Gentle Caucasian bee stirs hopes of stingless hives
A Department of Agriculture report highlights a Caucasian honey bee that is nearly stingless and gentler to handle. Experiments show the bee's amiability despite rough treatment, boosting interest in urban and rural beekeeping while Secretary Wilsons leadership draws praise amid department reforms.
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Department of Agriculture
Carniolins
Frank Benton
Jils
Washington
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mer. Benton
Mr. Benton
Globe
Tre
India
Philippine Islands
Care of Livestock in Transit Efficiency Calls
Secretary Wilson visited Chicago to inspect incoming stock trains and loading methods. He said the Livestock and Railway Committee will modify orders to ease shipments while improving humane treatment. He noted cattle appeared well cared for and urged railways to strictly follow the law and cooperate to prevent further trouble.
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Wilson
Chicago
Livestock and Railway Committee
Lim
Toant
Growing and Making Maple Sugar Bulletin No 59
The Maple Sugar Industry bulletin 59 by Williman J. Loxo and William F. Mhibbard covers maple sugar production and adulteration issues discussed by Chemist Wiley. Hubbard, a bright Bureau of Forestry member, drowned canoeing on the Potomac near Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Porestry
Williman
Loxo
William F. Mhibbard
Wiley
Hubbard
Bureauo of Porestry
Potomac River
Washington
Bodily Heat Of Eskimos Higher Than Europeans
Observations in Alaska show Eskimos have higher body temperatures than Europeans in the same dates. Eskimos often sleep naked indoors, expose skin to cold air, and drink ice-cold water. Beds are built near snow hut roofs to use rising warm air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaskan
Use of Herbs Declining in Greenwich Shop
In Greenwich England a small shop displays hundreds of herbs once valued by grandmothers for teas and cures. Patrons find catnip sassafras horehound and wintergreen among remedies. some poisons are sold with proper labeling. The piece laments replacing good old remedies with harmful modern products and urges a return to traditional herbs.
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Greenwich
England
Ure
No Rebate Tribulations In China Rail Question
A brief note argues the President will not face Senate obstacles in advancing railway questions in China and suggests there will be no difficulty overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
China
Senate
Southern timber supply and forest restoration efforts
The article argues that planting young trees on cleared areas sustains a perpetual timber supply as northern lumbermen move south seeking new forests. It highlights forest fire risks, government forestry work, and Louisiana company practices with Bureau of Forestry cooperation to ensure ongoing timber yields amid rising land values and expanding railroad access.
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Northwest
Government
Forestry Bureau
Southern Railway
South
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Louisiana
Bureau of Forestry
Department of Agriculture
Dairy on San Juan Hill near war ruins found
An Agriculture Department official exploring Cuba after the Spanish American War reports a dairy house near the San Juan Hill summit. The site includes a timber and barbed wire enclosure built from trench remnants used during combat between American and Spanish forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Cuba
San Juan
Phn
Roosevelt
San Juan Hill
Whitefish hatchlings fed by man in New York Aquarium
In March about 00 whitefish hatched at the New York Aquarium hatchery and grew to two inches. They feed on mosquito larvae, with early meals of finely chopped herring and liver, later relying on cultivated larvae. The aquarium has stored rainwater barrel and pond breeding sites for live food.
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New York
Aquubrioum
Return of aluminum plate proves crow age tale true
George McCarren of Orrville Ohio received an aluminum plate marked Return to George McCarren Orrville Ohio with a story about an age bet on a common crow. His father an eccentric naturalist once attached the tag to a crow in Holmes County and the plate was returned after the bird was shot.
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George McCarren
Orrville
Ohio
Tnan
McCarren
Akron
McC
Angers
Holmes County
McCarrens
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Guy Elliott Mitchell
Caucasus
New York City
Agricultural Department
Tas Department
Anghry Bles
Ewspaperer
Eskisio and
Keindeer
Southern Timber Supply
Wellsville
Marlin FireArmsa Co
New Haven
Conn
Remington Typewriter
Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict
Broadway
NEW Toak
Nassau Street
St. Louis
4Th and Olive Sts
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Aurora, Lel
National Photographic Chemical Company
St. and
Penn Ave
Washington, D. C
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