Grain Growers Organize Co operative Thrashing Rings
An USDA prepared summary explains how grain growers in the corn belt form thrashing rings to improve efficiency and cut costs. It details large and small rings, equipment, labor, and management, with examples from Livingston County Illinois and Fayette County Ohio.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United ‘States Department of Agriculure
Uston - Thrashing
Livingston County
Illinois
Dehorning Not Painful Says Agriculture Department
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture experts state dehorning is not painful and not cruel. They note milk and butterfat yields recover quickly after dehorning while fights over horns before removal cause more death and injury among cattle, justifying horn removal for safety.
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United States’ Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Wool Pool Is Reorganized in Gooding County
Members of the Gooding County Farm Bureau pooled 128000 pounds of wool last year selling at 60 cents a pound. They earned 25600 dollars over local prices of 40 cents. They have reorganized to pool this season's wool and will deliver wool in good condition to the warehouse.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Gooding County
Idaho
Farm Bureau
Market Demands Guide for Poultry Raisers
Study demands of market and aim for uniform egg and flesh quality. A uniform color and consistent output are desirable. mixed flocks hinder uniformity and reduce market desirability for meat and eggs.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Fashion in Woman's Dress Draws Campus Debate at U Illinois
An Illinois college debate on dress asks if fashion harms modesty. Leona Hope from the home economics department criticizes “Bareback Whists” and thin stockings while noting campus attention focuses on the fashionable, not protection from sun or rain.
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Reas III
S/ Leona Hope
Home Economics
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
State Street
U. of. 5
Area headlines crowd Boruda shooting death
The newspaper recounts the death of Rudolph Boruda at 18 after a confrontation with Detectives Byrnes and Mulcahey. Neighbors and family mourn, insisting he was a good boy and not a bandit. Boruda allegedly drove a stolen car and fired first, leading to his death.
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Deering Street
Boruda
Higago
Rudolph Boruda
Rudie
Po Bolice
Keeley Street
Socialsat Ile Society
Byrnes
Mulcahey
Doors Open for Woman Kidnapper Helen Boyle Paroled
Helen Boyle, Chicago woman convicted ten years ago in Mercer county for complicity in the Billy Whitlam kidnapping, is paroled from the state penitentiary after a favorable pardon board decision. Her husband James Boyle, serving a life term, remains imprisoned. She departs with no prison marks, saying she regrets youth’s mistake and seeks to forget.
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Titsburgh
State
Helen McDermott
Boyle
Chicago
Mercer County
Billy
James PR. Whitlam Sharon
James Boyle
State Board of Pardons
Mrs. Boyle
Whitlam
Helen Boyle
Jimmy Boyle
Helen
East Lynne in Avon Farm Saga Sparks Theft and Romance
In Avon Til a farmer and his workers abandon fields for a noon meal as a widowly romance unfolds. Jim Raywatt is drawn to the farmer's wife Rose who vanishes with him as Charley and Reed pursue clues to a stolen $1000 amid a Chicago sleuthing trip.
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Onur
Sylvan
Avon
Til
C B. Eshelman
Clarion Sammons Sounds Farmer B Eshelman
Eshelman
James Raywatt
Galesburg
Esherman Farm
East Lynne
Tim
Charley
Eghelman
Rose
Jim
Reed
Cutler
Fulton County
Chicago
Mich
Boul
Monroe
Big Jim
Tick eradication aids Harris County cattle farmers
Farmers in Aldine Harris County Texas petition the county commissioners to fund continued tick eradication. They cite savings and increased milk output from dipping. example shows milk rising from 15 to 40 gallons daily among 38 to 223 ticked cows. They urge removal of remaining ticks after federal quarantine ends to prevent reinfestation. The petition is signed by Aldine Farmers Co operative Association led by GC Anderson and W A Roush along with 14 farmers.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Commissioners’ Court
Harris County
Tex
Harris
John Shannon
Nean
Aldine Farmers’ Co-operative Association
GC. A. Anderson
W. A. Roush
Grasshopper Army Checked by Poison in Morris County
A Morris County field outbreak of millions of grasshoppers was halted by a dusted strip across a newly seeded alfalfa field using a lime and Paris green mixture. County agent S Lippincott advised the treatment. other nearby fields also were checked as bait was prepared with white arsenic sawdust molasses and water, with bran or ground alfalfa hay as alternatives.
Sunflowers Prove Efficient Silage In Montana Trials
Montana farm bureau reports sunflower silage yields under dry land of 10.25 tons per acre and under irrigated 29 tons per acre, nearly triple corn under similar conditions. Demonstrations note high valley suitability and good quality feed. Bureaus coordinate seed distribution and link with the state experiment station to spread proven grain varieties.
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Montana
United States Department of Agriculture
Montana Farm Bureau
Control Pests of Poultry
United States Department of Agriculture guidance discusses mites and lice that sap poultry vitality. The material emphasizes preventing growth losses and egg production decline due to parasitic infestations and offers prevention and cure considerations.
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United States Department of Agricultural
Million-member goal set for farm bureaus in 83 states
The United States Department of Agriculture issues a notice to county agents announcing a target of one million Farm Bureau members next year across 83 northern and western states. It cites 409 841 members on April 1 and a 30 percent rise since December 1918, urging dignified recruitment on a business basis.
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Whiting
United States
Department of Aericulture
Washington, ‘D.C
Farm Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Garden Enemies Begin Work As Seeds Are Planted
The article notes garden pests attack early, making continuous effort essential. Regular tending yields best results, while neglect leads to poor harvest and missed chances.
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United States Department of Agriculture
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Fayette County
Ohio
Wool Pool
Idaho Farm Bureau
U. of I
Texas County
Grasshopper Army
New Jersey
Paris
US. Department. OF Aghiculture
Berean OF
On Eling In
the State Aghicultural College
Department of Agriculture
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