Vetch Varieties Grow As Major Crop Value
A long report from the agricultural station discusses numerous vetch varieties including common, purple, white, hairy, woodly, Hungarian, and more. It notes Hungary and California strains, their uses for hay and silage, seed production limits, harvest timing, fall or spring sowing, and potential as a soil builder and nectar source.
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Department of Aerlewlture
Xeleotion
Mr. &Ehoth
Voloh
Levett
Lovett
Tila
Lovett Bayshe Ja
Oregon opens first farm settlement unit as model farm
The state purchases its first farm settlement unit near Independence, a 60 acre diversified operation, with survey and planning by Prof. H D Scudder Claire Wilkes and Palmer Matton. Plans include four more farms statewide funded by bond proceeds to boost postwar agriculture and open a new reconstruction era.
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Oregon
H. D. Scudder
Claire Wilkes
Palmer Matton
Farm Management Department
Independence
Southern Pacific Railway
The
Land Settlement Board
Olcott
Professor Scudder
Ore Ur
College Notes and Summer Activities Across State Stations
The college summer sessions begin Monday June 23. Dr. A. B. Cordley will visit the seven branch stations in the state to inspect district sites this summer. F. Baras travels to New York June 23 26 for a meeting of the American Plant Pathology Association advisory board where he serves as western commissioner. A new bulletin by L. Westover promotes silos as pasture protection describing a silo for every farm to feed dairy and beef cattle horses sheep mules hogs and chickens.
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A. B. Cordley
F’. Baras
New York
American Plant Pathology Association
L. Westover
TOO INQUISITIVE PUP
Poem fragment from Frank L. Stanton extols loyalty to republic and liberty urging South and brothers to stand for the nation's honor against foes of liberty and God.
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Frank L. Stanton
Farm Youth Clubs Sing Under Springtime Light
The article laments modern poets misreading rural life and celebrates farm youth clubs guided by the USDA and state colleges. It描: the songs sung by garden, pig club, sewing, and girl’s clubs as troops pass the fields, parodying familiar tunes while urging work for home and farm safety.
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United States Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Colleges
Virginia
Maryland
Garden Club
Broadway
Chateau Thierry
Poultry Yard Tips Boost Fruit Trees and Chickens
Practical guidance for integrating fruit trees with poultry. Advice covers site suitability, neighbor reports, variety selection with nurseryman and horticulture department input, and using movable colonies to optimize feed. Emphasizes planning and local adaptation for best orchard and chicken outcomes.
William Sooy Smith First All Steel Bridge Builder
William Sooy Smith born July 22 1830 in Ohio and West Point graduate of 1853 became Civil War veteran and famed civil engineer. He pioneered the pneumatic caisson transforming deep river bridge construction and early skyscraper moves. He retired as a brigadier general and died January 17 1912.
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William Sooy Smith
Ohio
West Point
Skyscra
Temy
Br Trailer General
Reverses as Business Man Credited With Making Mark Twain a Writer
Mark Twain’s early business failures in 1804 led publishers to burden him with debts after The American Claimant. He toured worldwide to cover losses, producing Following the Equator and later turning to writing. He published Pudd un Wilson and The Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, with essays and Autobiography.
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Mark ‘Twain
Twain
Equator
Firnnesl
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Joan of Arc
Wise Proverb Fragments on Blessings and Fortune
A collection of proverb fragments from various traditions. The notes contrast warnings of drowning bladders and growing blades with blessings once lost, and a blind hen finding corn. Sources include French, Siby prophecy of Athens, Turkish proverbs, and Saint Stephen references.
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Athens
St. Stephen
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Irving
Jamon
Southland
Reglais
Eftria Growers
Sehoth
Weich
Tar. Cordley
Lt Hyslop
Cropa De‘ty
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College Notes
Puck
John
Farm Bureau
Johnnie
Mary
Sam
Jeree
Pig Club
Sewing Club
Bo-Peep
Little Boy Blue
College
Horticultural Department
Mark Twain
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