Dangers of Building New York Public Works Highlight Lifesaving Sacrifices
A historic account details the human cost of mass engineering in New York. It documents caisson disease and fatal accidents across tunnel and bridge projects including the Brooklyn and Williamsburg bridges and the East River tunnels.
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New York
Brooklyn
Williamsburg
Cassion
Hugo
Poe
Eugene Sue
Board of Coroners
Manhattan
Pennsylvania Terminal Works
Belmont
East River
Hudson Company
Chirch and
Dey Streets
Brooklyn Bridge
Col. Roebling
Brooklyn Tower
Manhattan Tower
Making Board Drains For Farm Drainage Improvement
Farmers seek affordable drainage options. board drains offer long lasting service and can raise crop yields. A standard upright notched board system or two posts with cross boards lets one person quickly make troughs, enabling future tile installation.
Farmers' Friends: Birds Aiding Crops And Insects
Farmers study bird roles in crop protection noting swallows swifts nightingales guard the atmosphere while woodpeckers chickadees and creepers defend trees. Blackbirds thrushes crows larks curb soil pests and the crow reportedly destroys many insects, even grasshoppers, with minimal corn damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman
No Excuse for Rough Dirt Roads in Corn Belt
Farmers must fix in mind that rough roads are unnecessary in summer and winter. The road drag, harrow, and disk, used at proper times, will smooth surfaces, drain water, and speed drying, reducing costs and avoiding expensive traffic remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Belt
Wallace
A Unique Plan For Potting A Sweet Potato
Plant a single sweet potato to keep warm at night and start it indoors. As vines grow trim them on a window trellis. Two weeks before setting out, cut vines into single leaf cuttings and root in damp sand in a warm sunny spot. This method yields plants with little effort and cost. Intended for a family project.
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Channing Bullard
Bullard
Cambridge Latin School
Pennsylvania
East River
Neighborhood Spraying Clubs Boost Orchard Health
Spraying only works when all nearby growers cooperate. If one sprays while neighbors neglect spraying, pests and diseases persist. Form spraying clubs and invite neighbors to join for effective pest control.
MAKE YOUR OWN HARROW
A flat iron punch one and a half by three eighths inches split from C to D and bolted to two and a half inch square wood pieces. It is hinged at X and the draft attaches at K. This makes a cheap harrow with no mortises to rot out. Teeth can be any size or quantity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Guidance On Root Growth For Planted Corn
Instructions advise plowing deep and close on bottom land, disc early if possible, and smooth with a harrow if not packed. Two to three days after planting run a section harrow to loosen soil, then cultivate with a shovel cultivator beside the corn. Cultivate at least twice more with broader shovels, not too deep, to allow brace roots to spread, avoiding near the corn on the last pass.
Will Make It Stick Paint Mixture Preps Stalls
A home remedy blends a half gallon of flour paste with a gallon of whitewash to create a durable paint that resists rubbing off on stalls and proves as destructive to insects and disease germs as a coating.
The Cooling Moth Work Through June Spraying
The text notes that the cooling moth is active both early and late and that spraying in June will not guard against new broods through August.
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Manhattan Anchorage
John A. Roebling
Col
W. A. Roebling
Williamsburg Bridge
Hundred and Sixty-eighth Street
Murray Hill
Ira A. Shaler
William B. Parsons
Fort George
Subway
Harlem
Bright
Pennsylvania Railroad
Crosstown
Simplon
Egypt
South Africa
England
McAdoo
North River
Morton Street
Hudson Companies
Fulton
Church Streets
Bluejay
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