Improper Grading of Cotton Costs Farmers Millions
Washington reports a Department of Agriculture bulletin on 1913 14 cotton losses from improper grading. Surveys in nine states show wide price differences for same grades and inconsistent valuation. Growers urged to learn grades, demand proper classification, improve ginning storage and marketing to gain true value.
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United States
Office of Markets and Rural Organization
United States Department of Agriculture
Department Bulletin
Alabama
New Orleans
Mississippi
Locust Plague Threatens Argentina Crops
Locust swarms from southern Brazil move south through Argentina aided by drought. Nonwinged young locusts are fought with metallic barriers and gasoline blowpipes while farmers dig trenches and government trains free of charge to transport equipment. The crisis risks bread prices and livestock losses.
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Brazil
Pena
Department For Agricultural Defense
Bownre
Republic
United States
Agrarian League
Suffrage Lecture Set for Laurinburg by Miss Watkins
Laurinburg expects a big crowd for a talk on woman suffrage by Miss Gertrude Watkins of the National American Woman Suffrage Association on Tuesday night December 5. Local suffrage activity appears quiet, with few advocates in the area.
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Laurinburg
Gertrude Watkins
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Watkins
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
The fragment references the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, likely noting a notice or context related to its operations or presence. No additional readable event or detail is available in the provided text.
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Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
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Rose TheaTre
Theda Bara
Washington
Argentine
J. L. McBrien
U. S. Bureau of Education
Department of the Interior
J. Sterling Morton
Secretary of Agriculture
Cleveland
Morton
Chicago
Argentina
Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Bell-Ans
Sheraton Hill
Bors
N. Main
Street
Sheraton Hill Company
The
Mann & Pitts
Stephen Clark
Ford
F. O. B. Detroit
High Point Motor Company
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