Romance and riches of Louisiana in a grand old voyage
A sweeping portrait of Louisiana from Baton Rouge’s rising capitol to New Orleans port depths. The piece highlights sugar mills and seafood wealth, vast bayous, and the Mississippi dredging legacy led by Eads, plus fur pelts from muskrats and other species, Evangeline country lore, salt mines near New Iberia, and the state's leading rice production.
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Jing Jong
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Molasses Boosts Growth in Steer Feed Trials
A Ohio experiment station test fed five steer groups with standard rations plus varying molasses levels. Lot four, self-fed molasses, showed the strongest daily gains, though molasses feeding was not profitable at last year’s prices. Indications exist of a growth factor beneficial in longer feeding periods.
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Ohio Experiment Station
Save by Growing Legumes at Home
Low milk and cream prices push production costs down. Grow legume hays to increase palatability and protein, reducing reliance on costly high protein by products. A 12 to 14 percent grain ration suffices with legume hay, cutting cash outlay.
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GC. L. Blackman
Ohio State University
Soa
Succulent Cover Crops and Timing Effects on Following Crops
A historical note explains two ways green cover crops affect subsequent yields. Late spring growth can deplete moisture, hindering the main crop. If left to become woody, decayed residue slows nitrogen availability, temporarily reducing soil fertility.
Rust Buster Clubs Target Barberry Susceptible Crops
Rural youth in Iowa and Minnesota formed rust buster clubs to find barberry hosts of stem rust in grain belts. Last year they located around 200 barberry clumps, aiding eradication to protect wheat oats rye and barley crops from disease spread by bird-dispersed seeds.
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Ita
Iowa
Minnesota
Shipping Fever Preventive Measures Studied In Cattle
A systematic study of Shipping fever in lyre stock examines hemorrhage septicemia causes and control methods. Tests vaccinate stocker and feeder cattle before shipment and in stock yards, with controls included for comparison.
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Ohio
Real Test of Morals In Adversity
Harry Emerson Fosdick argues in Harper’s Magazine that true morals rise under hardship. Fortitude endurance and heroic courage reveal a life vision beyond mere theory, linking discipline to religion in the face of calamity.
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Jesus
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Harper's Magazine
Fertilizer Effects Beyond Yield Highlighted
A writer to the Wisconsin Agriculturist notes that fertilizer benefits extend beyond higher yields. He cites harder, more mature corn, earlier and plumper grains, improved potato grading, heavier cabbage heads, and better tobacco as common, valuable outcomes of good fertilizer treatment.
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Wisconsin
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