Last Voyage Of Coast Windjammers Signals End Of Sailing Era
The Star of Alaska sails from San Francisco on its final trip to the salmon banks of the north signaling the end of the sailing era for American-flag vessels in Pacific fishing fleets. Accompanying her, the Star of Holland heads north, while most wind jammers are retired or repurposed as steamships take over the Alaska fisheries trade.
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San. Francisco
Star of Alaska
Old
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Fortune
North
Pacific
Bellingham
Wash
Portland
Ore
Alaska Packers’ Association
Star of Holland
Bering Sea
Aleutians
Animax Pass
San Diego
South Seas
Hollywood
Star ‘of
Alaska
Cral Peterson Gnset
Michigan May Curb Cottontail Rabbit
Grand River valley orchardists seek a state law to allow ferrets for eradicating cottontail rabbits. Sparta farmer M L Klenk cites $600 loss from rabbits eating tops of 185 five year old apple and peach trees. Sportsmen oppose ferret use to protect the cottontail as a game animal.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Grand River Valley
M. L. Klenk
Sparta
Early Weaning of Pigs Warned Against
Do not wean pigs before ten weeks unless a special reason exists for earlier weaning. Pigs stunted by early weaning never become the most profitable hogs.
Horsless Farm Proves Practical in Iowa Test Run
Ames Iowa an experiment by the engineering department of Power State electorate [text garbled] reports a net profit of 100 on 160 acres, with total costs 2290 and receipts 4250.95. Five tractor types tested, corn 92.5 acres at 19.20 per acre yield 16 bushels per acre cost 38.4 cents per bushel. oats 20 acres 1452 per acre yield 47 bushels at 40 cents per bushel profit 1.248 per acre. barley net profit 23 per acre. General overhead 87 cents per acre totaling 56.98.
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Ames
Iowa
Dagreai
Northwest Farm Managers Run Own Farm Relief System
In Fargo North Dakota a long standing Northwest Farmer Managers association operates a farm relief network. The group acts as a clearing house for ideas, testing new systems under real conditions and sharing results. Thirty four committees cover leases contracts insurance finance machinery care and farm home improvements. Cap Miller of North Dakota State College sits as secretary and Frank Reinoehl of Larimore is president with long tenure at Mik Valley Farms.
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Congress
Ladewa
Northwest Farmer Managers’ Association
Otheir
Cap F E. Miller
North Dakota State Agricultural College
Frank W. Reinoevh
Larimore
Mik Valley
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Cap E. Miller
Northwest Farm Managers’ Association
Alabama Enforces Second Florida Vegetables Quarantine
Officials in Alabama extend the quarantine on Florida vegetables to curb infestation. The commissioner urges public cooperation, notes enforcement via agricultural code and state guard powers, and asks residents to report suspicious fruit. Officials warn contraband produce must be removed from the prohibited zone to prevent spread.
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Alabama
State Department
Florida
Worn Varoudss Scar Eagle Tele Poem
Fragmentary OCR text mentions sending something to a location and references a poem. Key entities are unclear. no coherent event or names to anchor a proper summary.
Ornithologist Warns Against Poisoning Sparrows and Finches
Massachusetts ornithologist John B. May argues poisoning sparrows and finches harms farmers. He cites California’s 14,000 acre Lake Tulare basin and Iowa winter weed seed losses from sparrows, noting high weed seed consumption by several sparrow and finch species per a California Biological Survey. Eagle Want Ads Pay.
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Boston
Woud
John B. May
Division of Ornithology
Massachusetts
Lake Tulare Basin
California
May
Iowa
Biological Survey On
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Toledo, Ohio
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Windsor
Ontario
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