Survey of world news on farm congress and public work
Report highlights Lillian W. Johnson of Memphis and Ernestine Now of Chattanooga advocating a farm congress to tackle high living costs. Their study under Professor David Lubin and a 1912 commission aims to adapt rural credit for Europe and inform U S policy, with naval plans and congressional endorsements noted.
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Lillian W. Johnson
Memphis
Tenn
Ernestine
Chattanooga
Jobnson
Cornell
University of Michigan
Miss Noa
Women’s College
Baltimore
David Lubin
United States
International Institute of Agricwlture
Rome
Italy
Europe
Lubin
Nashville
Tme
Fletcher
Florida
Congress
Naples
Helpful Suggestions for Bright Business Brains
A compact business aphorism piece on work ethic, advertising, and personal habits. It urges keeping promises, cultivating useful hobbies, learning from mistakes, and balancing head work with steady income. It contrasts two mindsets, stresses maximizing each dollar, and notes dividends stem from investment and effort.
Unnatural Mothers by Gilman on trained motherhood
The essay argues that maternal instinct alone does not ensure wise child care. It calls for mothers who combine a warm heart with trained intellect, warning against uncritical acceptance of instinctual mothering and urging thoughtful, educated approaches to child guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilman
Need of Winter Sports Promotes Public Health
A London source argues public grounds and recreation programs neglect winter games. It says people stay indoors in cold months, causing sluggish health, and that vigorous outdoor winter activities would improve public health and sustain outdoor life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie’s
Farm Experiment Sparks Profitable Returns on Seed Corn
A Kansas farmer tested a new corn variety on a small plot and harvested 104 bushels per acre. He preserved mature ears to ensure high germination and marketed seed successfully, boosting his reputation and profits. The piece urges farmers to combine experiment station guidance with on farm trials to build value and recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Dake
Kansas
Start Cabbage Early for Maximum Profits
Growers should begin early cabbage sowing by late January or early February to capture top prices before declines. Maintain cool temperatures to promote stocky growth, as cited by National Stockman and Farmer. Wind damage to doors is mitigated by concrete race frames preventing outward movement and track destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homestead
The Covenant Promise of Noah in the Rainbow
The lesson explains how the postdiluvian covenant renews divine authority and blessing for humanity. It emphasizes restraint on violence and blood, the continued sustenance of creation, and the rainbow as a perpetual sign of God’s mercy and faithfulness to generations. The text notes that God initiates redemption, humans respond poorly, yet the covenant endures forever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eell
Aries
Earth
Heaven
Green Feed for the Bid Dies in February
Farm Journal advises poultry keepers to prepare fresh green feed for hens in colder climates. Soak oats in a leaking and uninsulated setup, wet with warm water, and let sprouts grow to a suitable length. Maintain moisture and warmth, then distribute sprouts to birds as a nutritious feed amid late winter conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Journal
Teeth For the Hens and Shell to Strengthen Shells
The writer explains hens have only fibrous teeth that swallow and wear quickly, needing new grains of grit every few days. They emphasize keeping fine gravel or grit available for the birds and note that oyster shell helps form a firm egg shell.
Food For the Crops Real Fertilizers As Daily Bread
The article argues that real fertilizers and barnyard manure are essential as nourishment for crops rather than stimulants. It emphasizes that nutrients from these feeds sustain growth, equating soil enrichment to feeding the plants’ daily bread.
Is Your Stock Fed Right Proper Mixing of Fations
Advice to farmers on proper feeding of stock emphasizing digestion, constipation risks, and the need to mix middlings and corn with chopped hay or cut feed. Warns against finely divided feeds causing indigestion and stresses using clover for laxative balance and moderation in quantities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Femline
The Bride's Dowry and the Church Bell Plot
In northern Sweden a poor girl Lucy seeks a dowry to wed John Jacobson. Her lover learns his father will disinherit him unless Lucy funds a bell for the village church. Lucy orchestrates a bell fund by seed gifts from farmers, sparing the town from debt and securing a wedding. The bell’s inscription and the community’s effort crown their union.
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Sweden
Dovobson
Job
Jacobson
John
Lacey Peterson
Lucy
Jolin
Lacy
Lory
Jverbsen
Toes
Simme
Dacobaou
Wolken
Joneses
Ueno AL
Ald Jarabeson
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Panama
Panama Canal
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Niagara
Department of Commerce and Labor
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Ted
Chief Flynn
Secret Service
William J. Flynn
Wilkie
New York
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Black Hand
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Mary M. Bartelme
Cook County
Jil
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National Education Association
Thomas W. Bicknell
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Angeles National Forest
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Fie
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San Gabriel Canyon
Agricultural Department
Glendora
Sierra Madre
Angeles Forest
National Progressive Club of
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Hotel Astor
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the Waldorf
Alagagder T. Mason
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Gere E. Kelly
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Haron Master, Jr
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