Year's Work on Fighting Pests and Plant Diseases
Federal Horticultural Board reports vigorous pest control in 1922 with 22 foreign and 15 domestic quarantines. Key pests include pink bollworm, European corn borer, gypsy and brown-tail moths, and Japanese beetle. major diseases cited are potato wart, white pine blister rust, and citrus canker.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Federal Horticultural Board
New England
New York
Ontario
Lake Erie
United States
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Europe
British Columbia
Puget Sound
Washington
Canada
Culling Increases Production Of Eggs
Poultry exhibit at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago shows two flocks. A non culled group of 12 hens produced 100 dozen eggs and used 900 pounds of feed costing 20.70 dollars. A culled group of eight hens produced the same eggs with 600 pounds of feed costing 13.50 dollars.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Risk in Unkept Orchard Invites Pests to Winter
The note warns that neglecting an orchard and undernourished trees invite pests such as San Jose scale plum curculio apple worm shothole borer to stay over winter. It argues that leaving crops undisturbed provides winter homes for insect enemies of the garden.
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San Jose
Flavor to Eggs The Runner Duck Ways
The perfectly white eye seller offers a top quality duck egg with excellent flavor marketed in the city. The item appeals to shoppers seeking premium taste and reliable freshness in local markets.
Harrow Handy Farm Tool by F G Biggerstaff
The Scientific American describes a harrow by F G Biggerstaff of Kansas City Missouri. It is designed to be operable or inoperable while in motion and raise above ground to clear debris. It aims for simple durable construction reliable operation and low manufacturing cost. The barrow can be drawn by a tractor or other suitable power.
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The
Scientific American
F. G. Biggerstaff
Tracey Avenue
Kansas City
Dairy Cows Need Grain As Pastures Run Short
Oklahoma expert A C Baer notes cows on dry feed or scarce pasture should receive grain to match milk production. On pasture, one pound of grain per six pounds of milk is typical, rising to two or three pounds daily for cows producing around 20 pounds of milk. Hay, preferably alfalfa, supports dairy health. Full pastures of barley, wheat or rye are profitable for dairies.
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A. C. Baer
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Big Increase in Potatoes Worldwide in 1928
Production of potatoes in 1928 across 16 countries is estimated at 675 million bushels more than last year and 40 million more than the five year 1909-13 average, per United States Department of Agriculture figures. Total 1922 acreage for 24 countries with estimates is 20,261,000 acres.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Japanese Poetry Contest Opens to Public Participation
The annual mountain cloud at dawn contest honors the emperor with readings of top poems. Once limited to court nobles, the Kyoto era format now welcomes general contributors, reflecting a national love of verse as Emperors and consorts previously wrote daily. An unrelated ad promotes Cuticura skin care products at 25 cents each.
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Japan
Kyoto
Eperor
Meiji
Moral Character Guides Stable Civilization and Peace
A quotation emphasizes moral character as the foundation of stable civilization and the realization of peace among people. It reflects human wisdom and experience recognizing character as essential to progress.
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H. QO
Rittenhouse
Hall's Catarrh Medicine for Catarrh Deafness Claims
Catarrhal deafness arises from inflammation of the Eustachian tube lining. If unchecked hearing may be destroyed. Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to treat catarrh and related deafness, noting over forty years of success. Sold by all druggists. FB, J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
Fb, J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Boy Loses Cap During First Day of School
A six year old frantically searches hall after misplacing his cap. An old schoolroom advertises Roman Eye Balsam for rapid healing of eye infections and inflammations with a night regimen.
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Sonny
Enormous Cost of the World War
An estimate for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace puts the World War cost at over 335 billion dollars. The figure equals the combined wealth of the United States, France and Great Britain at the war’s start. The war has made table linen valuable and Red Cross Ball Blue will improve its wear. Use it and see. All grocers.
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Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
United States
France
Great Britain
Superstition Drives Christmas Eve Cat Feast in France
In France a Christmas Eve custom assigns the entire meal to the cat to avert misfortune. If the cat meows, the household is believed to face bad luck, so families feed it freely to keep spirits at peace.
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France
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Fresno
California
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Clydesdale
W. S. Nethery
East Rich Street
Columbus
Ohio
M. J. Johnstone
Monument PL
Indianapolis
Ind
Rub—Dobbs
Dub
Rub
Mother Gray
Baby Oyer Furniture
Lloyd Manufacturing Company
Heywood-Wakefield Co
Dept. E
Menominee
Michigan
Genuine
Bull” Durham Tobacco
Broadway
N. Y
Seth
Moore Monument Co
Sterling, I
Jos. Whalen
E. Jefferson
Detroit
Mich
Fort Wayne
BAYER
Lumbago
Bayer ‘Manufacture
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