Origins of the Stars and Stripes traced through flags
The article recounts the evolution of the U S flag from St George cross banners used by early explorers to the Union Jack and Dutch flags that influenced design. It notes ships and events from Cabot to Jamestown to Plymouth and the 1775 Lee schooner flag with 13 stars and a blue canton, leading to the Stars and Stripes. It highlights the gradual development of national symbols and the idea that no single creator formed the banner.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Continental Congress
United States
North American
St. George's Cross
England
Giovanni Gabot
John Cabot
North America
John Smith
Jamestown
Plymouth
Mass
Scotland
James
United Kingdoms
St. George
St. Andrew
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Dutch West India Co
United States of Netherlands
Rotterdam
English East India Company
America
New World
Washington
Philadelphia
Cambridge
Light Horse
Newark
N. J
Lee
Mansey
Massachusetts
Commodore Hopkins
Nancy
Hope
Rhode Island
Brandywine
Trenton
Yorktown
Flags of the Revolution and the Stars and Stripes
Features on early flags, how the 13 and later stars and stripes evolved, naval influence on flag design, and key figures like John Paul Jones and Capt. Samuel Chester Reid. Explains arrangements, laws, and the 1818 changes clarifying star and stripe patterns.
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Marion
Guides
Napoleon
Culpepper
Georgia Rangers
Journal of Congress
Marine Committee
Navy
John Paul Jones
Ranger
Jones
Philadelphia
Europe
Congress
Samuel Chester Reid
Congressional Committee
John Rogers
Navy Commissioners
Navy Department
Army
Taft
Legacy of flags from Revolution era and their colors
The article traces early American flags from the grand union of 1775 to the Stars and Stripes adoption in 1777. It notes Allied ships and privately carried designs, mentions green flags and pine tree emblems, and cites militia and navy use before formal congress resolutions.
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John Paul Jones
Philadelphia
Washington
Cambridge
Congress
Grand Union
Marine Committee
Tilus
Newburyport
Mass
Massachusetts Council
Continental Congress
Quick Hitchup of Big Team Outfits
A Texas A&M style study notes drivers hitching and unhitching big-team outfits for plowing contests. Seventeen teams with five to eight horses average 38 seconds to hitch and 92 seconds to unhitch per horse, with five to seven minute totals per team.
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T. Robbins
College of Agriculture
University of Ullnots
WNU
Illinois
Chance for Profit in the Raising of Colts
University of Illinois extension specialist B T Robbins says farmers can profit raising colts with cheap feed as horse numbers shrink. He notes about 90 000 colts under one year old in Illinois and a steady decline in horses over the past dozen years with 742 000 horses on farms now, about OT percent of twelve years ago.
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B. T. Robbins
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Shelby County
Robbins
Farmers face rising tenancy as mortgage burden grows
About 2.52 million of the 6.3 million U.S. farms carry mortgages and 220,500 farm owners become renters yearly. One in six farmers has been demoted to renter status while the average farm spans 160 acres with a mortgage around seven dollars per acre. An uptick in farm produce prices could narrow the ownership-tenantry gap for many farmers.
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United States
Hop disease fight in Oregon by breeders and chemists
Oregon hop growers face three years of downy mildew losses. Plant breeders with the USDA and Oregon State Agricultural College are developing resistant varieties and exploring control methods such as spraying and dusting to bring the disease under control.
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Oregon
United States Department of Agriculture
Oregon State Agricultural College
Pig Raising Pointers From a Community Farmer
The farmer with uneven spring pigs should seek a sanitary minded neighbor and compare pork production. Visit uniform, thrifty pigs to learn disease and parasite prevention, and discover how to raise more pork from less feed through shared methods.
Home prepared chick mashes by poultry expert guidance
Poultry expert H H Alp outlines practical home mash formulas using farm grains for starting chicks. Several blends use ground yellow corn, wheat products, oats, skim milk or buttermilk, meat scraps, alfalfa leaf meal, bone meal, oyster shell, and salt. An option substitutes soybean meal for part of the corn mix and another uses milk instead of water.
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H. H. Alp
Epeecialit
College of Arcinu
Wervion
Massachusetts Poultry Flocks Free of Pullorum Disease
A Massachusetts experiment station report shows 180 poultry flocks statewide were tested and found free of pullorum disease last year. The State College department notes the disease’s transmission across generations and urges buying eggs or chicks only from tested free flocks, with disease free flocks in every county.
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Massachusetts
When Hens Go Broody Reduce Production and Hatch Methods
The text notes hens go broody and halt production for about ten days or more. Heavy breed Inyera hens reportedly brood six or seven times. Breeding away broodiness is urged to keep laying while using incubators for hatching.
Poultry Facts on Khaki Campbell Ducks and Early Mire Eggs
Pullets must have size and substance to endure heavy egg production. Khaki Campbell ducks are hardy layers suited for both laying and flesh. For strong fall and winter production the pullet should mature early. China supplies frozen eggs to Britain, with Australia boosting shipping now. One medium egg weighs about two and a half ounces and provides about 25 calories of protein and 4 calories of fat.
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Henry Mosler
New York
Yale University Press
Vermont
Kentucky
United States Marines
United States Marine Corps
Century of Progress
Chicago
Hack Miller
Western Newspaper Union
Chance For Profit
China
Britain
Australia
Sally Sez
Hewlet
Intermountain
Utah High School
Salt Lake City
Utah
Great West Os
Grea
Miss Zola
Spere Tent & Ann
Canty
Temple Salt Lal
Ead Ei
Mae
Hace Agg
State St
Salt Lake
Main Springs
Temple St
Firewor
W. H. bin
Waniiee
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