Soybeans shift from human food to key forage crop
The bulletin notes soybeans native to Asia are grown mainly for human food in Asia but increasingly valued as forage in the United States. Regions from Tennessee to Indiana show rising cultivation, with adaptation to warm climates and soil as with corn. Yields vary by variety and soil fertility. drought tolerance is noted, though rabbit damage can hinder field expansion.
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Asia
Japan
China
India
United States
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Kentucky
Maols
Indiana
Minnnesota
Ontario
Mrassachusetts
Ag Ahay
Corn Belt
United States Department of Agriculture
Poultry Pointers From Old Time Advice Column
Practical tips for poultry care including cures for sores and chicken pox using vaseline carbolic acid and sulphur. Notes on the Douglass mixture for drinking water iron nutrition cleanliness in coops and whitewash to control mites. Emphasizes sanitary housing warm milk as a top feed and proper confinement rather than letting fowl roam in bad weather.
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Umas
Seed Testing Highlights Germination For Garden Stock
The article stresses knowing germinating qualities of stored seed and choosing testing methods by season. It compares moist cloth, sand, and soil tests, notes seasonality affects results, and recommends winter sand tests for accuracy and root action to gauge young plants. It warns against out-of-season tests which mislead.
Don’t let two weeds grow this year where none grew before
A terse warning urges vigilance against new weed growth this season. The note stresses early identification and removal to prevent spread, urging gardeners and landowners to monitor fields, gardens, and vacant lots for unfamiliar plants and act promptly.
Restoring soil fertility by legumes and liming practices
The Breeder's Gazette outlines how soil fertility can be rebuilt using leguminous crops to supply nitrogen, green manures, crop rotation, and careful use of phosphorus and potassium. It notes lime to neutralize soil acid, inoculation with bacteria, and practical nitrogen sourcing from legumes rather than commercial fertilizer.
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Mississippi River
Farm income use matters as much as yields for farmers
Business methods in buying and selling receive too little attention among farmers. The way and manner of using the income from the farm is quite as important as a large yield and a good profit.
Homemade Land Roller A Simple Farm Device
A Towar Homestead cor respondent describes a homemade land roller crafted from a circular galvanized iron culvert section two feet in diameter and corrugated. The drum is mounted on an axle centered in the end, with cement mortar lining inside after curing two weeks. A frame is bolted to the axle for operation.
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Towa
Ife
Potato Fertilizer Formula Popular With New York Growers
A common fertilizer mix used near New York includes soda 127 pounds dried blood 440 pounds acid phosphate 400 pounds sand plaster 33 pounds. Tests at the New York experiment station show the best profits when mixed and applied at 1,000 pounds per acre. Cooking feed for stock study finds raw feed yields more grain, except potatoes which do best cooked.
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New York City
New York Experiment Station
North Dakota
Farmers urged to improve farms with lime lime and drains
The Rural New Yorker advocates practical agricultural improvements urging every farmer to liming lime soil and installing proper drains to boost productivity and prevent waterlogging. The call emphasizes timely action and shared progress across farming communities.
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New, Yorker
Grenada Bought Cheap by French in Seventeenth Century
Grenada in the British West Indies was purchased from the Caribs in the mid 1600s for two bottles of rum. The Caribs later regretted selling their homeland and attempted to reclaim it by force. Today Grenada stands as one of England's prosperous Caribbean colonies.
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Grenada
British West Indies
Esau
England
West Indies
Deadly mine gases and the safety lamp explained
A 19th century Atlantic explanation details the safety lamp used in volatile mines. It describes the lamp’s construction a heavy lan ter globe with glass, the gauze cones, and how white damp or explosive gas affects the flame. It explains how the lamp contains explosions within the globe to protect the mine.
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Atlantic
Parallax Loss in Cambridgeshire Trial of Earth Sphericity
A Cambridge region tale recalls the Parallax wager over Earth’s shape. Three boats on the New River formed a crossbar test with crosstrees of equal height, observers using telescopes to compare heights, judges ruled against Parallax and he lost his stake.
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England
Erith
Cambridgeshire
Denvers Sluice
Puaralinx
Preserve the Old Things in a Modern World
A Wichita Beacon editorial argues against discarding heirlooms and memories for practicality. It laments removing sentimental items like old shoes and love letters, urging preservation of historic places such as Mount Vernon Independence Hall and the Alamo, to keep national memory and character alive.
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Washington
Mount Vernon
Philadelphia
Independence Bat
Texas
San Antonio
Beecomes
Wichita
We Are All Actors Quote on Practical Arts
Mme Alexandrian Viarda notes people readily undertake small repairs yet hesitate to act when asked to perform a role in a play. She observes a man will fix a coat, stop a leak, or repair furniture but then urges that given a acting task each will confidently agree and yet fail to perform unless watched.
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Mme
Alexandrian Viarda
Baintliness Unpopular in Atlantic Writings
The Atlantic notes that the dislike of sainthood is not limited to youths. It observes adults showing mortified expressions when accused of virtue, suggesting they would rather be known as devils in old age than seen as saints.
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Atlantic
Bobbitt Chemical Co
Baltmore
Duffey's Pharmacy
Denton
Hillsboro
Instructive jab on tactless man and razor inventor
The Chicago Record-Herald notes a tactless man who would unlikely ask a barber to fund a monument. The quip mocks impractical generosity by linking it to the inventor of the safety razor.
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Chicago Record-Herald
She Knew Her Dad and a Horse for Sale
A London Punch item notes a girl asking about a horse for sale. Smithers questions a lead and she suspects old Brown. She claims her father sold the horse yesterday.
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Smithers
Old Brown
London
Puch
Marvelously Low Prices at Both Stores
We sell at both stores all goods at a marvelously low price for cash or trade. No checks, other than our own, taken at these extraordinarily low prices. We call your especial attention to our large stock of
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G. M. Bentley
Tennessee
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