Kingbirds Aiding Farmers By Predating Insects
The kingbird species, including the Arkansas and Cassin kingbirds, feed largely on insects and pests, helping fruit growers by reducing harmful insect populations. Only a small fraction of their diet is honeybees, with no clear evidence of significant damage to hives. They also consume native fruits, not cultivated crops, and defend poultry by attacking hawks and raccoons.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Rocky Mountains
Great Basin
Pacific Coast
Iowa
Biological Survey
Arkansas
Jane’s
Nta
Chickens and Garden Study for Better Farming
A student outlines goals for poultry and garden study in an agricultural course. Key aims include optimizing feeding housing and breeding for chickens, selecting pure breeds, and maximizing profit with minimal cost while teaching soil fertility through manure. The cooperative system proposes alternating chicken yard and garden plots each year with greens grown near the coop and limited outdoor access.
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Agricultural Normal School
Leaching wastes half manure value. spread promptly
R I Throckmorton of Kansas State Agricultural College warns that leaving manure piled for six months causes a 50 percent loss through leaching. Spread directly on ground as a top dressing in fall or winter. harrow in spring if plowed. better to apply 40 tons on four acres than 40 tons on one acre.
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R. I. Throckmorton
Kansas State Agricultural College
Throckmorton
New Gasoline Cultivator With High Mounted Motor
A new gasoline driven cultivator has been perfected and tested with satisfactory performance. The motor sits high above the front truck and links to the rear wheels by chain drive while the riding seat is suspended at the rear, resembling riding cultivators.
Feed Grain To The Calves
A little grain should be fed as soon as skim milk feeding begins to replace the butterfat removed in the cream. Two parts cracked corn and one part wheat bran make a three part grain mix, easy for farmers and requires no special prep. Sprinkle a bit in the feed box after milking to teach calves to eat it. Do not feed more grain than the calf will clean up readily.
Much Patience Required With Turkeys
The piece advises turkey raisers to have patience like anglers and to prefer mother hens over incubators. It covers crossing wisconsin experiments, breeding notes, nesting preparation, egg handling, timing, and the advantages of hen brooders for poults, stressing calm, undisturbed rearing and individual pens for hens.
Advantages in Use of Colony House
The flock will pick its own wing and clean insects on the farm if kept in portable colony houses that can be drawn out into fields after harvest. They save feed and rid gelds of insects, making hens better off than confinement and boosting egg production. A portable house is a small henhouse on runners, grouped together in winter for convenience.
Plant Spuds On Dry Land In Early Season Guide
The article outlines potato planting on dry land with 20 inch row spacing and 3 feet 6 inch between rows, 2.5 to 4 inch depth, followed by crosswise harrowing for moisture retention and weed control. It discusses beetle damage and a Paris green spray of one pound per 20 gallons, advice on timing before rain, and reuse of land for multiple crops using careful rail preparation and seed selection.
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West
Humus and its role in dry farming
A farmer explains humus as decaying vegetable matter in soil, a storehouse of nitrogen and food for soil organisms. It improves water retention, soil openness, and drought resistance, reduces washout, and supports nitrogen availability. best crops rely on barnyard manure and turning under organic matter rather than concentrated fertilizers.
Excellent Dry Farm Crop Potatoes and Planting Tips
Dry farm potatoes succeed in a potato belt or with neighbor testing. Use large seed potatoes. small ones risk reduced size over generations. Plant in rows three feet apart with two feet between plants, one eye per hill. If dry weather, pinch to one sprout. if wet, allow two. Proper plowing and soil loosening aid tuber growth.
Sudan Grass and Orchard Attention for Farmers
Experimental stations focus on sudan grass with generally satisfactory results. Orchards should receive about two thirds of a farmer’s attention during the winter period.
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Sudan
Sudan Grass
Senator La Follette on Trusts and Monopolies
The speech condemns trusts as harmful and calls for their end while praising the founders of large enterprises. A parable about a farmer's cucumber criticizes overpricing and quotes Senator La Follette comparing trust creators to a boy who buys a small cucumber, delaying payment. The source is the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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Senator la Follette
Hoe
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Bright Policemen and a Fractured Brakeman
An early Panama Canal era note recalls zone police ordering arrests of people jumping on and off moving trains. Two West Indian officers detain a white brakeman who protests he is the railroad employee, highlighting class and disciplinary tensions of the period.
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Panama Canal
Panama
An Unlucky Number Thirteen Jurors and a Judge
A prisoner laments the superstition of the number thirteen saying twelve jurors and a judge make the unlucky total. The dialogue features a prison advocate probing the superstition in a humorous exchange.
Do you see that girl in the third row of the chorus
The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes a dialogue about a girl who promised her mother she would never be an actress and is revealed not to be one. The item highlights a promise and its outcome in a music or chorus context.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Why He Cried at Rothschild Funeral
A bystander asks why a poor man weeps at the funeral of Baron Lionel de Rothschild. The mourner replies that he is crying because he is not related to Rothschild, a line that underscores the snubbed outsider’s grief at the high profile event.
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Baron Lionel de Rothschild
Lord Rothschild
Rothschild
Uncertain Son Seen Fitting Future Investigating Chair
A weary man in Washington Star commentary quips about his son. The boy’s close questioning signals potential for a future role as chairman of an investigating committee.
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Washington Star
They Won't Arrange Visits on Short and Sweet Plan
A pair of girls discuss dating manners with one noting the pity that young men do not plan visits briefly. The other asks for clarification and the first half-jokingly suggests going home early with a candy boy as an alternative.
They Had to Be Maud
Quick exchange from a Boston Trav script notes a jest about fish and smarts. Marie questions if there are as good catches now, while the reply suggests smarter fish today.
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Maud
Marie
Boston
Embezzlement Notes Highlight Trusted Clerks
A Boston Transcript critique notes embezzlement often involves trusted clerks while less trusted staff rarely gain access to funds. The column frames fraud as a predictable pattern tied to insider trust.
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