Peanut industry boosts South crop values and resilience
The peanut has greatly aided agricultural development by expanding acreage and raising land values in many regions. It helped Alabama endure the cotton weevil crisis and improved yields across the South, with Virginia dropping in production. The peanut oil sector added value, and this year saw the highest harvest and value on record despite reduced acreage.
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Positive Proof Endorsement by Lititz Shoemaker
Lititz resident Emanuel Ditzler testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills cured back pain and sleepless nights after years of discomfort. The endorsement claims lasting relief and urges purchase at 60 cents from dealers, noting FosterMilburn Co. as the maker.
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Clemenceau’s Chickens and Duels Remembered by Cab Driver
Nicholas Thien, who runs a chicken ranch near Tacoma, recalls Clemenceau in his younger days as a fierce fighter nicknamed Tiger. He says Clemenceau fought many duels, always winning, and would often ride out with Thien after hours. Thien fondly notes the tame life now and dreams of the old field of honor days.
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M'sien Clemenceau
Chilean Nitrate Industry Sees Rising Demand
Despite forecasts of disaster the war boosted Chilean nitrate needs. As military demand fades, pessimists warn of ruin, but Antofagasta's El Industrial predicts higher demand than ever for fertilizer and notes artificial nitrates fall short of natural Chilean product.
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KEEP RATS AWAY FROM HENS
United States Department of Agriculture warns poultrymen to guard against rats. Rats destroy feed eggs and fowls across varieties from chicks to mature birds. Reports from Virginia Kansas New Jersey Ohio Massachusetts show rats killing turkeys chickens and chicks, with rapid multiplication if left undisturbed. Owners invited serious trouble by ignoring infestation.
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United States Biological Survey
Department, of Agriculture
Virginia
Kansas
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Mixture for Little Chicks Described by USDA
The guide explains feeding newborn chicks with equal parts hard boiled eggs and rolled oats or stale bread soaked in milk, ensuring milk is squeezed from the bread. From day three or four, switch to commercial chick feed until they can eat wheat screenings or cracked corn.
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Plan for Marketing Eggs Separate Packages
Instructions call for marketing eggs in distinct packages by color brown and white shells while preserving all calls. Defective eggs or those with irregular shapes should be retained by the producer for home use to reduce breakage in transit and improve distribution efficiency.
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Rown
United States Department of Agriculture
Poultry Yard Care From a 1900s Guide
Males not needed for breeding should be culled promptly. Tar paper helps poultry houses. cleanliness, mites, lice, and disease require attention. Clean drinking water and fountains daily. provide minerals from vegetables. Gather eggs twice daily, keep nests lice free, store in cool dry rooms, and market weekly. Handle chick lice with grease or oil on the head and throat.
New World's Wonder on Isle of Cow's Head statue
A private project on the Isle of the Cow's Head aims to carve the largest statue in the world from natural rock. The reclining 249 foot figure, modeled after St Nichiren, would dwarf the Colossus of Rhodes and the Statue of Liberty, with trees and greenery forming its setting.
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Burma
Isle of the Cow's Head
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Hidden planet may orbit beyond Neptune this period
Isabel M. Lewis of the United States Naval Observatory suggests a fifteenth magnitude star in the Gemini region could be a new planet outside Neptune. She notes it would move in a highly elongated ellipse, challenging the nebular hypothesis. astronomers expect to observe irregular Neptune motion to estimate the unseen mass during conjunction.
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Isabel M. Lewis
United States Naval Observatory
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