Government Aids Farmers With Market Information
An overview of the U S Department of Agriculture efforts to provide farmers with timely market data on supplies, quotations, and conditions. The aim is to level information and reduce buyer advantage, benefiting farmers, brokers, boards of trade, and consumers alike.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates
Department of Agriculture
Boards of Trade
Chambers of Commerce
Keep Horses In Condition Before Heavy Draft Work
The article warns against placing a good horse in heavy draft work after winter without prior training. Use horses off and on all winter to toughen shoulders and skin, ensuring collars fit properly, especially for colts, and avoid collar pads when the fit is right.
Feed pumpkins to the hogs for economical fodder
Pumpkins can be grown at small cost and added to hog rations. They help digestive health by regulating bowels and are especially useful in poor corn stands. Seeds are claimed to act as a vermifuge.
Proper Housing for Implements in Spring
United States Department guidance urges farmers to prepare farm tools before spring rush. Store plows, harrows, binders, and heads in dry, ground-free spaces. grease and care moving parts. remove debris. protect leather and wooden components. reference Farmers’ Bulleting 946, 947, and 1086 for full care details.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Farmers
United States Department of Agriculture
Kanred Hard Wheat Promises Rust Resistance and High Yields
United States Department of Agriculture notes Kanred hard red winter wheat developed from Crimean heads at Kansas Experiment Station. The variety shows rust resistance, good winter hardiness in many central plains areas, higher yields by 3 to 5 bushels per acre, and requires pure certified seed for best results.
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Kan
United States Department of Agriculture
Turkey
Kharkof
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
Department
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
South Dakota
Great Plains
Thee
Pacific Northwest
United States
Kansas Crop Improvement Association
Spread Old Straw on Land for Fertility and Cover
Farmers with old stack bottoms on their farms are advised to use a manure spreader with straw racks to spread hay across fields. Wet straw may skip the rack, while new straw can cover winter wheat, acting as a fertilizer and windbreak. One farmer noted straw reduced winter kill last season.
Kill Next Year's Bugs
Oklahoma A and M vegetable men advise fall garden cleanup to destroy diseases and reduce pests. Recommends raking up debris burning stalks and vines and removing cull vegetables to avoid rab bits and fruit tree damage. Winter rest will be better with a thorough fall cleanup.
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Oklahoma A
M. College
Moral lectures fail to curb profiteering and urge balance
A dated advertisement mocks moral lecturing against profiteering and extols Cuticura products for soothing skin and babies. It touts Cuticura Soap at 25 cents and recommended Cuticura Ointment and Talcum, plus light humor with a Brown Jug quip.
Roosevelt Birthday Observed by Boy Scouts Nationwide
The Roosevelt birthday is celebrated by Boy Scouts across the country under the national council's guidance. The movement honors a figure viewed as a solid exemplar of manhood and loyalty. Memorials include pilgrimages to Roosevelt's grave in New York, tree plantings, and mass patriotic meetings.
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Theodore Roosevelt
National Council
Coonel
Tiga
Roosevelt
Boy Scouts
Beard
Boy Scouts of
New York
Profit on Elopement Weddings in Boston
A Boston Transcript snippet quotes a squire complaining about profit from eloping couples. He says he charges $5 to marry each couple and adds $10 for speeding the ceremony, implying scant income but brisk business.
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Boston Transcript
Diamond Dyes promise easy home dyeing for fabrics
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as simple to use for dyeing faded skirts, draperies, waists, coats, sweaters, stockings and hangings. It claims the dye works on wool, silk, linen, cotton, or mixes, with no streaking, spotting, fading, or running.
Does a bootlegger carry Aquor in his boot
A humorous exchange features Uncle BIW debating bootlegging tips and tasting notes. The speaker suggests some illicit goods may resemble familiar flavors, while another replies with uncertainty about the practice and its literal customs.
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Uncle Biw
Not a Straight Shooter in Any Era
A slang filled exchange shows Jones denying rumor about a friend. The brief banter jokes about honesty and sexuality with sharp, colloquial punchlines. The snippet captures street talk and payoff humor of casual urban chatter.
Divorce Suit Sparks Byplay In Curious Opinion Piece
A quirky column riffs on divorce and social quirks, joking about Alice and Gladys suing husbands while musing on age gossip, loan embezzlement, and tales of domestic life. The piece blends satire with light social commentary and playful phrasing.
Syrian and Italian leaders take city scout posts in Boston
Sata Dabbus a former Syria chief scout and MIT student becomes scoutmaster for Syrian boys. Joseph A. Langone organizer of the Sons of Italy will oversee his own troop and supervise Italian troops in Boston.
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Sata Dabbus
Syria
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston Council
Joseph A. Langone
Sons
Italy
Langone
Scout Comrades Fund Raised by Young Boy’s Pennies
In Orange New Jersey scouts joined a fundraising drive for Pueblo disaster helpers. A nine year old presented Scoutmaster Yarries with three pennies to add to the fund, showing enduring scout spirit and support for Pueblo boys affected by last summer’s catastrophe.
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Fueblo
Orange
N. J
Yarries
Scous
Scouts to Help Air Service Mark New Routes
Washington scouts laid the first marker for the new air routes from Ballingfield to Dayton Ohio and plans seek cooperation with the federal air service. Scouts may assist aviators during forced landings report adverse weather conditions mark airways guard landed planes and night signaling.
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Washington
Ballingfield
Dayton
Federal Air -Service
Buog
Like Cure Like in Quiet Moment of Shared Troubles
Ned and Ted discuss troubles in a brief exchange. Ned offers his own worries to comfort Ted, creating a mutual moment of honesty.
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Ted
Ned
Italian Grain Harvest Reaches 51 to 52 Million Quintals
Italy reports this year’s grain harvest at 51 to 52 million quintals, about 14 million quintals more than last year’s 88 million. Wheat prices are set by the Perezzo Consorzio Granario at 150 lire per quintal in Naples, with rye barley and oats also rising.
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Italy
Perezzo Consorzio Granario
Naples
Tuscany
Millionaire banker hides on tenth floor in New York
A wealthy banker in the spotlight has fitted the entire tenth floor of a New York office building for living quarters. He seeks privacy and believes solitude in the metropolis is best for burying himself. No one in the building knows of his presence, with private elevator and trusted servants. The detective bureau would pursue him if he ventures into public.
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York
Detective Bureau
Arm of the
Law
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National Council of the Boy Piet Boouts of America
Bayer
Bayér
North Pole
Louisville Courier. Journal
Jones
Alice
Gladys
Virginia
Boston
Scouts
AIR Service
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