Rapid Ripening Method for Unpollinated Dates Found
In 1945 the U S Department of Agriculture science team led by G L Rygg developed a rapid artificial ripening process for unpollinated dates. Immature seedless fruits, previously waste, ripen satisfactorily after two to four days in a humid atmosphere at 120 to 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Hand pollination, tracing to Old Testament days, had been less effective, with about three million pounds of U S dates failing to pollinate.
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Department of Agriculture Science
U. S
G. L. Rygg
Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils and Agricultural Engineering
Pacific Coast Along Route at Quake Belt
The Alaskan center of the submarine earthquake lies on the northern rim of the earth's main seismic belt. This belt, charted over decades, runs along the Pacific coast from Cape Horn, along the American continents, westward past Japan, then to the Chinese coast and the Philippines. It extends to the Netherlands Indies, arcs southeast to New Zealand, nearly touches Australia, with a southern branch from Tokyo to Guam and includes Bayonnaise Rocks, Iwo Jima, and the Marianas.
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Pacific Coast
Pacific Ocean
National Geographic Society
Pacific
Cape Horn
Aleutian Islands
Japan
Chinese
Philippines
Netherlands Indies
New Guinea
Solomons
New Zealand
Australia
Tokyo
Guam
New Volcanic Island
Bayonnaise Rocks
Iwo Jima
Marianas
DDT Fleas On Dogs Cats And More Slowed But Wiped Out
Entomologists from the department of agriculture state that dog fleas cat fleas rat fleas and chicken fleas all succumb to DDT. One treatment can wipe out an entire infestation with dusting a tablespoonful of 10 percent DDT powder along a dog’s back. Eggs hatch after about 15 days and dwell in ground debris until vulnerable to sprays and dusts.
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Department of Agriculture
Cooking Eggs and Dishes Where Eggs Predominate
Cooking eggs requires low to moderate heat to avoid toughness. Poached eggs simmer after dropping in salted boiling water. Omelets fry in heavy pans on low flame. Fried eggs stay tender when cooked slowly and basted. Shell eggs benefit from starting in cold water and warming to simmer. Custards use simmering water and hot-water bath in a moderate oven.
Practical pockets make dresses more usable and durable
Pockets should be placed where hands slip in naturally on skirts and house dresses. Test pocket location before stitching to suit varying arm lengths. Reinforce top corners with tape and add a double row stitching across the pocket top to prevent tearing and extend wear.
Maryland Extension Advises Food Storage for Winter
Miss Margaret McPheeters urges careful planning for home food storage through canning freezing and drying to cover winter needs. She provides per person quotas for canned greens tomatoes and other vegetables fruits jellies and meats and notes variations by storage space and family size. She also shares tips on plant protection and garden fungicides to combat blight and mildew with fertilizer mulch and copper sprays as practical remedies.
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Margaret McPheeters
Maryland Extension
Miss McPheeters
University of Maryland Extension Service At
College Park
Maryland Food Plan
Farmers’ Bulletin
Maryland
Ernest Walker
Garden habits guide for yearly crop rotation and composting
The Garden Guide notes year to year gardeners often try new crops and varieties. It advises recording seed purchases and season notes to plan better next year. It warns against composting diseased tops such as potato vines and rusted delphiniums, and recommends proper disposal and soil enrichment.
Plant disease control in the garden guidance
Severe damage to garden tomatoes by blight and to cucumbers and muskmelons by mildew highlights the major aim of plant disease control. Use dusters or spray guns to protect crops from infection. dust or spray after pests appear to fight insects effectively. Copper or sulfur preparations are noted for disease control.
Helgoland Island once shield for German rivers and ports
Helgoland is a flat topped red sandstone plateau about 130 acres high 200 feet rises from the North Sea 28 miles off the northwest German coast. Heavily fortified before World War I as a Gibraltar for the Elbe and Weser rivers and major ports, it threatened the British navy from the war’s start. Abandoned in 1919 then rebuilt by 1936 fortifications housed torpedo boats submarines and an airfield on Dune. The island’s residents are fishermen boat pilots and boardinghouse keepers. The town sits in two parts with communities on the plateau and at the cliff base linked by a wooden staircase and elevator.
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Helsoland
North Sea
Germany
Elbe
Weser
Hamburg
Bremen
Kiel
Helgoland
Lake Ore Discoveries and the Rise of U S Steel
The Lake Superior iron ore discoveries near the mid nineteenth century helped fuel the United States rise to a world leading industrial nation. Abundant ore and coal, the Bessemer process, and long hard exploration by workers in rough terrain spurred rail, bridge, farm equipment, and tool production.
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United States
Lake Superior
Bessemer
New Northern
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the Garden Guide
G. Arthur McDaniel
House of Delegates
Caroline County
America’s Great Comics
Blondie
Father
Tillie the Toiler
Pop-Eye
Comic Weekly
Baltimore
Metal Camp
Cosy
U. & Lawn Tennis Association
Firestone
Sell Pela
Caroline Home & Auto Supply Co
Paul W. Johnson
E. Aldridge Pepper
Proprietors Telephone
Db & Market
Denton
Ipapr
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