Grain pests and prevention in storage noted by USDA
The bulletin warns four grain pests cause most storage losses: granary weevil rice weevil lesser grain borer and Angournois grain moth. It advises heat or fumigation to kill pests, thorough bin cleaning, and prompt threshing and storage in deep bins to minimize infestation.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Parmero Figilet
E. A. Hack
K. T. Cotton
Department
Washington
Pocket Gophers Menace to Farmers in Nebraska Campaign
Local farmers in Furnas County Nebraska joined a coordinated gopher eradication effort guided by USDA and state college specialists. The plan mobilizes entire districts in a single campaign across alfalfa fields along the Republican River and nearby creeks, with belt cutting, poison bait distribution, and paired work sessions. The 2,500 acre effort saved about 1,250 tons of alfalfa valued at roughly $10,000 in benefits.
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Furnas
Republican
Sappa
Plante Encourages Disease Through Garden Weeds
The note warns that wild cucumber vines and milkweed host cucumber mosaic or pickle disease. Keep all wild cucumbers away from the garden to protect cultivated plants.
Beards Rule the 49ers Fest in Kangaroo Court Sketch
In the Ilere celebration of Capt John A Sutter's anniversary Gen William D Stephens lampoons a forest of whiskers. A mock court enforces a beard decree with punishments for smooth chins while harvey is ridiculed as hairless. Whiskers become prized as beards grow across the crowd.
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Achamento
Calip
John A. Sutter
William D. Stephens
Seavey
Harvey
Sophie Lyons Burke Beats the Game in Detroit Tale
A portrait of Sophie Lyons Burke once known as an international crook who later becomes a wealthy real estate operator in Detroit. She rose from a life of crime to a self managing businesswoman, building a fortune totaling around a million dollars for taxable purposes.
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Sophie Lyons
Sophie Lyons Hourke
Detroit
Success
Sophie Lyons Burke
Burke
Cory
Ned Lyons
Billy Burke
Wouteng 204
Bitwiep Oy
Injunction Filed To Stop Kaul Stepmother's Harsh Conduct
Edward F. Kaul, glue manufacturer, obtained a restraining order against his 75 year old stepmother Minnie Kaul 2524 North Francisco Avenue to stop her from shrieking rapping furniture and mistreating him The petition cites threats to Kaul and his wife who is in poor health and notes previous estate disputes and interference by the stepmother practiced on their street amid alleged mismanagement claims by the widow.
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Hicago
Minnie Kaul
North Francisco Avenue
Edward F. Kaul
East
Delaware Place
Ira Ryner
Goo
Kaul
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Nebraska
Ilere
Useir
Flaber
John Dee Marvey
Eddie
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