Measures to Control Grasshopper Pest
The article explains how alfalfa fields attract grasshoppers and outlines control methods. It details egg destruction in fall through plowing or cultivation, and two bait options including a 25 pound bran mixture with paris green and citrus plus syrup. It also describes the hopperdozer device and field flooding as alternatives, plus a pointer to Farmers' Bulletin No. 637.
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America
Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Feeding and management guide for hogs and livestock
The text outlines factors behind successful hog feeding including breeding, exercise, and parasite control. It notes that proper nutrition and clean conditions improve winter profitability. It also covers market dressing of poultry and tips for buying milk utensils, and identifies fox tail as the greatest enemy of alfalfa.
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Fox Tail
Regularity in Incubation Will Make Your Incubator Pay
There must be method and regularity in running an incubator. If you insist upon regularity in filling the lamp airing and turning the eggs and you trust your mind to tell you when the right time arrives for these small details you will succeed in making that incubator pay you for the time spent with it.
Marking Young Chicks With A Simple Toe Cut
A poultryman marks newborn chicks by clipping off a toe nail with shears within a day or two of hatching. The cut is made just behind the nail to ensure quick bleeding is minimal. If cut too far back, it can bleed more. The chicks appear untroubled by the procedure.
Wheat acreage in Buenos Aires Province tops three million
Buenos Aires Province in Argentina reports 3,098,250 acres sown to wheat this season highlighting extensive grain cultivation. The figure reflects substantial agricultural output linked to regional farming, export prospects, and seasonal planting patterns.
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Buenos Ares
Argentina
Indications of an Early Spring in Western Canada
Western Canada shows signs of an early spring with farmers preparing seeders plows and implements while new settlers arrive. Emigration from U S states to Canada is expected to rise, crop prospects look bright though some districts report failures from improper land preparation. Grain prices stay high and exports to Europe rise, boosting Canada’s economy amid wartime demand. Wealth fosters theft while poverty breeds crime as markets recover.
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Canada
United States
Europe
Dominion
Quiet Refusal Ends Proposal in Neighborly Room
In a candid exchange, a suitor learns his plea to marry is rejected by the woman who explains she does not care enough for such a commitment. He feigns relief, admits he would have pursued the right action at any cost, and prepares to depart.
Salter Seed Co Offers Catalog and Seeds in 20th Century Ad
Salzer Seed Co promotes alfalfa strains Grimm Montana Liscom Ayr College inspected Salzer's Dakota Registered No 30 hardy as oak for 10 cents post. Mail order includes big catalog and six packets of Early Cabbage Carrot Cucumber Lettuce Radish Onion plus ten seed samples like Speltz The Cereal Wonder and Bil lion Dollar Grass. Send twenty cents to John A Salter Seed Co Box 700 La Crosse Wisconsin for catalog and seeds.
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Salzer
Grimm
Montana
Speltz
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
The Long Talk at the Assembly
The orator recalls remarks met with loud applause as Miss Cayenne notes TT joined the applause. The speaker felt relief yet gratitude, fearing the audience believed filibustering.
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Miss Cayenne
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children Ad
Numerous children suffer illness prompts a health product claim. The ad promotes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders as a cure for colds fever headaches stomach troubles teething disorders and bowel regulation. It states 26 years of use and offers free samples by mailing to A S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
Finest Chemistry of Suffering and Spiritual Strength
Quote by George S Merriam praising the blend of suffering with spiritual forces yielding gentleness and strength, described as the finest chemistry.
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George S Merriam
Marine Eye Remedy Ad Seeks Free Sample from Chicago Firm
A vintage advertisement promotes Marine Eye Remedy Co Chicago offering a free sample of a remedy for red and watery eyes and granulated eyelids. The copy emphasizes no smarting and appeals to readers to write for the sample.
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Marine Eye Remedy
Hook of the Hye
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
A Saving Period Seeks Old Roman Sports Contrast
A witty note argues baseball avoided Roman sports to spare umpires from kill crowds. The Cough is blamed for a tickle, but Dean's Mentholated Cough Drops are praised as stopping the tickle. The piece mocks gossip as ammunition for knockers and hints at social tension.
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Dean
Lobsters Questioned by Polly in Baltimore Snippet
A fragment from the Baltimore American quotes Miss Polly asking about lobsters, followed by an odd reply about “Hmoun sines.” The brief item appears as a quirky exchange or local taste remark without broader context or identifiable events.
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Baltimore American
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