Gardeners Tips for Early Bloom Flowers and Easy Color
Read about early bloom seeds for nasturtium Virginia stock zinnia sunflower bachelor’s button and alyssum. Easy color comes from nasturtium alyssum California poppy petunia and zinnia with initial care then robust growth. Avoid rust and wilt with resistant varieties for snapdragons and masters. Rock garden picks include African daisy Geranium lobelia statice verbena and Virginia stock plus perennial columbine English daisy forget me not Iceland poppy.
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Rock
Truth in Speaking Voice and Truth Over Reward
A concise reflection on speaking only when bearing truth, urging undivided attention to accuracy rather than reward, attributed to Carlyle.
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Carlyle
Ferry's Seeds Pedigreed Breeding Institute Delivers Tested Varieties
Great great grandchildren of Ferry's seeds undergo six to ten generations of selection at the Ferry Morse Seed Breeding Institute. Each year 50,000 growing tests precede packaging to ensure true type and vigor. Choose pedigreed, tested Ferry's Seeds at 5c a packet and up with 1938 novelties from Ferry-Morse Seed Co.
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Ferry
Ferry-Morse Seed-Breeding Institute
Ferry's
Ferry’s
Ferry-Morse Seed Co
Detroit
San Francisco
Farm Records Help Find Leaks in Profits
A guide by R E L Greene explains that keeping farm records reveals leaks in costs and cropping inefficiencies. By tracking profits by crop, balance of programs, and cultural practices, a farm can improve profitability, plan next year, and support credit or insurance needs.
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R. E. L. Greene
North Carolina
WNU
Feeding for Hatchability in Winter Poultry Flocks
Poultry expert Cora Cooke notes winter hatchability hinges on lighting feed and sun exposure. Despite cold, provide sunshine and green feed when possible or cod liver oil supplementation. Outdoor winter housing boosted hatchability 14 percent in Beltsville trials, underlining nutrition and warmth as key factors.
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Cora Cooke
University Farm
St. Paul
National Agricultural Research Center
Beltsville
The Friendly Grape Vine
The grape vine lasts fifty years or more and yields fruit with little care. A grape crop each year is nearly certain in a favorable environment. Beyond profit it provides healthful fruit for the farm family, deserving a place on every farm.
Mash for Turkey Breeders Mix by Dr Billings Proves Effective
Dr W A Billings of the University of Minnesota Farm at St Paul presents a turkey breeder mash. The 1000 pound batch consists of corn 225, oats 100, bran 150, middlings 200, alfalfa leaf meal 100, meat scraps 125, dried milk 75, salt 5, cod liver oil 20 pounds. Fortified cod liver oil suggested to reduce total oil needed.
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W. A. Billings
University Farm
St. Paul
Electric chair for poultry patent grants in North Acton
A North Acton Massachusetts poultry man received a patent for an electric chair device to kill chickens. The bird is hung by the legs with one wire and the head secured by another. A switch then delivers an electric current through the body.
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North Acton
Mass
Stray Stories and Pearsons Weekly Anecdotes
A collage of light schoolroom and maritime gags. A singing class urged to sing with spirit prompts a quip about heartiness. A shipboard passenger jokes about wages and management reveals a sharp social bite.
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Stray Stories Magazine
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