Nitrogen Shortage Stunts Corn Growth in Missouri Trial
Over 14 years at University of Missouri the corn grown after sweet clover in rotation outyielded a legume-free plot by 10.7 bushels per acre. Both plots received identical limestone and fertilizer. sweet clover deepens roots and improves soil structure, drainage, and fertility use.
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University of Missouri
Columbia
Portable hog house plans offered for four sows
An example of a good portable hog house is suitable for four sows and can serve as a farrowing house. It uses lumber for flooring and framework and Masonite hardboard for siding and roof. The design features double full-length doors for easy access. Plans Plan AFB-197 are available from Farm Service Bureau in Chicago.
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Farm Service Bureau
West Washington St
Chicago
Ricochets Hold Hidden Dangers for Rifle Fire
Scientific tests at major ballistic labs show a 22 caliber Super X bullet retains most velocity after ricocheting from water or stone. Water ricochet angles up to 11 degrees. depth of penetration nearly equals direct shots in gelatin and wood blocks.
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Labora
Tories
Olin Industries
Western Cartridge Company
East Alton
Illinois
Ducks Unlimited cited in Alberta waterfowl conservation praise
The article highlights Ducks Unlimited as a key force in waterfowl conservation linked to prairie water and land. It notes Alberta’s water stabilization committee crediting DU with cooperative funding where DU typically pays two thirds of project costs and the province one third, with large grants like 140000 from the province versus 10000 from DU on a major nesting lake.
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Canada
Prairies
Russia
Ukraine
Mid-West
United States
Ducks Unlimited
Water Stabilization Committee of
Alberta
Use The Reel When Landing A Big Fly Rod Fish
The article advises using the reel for really large fish to maintain uniform tension. It explains that taking up slack lets the fish take line from the reel, reducing snubbing and the risk of losing the fish when hand-playing.
U S Wheat Crop Makes Strong Comeback Report
The agriculture department projects a wheat crop near 1.054 billion bushels this year, about 72 million more than last month and 28 million above last year. Despite drought in the southwestern plains and pests, reserves would cover anticipated needs. No corn estimate was given, though producers remain optimistic.
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Agriculture Department
Great Plains
Poisons advised to combat tomato pinworms and fruit worms
Farmers and home gardeners should monitor tomatoes from fruit set to ripening as fruit worms and pinworms attack. Entomologists advise weekly dusting with a powder containing 5 percent ethane and 5 to 6 percent after heavy rainfall.
Heirloom Doily Pattern Offer With Album Access
A knitting pattern for an heirloom doily twelve inches in diameter is offered with Pattern No. 2080 detailing instructions materials and finishing steps. An additional 25 cents buys a copy of the Anne Cabot Album filled with needlework gift patterns.
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Opy
Anne Cabot
Praise of Children Encouraging Small Successes for Kids
Dr Martin L Reymert consultant for the service and director of the Mooseheart laboratory for child research at Mooseheart Illinois stresses that praise should come in small increments not like candy and should encourage little successes along the way.
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Martin L. Reymert
Mooseheart Laboratory For
Mooseheart
Illinois
Louisa May Alcott and Her Concord Circle
The article recalls Louisa May Alcott and her childhood friends in Concord Massachusetts including Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry Thoreau and Nathaniel Hawthorne while noting their connections to her famous works Little Women Jo's Boys and other children's books.
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Louisa May Alcott
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry Thoreau
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Old Town
Concord
Massachusetts
Asoka's Buddhist Mission Reaches Far Lands
The king Asoka spread Buddhism through missionary monks to Burma Ceylon Java Syria and Egypt. The hemo architecture and stupas he popularized influenced pagodas in China Korea and Japan. A speeding car causes more damage than a slower one by a factor of nine per hour.
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Asoka
India
Burma
Ceylon
Java
Syria
Egypt
China
Korea
Japan
Terramycin New Miracle Drug Joins Antibiotics
A fifth antibiotic terramycin, a purified chemical made by a soil mold, fights blood poisoning pneumonia whooping cough tonsillitis strep throat dysentery shingles flu venereal diseases. Discovered by Charles Pfizer & Co. chemists in Brooklyn, it was found in Indiana soil and mass produced in eight months. It is oral and non toxic, with large doses for children.
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Charles Pfizer & Co
Brooklyn
N. Y
Indiana
Temple City Woman Finds Hadacol Brings Real Relief
Mrs. William P. Lauer of Temple City California reports relief from stomach distress poor appetite and sleeplessness after using Hadacol. She praises its vitamins and minerals and says she will continue use with a money back guarantee. The ad promotes Hadacol liquid vitamins and minerals sold through drug counters and direct from The LeBlanc Corporation Lafayette Louisiana.
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William P. Lauer
E. Nadine
Temple City
California
Hadacol
LeBlanc Corporation
Lafayette
Louisiana
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