ROW TO AID MITES IN POULTRY HOUSES
A wartime style advisory on eliminating mites and lice in poultry houses. It covers inspecting roosts and walls, removing hiding places, and using insecticide sprays and wood preservative oils such as anthracene oil with zinc chloride or crude petroleum. Proper applications and drying are urged for safe fumigation and pest control.
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Bulletin
F.C. Bishopp
H. P. Wood
Bureau of Entomology
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Celery Growing by Bed Method Proves Superior
Ohio Experiment Station horticulturists report bed culture yields crisp celery with high flavor. They advise a four foot wide bed with a layered soil and manure base, tile watering system, early July transplanting, and late November shading for blanching. Varieties Golden Self Blanching and Giant Pascal perform well. Alfalfa is recommended as a superior hay crop over clover or cowpeas when conditions allow.
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Ohio
Garden Cutworms and Remedies for Truck Crops
The article outlines cutworm damage to tomatoes cabbage lettuce and other truck crops starting under glass and after transplanting. It describes prevention by poisoned baits using bran arsenic or Paris green and timing, plus alternative controls including trenches trapping and tar barriers, and if needed arsenate of lead sprays and crop rotation for long term prevention.
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United States
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Trilby Love Triangle Ends In Tragedy In Paris
Trilby O Ferrall, an orphaned Paris model, is pursued by Little Billee while Svengali hypnotizes her into a world turning tragic. After their reunion in Paris the singer collapses and dies as Svengali dies, leaving Billee heartbroken.
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Trilby O’ferrall
Paris
the Laird
Billee
Trulby
Little Billee
William Bagot
Trilby
Svengall
Europe
Cirque de Bashibazouks
Svengail
Svengali
Gecko
Thinning Corn Increases Yields At Ohio Station Findings
The Ohio Experiment Station reports thinning corn raises yields by 6.31 to 8.47 bushels per acre depending on seed testing. With tested seed three kernels per hill yielded 59.28 bushels, thinned corn 65.59. Untested seed gave 55.58 bushels, thinning produced 63.85. Thinning required about 5.7 hours per acre. profitability noted at 50 cents a bushel.
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Ohio Experiment Station
American girl stands in for Queen Alexandra in Abbey painting
Miss Evelyn Converse from Eau Claire Wisconsin posed as Queen Alexandra for Edwin Abbey's painting The Coronation of Edward VII after the king ordered the work hung at Buckingham Palace. Converse wore the coronation robes and met the royal circle, though she had no royal title or formal court presentation.
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Alexandra
Edwin R. Abbey
R. A
Evelyn Converse
Wisconsin
Mr. Abbey
Edward VII
England
Miss Converse
Eau Claire, Wis
Henry Edward Converse
Queen Alexandra
Roosevelt Questions Ex-Rough Rider on Past for Rock Mountain State Marshal
The excerpt recalls Theodore Roosevelt asking Ben about the ear incident. Ben explains he lost part of his ear in a confrontation while arresting two men, and the two parties reportedly broke even in the skirmish.
HomemakingHints From A Womans Journal Practical Tips
A Victorian style homemaking column advises using white soap on nails before cleaning to keep nails clean and protect skin. It covers cooking ideas like Italian style fried chicken, a simple stock sauce, and herb dressed lettuce salads. Household chores include waxing carved furniture with paraffin oil, selecting light brooms, and steaming mercerized cotton floss to shrink it.
O0 Unils Use Pacific Coast Trade For Manchuria Imports
O0 units on the Pacific coast have operated for several years with soybeans imported from Manchuria and found a ready sale in the region for oil cake and other piquets.
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Pacific
Manchuria
Portrait Artist Angrily Questions Title of Work
An Average Portrait Artist complains about the label Portrait of a Gentleman. A Hanging Committeeman explains the subject prefers height, joking the figure would feel more at home up high than among ordinary people.
Infertile Eggs Boost Poultry Yields Through Simple Rules
Farmers are urged to prevent losses from mixed fertile and infertile eggs by separating roosters after mating. Fertile eggs spoil more quickly with heat. infertile eggs store longer. After the breeding season, remove male birds and market eggs twice weekly. Nest cleanliness and regular gathering are advised.
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United States
Care of the Small Flock For Home Poultry Keeping
Guidance on choosing general purpose poultry breeds for home use. Recommends Plymouth Rocks Wyandottes Rhode Island Reds and Orpingtons for good layers and table poultry. Describes housing space feeding mash and scratch rations and seasonal yard management practices. Provides calculations of space and grain needs and notes the benefits of rotating forage crops.
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Plymouth
Plymouth Rock
Small Applications of Lime Prove Best
Light or moderate applications of limestone, repeated over years, prove more effective than heavy, infrequent uses. Ohio Experiment Station soil investigators report bases lost with all lime use, with excessive loss when applying more than soil can absorb. Nine year analysis shows under three tons per acre loses about one tenth.
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Ohio Experiment Station
Do Animals Keep Time With Innate Chronometers
A naturalist argues animals and birds may sense time, citing the oriole's annual May arrival in Massachusetts around May 10 and early migration patterns. It notes woodchucks hibernate on a regular schedule, debunks the groundhog legend, and recalls a tame mouse that emerges at a precise quarter to four, suggesting some internal timing mechanism.
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Massachusetts
Gravity and rifle range vary by location
A discussion contrasts gravity differences from New York to nearer the equator and explains how lighter gravity extends a rifle’s range. It notes that jury selection delays in Chicago trials waste time and money and suggests two focused questions suffice per English practice.
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New Orleans
New York City
Equator
New York
Earth
Lea O’neil Brown
Chicago
Gilhooley
Shea
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
San Francisco
Patrick Calhoun
Cooper
Tennessee
Absentee Irish Soldier Keeps Glass Eye On Parade
The piece recalls an Irish soldier who lost his left eye yet stayed in service after agreeing to wear a glass eye. On parade, he arrived with it mislaid in his box to watch his kit, prompting the officer to scold him for improper dress. The tale ends with the remark about not having time to plan without warming up.
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Borror
Nolan
Kcep
Wolf hunting with eagles in Central Asia by Kirghiz falconers
Eastern falconers train golden eagles to hunt gazelle, foxes, and wolves. Hunters wear wrist supports for the heavy birds, hooded eagles fed marmots in summer, aided by swift greyhounds to finish game.
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Central Asia
Europe
Wide World Magazine
Fazelle
Incoherent fragment prompts a puzzle of doctor bees and view
A garbled dialogue fragment asks why a bee becomes a doctor. The note replies I can't bear to see others suffer. The passage references viewpoints and a puzzle about percentages and oils.
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By Albert Payson
Terhune
George du Maurier
Bureau of Crop Dotiates
United States Department of Agriculture
Miss Evelyn May Converse
Ben
Italy
America
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