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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1906
Page
12
A long article urges farmers to test seed corn viability to boost yields. It details germination experiments, equipment like a boxed germinating rack, and counting rules, stressing 95 percent stand as achievable with quality seed. It cites 1905 U.S. corn averages and outlines practical steps for testing and selecting ears before planting.
Samples tested are representative of current seed corn supply. Testing each ear and rejecting poor ones could raise stand by 13.7 percent, yielding 298,140,695 more bushels worth about 100,739,912 dollars. A full testing method is described in Farmers Bulletin No. 253 by J. W. T. Duvel.
Edith Urmey, an Iowa hospital specialist, argues inmates in eastern insane asylums are children of farmer pioneers raised in idleness or monotony. She links mental derangement to lack of varied work and neglect of life principles, noting city pressures fuel physical and mental wrecks amid commercial rivalry.
The article explains selecting seed ears by testing germination, discarding ears with dead or weak kernels, and sorting ears into grades. It cites a 2 322 ear study by the Department of Agriculture showing 1 906 ears unfit for seed and an average germination of 77.7 percent among poor ears. It notes overall gains from discarding low vitality ears and discusses practical screening and planting steps.
The piece recalls the era of New Bedford whaling fleets and ships like the Annie B and Blue-Eyed Susan, once famous as daring Yankee skippers. It notes the decline of Greenland and sperm whales and ends with mentions of Ralph D. Blumenfeld and industrial notes on pumice stone and timber loss to beetles.
United States Consul Anderson at Amoy reports on Chinese journalism. Shanghai hosts five daily papers and numerous weeklies, while Hong Kong shows English dominance yet Chinese publications prevail. Across ports, English and Chinese papers proliferate as local dialect newspapers grow, risking fractured lingua franca.
Census figures from Washington reveal a sharp drop in bicycle production since 1900. Establishments fell from 312 to 97 and salaried workers dropped from 2,034 to 360, with ware earners down 81 percent. Capital stock shrank from 29.78 million to 5.85 million and output declined from nearly 32 million to just over 6 million. In contrast, motorcycle factories rose from 159 to 2,289. New Zealand exports kauri gum worth 65 million annually for varnish production.
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