Modern agriculture on corn crop breeding and seed selection
An instructional piece outlines soil preparation with manure rotation, drainage and humus to enrich corn yields. It explains selecting high yielding ears, detasseled plots to prevent inbreeding, testing kernels, grading seed, and careful planting depth to maximize vigor and eventual profits.
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United States
Iowa
Washington Wins Spokane Naval Trophy For 1915
Spokane reports the armored cruiser Washington won the Spokane naval trophy cup, breaking all prior U S Navy records in annual target practice at Magdalena Bay. Tacoma notes twenty two Milwaukee surveyors will share a $10,000 prize for outdistancing Great Northern surveyors in the Flathead country Montana race.
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Spokane
Navy
United States Navy
Magdalena Bay
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Great Northern
Flathead Country
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