Notes From The Farm Front On Crop Yields And Livestock Losses
Clover and alfalfa seed command high prices as world demand stays strong. Control of clover-head caterpillars weevils and sugus bugs can lift yields 25 to 56 percent. A three percent DDT dust at 30 to 35 pounds per acre is effective, but avoid blossoms and livestock-feed crops. A safety poster jointly issued warns against bruising losses in livestock transport and storage. Fly damage in dairy cattle during July to September cuts milk by 5 to 10 pounds per cow daily. wettable BDT formulation offers a remedy. Protein supplements for hogs reduce feed costs when grain prices are high, since pigs cannot digest large meals, making supplements economically essential.
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Dominion
Industrial and Development Council of Canadian Meat Packers
Prone Pilot Concept Aims for Faster Air Combat
The United States Air Force plans a swift war plane with a pilot lying on his stomach to improve speed and survivability. The design would forgo the bubble canopy, use mirrors and periscopes to view ahead and behind, and reduce loss of consciousness during maneuvers.
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United States Air Force
Famine Threat and Global Food Shortage Rising
The text cites famine in China India and other lands caused by excessive rains plant diseases and drought. It warns world food shortages grow as population rises by 10 million annually and soil erosion wastes billions of acres reducing output.
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India
Striving For Class
Jim Bishop clings to a dream of class as he faces job insecurity under a new supervisor. A cheerful newsboy inspires him with a simple desire to be “class,” proving the motive power of social aspiration in a weary worker’s life.
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Jim
The Tomato Blues A Claim Of Blue Tomatoes
An inventor says he has developed a plant that bears blue tomatoes but public acceptance remains uncertain. Unless the blue variety shows marked superiority, it may remain a curiosity like an earlier yellow tomato which, while palatable, is not widely sold.
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