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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1906
Page
8
The piece argues that 15 000 000 bushels of seed corn will be planted and 2 3 million may fail to germinate due to low vitality. It champions preplant germination tests, describes a home germination box using canton flannel and nails, and urges farmers to discard weak ears to raise stands and improve U S corn yields.
The article discusses seed corn selection, stressing discard of ears with dead kernels and poor sprouts and keeping only kernels with healthy germination. It notes the need to grade ears by kernel size and mentions Agriculture Department tests: among 3 322 ears, 1 906 were unfit for seed, averaging 77 7 germination for the poor group. It also laments monotony on farms despite tools like rural mail, telephones, and railroads aiding farm life.
The article notes the average yield and price over the last ten years and directs readers to Farmers Bulletin No 253 by J W T Duvel for full test instructions. It states copies are available through Members of Congress or the Secretary of Agriculture.
Miss Worith Urmey argues that inmates of eastern insane asylums come from farming families due to idleness or lack of varied work. The piece then surveys Chinese newspaper publishing in Hong Kong and Shanghai, noting foreign and Chinese dailies, prices, and the rise of dialect publications that may deepen provincial divides.
The article mourns the end of the ancient whaling era from New Bedford. It recalls two hundred full rigged ships, long voyages, and famed captains like those aboard the Annie B and Mary Jane. It notes the extinction of Greenland and sperm whales and the lingering grandeur of the last racing rorqual ships.
Census data from Washington reveals a sharp drop in bicycle manufacturing since 1900 with 312 establishments down to 97 and employment falling 81 percent. Capital investment shrank from 29.78 million to 5.85 million, production from nearly 32 million bicycles to just over 5 million, while motorcycle factories surged from 159 to 2,289. New Zealand exports kauri gum valued at 65 million dollars annually used in varnish.
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