Chile Aims to Set Tacna Arica Border Via Plebiscite
The piece outlines Chile's long narrow geography from Cape Horn to Tarapaca, its three regional sections, and the Tacna Arica dispute with Peru. It notes Chile’s gains after the War of the Pacific, economic nitrate wealth, and the strategic value of Tacna Arica while contrasting Santiago with Buenos Aires and detailing Chilean-Peruvian-Bolivian tensions.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Chile
Washington
Peru
California
Ocoast
Cape Horn
Tarapaca
Tucna
Tropics
North America
Oregon
British Columbia
St. Elias
Alaska
Valparaiso
Andes
Puerto Montt
New York
Pisagua
T’eru
Mexico City
Chiloe
Coast Range
Pacific
Santiago
Valdivia
Vancouver Island
San Francisco
Smythe Channel
Straits of Magellan
Bolivia
Polivian
Switzerland of
America
Italy
Austria
Tacna
Arica
Atacama
Antofagasta
Tacna- Arica
Buenos Aires
Paris
France
Argentina
Pocket Gophers and Grain Pests Noted in Bulletin
The Farmers Bulletin 1260 warns four grain pests cause most storage loss and outlines heat and fumigation methods. It explains field infestation rises if harvests are left to ripen, and a community gopher cleanup campaign can save alfalfa and reduce damage. Copies are available from Washington.
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United States Department of Agriculture
E. A. Back
R. T. Cotton
Furnas
Department
Washington
Time Table for Cooking Fresh Vegetables in Boiling Water
The United States Department method explains cooking aims to preserve flavor texture and nutrients. It notes techniques for whole cooking small water usage conservation methods and open versus covered vessels. It also provides a general guide time-table from the USDA experimental kitchen.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Department of Agriculture
Critics Run Amuck in Debating What Counts as Literature
Henry Seidel Canby criticizes trends that favor excitement over substance and sentimentality over truth. He argues critics mistake dullness for careful art and vanity for genuine insight, urging a return to sincere literary values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Seidel Canby
The
North American Review
How to straighten bent whalebones
Bent whalebones can be straightened by soaking in boiling water for a few minutes and then drying them. The method suggests heat softens the material, allowing gentle reshaping.
Beekeeping Tips for Hot Hives by Missouri Expert
Extension entomologist A C Burrell suggests remedies for overheated hives. Elevate hive fronts slightly, use a reversible bottom board for adjustable entrances, and avoid raising supers that disrupts bee ventilation. Move colonies to shady locations during hot months.
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A. C. Burrell
Missouri College of Agriculture
Diseases of Soil Threaten Recurrent Crop Loss
Several diseases of vegetables live in garden soil from year to year. Replanting the same crop leads to losses as furious and bacterial diseases persist. The practical remedy is to let land lie idle for two to three years or grow a crop immune to the disease.
Ripe Strawberries Tempt in Desserts and Desserts
A United States Department of Agriculture prepared variation of old fashioned lard sauce uses ripe strawberries as the main ingredient. The recipe blends butter sugar and beaten egg white with crushed berries to lightly dress puddings cakes and desserts. Also described is a strawberry charlotte using sponge cake whipped cream and berries and a strawberry sherbet recipe with juice sugar and lemon juice.
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Unite States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Charlotte
Silo Essential for Dairy Cows Says Oklahoma Expert
A. C. Baer, dairy professor at Oklahoma A M College, urges every milk cow farm to plan silos now. He recommends building two small silos to store ensilage for the herd and highlights ensilage as cost effective feed when pasture is scarce.
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A. C. Baer
Oklahoma A and M. College
Scattering Manure Advice to Farmers
Farmers are urged to keep barnyard manure sheltered from rain and sun and piled orderly to prevent gas escape. When possible haul manure to fields, scatter it, and immediately plow it under to improve use.
Depth of Cultivation for Corn at Eighteen Inches High
When corn reaches eighteen inches in height the roots meet across an eight and a half foot row in light friable soil. Deep cultivation at this stage risks cutting roots and hindering growth. A practical rule suggests shallow tillage to avoid root damage as plants enlarge.
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Ught
Cutting Soap by Wire Technique
A fine wire pressed tight from each side of a soap bar will cut it neatly. The method describes filaments placed to slice cleanly without breaking the soap.
Finger Marks en Deer. pitas Ra naked eck tha on wna ti
Fragmentary text describes a flannel dip in paraffin and a vague scene with a deer and a naked person. Details are unclear and no identifiable persons or organizations are evident. The passage resembles a stray OCR fragment.
Household Tips From An Old Note Book
Household questions cover brass cleaning with vinegar copper ware care and tea storage in airtight tins. It notes vinegar heat for paint stains eyes standing on end in bran flour on burning oil extinguishes flames two level teaspoons baking powder per cup flour for muffins pudding boil time two to four hours tempering iron vessels by cooling water then heating slowly and egg clues for cake use.
Selling Poultry Direct to Consumers and Markets
The article outlines three main poultry sales channels: direct to consumers, direct to retailers, and commission merchants. It notes direct sales can boost profits by eliminating middlemen, with potential regular deliveries to nearby towns and to hotels, restaurants, clubs, and grocers. It mentions government bulletins on poultry marketing and where to order them.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Bowel Trouble in Poultry Care Rules for Chicks
Oklahoma A and M College expert Harry Embleton warns against feeding solid foods to newly hatched chicks for 72 hours to prevent white diarrhea. He recommends sour skim milk, plus fine sand as grit, and hints at a starter mix of chick feed with oats or johnny cake and hard boiled eggs, fed in small portions to avoid overfeeding.
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Harry Embleton
Poultry Department of
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Don't Hatch Late Chicks Before November Egg Peak
The guidance warns against late-hatching as seven months are needed to develop pullets. Producers aim to have layers start producing by November to align with higher egg prices and market demand.
Avoid Damp Houses
The damp cold house saps fowls vitality lowers production and aids disease spread. The hen can eliminate moisture from the body only through the respiratory or gana.
Bumble Foot Remedy Suggests Foot Abscess Care
Advice describes a foot abscess from a foot splinter or jump from a roost. It recommends remedies and states if roosts cause trouble they should be fixed. A cord tightening method is mentioned but details are unclear.
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Heart of
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Furnas County
Biological Survey
State College of Agriculture
Gopher
Angoumois
Farmers’ Bulletin
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Government Printing Office
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