Water spraying offers frost protection for fall crops
The Lethbridge Experimental Farm reports spraying crops with water as the best defense against the first fall frost. The practice aims to prevent damage to tender vegetables and flowers, extending the growing season. Research also investigates a field tomato variety suited to southern Alberta irrigation belts.
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Lethbridge
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Lethbridge Herald
California
Famed toy maker extols nature as best provider
Kay Bojesen, renowned Danish toymaker, says nature offers superior play materials beyond manufactured toys. He cites sand, water, acorns, seashells as ideal, with simple blocks and wheels as the next best, noting fathers often buy toys from their youth for their children.
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Kay Bojesen
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A Future in Retirement
Retirement from business life opens a new, happy life phase. Avoid seeing retirement as shelving oneself. pursue creative hobbies and substitute occupations that can even become profitable. A wealth of ideas exists, with the public library offering many books on spending leisure time contentedly.
Oldest Known Map Unearthed Near Babylon
A 4500 year old clay tablet maps a landscape and is housed in the Harvard Library Museum. Discovered in ruins about 200 miles north of Babylon, the artifact is among the world’s earliest cartographic objects.
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Babylon
Museum of Harvard
Olli barley recommended for central British Columbia
Olli barley is the recommended variety for the central interior of British Columbia. Prince George Experimental Farm data over 15 years suggests Olli is the only variety with the needed traits for this region, ripening by early September and yielding well. It withstands lodging better than rivals, has good grain quality, and is widely grown despite rough awns.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
G. Bonin
Prince George
Clare
Alberta
Thief Steals Sink In Knoxville Apartment Raid
A Strictly Fresh thief entered a Knoxville Tennessee apartment and stole a kitchen sink leaving the rest of the unit vacant. The odd theft highlights a string of reported burglaries while authorities caution about unusual targets.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Early American Pattern for Wagon Seat and Cricket Tables
Pattern 450 shows steps and actual-size cutting guides for a wagon seat coffee table and a cricket style stool with angled leg holes. Includes jig for leg drilling, finishing guidance, and optional five pattern packet for $1.50 postpaid. order via Home Workshop Pattern Service Vancouver BC.
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Televisen
Home Workshop Pattern Service
Department P.pal
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
20th Century Industrial Advances Top 22 Says Soday
Industrialist Frank J. Soday names 22 key developments from the past two years in a AAAS paper. The list emphasizes non nylon innovations underpinning modern industry.
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Frank J. Soday
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Louis XVI’s Edict Standardizes Square Handkerchiefs
A historical note states Louis XVI mandated square handkerchiefs to replace oblong ones. A separate cultural fact notes a Pakistani tribe expressing apology by sticking out the tongue.
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Louis XVI
France
Pakistan
Transition to spoon feeding for babies begins early
Mothers face awkward transitions when babies move from bottle to spoon. Start by feeding part of the daily diet with a spoon at one month, beginning with vitamin D and then fruit juice. The habit of writing left to right dates back to at least 2600 BC.
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