Engineer Hopes Maine Coast Power From Fundy Tides
Dexter P. Cooper proposes a $100 million hydroelectric project harnessing Fundy tides at Passamaquoddy and Cobscook bays. The plan envisions three dams, a constant 15–20 foot head, and 500000 horsepower year round, with power to flow into Maine New Brunswick and New England. Cooper tours Maine urging support, facing government approvals and private capital needs amid a region famed for the tides and Eastport’s remoteness.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Wendy
America
Hag
Bay of Fundy
Clignecto
Stull
Acadia Jaine
New Brunswick
Nova Sentia
Fundy
Inahe
Rushford
Ming
Dester P. Cooper
Saxe Paulo
Brazil
Mississippi
Keokuk
Council For National Defense
Muscle Shoals
Col
Haugh T. Cooper
U. S
Great Lakes
Cooper
Maine
Augusta
Mr. Cooper
Statehouse
Oorercome
Cooper Project
Passamequoddy Bay
Cooper J
United States
International Joint Commission
U. S. Federal Power Commission
Afeine
Nature
Passamaquoddy
Cobsecook
Cobscook
Omte
Tennessee
New England
Eastern
Canada
Niagara
Eastport
Boston
Swift’s Gulliver Visit Spurs Mars Satellites Claim
Capper’s Weekly notes Swift’s 1726 tale of Laputa predicting two Martian satellites. Modern telescope data reportedly finds two moons with rotations of 7 hours 39 minutes and 80 hours 18 minutes. Also reports three new foreign words limous ine linotype and moteutm debut in the Academie Francaise dictionary as it reaches letter I with Marshal Joffre on the committee.
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Swift
Gulliver's
Laputa
Mars
Academie Fran J Caise
Linotype
Marshal Joffre
New Words for French Language News Words Warily Adopted
In the matter of receiving news words into their language the French are wary. When a word of foreign derivation succeeds in battling its way into usage they grant it a foothold, yet remain cautious about preserving French form and flavor.
Growing Your Own Clover Seed Crop
Iowa State College expert TF G Churchill notes tests of 900 clover seed samples show domestic seed is more winter hardy and yields better second growth than imported seed. He warns farmers to inspect fields for dodder and other weeds, harvest for seed at full bloom, and cut for hay if weed pressure is high.
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TF. G. Churchill
Iowa State College
Iowa Experiment Station
Canada
Churchill
How Much Corn Shrinks in Crib During Winter
Corn loses moisture in winter with shrinkage about sixteen percent. Harvest moisture is 20 to 30 percent. most drying occurs in April and May. Dried corn grades higher, so value often offsets weight loss, though storage costs interest risk insurance and market fluctuations.
Barbed Wire Fences Are Troublesome to Handle
Barbed wire fencing proves troublesome on farms especially for temporary pastures with sweet clover and hogging down corn. Farmers often improvise barbed wire reels from odds and ends since ready made equipment is scarce.
Farm Notes on Weed Eradication and Poultry Care
Noxious weeds should be eradicated and pullets kept in good flesh before production. Advances in silage and fodder require roasting-ear stage corn. Maintain oil fields when muddy to prevent next spring clods. Remove roosters from flocks and store fertile eggs cool below 63 degrees. Keep nesting material clean and birds off dropping boards. Protect feed and seed quality to boost corn profits by 5-29 percent.
Sugar Beets Honey as Winter Bee Food Policy
Beekeeping guidance urges feeding each hive 10 rounds of sugar sirup for winter, to prevent dysentery from honey and gum in honey. Ray Hutson of New Jersey warns honeydew rich honey risks indigestion. Prepare sugar sirup with two parts sugar, one part water, add tar or vinegar, and feed with pails or hive bodies as winter storage.
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Ray H. Hutson
New Jersey State Agricultural Experiment Station
New Brunswick
Overcrowding and Disease in Poultry Keeps Flocks Healthy
Poultry experts warn overcrowding breeds disease and losses as birds weaken. A strong, full grown flock resists illness better. Eliminate weak stock, keep houses clean, ventilate properly, and disinfect before hens are confined. Regular cleaning of feeding and drinking utensils reduces mite trouble.
Barred Plymouth Rocks Lead in Chicken Breeds
The Barred Plymouth Rock is the leading breed in popularity with many grown each year. It originated from crossing male Dominique with a female Java and aims to create the best utility bird. Cock weighs nine and a half pounds, hen two pounds lighter. White Rocks differ only in plumage color.
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Dominique
Jaya
Time for Maximum Feed Consumption by Poultry
It is a good time of year to provide abundant feed to the flock. Young pullets should mature quickly to begin laying before mid winter, while yearling hens may lay during this season with a good laying ration. Market extra cockerels soon as rapid growth is profitable and avoid sight feeding. Sell any fowl that does not pay for heavy feeding to free room for better birds. Careful flock management now shapes winter production and the heaviest pullets typically start laying in November or December when egg prices peak.
A Champion Oyster Eater of All Time
In Tennessee hills a man famed for three traits—appetite, capacity, and digestion—proved unstoppable by gobbling canned oysters whole in a county store contest. He devoured crates of oysters with juice, whiskers and all, until empty, then noted it was near supper time. The locals debated who, if anyone, could match his feats.
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Tennessee Mountains
Cove
Parse Grifted
Ansé Coombs
Palmer Family Newspaper Businessman Encounters Inmate
While visiting a Minnesota mental asylum Palmer and a friend meet an elderly inmate who claims to be a victim of false charges. He says he is confined but pursuing a scientific literary project, describing his work on a complete index to The Unabridged Dictionary.
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Charlin Palmer
Hinatic Asylum
Minnesota
Palmer
Tara
Gift of Tongues in France Tests A E F Verna Language Aid
In a Norman village an American private asks a seasoned World War I veteran if he speaks French. The private seeks help to get proper change after paying with a ten franc note. The veteran and the private confront a shopkeeper, prompting a comic exchange over correct change and language barriers.
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France
Purley
Fransay
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