Oats as Nurse Crop Protects Fall Alfalfa From Wind
Damage from dust storms harms alfalfa stands but oats sown with fall alfalfa seed on sandy soils reduces wind erosion. Oats shield seedlings, deter grasshoppers, curb weed competition, and help alfalfa withstand winter cold, especially in fields prone to wind erosion.
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C. H. Farnham
University of Ilinolea
Wiu
AAA
Oquawky
Henderson County
University of Iinois College of Agriculture
Oquawka
Sweet Clover Hay Proves High Quality In Minnesota Tests
Minnesota experiment station trials show sweet clover hay fattening nearly as well as alfalfa for steers and winter beef cows. Other university trials find similar results for lambs. cutting with an ensilage cutter offers no lambing advantage. Fine grinding roughage raises costs. linseed meal slightly helps lambs but lowers profit. prairie hay with supplements remains unsatisfactory for fattening yearling steers and lambs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
University Farm
Pastures Start Good for Livestock Farms
Pastures are an asset to farms, but spring grazing harms young plants. Soft ground in early spring leads to soil damage and overgrazing hurts top growth. Allow a good start for roots to establish and eventual forage nutrition.
Planes Used To Fight Grasshoppers In Alberta
Western Canada farmers show resourcefulness by using airplanes to apply poison bait at about 100 feet. In southern Alberta tests, spreading four pounds of bait per acre Cost per section ranged from eight to ten dollars and left fields with hoppers dying a week after application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Alberta
Pasture Farmers Challenge Postwar British Competitiveness
A crop and livestock note discusses how Pasture Farmers in the corn belt are leveraging post Napoleonic era experience to compete with cheaper imports. The piece contrasts British farming difficulties after the wars with American farming adaptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Belt
Ancient Folsom Points Found in Virginia Challenge History View
Two chipped stone points found by David I. Bushnell Jr. in Virginia suggest a much older culture than known Indian arrowheads. The relics resemble Folsom points first found in New Mexico in 1925 and may indicate a widespread ancient Atlantic settlement in North America.
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Virginia
David I. Bushnell, Jr
Bureau of ‘Ethnology of
Smithsonian Institution
Folsom
N. M
Colorado Museum of Natural History
Denver
Barnum Brown
American Museum. of Natural History
New York
Mr. Brown
Edgar B. Howard
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Carlsbad
New Mexico
United States
New York City
Bushnell
Kindergarten values urge socializing benefits for children
Emil Leffler, president of Battle Creek College Michigan, praises kindergarten socializing benefits and warns against economy depriving children of opportunities. He urges communities without public school kindergartens to write National Kindergarten Association New York for advice and literature.
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Emil Leffler
Battle Creek. College
Michigan
National Kindergarten Association
West Tortieth Street
New York
First Congregational Church of Dover Celebrates 300th Anniversary
The First Congregational Church of Dover New Hampshire marked its three hundredth anniversary. The site of the original log meeting house remains owned by the parish, preserving a key historic location.
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First Congregational Church
Dover
N. 11
The White Jewel of the Coral Sea Booster City
The text describes a planned boom town nicknamed the white jewel of the Coral Sea. It touts a mayor and corporation, bishop, 280 acres of streets, 4000 people, six hotels and clergy, three churches, mission HQs, three schools, a nine hole golf course, tennis courts, and clubs including Free Masons and Buffaloes. It mentions a racecourse, cinema, daily paper, and a town band.
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Coral Sea
Bishop of
Carpentaria
Chamber of Commerce
Free Masons, Odd Fellows and Buffaloes
Country Women’s Association
Geographical Society
A& Daily
Busy Bee Mentions in a Classroom Rhyme Exchange
A playful classroom exchange references the Busy Bee figure and a teacher prompting Tommy about a well known lyric. The dialogue hints at a light learning moment around a poem or song.
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Tommy
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Firestone
Rubber
Firestone Service
Yeefery
Lake Bonneville
Utah
Wilbur Shaw
Century Progress
Harry Ey
Firestone Tire «Rubber
Ohio
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