Migrant Peasants Drive Reaction to Soviet Policies
The article discusses migration by Germans Greeks and other minorities from the Soviet Union amid collectivization and grain seizure. It notes violence against Soviet officials, international sympathy abroad, and how the drive targets wealthier peasants or kulaks as part of broader agrarian policy affecting Russians Germans and Jews alike.
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Moscow
Siberia
Volga
Crimea
Caucasus
Afescow
Russia
London Group Pushes 13 Month Year Reform
The Fired Calendar League seeks a 13 month year with each month aligned to a perpetual cycle. Working with the League of Nations the proposal cites sentiment in the United States France Germany Welland Hungary and Britain. If adopted Christmas would fall on a Monday and Boxing Day would shift to the day after Christmas as a fixed holiday.
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London
League
League of Nations
Feagne
United States
France
Welland
Hungary
Brawl
Tern
Great Britain
French Name Street Named for U S Ambassador Herrick
Paris plans a street to honor the late U S Ambassador Myron T Herrick. The municipal council voted to name the new road joining Victor Emmanuel II Avenue and Rue de Courcelles after the American envoy who died at his post, with a possible monument to follow.
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Paris
France
Myron ‘T. Herrick
Victor Emmanuel II
Plant Change Shown By Radium Needle In Weeds
Dr. Albert F. Clakeslee of the Carnegie Institution inserts a radium needle into a jimson weed during fertilization with pollen. The treated plants yield seeds that produce a second plant widely different from the parent, indicating a new type.
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Washington
Albert F. Clakeslee
Carnegie Institution
French Railways Bar Hard Liquor Drinker Workers
The French state railways launch a campaign to curb hard liquor among workers with immediate discharge for inveterate drinkers. Director General M Raoul Dautry says abstinence is not enforced nor prohibition urged, but reducing alcohol use to prevent major accidents.
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Paris
M. Raoul Dautry
French Railways
Fool-Proof Place for All Poisons
A U S Department warning urges locking up garden and domestic poisons away from children after a case of arsenic poisoning in holiday fruit cakes. Nine cakes baked near Washington led to analysis revealing arsenic in flour, likely from calcium arsenate mistaken for flour. Authorities call for fool proof storage in homes, stores, and factories to prevent deadly accidents.
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United States Department of Agriculture
P. B. Dunbar
Food, Drug, and Insecticide Administration
Washington, D. C
Canada
Profit in Ground Feed for Different Animals
The article says grinding grain for livestock is profitable with dairy cattle benefiting from ground grain and other livestock from hard grains. It describes burr mills and hammer mills with their grinding actions and notes farmers with gas engines or tractors can efficiently power feed grinders.
Proper Mulch for Crops of Considerable Value
Mulching saves soil moisture in dry seasons and helps roots absorb nourishment. Dark mulch retains heat, aiding sun energy absorption. Hawaii sugar cane growers use paper mulch to suppress weeds, while a California strawberry grower notes 30 percent more fruit from mulched beds.
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Hawaii
California
Farm Drainage Systems Subject of Recent Bulletin
The United States Department of Agriculture issued Farmers Bulletin 1606-F on Farm Drainage. It explains why draining wet soils boosts yields and eases field work, and covers open ditches versus underdrains, outlets, drain depth and spacing, tile size, construction, and maintenance. A copy is available from the USDA Information Office in Washington, D. C.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bulletin
Office of Information
Washington, D. C
Winter Use of Spreader Is Found Advantageous
A farmer gains time in winter by spreading manure or well rotted straw across fields. Spreading increases soil fertility and yields, with manure spreader as the convenient tool. Preparation requires unloading and pitching material into the spreader, then applying to fields efficiently.
Fertilizing Asparagus for Big Yields at Tennessee Station
The Tennessee experiment station outlines fertilizing asparagus for home and commercial plantings. Apply stable manure at ten tons per acre or poultry manure at one to two tons per acre during the first three growing seasons to maximize fourth season shoots. Manure applied in winter should be scattered between rows to avoid direct contact with plants.
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Tennessee Experiment Station
Agricultural Notes on Lime and Clover Feeding
Agricultural notes describe lime types applied to soil for clover feeding. It claims thirty-five gallons or 280 pounds of water required to grow an ear of corm weighing about a half pound and that one ton of something called buat Vie covers an acre with similar results to no tons of ground Hinestone.
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