Cattlemen Co operate More as Marketing Varied Across Regions
Department of Agriculture experts summarize the beef marketing study showing central markets dominate in central states while local sales prevail in extremes. Co operative cattle raisers now number 750 across 15 states. Minnesota has the most with 215 associations. Losses during transit vary by railroad from 5 percent to 19 percent of revenue. Farmer shares of gross returns range from 14.5 to 8.5 percent in centralized markets and 62 to 84 percent in local sales, with retailers and packers receiving other shares.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Minnesota
Paic
Ancient Football Seen Through Britannica History
Britannica traces football to ancient Greece and Rome with rough play and carrying allowed in Rome. It notes royal bans in England from 1514 onward and the shift from colonial village games to the 1871 modernized form in the United States. It adds a Philippine effort to produce cheap sugar from nipa palm sap.
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Greece
Rome
Europe
Great Britain
Ireland
Edward II
Henry
Will
Elizabeth
United States
Britannica
Ereens
Philippines
Veneering transforms furniture with thin layered wood
Veneering machines cut logs into slabs about one twentieth of an inch thick. The process, once manual, now yields durable surfaces that resist warping and cracking. Veneered doors planes boats and cars showcase improved strength and polish.
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Christian Endeavor World
Buyers of Faked Antiques
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer passage questions the value of forged art and antiquities, arguing that genuine artistry matters more than authentic origin. It notes travelers often pay above value for goods abroad but may still profit from new experiences and broadened outlook.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Curing Meat on the Farm
Guidance on home meat curing covers brining times and ingredients for corned beef dried beef plain salt pork and sugar cured hams and bacon. It warns against freezing and outlines vessels brine composition and cooling needs plus smoking and storage notes.
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Genere
TurkeStan alfalfa seed found inferior warns growers
Department Bulletin No. 128 warns alfalfa growers against Turkestan seed as unsuitable for eastern humid climates and upper Mississippi Valley conditions. It notes most U S importations come from Turkestan, but distinguishes special hardy strains from Turkestan seed and describes Russian knapweed as a key identifying contaminant.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
East
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Turkestan
Central Asia
United States
Russian Turkestan
Europe
Kansas Gets 250000 Trees From the Agricultural College
The Kansas State Agricultural College forestry department shipped a quarter of a million young trees in ten days. Chinese arborvitae accounts for 150000, catalpa 50000, and honey locust 20000. State Forester A Scott notes record demand from Kansas farmers and favorable growing weather.
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Forestry Department
Kansas State Agricural College
Kansas
State Forester
A. Scott
Social musings on manners and public life
A collection of wry observations from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. It critiques polite distortion behind diplomacy, the railroad’s appeal with cheap rides, the endurance of comedians over generations, crime justifications, conscientious objectors, and urban life costs for events and lectures.
Gems Of Thought Leisure Is A Beautiful Garment Quotes
A collection of aphorisms and reflections from various authors. Passages praise justice and learning while noting human limitations and the power of benevolence. It blends quotes from Anon Longfellow Shenstone Goethe and Irving on virtue wisdom and personal conduct.
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Anon
Fragmented Prose Reflections on Pride Wisdom and Hornets
Aphoristic lines compare virtue and vice in quirky phrases. The speaker muses on pride stinginess and public praise while praising the hornet for its aiming and hitting. A mix of moral musings appears in a short, reflective commentary.
Coin tale and witty musings on schemes and couples
A weaving of clever lines on counterfeiters failing to make good money. Brevity as the wit’s tool for schemes. A quip about the word invest and the repetition of missteps. A remark on marriage as unity and wives’ view of husbands as fractions. A poke at the discouraged fool-killer lagging in his efforts.
Reflections on Love and Marriage
A fragment expressing views on romance. It suggests that ignorance can heighten affection and notes that a woman's refusals imply future possibilities. It implies that women with pasts expect gifts and that couples who marry too readily may spoil their relationship.
Trick That Texas Hogs Know Shocks Whitney Orchard Guests
Major J. K. Dunn and Matt McGown visited a plum orchard four miles from Whitney. They found bark bruised and trees stripped as hogs shook branches to drop fruit. Smaller trees were ridden down and fully stripped, suggesting hogs learned to shake trees for plums.
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Whitney
J. K. Dunn
Matt McGown
Dallas News
Punishing the Gods in Northern China and San Francisco Joss
Officials in drought hit Northern China temples thrash idols for negligence. Statues are exposed to sun to feel the heat and dryness. In San Francisco a Chinese joss is dragged into the street and punished for neglect of ty.
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China
San Francisco
Turnip Horseradish Adulteration Rule and BC Timber Stats
The Bureau of Chemistry warns that adding turnip to prepared horseradish is adulteration unless labeled as a compound with ingredients listed. It also states that artificial color in smoked fish to conceal inferiority violates the Food and Drugs Act. British Columbia reports about two billion feet of timber annually with 420 mills 790 camps and around 60 000 workers.
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Bureau of Chemistry
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
British Columbia
Mackerel Fishery In Newfoundland Declines Since Past Era
Newfoundland fishery for mackerel has nearly vanished over the last quarter century as fish migrate to the American coast. Once vast, the pursuit involved more than 1,000 vessels from various nations and dominated the waters.
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Newfoundland
American
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Washington Irving
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Standard Oil
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