Porto Rico future debated amid independence talk
The piece surveys Porto Rico and Philippines leanings toward independence, praising U S governance while arguing for continued union. It notes Governor choice by the president, outlines economic growth, taxation, debt, and social progress, and highlights strategic, educational, and emigration considerations for a Caribbean role within the United States.
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Ohto Rico
Philippines
Harding
EL Mont, Kelly
Kansas City
Arthur Yager
United States
Felix Cordova Davila
Congressional Record
Porto Rico
Speaker
Congress of the
Shaw
Washington
Ireland
Canada
Australis
New Zealand
South Africa
Massachusetts
Virginia
Unionist Party
Republican
Socialist Party
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New York
New Jersey
San Juao
Caribbean Sea
Caribbean
Stara and Stripes
America
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Eid
Tobaces
Denmark
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
West Indies
Panama
Panama Canal
Ife
Western Hemisphere
Birthday Budget Brings Hunger Tales From New York Sun
Mar Reed Mann tells a humorous tale of birthday economy. A man notices his meals tighten for a month before his birthday as his wife economizes to buy him a present. A friend suggests extra money, but she insists on saving the money herself.
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Mar Reed Mann
York
New York Sun
Up to Grandme to Get busy
A fragmentary exchange between Hazel and an elderly grandmother questions church membership. The grandmother replies Presbyterians Baptists and none, prompting Hazel to ask why she does not attend a church and suggesting she is missing out on a meal.
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Grandme
Hazel
Tetie Ilacloniiry
The Nature of Time From Kant to Bergson
Philosophers have debated the nature of time revealing its precious, scarce quality. The piece notes time as the very stuff of life and a gift to be husbanded, with references to facts of measurement and literature. It quotes the London Times on time’s value and Hazlitt on talk arising from ignorance.
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Bergson
London Times
Prevent Plant Diseases With Clean Seed Beds
The article warns crop rotation helps and warns that disease spores persist in soil for years. It stresses planting only clean nursery stock and sterilizing seed beds to prevent clubroot rootknot and wilts. It describes methods using steam pressure or hot water to treat soil and seeds to stop disease transmission.
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Pew
United States Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Fathers’ Bulletin WG
Getting parcel post customers through friends and groups
The U S Department of Agriculture urges producers to build parcel post sales via friends and acquaintances. Most buyers in several cities rely on personal networks to obtain customers, reducing distrust of strangers. For small farmers, working through trusted circles is the most promising path to steady trade.
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United Faten
Ceal Oy Parcel Post
Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Parcel Post
Roofing Tips for Poultry Buildings
When installing prepared roofing on poultry houses it helps to unroll early to let light in. Roofing expands with warmth and is smoother when applied. Unexposed rolls are cooler inside and may expand after heating causing wrinkles.
Market ducks and hog feed tips from old notes
A fragmented guide discusses feeding ducks intended for market with fattening rations including meat scrap, bran, corn meal, and greens. It also covers sowing oats early for higher yields, valueless weeds control, and forage notes on rape and barley as hog feed, plus advice on seed production and lawn fertilization.
Poultry manure valued as fertilizer by USDA study
The United States Department of Agriculture notes poultry manure is rich in nitrogen and phosphorus and can yield 60 pounds per hen annually. Night droppings from 100 hens worth about 150 dollars yearly, with added value when stored and properly treated with sawdust acid phosphate and kainit to preserve nitrogen.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Maine
Maine Experiment Station
Feeding Place for Chicks Plan Aids Growth
A practical feeding coop for young chicks lets them enter while off hens forage elsewhere. Keep cracked wheat oats and corn in the feeding place. With such a setup on range, chicks will grow quickly and stay fed.
Sunflowers for Chickens boost poultry feeds and shade
Poultry raisers find sunflowers profitable as winter feed and summer shade for flocks. The article notes sunflowers offer a practical, experience based supplement to regular poultry rations, with benefits across seasons.
Plant Food Dissolution Reaches Roots and Leaves
The plant food must be dissolved by the soft moisture before it can be absorbed through the roots and carried up to the stems and leaves by plant sap.
Reduce Chick Loss By Confining Hens During Rearing
Poultry guidance notes confining hens to a coop with chicks through early growth to prevent chilling from wet grass and predators. Authors urge constant growth, shelter, and heat under hens, limiting free range to protect weaker chicks and avoid setbacks from storms and cold.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Radiophone service delivers farm market updates near Pittsburgh
The Agriculture Department launches a radiophone market report service from East Pittsburgh via KDKA at 830 meters. Farmers within hundreds of miles can hear prices and market conditions immediately after closing, using plain English instead of wireless code like dots and dashes.
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Bereau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Pittsburgh
KDKA
Infertile Eggs Improve Market Quality for Poultry
The article advises removing roosters to protect flock profitability. Infertile eggs store better and reduce costs as hens focus on laying. Market strategy favors infertile eggs for summer. male birds should be removed or separated to cut feeding and maintenance.
Managing ducks and geese on the farm
The text discusses feeding and rearing ducks and geese with different methods from chickens, noting potential impacts on health and productivity if kept together. It mentions soybeans, red clover, whwlfit, suet, lime, and field peas as crop considerations and advises avoiding shade that blocks sun for certain garden plants.
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Hee
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