Unknown Soldiers Remembered From Colonial War Burials
Crowds gathered at Fort George Battlefield Park near Lake George New York for burial services honoring four unknown Colonial War soldiers found in 1931 during highway work. The ceremony tied to the 1755 Bloody Morning Scout led by Ephraim Williams and Mohawk Chief King Hendrick.
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Fort George Battlefield Park
Lake George
N. Y
Glens Falls
Ephraim Williams
King Hendrick
Baron Dieskau
Lake Champlain
Great Britain
France
Unknown Soldiers Memorials and Remembrance Rites Across History
A collage describes commemorations of unknown soldiers from Civil War to Revolution era. Arlington’s 2 111 soldier monument, Edward Younger’s 1921 tribute in France, 1926 Custer battlefield entombment ceremony, and Alexandria churchyard memorial led by Mary G Powell are depicted in Harris and Ewing photos.
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Old Presbyterian Meeting House
Alexandria
St. Mary's Church
Mra
Mary. G. Powell
Mount Vernon
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Arlington Cemetery
Edward & Younger
Chicago
France
America
Harris and Ewing
Custer
Montana
Mary G. Powell
Stonewall” Jackson
Braxton Bragg
Hay
National Cemetery
Arlington
Robert E. Lee
Bull Run
Rappahannock
Remembering the Unknown Soldiers Across American History
The article recalls memorials from 1928 to 1922 honoring unknown soldiers. It covers the 1928 Washington birth day marker and 1929 permanent memorial, the 1930s grave of unknown Mexican War soldiers, the 1876 Custer battlefield Unknown Soldier, and Arlington National Cemetery’s Unknown Soldiers monuments. It notes the evolving commemoration by American leaders and various military and Native American participants.
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Washington
Josiah van Orsdel
National Society of the Children of the American Revolution
William Tyler Page
James W. Good
City of
Mexico
Braxton
Bragg
Arlington
National Cemetery
United States
America
Grain in Aids Cattle Feeders
Combinations of small grains threshed on farms are helping cattle feeders extend gains until the corn harvest. Oats with wheat or barley, or oats wheat and corn, plus abundant pasture and legume hay, yield good gains and economical feeding. Some feeders buy corn to continue spring programs, while others store roughage for winter using pit silos to handle extra fodder.
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E. T. Robbins
College of Agriculture
University of Ilinois
WNU
Apple Pomace Good Cow Feed
Large and increasing quantities of apples are ground and pressed for cider. Pomace, once regarded as waste, proves palatable and valuable as silage comparable to corn silage. Stored in drums it keeps well with minimal surface spoilage. iron contact causes harmless discoloration.
Uncle Sam Introduces Two-Row Corn Cutting Sled
The article explains a new corn cutting sled designed by Uncle Sam to aid small farms. It costs little to build, cuts two rows at once, and lets two men and a horse harvest as much in a day as a standard one-row binder. It cuts low to leave little stubble, reducing corn borers hiding there and boosting fodder yield by 1500 to 2000 pounds per day.
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Uncle Sam
Removing Horns From Cattle In Practices and Risks
The Rural New Yorker explains live horn has little hollow space and can be removed when dry or dead leaving a hollow outer shell. Living horn tissue on cows will bleed if cut deeply except near the tip. Cutting high with a belief of humanity hardly reduces bleeding. best to cut near the head taking a thin ring of skin around.
Farm Water Systems Rely On Proper Pipe Sizing
Agricultural engineer A. G. Tyler of Minnesota University Farm warns that using pipe smaller than one inch is a common error. Small pipe drastically reduces pressure between the pressure tank and the delivery point.
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A. G. Tyler
Minnesota University Farm
Value of Proved Sires and Dairy Herd Production Limits
The article notes dairymen can find a registered bull to raise daughter cows above dam performance unless cows average more than 250 pounds of butterfat annually. It argues that once a herd averages 400 pounds per year, locating a superior bull to sustain that production is difficult.
Freshman Prank at TCU Frogs Names Herman
Nine tadpole horned frogs were found in a pen at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. Pranksters admitted placing the young frogs and apologized. The frogs' guardians require a veterinarian certificate before any name change is considered.
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Herman
Texas Christian University At
Fort Worth
Hermania
Werman
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