Madeira's Verdant Grandeur and Historic Harbor Legends
A National Geographic overview portrays Madeira and Porto Santo with green terraces and flowering cliffs. It covers landscape, vegetation, cliff railways, and sled rides, plus early history from Zarco to Columbus, sugar plantations, Malvasia wine, colony trade, and local crafts in Funchal and Caumacha.
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National Geographic Society
Washington
WNO
Madeira
Atlantic
Funchal
Madagascar
West Indies
Janan
Vunchal
Fonchal
Lunus
Apiles
Robert Machin
Anna d'Arfet
Pista
Zarco
Ilenry
Porto Santo
Funehal
Madeiras
Canaries
Azores
Sicily
Africa
Rezions
Seed Diseases of Corn Threatening Seed Treatment
Seed corn treatment to reduce decay after planting is urged to improve germination and yields. Mercury dust coatings cost about three cents per acre and can treat eight bushels. efficacy is higher with poor seed. Damaged kernels should be culled and testing done before treatment.
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United States Department of Agriculture
WNU
St. J. Haskell
Iowa
Minnesotan
Illinois
Indiana
Indiana Experiment Station
Slaskell
Pyrethrum and Derris Offer Safer Insecticide Use
W H White of the USDA reports scientists favor plant based insecticides pyrethrum and derris to protect truck crops from pests with minimal residues. The search for a non toxic, market ready solution continues, but results show minute amounts of these substances kill many pests while leaving fewer harmful residues than common inorganic insecticides.
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W. H. White
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Wild garlic and onion pests threaten crops and pastures
Purdue University Experiment Station notes wild garlic and wild onion reduce yields and cause odor in fields. Garlic milk is rarely marketable and wheat infested with these pests is graded lower, reducing top prices. Eradication is the best way to cut losses.
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Purdue University
Irish hams and bacon prized for turf cured flavor
Trish Bacon Trish hogs fed on native potatoes meal pollard and skimmick. The Irish potato drives quality for curing and the turf smoking and traditional curing give unique flavor. Turf from Irish soil adds flavors not produced elsewhere.
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Ireland
Feeding Corn Silage and Animal Health Cautions
A writer from University Farm St Paul Minnesota notes corn silage can cause a nervous disease in some cattle and slow recovery. Some authorities say silage is acceptable for horses when paired with roughage like prairie hay and corn stover, replacing about half of other roughage.
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Sara
University Farm
St Paul
Minn
Pharos of Columbus a modern lighthouse dream
The St Louis Globe Democrat imagines a modern Pharos of Columbus on Hayt Island near the first voyage site, funded by many governments for a 2 million dollar monument. It links ancient Alexandria and later lighthouses to aviation needs, aiming to guide seas and skies with a symbolic beacon.
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Alexandria
Phares
Sostratus of
Culdus
Ptolemy I
Egypt
Ptolemy II
Pharos
Alexandrias
Europe
Dover
Alex- Wadria
Western Hemisphere
Christopher Columbus
New World
Hayt
Colum
Santo Domingo
Second Republic
Columbus
Caribbean
Mediterranean
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Rubber Turf Trials Near London Stadium Track Tests
Rubber turf is tested on a track near London where crewhounds race and on football fields. The material is claimed to provide better footing after rain than grass and will be evaluated for broader sports use.
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London
Popular Mechanics
Russian auto sleigh with spoke driven propulsion
A Molotov factory worker unveils an auto-sleigh that uses feet and spokes instead of wheels. Two ski pairs at the rear glide along grooves to propel the vehicle forward, pressing and pushing the car along.
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Molotov Automobile Factory
Russia
Firestone Tires Promote Lower Operating Costs and Dependable Service
Call the Firestone Service Store or Firestone Tire Dealer in your community today to learn how these new tires save on operating costs and provide better reliability. Listen to the Voice of Firestone weekly on NBC WEAP Network featuringRichard Crooks Gladys Swarthout and Nelson Eddy.
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Firestone
Nw Kw
Richard Crooks
Gladys Swarthout
Nelson Eddy
N.B. C
WEAP
Firestone Service Store
Firestone Tire Dealer
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Eucomit
Theo Bulva
Canary
Cape Verde Islands
Prince I[lenry
Crete
England
John Paul Jones
America
Toston
New York
Hiladelphia
Savannah
Caumacha
Sorta Santo
Villa Maleica
Trish Bacon
Plan Pharos of Columbus
Hayti
Firestone Tire
Oldfield
Sentinel
F. T
EK. Go
Firestone Auto Supplies
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