Spectacular Comet Predicted For Next Spring Glow
The article describes a great celestial visitor named Comet B, 1916, discovered by Professor Wolf, approaching from beyond Jupiter with a potential giant tail. It explains periodic versus non periodic comets, their orbits, and notes observation conditions improving toward May as it nears Earth and the sun in 1916.
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Halley
Wolf
Koenigstuhl
Jupiter
Earth
Donati
Juepiter
Encke’s
World’s longest reinforced concrete arch bridge spans the Tiber
Brief notes cover a range of topics from a new Tiber bridge with two 828 foot spans claiming world’s longest reinforced concrete arch to rapid London Cay Flon telegrams, titanium cutting glass marks, piano base patterns, a Rio de Janeiro chamber of commerce, Argentine winter train heating, dye experiments in Brazil, and 1910 to 1915 mobility comparisons, plus an electric range and refrigerator hidden behind kitchen cabinet doors.
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Tiber Atome
Cayflon
London
Argentina
Brazil
Poultry For Market Profit From Dressing Vs Alive Sales
A wartime era note cites T B Orr in Commercial Farming showing higher margins from selling fowls dressed versus alive. Data on 49 birds split into 20 large and 29 smaller, with weighed losses on dressing. Across groups, dressed returns lag alive by 0.22 dollars per bird for large birds and 0.24 for smaller ones, suggesting mixed outcomes and economic risk in dressing.
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T. B. Orr
How to secure pure seed grain in North Dakota
Circular No. 12 from the North Dakota experiment station explains obtaining seed grain free from mixtures and disease. Professor Bolley recommends using pure seed, cleaning and treating it, and sowing with a seventh row kept as a walking path to remove diseased or off type plants, ensuring disease free seed for next year.
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North Dakota
Bolley
Rack for Manure Spreader Shows Heavy Load Capacity
A rack for manure spreaders is designed to carry several times the usual load. Used with an endless apron type spreader for spreading dry manure on straw, the rack features two shifting boards to fill the box from the rack. It reportedly allows five times the normal load.
Feeding Silage to Calves Ration Balance and Cost
Silage serves as a carbohydrate base but needs protein supplements. A typical diet for a 1000 pound steer includes 35 pounds of corn silage daily plus 6 7 pounds of alfalfa hay and a grain mix of ground corn and cottonseed or linseed meal. The amount of grain adjusts with market timing and rations.
Handy Office for Farmer
A proposed farm home feature argues for a dedicated farm office as essential as a living room. It should have outside and inside entrances, ample light, cheerful decor, and minimal clutter with a flat top desk, filing case, bookcase, chairs, typewriter, and space for hats and vents. A private, interruption free setting aids quicker business agreements.
Alfalfa Hay Stacking Instructions Emphasize Center Fill
The guide instructs that stacked alfalfa must have a full center as it grows, with the top covered by canvas or marsh hay to shed water. It should be weighted to resist wind, ensuring proper compaction and dryness throughout the building period.
Benefits of Fall Plowing for Soil and Planting
Fall plowing improves soil texture and structure enabling early spring planting. It provides work for farm hands and draft animals during the off season. The text claims fall plowing kills many insects, though phrasing is uneven and contains exaggerated numbers.
Rotation Test With Wheat Yields at Ohio Experiment Station
Wheat yields varied with crop rotation at the Ohio experiment station. After corn the wheat yielded 28 bushels per acre, while following soybeans potatoes or oats the yield reached about 38 bushels per acre. All plots received the same fertilizer and manure treatments and were seeded at similar dates.
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Ohio Experiment Station
Points in Farming System
Factors affecting farm business success determine strong points and deficiencies. Identified deficiencies guide improvements in the farming system.
State colleges urge contact for agricultural bulletins
Keep in touch with your agricultural college, get your name put down for their bulletins and recollect that the professors are experts in their different lines, and that they will always be glad to assist and advise if you show interest by asking for information.
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Agricultural College
Alway
California Syrup of Pigs Ad Tears Down Harsh Treatments
An old style medical ad promotes California Syrup of Pigs as a gentle alternative to castor oil calomel and cathartics for children. It touts positive effects on the liver and bowels, claims safety and appeal to mothers, and urges buying a 60 cent bottle with full directions.
Eighty Per Cent Silver Wedding Gaffe in Jocular Note
The Browns celebrate a so called silver wedding next Saturday prompting a World sense of humor about length of marriage. The exchange jokes that five years feel long enough to deserve a discount, reflecting playful civic banter on social norms.
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New York World
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promotion
An advertisement touts Pimples boils carbuncles and dry skin cures with Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery available in tablets or liquid. The pitch emphasizes a natural remedy option and urges readers to try the product.
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Pierce
Co Ed Salary Debate Sparks University Banter
University of Omaha coeds refuse meager wages and press for 1600 dollars yearly to support a home. Professor De Lamatre suggested 1000 dollars, sparking protests from students and a boycott of what they call extravagant views.
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University of Omaha
Omaha
Harry de Lamatre
Omaha Bee
de Lamatre
Omeha
Birds of Paradise
Iig
Bridegroom Seeks Smoldering Car Experience
A playful exchange between a bride and groom aboard a train features the groom declaring he must smoke to feel the agony of separation, while the bride protests. he insists the purpose is to heighten the joy of his return.
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Brooks
North Dakota Experiment Station
A. IL Haecker
Lincoln
Mab
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