A Shrine of Flags at West Point
Elmo Scott Watson surveys West Point's flag collection in the museum marking flag history from the Revolution to recent conflicts. He highlights Washington era banners, Betsy Ross lore, Fort McHenry relics, and flags captured at Yorktown Yorktown, Vera Cruz, and Shiloh, plus improvised flags from the Philippines insurrection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
Ita
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
United States
Arch Street
Elizabeth Griscom Ross
Betsy Ross
Fort McHenry
Maryland
Francis Scott Key
William Driver
New England
United States Miliary Academy
West Point
Washington
George Washington
Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis
George Washington Parke Custis
Martha Washington
Custis
War Department
Floyd
Horn
United States Military Academy
Trenton
George Wash- Iupton
Ansbach-Bayreuth
Colers
Cornwallia
Seventh
Royal Fusiliers
Fort Chambly
Mad-Anthony" Wayne
Korktown
Stony Point
New York
Butler
Rangers
Susquehanna
Wyoming
Fort George
Upper Canada
St. George’s Cross
Sir John Johnson
Willett
Fort Standis
Scott and
Taylor
Rio Grande
General Sheridan
Cavalry
First Division
Cavalry Corps
Army of the Potomac
Fifth Cavalry
Ephriam Elmer Edsworth
Zonavyes
Marehall House
Alexandria
Ellsworth
Eterra
United States Missouri Volunteer Infantry
Shiloh
Beem
Church
Military Academy
Crafts J. Wright
Glendale
Ohio
Missouri
Wright
Fort Stanwis
Philippines
Weetertt
Upton
Abundant home grains cut poultry feed costs at OSU
Poultry specialists at Ohio State University urge using home grown grains to trim ration costs and keep grains available in feeders. They note milk or meat scraps may supplement protein and advise gradual changes plus legume hay and cod liver oil for confined flocks to maintain nutrition.
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Department of Poultry Husbandry
Ohio State University
Easy to Minimize Loss From Hens Eating Eggs
The article explains how hens peck and eat eggs dropped on the floor or in nests, driven by curiosity and appetite. It suggests dark nests to deter rummaging and regular egg gathering to reduce breakage, plus a deterrent paste made from mustard and pepper to discourage the habit.
Easy Way to Get Eyes Otto Hart in Greenleaf Community
In Washington county purchased White Leghorn mates days ago to improve his flock. Leonard F. Neff of Washington farm experiments station at Manhattan notes a trap nest record of 72 eggs per year. Pedigreed Leghorn sires with 200 eggs or more were used. Daughters averaged 156 eggs, next cross 188, and the third cross 193 eggs. Kansas Farmer.
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Otto Hart
Washington
Leonard F. Neff
Manhattan
Kansas
Poultry Tips From A Back Yard Flock And A Leghorn Lead
An Iowa style poultry section notes J A Hanson Corvallis owns White Leghorns that led the Illinois egg laying contest with 132 eggs in January. It urges sanitation using daily newspaper litter changes for ten days and stresses scheduled feeding, vigilant chick care, and culling listless poultry to save food costs and boost home enjoyment.
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J. A. Hanson
Corvallis
Are
Fertilizers Adopt Nitrogen Basis for Labeling in 12 States
United States Department of Agriculture reports a shift from ammonia content to nitrogen as the labeling basis for fertilizers affecting twelve northeastern states. Effective January 1, new rules require nitrogen percentages shown as whole numbers, with simplified bag guarantees including brand name, analysis, and manufacturer details.
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United States
WNU
New England
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
West
Virginia
Ostwald Schreiner
Division of
Bureau ‘of Chemistry and Soils
United State Department of Agriculture
Schreiner
Value of Corn Silage Pricing Methods Discussed
An Iowa reader asks how to set a fair price per ton for corn silage comparing to timothy and alfalfa. The note outlines methods to estimate silage value, noting corn belt silage is often valued at about a third of good legume prices and referencing typical tonnage and corn yield benchmarks.
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Iowa
Timothy
Tvab
Oats and Peas For Canadian Field Seed Varieties
The article recommends sowing oats with peas such as Chang Cloverland Golden Vine and Alberta White. Typical seeding is two bushels oats and one bushel peas per acre, with adjustments on poorer soils. On low fertility land peas may drop to half a bushel with substitutions like vetch, and inoculation is advised for success across crops.
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Canada
Alberta
Amer Dcan Agriculturist
Salt in Asparagus Cultivation Warys Weed Control
The Rural New Yorker notes salt applied to asparagus can kill many weeds but requires heavy, ground white with frost-like salt to be permanent. Better to space plants so hoes reach around each plant, with clumps kept weeded. Opinions vary on salting, once common, now rare. proper salt and nutrients yield good asparagus with or without salt.
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New-Yorker
Soybeans and Alfalfa Hay Prove Equal For Sheep Feed
Feeding trials with breeding ewes show soybeans and alfalfa hay produce similar feeding value. The study compares soybeans alone, alfalfa hay alone, and their combinations, finding no significant difference in sheep performance across all tested rations.
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