Government pawnshops praised in United States study
A survey from the United States department of commerce notes foreign pawnshops in Germany Holland and France ease cash access for distressed borrowers at rates under 12 percent annually. It highlights Amsterdam Bank van Leening as a longstanding public pawnshop with low interest and profitably returning unredeemed pledges, while signaling possible US policy imitation. It also surveys German politics canal plans and public welfare efforts, including Mothers Congress aims and municipal washhouse ideas.
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United States Department We Commerce
Eid Labor
Germany
Holland
France
Amsterdam
Bank van Leening
Washington
Mothers’ Congress
National
Dallas
Tex
Congress
United States
Philadelphia
Home products deserve your first consideration
A town’s makers urge residents to buy locally and learn what is manufactured nearby. The article lists many items—from printing and bindings to windmills and furniture—shown to exist in home markets, stressing education about local goods, savings, and supporting community businesses.
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Texas
The Weekly Farm Budget on Dry Farming Principles
The article discusses dry farming methods and their ecological and practical value. Dr Baltes is cited, with additional observations by the Kansas Farmer editor notes. It covers conservation of moisture and related farming practices in dry regions.
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Baltes
Rilitor Kansas Farrer
A Successful Wife Says How To Please A Husband
A successful wife requires a good temper cheerful disposition and knowledge of how her husband should be treated. She must focus on bright side avoiding trifles and understand subjects of interest to men including politics. She needs tact patience and a sympathetic nature to comfort and endure her husband during moods.
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Philadelphia
Noted Poets Poverty Among Early Hardships of Genius
The piece recalls Priscilla Johnson and poets Goldsmith Coleridge and Dryden enduring poverty in early careers. It notes Coleridge’s destitution despite fame, Keats’s belief his name would fade, and Otway’s starvation. A London Author argues poverty hinders literary success, while others note talent’s trial by the mill and the need for endurance.
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Goldsmith
Coleridge
Dryden
Pr. Johnson
London
Steele
Keats
Writen Water
Otway
Manklit
Crawford
Dry Farming Across The Nation And Its Value
Liberty H. Bailey argues in a Dry Farming Bulletin that dry farming principles apply nationwide, not just arid regions. He warns of water waste, soil moisture needs, and runoff damage, urging farmers from humid to western regions to adopt these methods for improved year round soil health and crop yields.
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Tam
Sense About Silos Fortifies Corn Belt Farmers View
The Breeder's Gazette argues silos help farmers weather drought and lean markets. Borrowing may be needed to pay for silos, which secure nutritious feed, preserve the corn plant, and safeguard hay and grain sales when prices rise. Silos are a vital insurance against adverse seasons.
Get After the Rabbit Lead in Orchard Protection
In American Agriculturist the festive rabbit is warned to avoid leading roles in stew and as an orchardist. A persuasive xborgus or a trap may coerce him, but he must not gnaw newly set trees. A band of quarter inch wire netting around the trunk, extended beyond his reach, provides protection.
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Asain
Value of Mixed Crops at Cornell Experiment Station
The Cornell experiment station reports timothy grown with alfalfa or red clover yields higher protein content than timothy grown alone. Timothy grown with peas also shows increased protein content. Mixed oats and peas yield 4,125 pounds compared with 3,325 pounds for oats grown alone.
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Cornell Experiment Station
New Tork
The Curing of Alfalfa Methods for First Hay Crop
A National Stockman and Farmer correspondent describes alfalfa curing in the Mississippi river states. If rains are scarce, windrow and cockling save hay. in wet seasons sugar damage occurs and alfalfa may rot under covers. Farmers often partial windrow, then pack into small bales with weighted canvas caps to protect the crop.
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National Stockman
Mississippi River
Home Farm Hints For Best Care And Crops
Simple, old time farming tips cover stable discipline horse dental care hedge trimming and roadway safety. Advice includes clipping sweet potato vines to prevent rooting, floating horses teeth every two years, keeping poultry houses closed to extend roosting time, and avoiding rough handling of hatchery supplies to ensure healthy chicks.
Stock Needs Variety In Feed for Farm Stock
The article argues that feeding farm animals excess without balance leaves them inadequately nourished. It warns that a straw stock or large amounts of core stover fail to meet nutritional needs and risk devitalizing stock during grass seasons.
A Medieval Tale of Sheep Theft and a Legal Wedding
In Edward IV's England a farmer named Robert Dangerfield is framed for sheep theft by rival Tom Ricketts. Marjory, in love with Dangerfield, seeks Breckston's advice. At the gallows, lawyer Bleckston invokes royal edict to spare Dangerfield and wed him to Marjory. Ricketts is later proven the thief and hanged.
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Edward IV
England
Yorkshire
Robert Dangerfield
Marjory
Ricketts
Robert
Om Ricketts
Dangerfield
Tom Ricketts
Robert Dangereld
Marjary
Dangerfeld
Breckston
Bleckie
Marjorq Ual
Hin
Tom Sticketts
Bleckston
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