Fight Disease in Cabbage Plants to Boost Next Season
Ohio State University plant pathologist A L Plorstorff urges cabbage growers to use results from this season to guide next year. Yellows disease, spread by soil organisms, can be curtailed only with yellows resistant seed of Copenhagen type, Danish bald tread, and Plat Dutch varieties. Infected fields should not host cabbage for years unless resistant plants are used.
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A. L. Plorstorff
Ohio State University
Ohio
Copenhagen
Pierstorff
Swine Feeding Trials Show Corn Alone Slows Hog Gain
Indiana Minnesota and South Dakota swine experts report feeding trials led by John W. Schwab of Purdue show corn alone yields low gains. Pigs started at 49 pounds, ended around 124 to 222 pounds with weights and gains varying by diet including corn pasture tankage soybeans and minerals. Tankage and mixtures improved daily gain and reduced corn needs, with tankage valued at 83 4 dollars per ton at 56 cents a bushel corn.
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Indiana
Minnois
South Dakota
John W. Schwab
Purdue University
W. B. Carrol
University of Illinois
Select Young Animals for the Feeder Stock
A three year Iowa State College feeding trial shows feeder stock bought young yields higher profits. Early winter calves fattened in dry lots outperform yearlings and two-year-olds, with elves offering best margins. Yearlings and two-year-olds lag in feed efficiency and sale price, reducing returns.
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Iowa State College
Cattle Wart Warns of Damaging Plague On Hides
A report warns that common warts on cattle hides can cut hormant value by up to 25 percent. The article notes that infected cattle must be culled and proper sterilization of surroundings enforced to protect herds.
Friendship in New York Distances Tangle Social Ties
Ernest L Meyer argues in The Forum and Century that New York’s vast distance between where people live makes friendships hard. Bronx to Flatbush or City Island to Jamaica mean hours commuting and misaligned social lives, pushing casual encounters to replace deeper ties.
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New York City
Bronx
Flatbush
City Island
Jamaica
Tersey City
New York
Ernest L. Meyer
Forum
Century
Desperate borrowing habits cross the Atlantic in London ads
A London daily carries a personals style ad asking owners to return Waverly Novels No 6 and Les Miserables Vol I from Clivenden library to Viscountess Astor. The note clarifies that the M P after Lady Astor’s name stands for member of parliament, not motion pictures or police.
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United States
London
Times
Clivenden Library
Viscountess Astor
M. P
Lost 20 Lbs in 4 Weeks Kruschen Salts Ad
Ero. Mae West of St. Louis writes that at 28 she weighed 170 pounds and after four weeks on Kruschen Salts now weighs 150 pounds. She reports more energy and no hunger. Ad urges half teaspoonful daily in hot water before breakfast with a 4 week, 85 cent bottle and money back satisfaction.
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Mae West
St. Louis
Kruschen
America
Odd Drinking Vessels Displayed at Wield Museum
A display at the Wield Museum of Natural History in Chicnaga features Tibetan drinking vessels with permanent straws or mouthpieces in handles. Other cups are carved from yak horns used for arak by Tibetans.
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Wield Museum of Natural History
Chicnaga
Concentration Sparks Talks of Aviation Between Teens
In a fragmentary dialogue, Josh declares intent to become an aviator. Palmer Corntessel replies that aviation could focus a boy for long hours, suggesting motivation through a future career in flight.
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Josh
Palmer Corntessel
To Be Pitied in Local Narrow View
Mrs Jones claims others owe nothing to anyone while Mrs Brawn retorts they have no ear no appeal and wear old clothes, spending time at home in a bitter exchange reflecting neighborly resentment and scorn.
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Frome
Mount Poet Speaks to Friend in Poem Riff
A fragment from a Vancouver Province item shows Mount Poet reciting a new verse to a friend. The friend responds with a pun about perspiration, adding light banter to the literary mood.
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Mount
Vancouver Province
Embalming Mummies Claims Spark Debate
An Indianapolis News item recounts Mrs memory about a Field Museum visit in Chicago. She cites ancient Egyptian mummies as being embalmed 3,000 years before Christ, prompting skeptical neighbor Mildradt to question the claim.
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Chicago
Field Museum
Mildradt
Indianapolla News
Fellows Syrup Tonic Restores Vitality and Appetite
Doubled pep and energy with Fellows Syrup as a health tonic. It claims to restore nature's demands, boost strength and stamina, improve appetite, and calm nerves. Doctors worldwide reportedly prescribe the genuine Fellows' Syrup for renewed vigor.
Jobbers Out of Work and Elder Attitudes
A wartime era column discusses unemployment among jobbers and a stance on aging. It questions the idea that growing old means losing opinions. The piece contrasts market losses with personal independence and prompts reflection on aging and work.
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