Hydroponic farming Dream in MHS 8 Lab Tryouts
The article envisions a 1949 agriculture room experiment with water tanks supporting diverse crops like tomatoes oranges and alfalfa. It describes a California chemical mix enabling plant growth without soil and notes hydroponic farming could expand production, reduce cultivation needs, and possibly shift population toward desert regions.
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Agriculture Departments
Iowa
California
Pacific
Boy Adams
Rural School News COULSON Report on summer repainting and nature studies
Faith Hanes notes the interior of the schoolroom was repainted and leaves studies are under way with tree species observations. Students test silent reading weekly with graphs of speed and comprehension. Seventh and eighth graders wrote letters to Texas and New Hampshire schools. Lower grades study travel methods with stick wagon and paper airplanes. Spelling scores decide airplane liftoff, and the fourth grade Health Habits booklet covers health rules and posture jingles. A program and supper is planned for October 21.
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Coulson
Faith Hanes
Texas
New Hampshire
Lois Mericle
Donna Mericle
Naomi Stevens
Clyde Stevens
Virginia Hiatt
Ralph Mericle
Lula Tillmont School Report: Enrollments and Updates
September 28 marks our first month of school with 21 pupils across eight grades. Names listed by grade include Lois Headley Donald Foster Andrew Foster John William Wilson Dorothy Mae Wilson Dale Williams Berniece Van Dorin Rosa Neighbor Millie Anderson Joyce Foster Jack Campbell Patty Anderson Violet Foster Charles Foster Virginia Campbell Alvin Williams Jennie Foster Cleo VanDorin Martha Foster Lula Williams Harold Neighbor. The school board added bulletin boards painted green with black borders and refreshed the school house with a summer paint. three new folding chairs for the primary department and a utility cabinet were purchased. A Compton's encyclopedia arrived for the library and a cotton exhibit from Arizona, donated by Mr Spencer Wilson of Phoenix, will be planted at year end. A Palmer alphabet hangs above the blackboard and pre-primer children have learned Mother Goose rhymes with a new Mother Goose book in gay colors. Art periods feature lively projects.
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Lula 8
Tillmont
Lois Headley
Donald Foster
Andrew Foster
John William Wilson
Dorothy Mae Wilson
Dale Williams
Berniece van Dorin
Rosa Neighbor
Millie Anderson
Joyce Foster
Jack Campbell
Patty Anderson
Violet Foster
Charles Foster
Virginia Campbell
Alvin Williams
Jennie Foster
Cleo VanDorin
Martha Foster
Lula Williams
Harold Neighbor
Compton
Arizona
Spencer Wilson
Phoenix
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Lela Luse
James Hilton
Duane Veach
Dorothy Nowels
Jean Veach
Roy Woodward
Clarence Caster
Cleland Jolly
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Ruth Gibbons
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Esther
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Theodore
Junior Youngker
Diana
Martha Stocker
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Donald Whitehead
Kitty
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Elmer
Jack MacDonough
Alpha
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C Vivian Sutcliffe
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Wilbur
Wilard Cloyed
Harveey Coulson
Lucile Bracket
Quentin Hudson
Junior Martin
Margie Scanlon
Richard Crandall
Roy Adams
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MES
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John Hiner
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Auter
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Glen
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Bobbie
Mary Lou Main
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