Farm bill and Muscle Shoals mark a bold experimental era
The piece argues two major 1932 measures are experimental. The farm relief bill aims to cut production and raise prices via government cotton purchases, acreage reductions, and a processors tax, while the Muscle Shoals plan envisions a Tennessee Valley authority driven nitrate and power program with extensive river development and land use experiments.
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Washington
Congress
Tennessee River Valley
Muscle Shoals
Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
Peter
Paul
United States
Senator Norris
Nebraska
Tennessee River
President Wilson
Norris
Senate
Tennessee Valley
Tennessee Valley Authority
Western Newspaper Union
Ancient Bronze Lamp Found in Bal lana Byzantine Nubian Cemetery
A bronze lamp unearthed at Bal lana in Egypt is among objects from a Byzantine Nubian cemetery. The find dates to early Christian days along the Upper Nile, shedding light on domestic artifacts.
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Ballana
Egypt
Upper Nile
Soviet Scientist Claims Chlorine Test Detects Cancer
Prof. M. F. Litovich, a Soviet Army Medical Academy graduate and Udarnik holder, unveils a cancer test using inhaled chlorine. He asserts that healthy blood hemolyzes after chlorine inhalation while cancer-affected blood shows no hemolysis in all trials.
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M. F. Litovich
Military Academy of Medicine
Slot Machines at Rail Stations Behind the Times
The Manchester Guardian notes German publishers installed slot machines at principal railway stations to supply travelers with novels. Richard Carlisle, a famed free thinker, invented an early machine to shield buyers from sellers by masking book titles on a dial as buyers chose and paid to receive a volume.
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Manchester Guardian
Richard Carlisle
Carlisle
Barley Malting Demand Forecast For Farmers
After beer legislation, the Department of Agriculture outlines malting barley prospects. Only favored regions in the United States show profit potential with malting barley, while most areas face disease risks and poor quality. Farmer guidance covers markets, quality standards, and cultivation challenges.
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H. V. Harlan
Bartey
United States Department of Agriculture
WNU
Congress
Department
United States
New York
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
Iowa
Kansas
Lime use cautioned in cabbage and cauliflower farming
Charles Chapp of the New York state college of agriculture warns that overuse of lime in cabbage and cauliflower can harm other rotated crops. He urges growers to estimate potential losses in dollars from clubroot before applying lime and to consider switching to disease free fields if clubroot is mild.
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Charles Chapp
New York State College of Agriculture
Causes of Bloat in Cattle From Clover Blossoms
Nutrition chemists suggest clover blossom sugars trigger fermentation and gas in cows paunch but not when wet clover blooms are present. Alfalfa in full bloom may not cause bloat, observed in California cows but not common in Wisconsin. The sugars in white red crimson and alsike clover blossoms plus cyanoglucoside content may explain many bloat cases.
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California
Wisconsin
Hoard's Dairyman
Erosion Ravages Southern Indiana Farmland
A survey by Indiana and federal agriculture officials finds about 30 percent of southern Indiana’s farmland abandoned due to soil erosion. In many areas erosion removed surface soil and subsoil to bedrock, highlighting widespread agricultural loss.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Indiana
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