Mole Control Debate and Trapping Methods
A USDA Farmers' Bulletin summarizes the mole as a pest whose burrowing harms lawns yet insects and worms form most of its diet. Trapping is the preferred control, with harpoon, scissors-jaw, and choker traps. Repeated leveling reduces damage, and misattribution to moles is common as voles and mice use mole runs. Mole skins offer a growing market and farming youths can profit by humane capture.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Biological Survey
Farmers
United States
Biological Survey
Wetting Spoils Good Eggs From Wetting To Washing Destroys Shell Guard
A historical report notes that about 5,010,000 dozen eggs yearly spoil in cold storage due to washing or rain removing a gelatinous protective coating from shells. Washed eggs lose 17 to 22 percent in storage, while dirty but unwashed eggs spoil only 4 to 8 percent. Germs and molds invade the contents once the shell’s protective layer is removed, making eggs unsafe.
Soil as a stomach for plants in farming texts
The article explains that soil serves as a stomach for plants, matching digestive fluids in an animal stomach. Plant food must dissolve in soil water to be absorbed by roots and transported upward, with water evaporation driving circulation. Most soils dissolve nutrients only slowly, limiting availability.
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R. T. Mandelson
University of Missouri College of Agriculture
Fruit crate orders urged by agriculture department
The United States department of agriculture urges fruit growers to place orders for fruit packages as early as possible to ensure delivery when needed. Supplies are likely scarce and prices high, so shipments should go out early due to expected delays in non-perishable freight.
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United States Department of “Agriculture
Cultivate Early and Often for Healthy Roots and Weeds
The guidance stresses constant cultivation to maintain ideal soil for root growth and to keep weeds under control. It urges early and persistent weeding to stay ahead of growth and promote robust plant health.
Gowns Reflect U. S. Uniforms In Paris Fashion Show
Paris studios echo American optimism as designers blend military look with French tailoring. Spanish influence grows after Madrid exhibition with Poiret, Worth, and Lanvin shaping a Chinese silhouette and new silk albatross suits. Indigo blues, yellow accents, and deep red shades dominate autumn gowns, with gabardine and georgette crepe featured. Docuillet, Belge, and Lanvin lead color trends and fabric revivals amid a global exchange of styles and cultures.
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New York
West Point
Paris
Americas
England
Brazil
Argentine
Madrid
Real Renson
Paul Poiret
Poiret
Worth
Lanvin
Philip the Fourth
France
House of
Nowapa
Kitchen Be Fheciren Sd Thou Shalt Not Be In Debt
A cryptic motto appears repeating the phrase kitchen be Fheciren Sd and a moral precept urging prudent finance. The text blends archaic style with unclear references, suggesting a fragment from a broader devotional or instructional page. No identifiable people or organizations are present.
Corn and Vegetables Canning and Drying Tips
Practical home guidance on preserving corn and beans with Swiss drying methods, canning steps for corn, salt and water proportions, jar sealing, and hot paraffin sealing. Includes a corn chowder recipe and a proverb urging proactive work for prosperity.
Some Summer Salads Hopeful Guide for Housewives
A compact rundown of refreshing summer and autumn salads. Recipes include Bean and Tomato Salad with cold baked beans and tomato slices, Tomato and Cream Cheese Salad with seasoned cream cheese, Date and Cheese Salad stuffed with cream cheese, Chicken and Brazil Nut Salad combining chicken or turkey with eggs, Tomato Salad shaped like a flower, and Cream cheese and Jelly Salad served on lettuce with currant jelly. Each uses lettuce or watercress beds and French or mayonnaise dressings.
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Explorer
Missouri College
U. S
America
Peking
Gaberdine
Georgette Crepe
Neal
Enor
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