Rural districts sustain true American family says Calpin
C. J. Calpin of the federal Department of Agriculture told the National Catholic Rural Life conference in Milwaukee that census data show 4 million more children under twenty one in 30 million farm people than in 80 million city residents. He argued space and sunlight favor rural families and that the farm family is the nation’s enduring type.
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C. J. Calpin
Federal Department of Agriculture
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
Milwaukee
Pennsylvania Plans to Beautify Its Highways
Pennsylvania highway officials announce a revised planting program to cover 300000 vines and flowering grasses along banks and slopes next year. The plan includes wild roses rambler and creeper roses with ten grasses such as white clover alsike clover vetch alfalfa and vaccaria plus orchard and meadow grasses to accompany erosion control and aesthetic improvements.
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Pennsylvania
Department of Highways
Highway Department
Reconstructing Homes Boosts Renovation Investments
Rebuilding and altering old houses often proves a sound investment as selling values can exceed the costs. Lumber-built homes are especially amenable to changes, making renovation a common, profitable practice. Building material dealers nationwide aid in planning improvements, with local architects typically backing improvements that enhance town appearance.
The Father’s Question About Environment in Love
The piece argues that a daughter's sense of home depends on her upbringing. If she grew up amid comfort she will seek a similar standard in her own home, and strong character can still yield good taste and beauty despite limited finances.
Get to Work on Lawn for Spring Planting
The article advises beginning lawn and garden tasks in cold weather to exploit rotting sod as soil enrichment. It suggests delaying longer lawn work until spring causes slower grass response and recommends starting spring flower beds in advance for better establishment.
Time for Mating Repairs
An observant householder argues for doing repairs in cold weather rather than spring. He says cement walks or fences damaged by winter can be fixed now, saving spring disruption as lawns recover and surface shifts are rechecked in the spring.
Ten Cents Each Rod for Fences
Illinois farm records show ten cents per rod yearly to maintain fences on four Champaign and Pratt county farms in cooperation with the University of Illinois. Average annual upkeep per farm runs about $115 for roughly 1 150 rods of fencing on 240 acres, with losses from land use crop damage and weed cutting potentially doubling the cost. Temporary fencing suggested to cut costs by reducing total rods and simplifying field layout.
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Illinois
Champaign
Pratt County
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
A Ponnen
Farm Organization and Management Department
The
College
Formaldehyde and Water Cures Smut in Seed Oats
The oat crop faces smut unless seed is properly treated with formaldehyde. For every 50 bushels, mix a pint of formaldehyde with five gallons of water, dampen seed on a barn floor, stir, cover, and wait at least two hours. Allow fumes to escape and dry before storing, re treating sacks if reused.
Flushing Ewes Boosts Lamb Crop Across Feeding Plans
Kansas State agricultural expert C G Eliing reports that flushing ewes before breeding increases lamb crop. Tests on 17 groups show non fed grain ewes gained 1.7 pounds and produced 129 per cent lambs, while grain fed ewes gained 8 pounds and yielded 147 per cent. For 1000 sheep, this equates to 280 more lambs, with varied feeding still achieving the gain.
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C. G. Eliing
Kansas State Agricultural College
Poultry Feed Essentials for Balanced Ration
Guidance on creating a balanced poultry ration using home grown feeds. Recommends a scratch mix of corn oats and wheat and a high protein mash with meat scraps cornmeal bran oats and wheat middlings. Provides portions for a good mash and feeding method.
Silo Use Boosts Dairy Value and Efficiency on Farms
A writer from Indiana Farmer and Guide notes silos, mostly solid concrete in the area, give lasting benefits for dairying. A steel form allows quick construction, feeding stored in winter, saving nutrients with minimal waste. Filling costs run about 15 to 20 dollars per 82 foot silo, with multiple farmers sharing work.
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Indiana Farmer and Guide
Stable Manure Is Best Fertilizer for Garden
Stable manure remains the best garden fertilizer though supplements like nitrate of soda and phosphate aid specific crops. A light dusting along rows boosts growth with little cost. Manure and green manures have lasting soil benefits, unlike commercial blends used for a single crop.
Clean Water For Laying Hens In Hatchery Tips
Advice on providing clean water for laying hens includes using a near mash hopper pail stored in a wooden box to prevent tipping. Suggestion to use iron drinking pails in winter for easy cleaning with boiling water and corn cobs. Clean water encourages more drinking and helps reduce respiratory disease spread.
Farm Notes on Marketing and Cropping Practices
The notes emphasize honest marketing to protect reputation, encourage cooperation, and improve farm sales. Flood-prone soils hurt alfalfa. sow alfalfa with 10 to 12 pounds per acre. Seed corn timing this fall will largely decide 1925 success. hens benefit from egg mash except during molt. Grading raises the value of what is sold, not the quantity.
Mr A’s inamorata scandal shocks London court
A sensational London trial reveals Mrs Charles EK Robinsons used by blackmailers to extort large sums from Mr A later identified as Sir Hari Singh. The melodrama implicated the maharajah of Kashmir, drawing intense public attention.
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Charles EK. Robinsons
Mr. A
Sir Hari Singh
Kashmir
London
Margot Asquith Wears Driving Hood in Latest Photo
This fresh photograph shows Margot Asquith, wife of a former British prime minister, wearing the fur hood she has adopted since taking up automobile driving.
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Margot Asquith
Great Britain
Five Million Candle Beacon Lights Peak on Sher man Hill
The five million candle power beacon sits atop Sherman Hill between Cheyenne and Laramie Wyoming at 8600 feet. It guides air mail pilots on night routes across the country and can be seen up to 50 miles away on clear nights.
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Rocky Mountains
Sherman Hill
Cheyenne
Laramie
Wyo
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