is projected at 1,850,000 boxes, California raisin output 75,000,000 pounds, and prune production 97,000,000 pounds for 1904 compared with prior year.
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Japan Weekly Mail
Japan
British West
Florida
Florida Times
San Francisco Trade Journal
California
What He Would Have Liked
An American tourist recalls a Swiss hotel scene where an undertaker laments not being needed to patch up the traveler after a presumed fall on the mountain. The conversation ends with a reflection on desire and a quip about the creation of woman.
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Canton
Sheriff’s Sale Of Unreturned Wild Lands In Lumpkin County
Sheriff J M Davis sells undeveloped lots in Lumpkin County Georgia at public auction on the first Tuesday in June 1905. Sale lists numerous 40 acre parcels across the 5th 11th 12th 15th districts plus fractional and single lots in Habersham lineage with 1904 taxes due to the state and county. Auction action notes the parcels are unreturned uncultivated and unimproved and held under fifa against each lot.
John Cain farm listed for Lumpkin County sheriff sale
Georgia Lumpkin County will sell on the first Tuesday in April 1905 at public outcry at the courthouse to the highest cash bidder the John Cain farm tract totaling about 120 acres including 184 acres of land lot 815 and parts of lots 803 804 816 817 near Porter Springs. W. A. Thomas is named as owner subject to a fi fa in favor of the Bank of Dahlonega. Also to be sold at the same time are several land lots in the 12th district including lots 20 89 88 121 and north half of lot 51 totaling about 40 acres each under a fi fa in favor of Elijah Bennett vs Edwin Corn and W. J. Burt administrator. Levy by Sheriff J M Davis.
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Georgia
Lumpkin County
Court House
Said
John Cain
Porter Springs
W. A. Thomas
Edwin Corn
Justice Court
G. M
Elijah Bennett
W. J. Burt
J.P. Corn
Levy
G. W. Walker, Jr
L. G
J. M. Davis
Also Mentioned on This Page
South Atlantic
Department of Agriculture
Okahoma Experiment Station
Mllinery
Mrs. Stricklands
J. F. Moore
Dahlonega, Ga
Millie D. Cannon
John C. Cannon
G. G. Evans
Dahlon EG
Aivery
Oore Bro
Dablot
A. m
Sherlock
Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A. Conan Doyle
Atlanta Sunday Journal
Arthur Conan Doyle
Shrlock Holmes
Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Te Firm
Atlanta Journal
Atlanta
Conan Doyle
Journal
Sunday Journal
Priory School
Charles Augustus Milverton
Lumpklin County
USL
Said County
Habersham
The
Atlanta News
Sunday Constitution
the Sunny South
Woman's Home Companion
G. F. Jones
John H. Moore
Simmons
America
F. Moore
Dixie Girls
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