Reclaiming Waste Land With Pasture and Forest Measures
Henry Field explains submarginal land on farms can be reclaimed as pasture or forest.Contour furrows save moisture and prevent gullies. proper plowing, manure, and Bermuda grass with grass and clover seed mixes yield a durable pasture in about two years. Field details methods and cautions to avoid washouts.
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Henry Field
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Reclaiming Wasteland Pastures With Trees And Vines
Farmers can restore gullied and eroded land by mowing and harrowing to suppress weeds, then plant fast growing trees like black locust and shortleaf pine. Use nursery seedlings, prepare soil, and protect new growth. Kudzu offers rapid ground cover but needs year round protection from stock and fire.
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Bermuda
Jack
Marriage as Insurance Says MIT Professor
Professor Edwin S Burdell of MIT cites Census Bureau data to argue marriage lowers death and crime rates, reduces insanity and crises reports among men. He claims marriage provides social responsibility and deterrence against wrongdoing, poverty, and early death.
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Edwin S. Burdell
Massachusetts Institute, of Technology
Middle West urged to lead GOP reorganization in 1932
Dallas News notes calls for the Middle West to spearhead a Republican Party reorganization as November 1932 approaches.
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Middle West
Dallas News
The High Cost Paid for Crime
The piece cites American Bar Association president Scott M. Loftin calling crime a toll on Americans. It argues the public bears a tax of 125 to 150 dollars per person annually through crime costs, urging laws and enforcement, plus faster justice and crime commissions. Crime costs include prices of bread, flour, and goods, with hijacking, robbery, fraud and theft cited as examples.
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Scott M. Loftin
American Bar Association
Loftin
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Taxpayers in 1955 Reflect on Historic Debt Lessons
The piece cites 1865 debt of 2.76 billion dollars and notes that within twenty years half was paid, prompting questions about how long a 40 billion peacetime debt would take to repay. It contrasts wartime urgency with peacetime relief plans and asks what future taxpayers will think.
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United States
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