Officials of Oregon Development League Delegates Meet in Astoria
Delegates of the Oregon Development League gather in Astoria for the August 14 to 16 convention as the Astoria Centennial pageant provides a backdrop. The pictured leaders will map the league program, while the city hosts with the Centennial committee arranging entertainment. Secretary C. C. Chapman has not yet announced the full convention agenda.
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Oregon Development League
Astoria
League
City of Lights
C. C. Chapman
Bacteria in the Dairy By Dr E G Peterson
Dr Peterson explains starters for dairy fermentation in Oregon daisies. A starter is lactic acid bacteria grown on broth then added to pasteurized milk to shape cream for butter and cheese. Sterilization methods replace pasteurization to ensure only desired bacteria thrive and Corvallis creamery reports success.
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Corvallis Creamery
Michigan
Department of Bacteriology
Oregon Experiment Station
Plan Aerial Line Airships to Carry 20 Passengers
Boston-based Glidden plans an east wide aerial passenger network by 1912 with stations in Philadelphia Washington Baltimore and other major cities. He says flights can carry 20 passengers and expects the first fleet by year end.
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Boston
Charles J. Glidden
Boston Aerial Navigation Company
Washington
Baltimore
Worcester
Springfield
New Haven
Bridgeport
Glidden
Mr. Glidden
New York
Mite Threat To Poultry Ruins Eggs And Chicks
The article warns that the chicken mite Dermanyssus gallinae redi harms poultry by feeding on blood, reducing egg production, and killing chicks. It notes mites hide in cracks, nests, and lofts, spread via new birds, clothes, wagons, and machinery, and that spraying is the most effective control method.
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Dermanyssus Gallinae Redi
Homemade spray recipe for mites from Iowa bulletin
The bulletin describes mixing hard soap with warm water, dissolving it, then adding kerosene to form a thick emulsion. Dilute with soft water to use as a spray, dip, or wash that kills mites and eggs within five minutes. Reapply two to three times, then repeat next day if needed. notes other products like Firolium used on roosts to reduce mite problems.
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Iawa Experiment Station
Iowa
Iron Famine Predicted by Bureau Chief Cushman
Dr Allerton S Cushman director of the bureau of industrial research in Washington warned at the Franklin Institute that at current iron production rates the United States will exhaust its iron supply in thirty years.
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Philadelphia
Allerton
Cushman
Bureau of Industrial Research
Washington
Franklin Institute
United States
Wild Horses Turned into Soap in California Desert Venture
In San Bernardino California within months 600 head of wild horses will be transformed into soap cakes for homes in New York and Chicago. Felipe Quieroz and George Tyler contract with Los Angeles agents for eastern soap factories to sell at $5 a head. The mustangs roam the area between Victorville and Holcomb valley and most are scrubs fit only for cattle driving.
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San Bernardino
Cal
New York
Chicago
Felipe Quieroz
George Tyler
Los Angeles
Victorville
Holcomb Valley
Germany to Send Bacteria to New York Museum
The scientific paper Um schau reports a vast bacteria collection to be shipped from Germany to a New York scientific museum. Prof. Kral of Prague models and maintains the collection, said to be the world's most extensive, with New York serving as the distribution center for American institutions seeking to use the bacteria.
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Germany
Berlin
New York
Prof. Kral
Prague
America
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Oregon
Development League
E.G. Peterson
Oregon Agricultural College
PLAN
France
Count Zeppelin
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Aerial Express
Pacific Coast
A. G. Lunn
A. C
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