Iowa silo solves silo problem with hollow tile design
Iowa State College experiment station reports a new hollow tile silo that is cheaper than wood and as durable as concrete. Thirteen silos already in use show equal silage quality, with less freezing than single wall concrete. The tiles, used in brick work, promise long life and lighter shipping, with construction guidance available by requesting bulletin 117 from Ames.
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Bulletin 117
LAND MEASURING DEVICE FOR FARM USE
Orange Judd Farmer describes a farm measuring device built from a heavy wire circle sixteen and a half feet long with cross pieces five and a half feet long. A central hole and double handle allow marking and counting revolutions to yield rod-based field distances, requiring a stiff iron ring to avoid bending errors.
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Crosso&ces
Orange Judd
Getting in the Harvest Practical Details of Bread Supply
This article reviews harvest timing and shock construction for efficient wheat cutting and drying. It contrasts old hand shock methods with modern, lighter labor, stressing proper kernel maturity, straw condition, and pack to resist rain and wind while guiding oats and other grains.
Stacking grain urged by farmers for safer harvest
Farmers are advised to stack grain rather than thrash directly from the shock. Clear rules on starting, bulge, middle, draw in, and cap govern the process. Learning from an experienced stacker helps. Stacking protects against rain and sprouting, and saves labor costs in harvest.
Bees Protect Honey by Moderate Colony Increase
Secretary Smith of the Connecticut Beekeepers Association notes swarming harms to honey producers. He details a May 17 method: remove five brood frames, move key brood and a large ripe queen cell to a new hive, shifting another strong colony to a fresh stand. The result is a mated queen, new brood, and three ready-to-work colonies before the flow.
Handling Grapevines How to Get the Best Fruit
Grapevine care emphasizes pinching off unwanted shoots to direct strength to the fruit. Regular summer plucking reduces winter pruning, while after harvest prune only the bearing branches, leaving vertical canes and pruning back each winter. The method improves grape quality and makes vines and arbors more attractive.
Footprints of glaciers on Manhattan rock marks
An exploration of glacial footprints or striae on Manhattan rocks in Central and Riverside parks. The piece explains how pebbles grinding under glaciers left marks, estimates the last glaciation 5,000 to 50,000 years ago, favors the smaller figure, and ponders if glaciers may return, noting warming trends and poles shifting. It quotes William E. Simmons from the New York World.
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Alaska
Hoemy Yarnett
Dellenbaugh
North America
North Pole
Greenland
William E. Simmons
New York World
Banana Tree Growth and Harvest Method Revealed
The article explains that bananas hang with the fruit end upward and ripen off the tree. Bananas are cut while still immature to match shipment needs, preventing overburdening the plant. After harvesting the trunks are cut near ground level and new shoots grow, keeping fruit in various stages and ensuring continuous yield.
Freaks of a Genius in a London Tavern
A tall pale man with bushy eyebrows causes a scene in a London tavern by smashing a glass and leaving without speaking. The waiter explains the man is unaware of his actions, lost in thought, a recurring event for the man who is identified as the great Lord Macaulay by the St. James Gazette.
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Tord Macaulay
St. James
The Island of Cuba and Its Split Names Through Time
The Lu Cayans called the land Cuba and Cubanacan city. Columbus misread it as Asia and Kublai Khan’s city. Cuba endured while Spain renamed it St Juana Fernandina Santiago Ave Maria, yet the native name persisted.
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