Topics for Farmers on Hog Cholera and Crop Care
Laboratory findings show hog cholera bacteria stay active in water for four months, explaining spread along streams. Yard hogs away from rivers to protect neighbors and farms. Also advice on preventing potato diseases with corrosive sublimate seed soak and Bordeaux mixtures. Farms too large for farmers, tree protection with straw, and better lice control in poultry houses.
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Agricultural Department
Washington, D. C
L. H. Reid
Wisconsin
Missouri Horticultural Society
Reid
Raising Peanuts Planting and Harvesting Tips
The Epitomist offers practical guidance for growing peanuts in sandy soil with a long spring growing season. It advises preparing a wide bed, sowing two nuts per hill, shallow planting for mole protection, careful hoeing to avoid roots and spurs, and keeping the ground loose for ongoing bearing until frost. Drying thoroughly after harvest is essential for storage.
Weeda weeds and salt remedy in Farm and Fireside
Farmers neglect weeds allow hawk weed and moneywort to spread through New York State fields and lawns. The remedy urged is liberal salting of damaged salt obtained cheaply, as salt will kill weeds and fertilize grass with four applications to reach all roots.
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New York State
Tobacco Cultivation Boosts Dickson County Farmers
Farmers in Dickson County Tennessee favor tobacco as a money crop instead of cotton. Yields run 50 to 75 dollars per acre net, supporting home grain, meat, fruits, and vegetables. More tobacco is planted each year, increasing independence. Wet weather keeps workers indoors, but tobacco farming keeps them busy and productive.
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Dickson County
Tenn
True Indian Corn Mystery from Arkansas Earthen Jar
An Arkansas mound yielded a hermetically sealed jar with Indian corn grains likely buried about 3000 years ago. Planting in Missouri yielded several bushels, with ears on stalks bearing mixed colors including white, blood red, salmon, and black. a large four foot diameter tree grew atop the mound.
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Arkansas
Missouri
Harrodsburg
Snipe Wounded and Starving Shocks New York Post
A tale from an Italian naturalist describes a snipe found with both feet shot away and its bill bound by dried blood and down. Unable to feed for days, the creature starved slowly, highlighting the grim side of bird hunting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Post
Earliest Letters Found in Babylonian Tablets
The British Museum adds thousands of tablets from Tell-sur in South Babylonia. Fifty letters by Khammurabi, king of Babylon, date about 2300 B C and are the oldest known letters. They show a regular royal to subordinate correspondence system and hint at widespread scribal learning influencing later Canaanite writing and Hebrew origins.
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Abraham
British Museum
Budge
Tell-sur
Babylonia
Larsa
Khammurabi
Babylon
East
Tel-el-Amarna
Syria
Mitanni
Mesopotamia
Asia
Rashippa
Chaldea
Asia Minor
Moser
Canaan
Assyria
Metal-Cutting Beetle Escapes Repeatedly From Enclosures
An energetic beetle from Mexico, doomed to confinement, repeatedly gnawed through cardboard boxes wooden boxes and glass jars to escape. Entomologist Mr. Depuy first captured it and later lost track as the insect continued to slip away, surviving on pepper boxes and venturing into the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Depuy
Mexico
Ghent to Arm Police with Dogs and Bicycles
Belgian authorities announce a pilot in Ghent placing police on night duty with guard dogs and ready to defend against attacks. In nearby Schaerbeek, bicycles will be issued to all policemen with dedicated sheds to be built at stations. A stray aside notes a quip about a man and his umbrella.
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Doge
Ghent
Belgium
Schaerbeck
Bruseels
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Werner
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Encyclopadia Britannica
Lum
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Britannica
Yale
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Morocco
Knauss & Dewey
Fremont
Indiana
Fremont Eagle
Warren D. Wells
Alpho
Stephen A, Powers
Nbo
Wood
Powers & Wood
Reeves Jewelry Store
Angola
Ind
Bank of Fremont
Sossa Baw
Newr
G. Bau
P General
Emory G. Melendy
Rotary Public and Insurance
John G. Yeagley
Collecti
Notary Public
D. N. Young's Barber Shop
D. J. Patchen
Fao la
Ours
Jennys Ulin & CO
New
MoNal Gacal
M&cam
United States
Roteo Conto
American Railway Guide Co
Adams Street
Chicago
AIR Line
Lea
Fort Wayning South
Jen Ai Abe
Waterloo
Bure Junction
Fort Wayne
Ry. LO
Paw
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