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Elgin Echo in Elgin, Iowa

23 Nov 1916

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Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 23, 1916

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A Foe in the Household in a Spy Plot Tale

Ethel Willoughby becomes entangled with German spy Streetman and butler Roeder as they scheme to retrieve naval fleet details from Sir George Wagstaff. Streetman presses for information while Ethel struggles between loyalty to England and pressure from a dangerous alliance. The drama centers on secrecy, marriage tensions, and covert wartime intrigue, with Sir George and Georgy Wagstaff watching closely.

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Gootey Wagstaff Air George British Admiralty Halson Ithe Milloughby Henry Stearman Ethel Henry Streetman Ells Grewster Sir George Interrintet Streetman Ufe Miss Willoughby Brewster Ethel Willoughby Henry Henry Streetman Easter Efliot Spithead Walt Oiler Marriagge Georgy Wagstatt Belichton Paris Brighton Reighton Sthel Georgy Ble Sam Denny George Michel Tam Loyate Latice Secret Service France England Willoushby Mihel Tre Piu—tar Hleney Russia Germany Sly George Alt Streetvisin Georgy Wagstaff Guy Stephen Falconer Sir George Wagstatt Chis Repaier Eshet Sint St. George
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Soil and cultivation methods to improve corn yields

United States Department of Agriculture notes that national corn yields have not exceeded 28 bushels per acre over ten years, while some fields exceed 100 bushels per acre. It stresses improving soil fertility, drainage, and depth, avoiding poor land, and rotating crops with legumes like alfalfa and clover to maintain soil looseness and nitrogen, plus avoiding continuous corn on the same soil.

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United States Department of Agriculture United States Ag Pn
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Heavy Layer Selecting Breeding Stock in Poultry

Yearling dens of yellow leg breeds lag in spring and show pale legs in fall. Heavier layers yield whiter shanks, a new selection method used by poultrymen. Prof. Clayton says deep yellow leg hens fetch best fall table returns. Culling border hens evident in trap nest records from 20 Mississippi hens show varied egg counts and some unfertilized, while market profits favor fat chickens, fed a mix of permiment and wheat bran with butterfat.

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B. P. Clayton Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College Mississippi
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Lime to Increase Wheat Yields Cites Lime Benefits

Director G B R Thorne reports lime boosts wheat yields on similar soil to Wooster station. Manured land with lime rose 21 to 26 percent. nitrate fertilizer plus lime rose 21 percent. complete fertilizer with lime produced a 115 percent crop increase.

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G BR Thorne Wooster
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By Richard Parker ROT Cooper Megraad Roeder Brewster, the Butler Navy Ethel Tal Tie Qnee Tithel Sirarge Birorge Pameeye Ohio Station
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