Lafayette National Park on Mount Desert Island Maine
Lafayette National Park on Mount Desert Island Maine is among the newest federal parks and the only eastern national park. It preserves 1000 foot granite peaks, ocean cliffs, and Somes Fiord, with Bar Harbor nearby, and aims to protect bird life and varied plant life while noting its private-land origins and 1919 congressional creation.
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National_ Geographic Society
Washington
Lafayette National Park
Mount Desert Island
Maine
Young
America
Rockies
United States
St. Lawrence
Isle Des Monts Deserts
Kennebec
Champlain
Isle
Mount Desert
Frenchman's Bay
Bar Harbor
Minneapolis
St. Paul
New York
Lafayette Park
Casco Bay
Canada
Arctic
Congress
Boys and Girls Like Club Work in the South
The USDA reports in 15 southern states 2042 club members funded school expenses from club work. 1056 students in all states attend high schools or colleges on club-earned scholarships. In Georgia 200 girls attend college from club proceeds. Birmingham women’s clubs fund a 200 scholarship for home demonstration work.
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Alabama
United States Department of Agriculture
Mophile
Ala
Georgia
Cly
Birmingham
Hasty Words From The Globe Reflect On Speech
The Atchison Globe comments that rapid speech often springs from the throat rather than the heart and mind, a caution about hurried talking and its honesty.
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Atchison Globe
Wash All Milk Cans Immediately After Use
The United States Department of Agriculture urges hotels restaurants and others to wash milk cans promptly after emptying. Cans left on doorsteps or in warm rooms pickup bacteria and become hard to clean even with machines. Hand washing with a brush followed by machine washing is advised to ensure a safe milk supply.
Two Dairy Secrets From Oklahoma Expert
A. C. Baer of Oklahoma A&M emphasizes two key dairy secrets: proper feeding and proper cow care. He advises growing most feed on the farm, using alfalfa hay, corn and sorghums for silage, and a grain mix of oats bran alfalfa meal kafir and cottonseed meal. Each cow should be fed according to milk output, kept clean, brushed, and sheltered in a food shed to withstand cold weather, with a blanket as a quick payback investment.
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A. C., Baer
Dairy Husbandry Department
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College
Oklahoma
Mites Invade Hen Roosts in Warm Weather
A. C. Smith of the University farm warns that warm conditions trigger rapid mite growth in hen houses, cutting egg yield. He recommends kerosene treatments applied with a paint brush or spray to roosts and supports, best done in the morning and repeated biweekly during warm weather.
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A. C. Smith
University Farm
PLAN FOR SUMMER SPRAYING
Summer spraying demands care as buds and leaves are active. Arsenate compounds control chewing insects, with calcium arsenate rising in favor. Paris green remains used on Irish potatoes and tobacco. Nicotine sulphate or blackleaf targets plant lice. Bordeaux mixture works in summer strength on apples pears grapes and other fruits. Various combinations aid fungi and pests, saving time and effort.
Soy Beans and Sudan Grass as a Feed Crop
Seed soy beans and sudan grass together at corn planting, cut for hay in the dough stage, and use like timothy. Suitable on moist black land and some alkali peats take advantage. Sow about 12 pounds sudan grass per acre then drill in three pecks of beans per acre. drilling covers grass. Mammoth Yellow or Hollyrock Mongil are good soy varieties.
Dairy cows return profit says purebreds often more economical
The United States Department of Agriculture notes purebred dairy cows commonly yield more milk and butterfat per feed unit than grade cows. Since higher production drives better returns, purebreds can be more economical, though not always. records show cows producing 7,500 to 10,000 pounds yearly use only modestly more feed than 5,000-pound cows.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Keep Up Vegetable Supply With Successive Plantings
Guidance urges successive plantings to maintain a steady fresh supply of vegetables. Radishes and beans are highlighted as reliable options with pale snap and pale lima varieties suggested for steady green bean production.
Grain Boosted Milk Flow in Blue Earth County Herds
Twenty one dairy herds averaged 7120 pounds of milk and 285 pounds butterfat per cow in 1920 while nineteen herds averaged 8500 pounds milk and 345 pounds butterfat in 1921. The gain was 19.3 percent in milk and 21 in butterfat. The tester credits year round grain feeding and better care for the rise, noting higher production during late summer.
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Blue Earth County Cow Testing Association
University Farm
Superior Farm Implements
A short editorial argues better farming depends on good implements rather than farmer skill. It states quality tools are essential, as farming is hard with poor equipment and that implements represent a small cost given their utility.
Sweet Clover For Pasture And Hay Quality Tips
Sweet clover is best used as pasture under most conditions. Introduce cattle to the plant for a day or two before full grazing. It makes poor hay due to coarseness and few leaves. cut for hay just as it begins to blossom for best quality.
No good cow saved for dressed meat boosts pocket
A farmer notes saving 55 to 60 dollars in feed for a boarder cow, adding to her dressed meat value, totaling about a hundred dollars in profit from a cow deemed no longer good.
Get Cow Into Shape With Linseed Oil Dosage
Advice urges linseed oil feed to cows to improve calving readiness. Recommends a quart per dose to cleanse the digestive tract and promote better shape for birth.
Women Readers Urged to Try Swamp Root Remedy
Thousands of women suffer kidney or bladder trouble and may not know it. The ad claims Swamp Root restores kidney health and eases related symptoms. Send ten cents for a sample bottle from Dr Kilmer & Co, Binghamton NY, with larger bottles available at drug stores.
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Kilmer
Innocent Pastime on London Road Encounter
An old man is accosted by a burly stranger who proposes a game of put and take. The frightened man resists as the intruder demands his hands and threatens a brutal action, creating a tense roadside confrontation.
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London
The Cuticura Toilet Trio Advertisement
The Cuticura Toilet Trio promotes skin care with Soap for cleansing, Ointment for soothing, and Talent as a powder and perfume. A complete toilet table item for daily use.
Fragmentary Heinrichs Share Quotation From Boston Transcript
A clipped historical line shows a dialogue about giving, sharing and leaving residue among family members. The fragment mentions Heinrich, a sister, and a brother, with ownership and remainder references as the speaker speaks in a stylized dialect.
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Heinrich
Boston Transcript
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