Haig Breaks German Line at Messines Ridge in Belgium
British forces under Sir Douglas Haig shattered the German line at Messines ridge near Ypres. The battle yielded 5,000+ prisoners and many guns while inflicting heavy German casualties. Guns bombarded trenches, mines exploded, and British planes dominated the air as infantry pressed the advance along a ten mile front.
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Douglas Haig
Belgium
Messines Ridge
Ypres
Slo
Vimy Ridge
No Man's Land
Somme
Plumer
Russia
Late Market Quotations Across Commodities and Livestock
The Ventura Union News Service reports updated late market quotes across livestock, metals, and agricultural products. Cattle and hog prices appear modestly varied, with hogs showing tighter ranges. copper and lead futures edge higher while cotton and dairy prices reflect mixed domestic demand. Chicago and New York quotations indicate broad movement in live stock and commodity markets.
British two drives seize towns in nine mile front
London reports the British opened on a nine mile front between Messines and Wytschaete, capturing first objectives and many prisoners. A second drive took Oosttaverne and German positions east of the village across more than eight miles, with heavy German casualties.
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London
Messines
Wytschaete
Oosttaverne
Census estimates shift as states report military registrations
Western Newspaper Union News Record Washington June 11 reports 26 states and DC have completed military registrations totaling 4,716,786. territory estimates push total eligibles to about 9,000,000, below the 10,264,000 forecast. exemptions total 2,508,624 with 450,000 to 1,000,000 already in the armed forces. Pennsylvania tops with 950,200 registered versus 879,388 anticipated.
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War Department
Brumbaugh
Resurrection in Mark and Matthew: Mary Magdalene and the empty tomb
A devotional lesson on the resurrection of Jesus, focusing on Mary Magdalene at the tomb, the women’s discovery, Peter and John’s reactions, and Jesus’ first appearances. It emphasizes the tomb’s orderly state as evidence of veracity, Mary’s worship, and the resurrection as proof of Christ’s divine sonship and redemption.
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Joseph
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Matthew
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Thomas
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Rabbont
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Increasing Food Supply Through Early Sow Breeding Practices
The article urges boosting pork production by breeding sows before June to yield fall litters. It favors flushing sows to gain weight before breeding and careful feeding of pregnant sows with bone and muscle making seeds. Emphasizes using a purebred boar, not carrying over sows, and monitored post breeding to ensure conception.
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United States
Missouri Experiment Station
A FARMERS PATRIOTISM
The shortest definition of Patriotism is service for one's country. There are many ways to serve at home. Plant larger gardens and can surplus, grow more corn or kafir, and prepare land for fall wheat. Save manure, apply five tons per acre, and boost poultry swine and turkeys. Combat orchard and garden pests.
Heel Flies Pester Cattle In Summer
Colorado study reports heel fly larvae cause lumps on cattle backs. Observations describe larvae entering through bites, eyes reaching stomachs, and cattle reacting by seeking water. By spring the grub matures and exits via a breathing opening, with the pest peaking in summer.
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George H. Glover
Colorado Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Colo
Seattle
Feeding Goslings Ration Guide
Goslings should receive a mash of two parts shorts to one part corn. After three weeks, switch to equal parts shorts and cornmeal with five percent beef scrap and grit.
By Their Fruit The Farmer’s Return For Time And Labor
A statement on farming efficiency notes that crops or animals failing to yield return for the time money and labor invested are not worth Cultivation. It emphasizes cost versus gain in agricultural decisions and customer impact.
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War Department
Ince
Nature of cattle grubs and remedies
The text explains the life cycle of a fly grub that burrows in the ground and becomes a mature fly after a month. It notes that grubs reduce cattle flesh and hide value. It recommends pressing out grubs with a knife, or applying kerosene through the opening, and using pine tar or coal tar dips to deter flies from cattle.
Wrong methods of feeding on Sunday
Work horses show more illnesses Monday. Dr. C. W. McCampbell says Sunday rest followed by heavy feeding causes Monday morning sickness, colds, and even death. He advises adjusting Sunday rations to half grain, steaming bran mash with salt, and giving idle horses access to pasture and shade.
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C. W. McCampbell
Wasoclute
Kansas State Agricultural College
McCampbell
Shoats for Early Market Feeding Tips
Shoats for early market should have millfeed slop twice a day in connection with abundant green feed. Keep a box of wood ashes and coal under cover in the feeding pen where they can eat what they need.
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Connecion
Kill Irish Potato Bug and Farm Advice Note
Crop tips warn a arsenate spray mix kills Irish potato bugs using one tablespoon arsenate of lead with one-fourth to one-half pound of lump lime and three gallons of water. Also urged comments on pasture plans enduring after wheat market declines and advice against crowding beets by attempting two beets in one bed.
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