Why the Apple Was Not the Forbidden Fruit
A correspondent asks why the Biblical fruit of the knowledge of good and evil is not an apple. The article explains that Hebrew etz peri means fruit, Latin fructum and pomum both mean fruit but pomum can mean apple. It notes no specific fruit is named in Genesis and discusses fig trees, mythic apples in other cultures, and mythic trees like Yggdrasil and the Bodhi tree.
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Garden of Eden
Euphrates
Tigris
Eve
Adam
Hesperides
Paris
Troy
Egypt
Jesus
India
Odin
Buddha
New York Sun
Good Plowing Key to Soil Tillage and Crop Yields
An Iowa Homestead letter argues deep thorough tillage boosts crop production. It notes deep soil stores water, supports roots, and benefits both wet and dry periods, while shallow plowing hinders yields. Early plowing aids soil settling and organic matter decomposition before planting.
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Iowa Homestead
Fragmented religious exhortation notes public work abroad
A fragment quotes a view that church buildings are not the site for good deeds, asserting that true religion through action occurs in the world beyond church walls. It hints at a call for practical social effort rather than idle piety.
Spraying Potatoes Proves Profitable in Late Blight Year
Historical trials in Aroostook Maine show spraying with Bordeaux mixture increased potato yields by 26 to 36 percent over unsprayed plots in 1917. Tests used traction sprayers at high pressure with six applications, despite late blight severity, indicating solid profits when costs and higher yields are weighed.
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Wallaces
Aroostook County
Maine
Aroostook Farm
United States Department of Agriculture
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
Aroostook
Personal Attention to Pigs Reduces High Mortality
The article urges faithful, round the clock care for sows at farrowing to boost pig survival. It advises heating pig houses in extreme cold, warming bricks in baskets, rubbing newborns dry, and transferring them promptly to warmth. It cites USDA Farmers Bulletin 874 Swine Management for detailed guidance.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Beautiful South American Tree of Uruguay Described
The mi mosa is an evergreen Uruguay tree reaching about forty feet. Its dark green fern like leaves and gray green trunk give it a handsome appearance even when not flowering. Golden yellow pollen flowers cover the branches and emit a sweet scent resembling a tree carved from gold.
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Uruguay
South America
Disease in chicks linked to Bacillus pullorum findings
Article explains white diarrhoea in chicks caused by Bacillus pullorum. It details how infection originates from the mother hen, affects ovaries, and spreads via incubated eggs and droppings. It lists control measures including disinfecting incubators, using uninfected breeding stock, sour milk feeding, and culling weak chicks.
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Wallaces
Des Moines
Towa
Professor Stoneburn
Stoneburn
Patience With Sitters Guides Hens Through Hatching
The article describes the patience and faithful attention required to hatch eggs. It notes that even with care some hens are fickle and may break eggs or trample chicks. It compares breeds: Plymouth Rocks Wyandottes Rhode Island Reds Orpingtons are good mothers, Brahmas Cochins are good sitters but clumsy, Leghorns and Mediterranean types are nervous and poor mothers.
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Plymouth Rocks
Rhode Island
City Chicks And Hatching Dilemma In Backyard Poultry
The article weighs renewing a backyard flock by hatching or buying day old chicks and notes the need for a separate grassy plot or green feed. It adds that the Central railroad of Georgia employs 19 women agents handling freight tasks and mentions abundant telephone access in the U S.
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the Central Railroad of Georgia
Rheumatic Pains Relieved by Chamberlain Liniment
Mrs. 8. N. Finch of Batavia New York reports using Chamberlain's Liniment for chest pains and shoulder lameness from rheumatism and notes it always gives prompt relief. Sold by R. A. Engbertson Ady.
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Chamberlain
N. Finch
Batavia
N. Y
R. A. Engbertson
Ady
Mountain Farmer’s Odd Technique Shapes Family Limbs
A Georgia mountain farmer tills a cone shaped mountain one fourth mile high and three miles in circumference by walking in continuous rows around from base to summit. The habit has caused the family to develop shorter legs on one side and longer legs on the other. The report comes from Thomasville Georgia.
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Georgia
Caleb
Joshua
Thomasville
Decorah City Council approves bids on oil tanks and studies fuel needs
The Decorah Iowa City Council meets with seven members present and approves bids to study and purchase oil storage tanks. It authorizes Bucknell Bergeson and McKay to form a committee, outlines a county city cost share on bridge repair, and orders boiler repairs if needed. The panel also approves buying a Studebaker 600 gallon oiling machine and directs surveys for Willis Brandt sidewalk work plus street dragging.
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E. J. Hook
Hislop
Bucknell
Bergeson
McAndrews
Bucknell, Bergeson
McKay
Decorah
Iowa
Engbretson
Willis
Hook
Upper Iowa Power Company
Upper Iowa Power Co
Water Works Committee
City of
Peer Iowa Power Co
City of Decorah
Studebaker
Oil Committee
Studebaker Coreporation of America
Willis Brandt
L.,s. Dale
Seeds Resemble Aeroplanes In Peruvian Plant
The condurango plant in Peru yields a seedpod five to eight inches long. It holds seeds described as tiny airships in shape, with the seed proper being a small oval fruit.
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Peru
Split pea seeds fly on the breeze from bursting pods
The seed pods split and release many seeds that drift on a gentle wind. Each seed can travel from 100 yards up to about half a mile before landing, likened to wings of a butterfly or an aero plane.
Ford owner claims no carbon cleaning needed
A Ford owner from Indiana states he has driven 10 000 miles using only polar ine and never removed the engine top to clean carbon. The claim emphasizes no routine cylinder cleaning has been performed.
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Ind
Buick owner claims 40,000 miles without cleaning cylinders
A Iowa reader reports driving a Buick for 40,000 miles in three years on Polaris fuel with no cylinder cleaning done during that period. The letter states carbon buildup has not been cleaned from the cylinders.
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Buick
Iowa
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