Agricultural education shapes modern farming and opportunity
The article traces the rise of agricultural colleges and extension services, noting the shift from practice-based farming to science informed by experiments. It highlights the benefits of formal agricultural study for farmers, the role of land grant colleges, and the improved profitability and dignity of farming through education. It emphasizes the need for scientific methods to boost yields and drive national progress.
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Michigan Agricultu
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Department of Agriculture and Experiment Stations
College of Agriculture and Experiment Station
Indiana
Value test of feeding hogs with ear corn shelled meal
The experiment divides hogs into groups by weight 49 100 150 and 200 pounds to compare feeding value. Each weight has four groups receiving ear corn tankage corn meal and tankage to test value of ear corn and shelled corn meal across ages.
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Imal Husbandry Department
Purdue Poultry Building Plans for New Facility
A new poultry building is planned for Purdue University. The structure spans 14,850 feet in length and will be divided into 10 by 14 foot pens. Aims include convenient visitor access and spaces for student work such as handling and judging fowls.
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Oultry Department
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Improvement at Purdue Dairy Barn Remodel Underway
The Purdue dairy barn receives updates with box stalls and new stanchions replacing the old setup. The existing section will hold 50 milking cows, while the new wing, added last year, will house a dozen heifers and about twenty four calves. Bulls are kept in a specially built shed.
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Purdue
Feeding Corn Silage to Purdue Cattle in Dry Weather
The Purdue herd receives a large ration of corn silage as pastures fail in dry weather, aiding milk production. Fifty-two leading U S railroad companies ran an agricultural improvement train during the year ending June 30, 1910.
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Purdue
United States
The Boy Punishment A Moral Guide to Discipline
An essay argues punishment for a misbehaving boy is necessary when deserved and must be administered by parents. It compares directing a boy to guiding a horse, urging calm, consistent discipline, removal of offense causes, and a focus on restoration over retribution. It stresses parental responsibility and humane methods.
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Tolstoi
His Long Apprenticeship and the Value of Time
The essay argues a long childhood fuels human development and social contribution. It contrasts rapid animal maturation with human patience, citing Goethe and historical figures to show how extended preparation enables leadership, altruism, and family unity and benefits society at large.
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Goethe
Faust
Togo Hero of Japan Noted as Gentle Naval Master
Adm Togo, famed Japanese war hero guest in America, described as simple and gentle yet the greatest naval strategist. Born in Kagoshima with peers Marshal Oyama and Admiral Yamamoto, he rose to command fleets and earned reverent respect in Japan and abroad.
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Marshal Oyama
Kuriki
Kamimura
Yamamoto
Kagoshima
Mikado
England
Russia
Sea of Japan
Japan
United States
Pioneer Frederick Winslow Taylor in Economic Labor Reform
Frederick Winslow Taylor, a pioneer of a new economizing school, spoke before a congressional committee on boosting labor productivity by 15 to 20 percent. Born in Germantown Pa, he rose from patternmaker and machinist to mechanical engineer and management reformer with about 100 patents.
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Frederick Winslow Taylor
Congress
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Germantown
Midville Steel Company
Philadelphia
Tama Wilson the farmer friend and cabinet reformer
The champion long distance cabinet officer is Secretary of Agriculture Tama Jim Wilson who has held the post since 1897. He strengthened farming through dry farming trials, imported durum wheat and alfalfas, introduced Cuban tobacco varieties, and developed a serum to combat hog cholera, impacting 40 percent of Americans.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Africa
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Siberia
South Carolina
Texas
Carolina
Shriner Assembly At Rochester Draws Global Greeting
Chosen Imperial potentate John Frank Treat of Fargo North Dakota leads El Zagal Temple as 30000 Shriners converge on Rochester for a Shrine gathering. Delegates arrive by train boat and car from across the United States and Scotland with bands and novelty gifts symbolic of their orders and hometowns.
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Rochester Oasis
United States
Scotland
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Winnipeg
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Islam Temple
San Francisco
Los Angeles
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