Basques Hold Fast to Old Customs in Pyrenees
An exhibition on Basque handicraft highlights a people living along the France Spain border. Basques claim ancient unmixed European lineage and maintain a private language and fueros, with evolving independence under Spain. They are a vigorous, self contained race active in farming fishing and industry, famed for bullfighting and a cafe culture that favors late night theater.
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Washington
Guipuzcoa
France
Spain
Pyrenees Mountains
Europe
D. C
National Geographic Society
Isabella
Thieves Rob Lateran Palace at Vatican City
Rome police arrested 20 suspects after a daring Lateran palace heist in Vatican City. Fingerprints at the scene linked the thieves, who fled in haste with valuables worth about 150 dollars and left several burglary tools behind.
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Lateran Palace
Vatican
Vatican City
Rome
Vatican State
City Officials Named In Effort To Stop Greencastle Airport
In Greencastle Indiana a petition for an injunction to halt a municipal airport names the city, Mayor W I Denman City Clerk Fred Snivel and council members as defendants. Attorney Fay S Hamilton represents opponents who filed the suit after a remonstrance with 453 signatures was reduced to 194 valid signatures by the council as insufficient under a five percent rule.
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Greencastle
Ind
W. I. Denman
Fred Snivel
Fay S. Hamilton
Long Owned Farm in Innsbruck Traced to 920
A peasant's death uncovers a farm near Innsbruck with a lineage from his family spanning more than a thousand years. Papers link ownership back to the year 920, suggesting centuries of ancestral possession.
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Lawrence Wilbur
Red Cross
Innsbruck
Austria
Microphones Track Wolf Packs Across Siberian Steppes
Microphones placed in regions of the Siberian steppes are linked with hunting lodges to detect wolf howling. Near sound signals, huntsmen begin the chase and estimate the pack size for the hunt.
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Berlin
Siberian Steppes
Kilworths of Kansas Keep Horsemanship Across Decades
John L. Kilworth and wife of Lawrence Kansas have not missed a daily ride for 35 years. Their adventures include world circumnavigation on horseback and Holy Land tours lasting weeks at steady paces. They plan a Texas ranch journey, remaining devoted to horses over autos.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Knan
John L. Kilworth
Kan
Kilworths
Holy Land
Palestine
Assyria
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Kilworth
Photograph clears two Mexican suspects in Turlock burglaries
A photograph released in Turlock, California, cleared Maximieno Ayala and Ramo Moreno of involvement in a series of house burglaries. The image, taken weeks earlier, showed Ayala wearing a gold watch chain later identified as Bolte family property.
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Turlock
Calif
Maximieno Ayala
Ramo Moreno
Ayala
Moreno
J. FP. Bolte
Seed Storage of Big Importance for Corn Yields
Ohio State University experts Wallace E. Danger and J. S. Cutler advise careful seed corn storage. They recommend a homemade rack to keep ears from touching, possible artificial heat for rapid drying, and good ventilation, noting temperature should stay near normal room levels to protect future yields.
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Wallace E. Danger
J.S. Cutler
Ohio State University
Application of Manure Helps Garden Grow Best
University experts AE Hutchins and Dr F A Krantz of St Paul Minnesota advise manure as the first step for a productive garden. They urge thorough disking to mix manure with soil, then plowing deeply, followed by a second disking and harrowing to create a smooth mellow bed. For new spots, choose a permanent location to enrich year after year.
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AE. Hutchins
F. A. Krantaz
University Farm
St. Paul
Minn
Rat Banquet Aimed at Rats In New Hampshire County
Farmers in Lockingham County New Hampshire hosted a rat banquet to test baits with red squill powder. A USDA rat expert supervised on over 600 farms and results showed hamburger with red squill scoring highest at 60 points compared to white fish and cereal options.
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Lockingham County
N. H
Biological Survey of
United States Department of Agriculture
Windbreaks and Fertilizers Mentioned for Farm Profit
The notes discuss windbreaks reducing feed costs and potentially increasing buyer perception of farm value. It mentions holding vegetable seeds up to a year and fertilizing for garden growth. It also notes forest and orchard trees face similar pests and stresses commercial phosphorous fertilizers like bone meal and sugar phosphate used to boost wheat production.
Moisture Limits for Safe Soy Bean Storage
University of Illinois expert J. C. Buckleman warns growers to store soy beans under 15 to 16 percent moisture to prevent spoilage. Grade quality also depends on condition and appearance, broken beans, and foreign material, with threshing and handling affecting split rates and cleanliness.
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J. C. Buckleman
University of Illinois
Corn Harvesting Costs Drop With New Machines
The Illinois experiment station compared costs for hand husking and cribbing 12 000 acres at 10.4 cents per bushel with mechanized methods. One-row pickers cost 83 cents per bushel, two-row pickers 6.6 cents, and labor per acre varied from 2.2 to 3.1 hours. Wagon horses raised labor needs for two-row outfits, while tractor pulling would cut it significantly.
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Illinois Experiment Station
Satisfactory Drain Tile Depth and Layout Guidance
The guidance explains tile depth from 24 to 80 inches at the upper part of a drain with deeper lower sections to achieve proper slope. The first 200 feet typically uses four to five inch tile, with larger tile and greater slope improving water flow. It advocates using level readings and an experienced drainage expert to design location size and grade.
Wheat fed with profit to all farm animals
University of Illinois experts say cheap wheat can be fed profitably to livestock. Ground wheat at 75 cents per bushel plus 5 cents for grinding totals 80 cents, making it worth feeding over 75 cent corn. but corn at 70 cents may still be cheaper to use.
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University of Allinois
Saga &. T. Robbins
Mlinois Livestock Extension
Heartwood Preferred Over Sapwood for Post Use
A historical note explains heartwood offers longer lasting posts than sapwood due to stronger cell walls. It cites softer, less hardened sapwood and questions about degradation in older trees while asserting heartwood from young or old trees shares similar tasting qualities.
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Satino
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Roll Call
Fifth Avenue
New York
Allen Street
Peninsula
Legion
Bureau of Engraving Post
Américan Legion
Boston
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