Manless Plow Promises Big Farm Efficiency Gains
The article reviews two 1920s era innovations likely to reshape corn belt farming. A gas powered manless plow, developed at Iowa State under Prof. J. B. Davidson and Darrell B. Lucas, drives itself across level fields with automatic reversal at fence lines. It notes a second system by Arthur J. Mason to convert alfalfa farming, using a mower conveyor and a dryer to produce hay ready for storage, advocating cooperative equipment pools and broader alfalfa use to protect soil humus.
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Washington
Corn Belt
Iowa Agricultural College
J. B. Davidson
Agricultural Engineering Department
Darrell B. Lucas
Ames
Lucas
Arthur J. Mason
Chicago
Mason
Mr. Mason
Farm Journal
Odd Shaped Flatiron House Sought for Fit
Seattle contractor A B Wark built a five by sixteen foot wedge shaped house on a 40 by 180 foot lot to align with street lines. The narrow end and broad end form a flatiron silhouette with three oddly arranged rooms and a basement laundry garage. Wark seeks a purchaser able to fit the unique dwelling.
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Seattle
Wash
A. B. Wark
Wark
Whale Stages Dramatics Aboard President Wilson Cruise
Passengers from Lisbon aboard the Italian liner President Wilson report a whale approached the ship four days out. The whale flirted by rolling its eyes snuggling the iron hull and splashing away with a tail gesture amid jokes that bootleg liquor dumped from rum boats caused its antics.
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New York
Wilson
Lisbon
Lord Cheylesmore Stays on Alberta Ranch After Inheritance
Francis Ormand Henry Eaton D. 8. O. becomes the fourth Lord Cheylesmore after inheriting the title. He settled on Happy Valley ranch near Alix Alberta after serving in World War I with the Grenadier Guards. The English estate is largely urban in London and Coventry. His death in a recent motor accident prompted the estate winding up.
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Winnipeg
Baron Cheylesmore
Western Canada
Francis Ormand Henry Eaton
Cheylesmore
Happy Valley Ranch
Captain Eaton
Alberta
Haunted Lakes Ranch
Alix
Prairies
Grenadier Guards
Flanders
France
Ypres
London
Coventry
Lord Cheylesmore
Eton
Cambridge
England
Guards
Whites
Insect Temperatures Rise With Activity Findings
Russian scientist M Bachmetjev reports insects heat up as activity increases. Butterflies showed cooling in colder air before a sudden rebound toward normal temperature. The second trial killed the butterfly, suggesting heat release during freezing may enable winter dormancy.
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Moscow
M. Bachmetjev
Buchmetjen
Indigenous crafts and techniques of early American chemists
The passage asserts that Native Americans were among the first chemists, describing methods to craft flint tools with bone, tan hides, extract glue from fish scales, waterproof canoe seams with pitch, and temper clay for pottery. It highlights practical chemistry in traditional technology.
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America
Fruit Belt Railway Ends Its Prosperous Era in Michigan
The Fruit Belt railroad once a thriving short line in Kalamazoo Michigan passed into history after gangs tore up the roadbed and the Pere Marquette bought the line including rolling stock. Permission to abandon came from the Interstate Commerce Commission over a year earlier.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Fruit Belt Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pere Marquette
Lawton
South Haven
Michigan
Fruit Butter Varieties From USDA Tested Recipes
United States Department of Agriculture provides tested recipes for Apple Butter With Cider Apple Butter With Grape Juice Pear Butter and Peach Butter. Each method emphasizes long slow cooking and careful packing in hot sterilized containers with steam processing for shelf stability.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Can and Save All Surplus Apples
USDA advises preserving surplus apples by canning in various ways. Options include sliced or quartered apples for pie, applesauce with spices, whole canned apples boiled in syrup or baked, and baked apples dressed with cinnamon. Water bath and pressure canners are discussed, with processing times for jars and cans, plus steps for sealing and cooling.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Toast Bread Scraps Toasting Technique
A brief note says to toast bread scraps by tossing them in a corn pepper over a hot fire, producing a simple method for reclaiming crusts and crumbs in a rustic kitchen setting.
The Kitchen Cabinet Quote by Elbert Hubbard
A concise quotation from Elbert Hubbard about a person who frees you from mental ruts and the mixed feelings they provoke, remembered for lasting impact beyond routine life.
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Elbert Hubbard
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