Resodding Dust Bowl Seen as Key to Soil Reform
Prof. R J Throckmorton of Kansas State argues dust storms on the plains cannot be stopped but can be reduced by resodding. He recommends cover crops like sorghum and grasses, voluntary seeding, and government land use for long term soil conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Kan
Southwest
R. J. Throckmorton
Kansas State Agricultural College
Drouth
Department of Agriculture
Throckmorton
Kansas
Isaac McCoy
Dodge City
Ken
Flint Hills
Threckmorton
Tarackymorion
A. E. McDiamonds
Government Soil Conservation Service
Colorado Springs
Cal
Am 0
Tex
Roots to curb peach tree root knot disease
The article describes roots crossed to curb peach tree root knot disease caused by eelworm in light sandy soils of the South and Southwest. Two rootstocks resistant to root-knot have been tested by the department. both promote vigorous growth of budded peach trees and normal bloom. The Shalil peach from India showed resistance in 1934. A second hybrid from Quetta nectarine and Bolivian cling peach propagates by cuttings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Quetta
Pipers Form First Iowa City College Band Unit
Iowa City students organize a pioneering pipe unit at the University of Iowa under Col Bere F N Dailey. With no local instructor, Dailey recruited a teacher from Cono, sent to Council Bluffs, and trained five to start the school project. After five weeks, Myers taught five more students the piping art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Iowa City
Iowa
Ne University of Iowa
Bere F N. Dailey
Oping Dailey
Ironto
Cloee Seeers
Council Bluffs
Myers
Fossil Plants Saved in Region of Black Hills
Yale professor G R Wieland announces a national museum will house rare fossil plants from the central Black Hills South Dakota. The display centers on petrified forests dating back to the dinosaur era, including flowering cycads, with a projected museum cost of 95000 dollars and CCC assistance aiding recent quarry finds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hills
New Haven
Conn
South Dakota
G. R. Wieland
Yale University
Congress
Wieland
Coin Flip Decides License Bid at Brite Butte
In Brite Butte Mont four young men and a blond and brunette sought a marriage license. The clerk offered a coin flip to choose the prospective groom. The blond won when heads were chosen, as the brunette’s tails lost. The event concluded with the blond securing the license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brite Butte
Mont
Cfi
Consider the Lilies and a Garden's Moral Voice
A reflective meditation cites a Florida memorial to Edward Bok carved on the Singing Tower stone. It argues art and nature reveal beauty and impurity, urging observers to learn from gardens and noting civilization's noisy march as cities blend sounds into a distant note above industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sing‘ing
Florida
Edward Bok
Sweden's Premier Albin Hansson at Home Study Portrait
The Socialist prime minister of Sweden sits at his Stockholm writing table. Shelves behind him show heavily loaded economics books, highlighting his scholarly focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Per
Albin Hansson
Sweden
Stockholm
Silent Lily and the Power of Surrender in Life
A reflective prose piece compares the Lily to liberty and service, stating quiet growth comes from surrender to a great ideal or love. It cites Emerson on surrender, urges faithful service rooted in the best laws, and emphasizes personal growth through devoted, unobtrusive effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Tougehold and fints on sheets and furniture details
Fragmented text covers bedding sheet sizes and terms like torn size true size and anchor seams, plus notes on thread count, edge finishes, monograms, and design elements. It also mentions Serah Lockwood and Chippendale furniture style with transitions from simple to elaborate finishes and rare curved back details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dore
Simangih
Also Mentioned on This Page
BY Charles Scghroe
Neay
National Museum
CCC
Field Museum
Tropics
Fossil Cread Museum
Department of Architecture
Aie School of Fine Arts
Polka
Arnold
Germany
Tougehold
Fints
Pertzsit
Squire
Serah Lockwood
Bao
Schipenoele
Porthere
London
Bet Alwars
Chigvendalé
Chinnendale
Eety Weils
Chippendale
S. Bache
Bache
New York
Pepper
Pepper” Martin
Junior Munsell
St Louis
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