Easy to Measure Height of Any Tree Instrument
A U S Department of Agriculture guide presents a homemade device to measure tree height from 60 to 100 feet away using a wooden board with a pendulum and parallel scales. It explains construction with a ruler, brads, a wire pendulum, and a handle, plus steps to read heights and estimate merchantable log length from the sighted top and stump points.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
Farmers’ Bulletin
Pers
Keeping Crows Out of the Corn Field
University Farm guidance lists scarecrows poisoning and crows hung from poles as methods to protect seed corn. It notes elf scarecrows and tin fluttering charms, advises changing scarecrows, rejects live-crow hanging, and suggests strychnine solution for poisoning with evening application to reduce risks to poultry and wildlife.
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Washburn
University Farm
St. Paul
Minn
Caponizing Not Embarrassing Job in Poultry Care
An article discusses caponizing as a practical poultry task. It explains that leaving a male bird in a flock in summer harms egg quality, and that 85 degrees Fahrenheit can trigger embryo life, while rising heat halts development. It notes keeping eggs cool during transport is hard and contrasts fertile versus infertile eggs, then mentions caponizing as a simple, mastery-able procedure to avoid waste.
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A. F. Dea
Deety
Ingenious hay cap method from Wisconsin college
L. J. Wright of the Wisconsin Agricultural College outlines a practical haycock cover. He splits 42 inch squares into 82 pieces, sews corner triangles with stones in pockets, and assembles the cap at a low total cost.
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Wisconsin Agricultural College
L. J. Wright
Cheaper Spray For Summer In Orchard Use Line Sulphur
Copper sulphate costs push fruit growers to seek alternatives. A 1 to 40 line sulphur solution matches Bordeaux mix in effectiveness and often excels it. Many apple growers plan to adopt line sulphur for summer spray this season who never used it before.
Crops Require Rich Soils for Sweet Clover Use
The article advises against growing sweet clover where red clover and alfalfa thrive, noting it needs rich fortified soil. Sweet clover tolerates poor land but yields best as a green manuring crop. It helps fill unproductive soils with humus, improving fertility for future crops.
Federal aid expands experimental post road program
The federal government funds construction of 460 miles of experimental post roads across 18 states benefiting 28 counties. Built under the Department of Agriculture, the project tests rural carrier routes with a $500,000 appropriation. The U S pays one third while states or counties cover two thirds and local maintenance plans are being urged. Virginia has agreed to maintain roads, with plans to extend maintenance to Maine, Tennessee, Texas, and Alabama.
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Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Maine
Tennessee
Texas
Alabama
Care for Harness Properly Through the Year
Farmers neglect harness care during busy seasons. The article urges washing dirt and grease from straps at least once a year, then oiling and working them until the leather is soft and pliable. Buckles should be oiled to ensure easy handling.
Practical Farm Corncrib Design for Efficient Hay Drive
A practical double corncrib with a wide 14 foot driveway and 14 foot high doors. It can be built without skilled help, with sheltered, durable storage for up to about 2,000 bushels per side. The layout shows 8 feet wide cribs, a central driveway, and an overall width near 80 feet as described.
Dairy Advice From Progressive Farmers Yields Practical Tips
The article advises on dairy and poultry farming including litter control to prevent disease, feeding for chicks and calves, and proper cow care. It emphasizes milk quality from lean dairymen, maintaining uniform cream temperature, regular stirring, and using salt for cows. It notes cost awareness and profitability through careful record keeping and feed cost.
Manure valued as alternative to costly fertilizers
Farmers face high potash and acid phosphate prices prompting attention to farm manure. The piece argues that if farmers had consistently valued and used manure, current fertilizer costs and shortages would be less severe, stressing manure’s role in sustaining crop production.
Field of Irish Soldiers and Family History Reflections
An excerpt discusses Irish soldiers with multiple lives and a French father phrase about hiring his daughter. It notes a Russian Gard regiment and wartime cries. It muses on why families keep records of personalities beyond their lifetimes and suggests a family history offers space and hints for raising children. It ends with a remark on chronic borrowers not striking when someone is down.
Save the Babies Castoria Ad Warns Against Narcotic Remedies
An editorial warns that high infant mortality in civilized countries demands safe remedies. It condemns narcotic drops and syrups for children as deadly poisons that harm circulation and cause sickness. It promotes Castoria as a safe alternative bearing the signer Chas. H. Fritzchar and LDV Lea signatures.
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Chas. H. Fietchar
Coste
Ldv Lea
Diner Dinner Prank Tale From a Yankee Traveler
A funny anecdote recalls a Chicago dinner where friends could not decide who should pay the bill. They planned to blindfold the waiter and let fate rule, but the punchline leaves the outcome uncertain as no one is caught yet. A second tale borrows a sea voyage mishap ending in a clever pun about breaking to save the ship. The crew blames confusion for a near-marbled rescue.
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Chicago
States
London
Cuticura for Baby Skin Rashes and Diplomacy Joke
Baby rashes irritated skin relieved by Cuticura Soap baths and Cuticura Ointment. Free sample by mail with booklet from Cuticura Dept LB Boston. A light humor piece: a boy asks about diplomacy and explains his own playful use of timing.
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Dept. LB
Boston
Infant Industry Trouble Sparks Slow Investigation
A fragmented notice hints at trouble in the infant industry James explored, suggesting paralysis as a cause. An office holder aims to save money, but not enough to trigger a proper inquiry, and the piece hints at cautious, delayed action.
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Jrames
Turning Horses on Alfalfa Pasture Practices
To get best results from pasturing work horses on alfalfa, turn them out every night. Rotating nights with stalls disrupts digestion and harms the digestive tract. Alfalfa is rich in bone and muscle building elements, boosting its value for young stock whether used fresh or cured hay.
Mosquito Swarm Extinguishes Night Light at Vermilion Bay
Great swarms of mosquitoes swept in from marshes near Vermilion Bay entrance to the gym and extinguished the light for three nights. The insects blocked air vents despite the light keeper's efforts. The mosquitos caused great discomfort in Abbeville area.
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Vermilion Bay
Abbeville
Lia
New Orleans
Woman Uses Gun to Kill Hens in Graphic Report
The Graphic notes a housewife who, when asked to kill a chicken, declines to behead or wring it and instead shoots it in the head with a Kite firearm, claiming perfect accuracy. The Kansas City Star reports the hero who holds the chicken while she shoots is unnamed in the Graphic.
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Oakley
Uteelteken
Kansas City Star
Rheuma and Neuritis Cure Book Advertisement
An ad offers a book titled Avii Its Cause and Cure on rheumatism and neuritis. The notice invites readers or friends to write for the volume, claiming it to be the most wonderful book ever written and stressing urgency and certainty of relief. Suburban Brockton contact implied.
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Lia
Jesse Ay Cun
Dept. C. W
Brockton
Musa
Andy
Real Diplomat Lady of the House and Walter Exchange
Weary Walter presents himself as the official representative of a national culinary league testing a coast to coast trip by sampling each town's favorite recipe from the leading local lady, a judge.
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Walter
Tiny
Getting Around It in a Fashioned Circle
An old literary quip discusses a mathematician claiming you can form a circle after a fashion, comparing it to taking a walk and neatly linking the idea of circling with a playful wordplay from a Littlesburgh Dost.
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Samire
Littesburgh
Naturally She Did In Dressing Room Comment
A backstage remark recalls the moment the actress altered her countenance while discussing a performance as she removed makeup, prompting reflection on the moment in the dressing room.
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