Home Orchard Neglect Sparks Disease and Loss
An agricultural expert warns that home orchards suffer from disease and neglect, with over a thousand trees planted but many dying. He urges careful spraying, better equipment, and possible cooperative “spray rings,” while noting roadside marketing supports small growers and stressing consultation with experiment stations before trying new sprays.
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L. W. Anderson
College of Agriculture
University of Tulnoly
Thogo
Black Raspberries Differ From the Red in several ways
The guide notes black raspberries differ from red varieties in color flavor and growth habit. Plants need space with rows about six feet apart and two and a half to three feet between plants. Buds near the crown should remain near surface and not buried too deep to ensure next year’s growth.
Repair Grape Trellises for Vineyards in Spring
A vineyard chore for early spring involves repairing grape trellises. Replace missing staples loosely to avoid wire binding, tighten wires, reset rotted posts, and firm up strain. Heavy cane growth and winds stress trellises. proper care can save vines and fruit.
Sanitation Cuts Pig Losses In Illinois Farms
The College of Agriculture at the University of Illinois showcases sanitation methods that boosted litter size, weight at four months, and market readiness while reducing runt occurrences. Demonstrations across 75 counties with 1,218 farmers show sanitation pigs healthier, more profitable, and requiring no expensive equipment.
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College of Agriculture
University of Ilinois
Tdvisers
I. Stobbing
Uve
Tiiinois
Early Radishes and Varietal Maturity in Gardens
Radishes have been cultivated for ages with medieval barons using long, hot varieties such as Chartier and White Strassburg. Modern early varieties like White Olive, Twenty Day, Saxa, and Scarlet Globe mature much faster, offering tender milder flavor but require prompt eating as soon as they reach maturity.
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Chartier
Agricultural Facts and Farm Notes From Hedrick
Agricultural observations discuss labor-saving equipment high wages and how sunlight aids chickens preventing rickets. Soy hay and ground soy beans compare to seed meal in value. Wax coating on kitchen linoleum eases cleaning and adds luster. Seed quality concerns include dirt weed seeds low germination and price. Hedrick notes improving quality to stimulate demand and a quadable market fair for farm products.
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Henri
Romans Built Roads For Permanence And Modern Traffic
The article notes Rome's ambitious road program shaped armies through durable highways and cites today’s huge traffic. It argues urban congestion demands scientific study and future planning, while rural trunk routes face heavy hauls and costly construction, stressing roads must serve all users.
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Gould
Trange Oatmental Railnes
Illinois Bus Lines See Massive Transit Investment Shift
A 1926 interstate hearing summary by Cheater G Moore, EVP of the Illinois Motor Transportation Association, outlines 78 bus companies operating 872 vehicles in Illinois. The fleet moved 25,280,120 miles with 716,788,789 passengers, funded by nearly 10 million dollars, highlighting intercity and intracity routes and the buses’ rising role alongside rails.
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Illinois
Cheater G. Moore
Ilinois Motor Transportation Association
Gas Station Tollgate on Highways Described
A historic rendering notes a modern gas station acting as a tollgate on highways. Motorists pay three cents a gallon at pumps, replacing old practice of quarters at gate spots. The piece links tolls to early turnpikes and notes rates evolving with travel progress and highway construction.
Seek Auto Tax Increase in France Road and Rail Debate
The article notes France has 972000 miles of highways and 24800 miles of railways. Car taxes fund road maintenance while railroad shareholders fear reduced dividends. Politicians propose higher motor vehicle taxes to restore rail revenue and value.
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France
Policielang
Germany Has 44000 Physicians With Many Specialists
Data from 1926 in Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift shows about 14000 physicians are specialists. Of these, 1586 are surgeons and 2426 focus on skin and blood diseases. Only 289 doctors are stomach specialists.
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Germany
Deutsche Medicinische Wochenschrift
Costume Promises and Promiga Dress in Santo Domingo
In Santo Domingo the promiga costume tradition endures despite roads and motor travel. Bright patchwork outfits in red white and blue remind wearers of vows to keep. Vows range from three months to a year and include nonreligious pledges such as wearing specific garments.
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Santo Domingo
Bavarian Women Form Self Help Fire Brigade
In Oberloch Bavaria at 1186 meters the women and girls have organized a fire brigade. When a recent alarm sounded they beat the men to the scene showing well trained fire crews in a remote Alpine community.
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Oberloch
Algau Alps
Bavaria
t—Philadelphia Inquirer
Bell-Ans Sure Relief for Indigestion and Digestive Ailments
Bell-Ans has proven value for thirty years as a non laxative digestive aid. It relieves poyer acidity belching gas sick headache heartburn and biliousness. Pleasant to take and harmless. Send for a free sample from Ball & Co Inc Orangeburg N Y.
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Ball & Co., Inc
Orangeburg
Ady
Foolish Questions and a Banter on Life’s Splinters
A humorous exchange quoted from the Cincinnati Enquirer features Mr. Grouch denying a fall and claiming he fell up while a man hurries to aid. The fragment hints that most life’s splinters go unnoticed until we begin to ride down, suggesting a wry caution about perception and misadventure.
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Nol
Mr. Grouch
Cincinnati Maquirer
Bannter of l Ife
Drauin Up
Gap Johnson confronts a passing motorist about a sick baby and a porous plaster that supposedly saved him, as described in a Kansas City Star item with folksy dialogue.
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Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Kansas City Star
As if She Could Help It Ste Excitedly Tale Told
A playful exchange unfolds with one speaker insisting on telling a surprising detail while the other questions why they should share it. The dialogue hints at a humorous eagerness and mutual curiosity.
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Ste
Sad End Teacher Willie Pretzel Joke
A quirky exchange defines a playful local item where Willie asks what a pretzel is and answers that it is a doughnut that died while doing the Charleston, highlighting a humorous back-and-forth in a dated newspaper tone.
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Willie
Charleston
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