Checking Equipment Will Pay Dividends
Farmers should regularly inspect tractors and farm machinery to prevent field delays and reduce maintenance costs. Proper adjustments for wear and lubrication extend part life, save fuel, and lower unit production costs. Install fire extinguishers and secure grease guns to prevent accidents.
Hitchhiking Pests Threaten Beetle-Free Areas
Federal inspectors tracked thousands of flights to stop Japanese beetles from hitchhiking by air. At airfields in Washington Baltimore Philadelphia New York and Newark they sprayed DDT from aerosols and used mist blowers to protect nearby host plants. The summer program intercepted more beetles than any previous season and marked the widest airport surveillance effort yet.
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Production of Citrus Shows Steady Increase Across the U S
A Department of Agriculture report indicates citrus production in the United States has roughly doubled every ten years for forty years with the trend likely to continue. California and Florida supply over 90 percent of oranges while Florida and Texas together account for about 6 percent of grapefruit. Most commercial lemons are grown in California.
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Million Irish Mass Meeting at Tara Presses Repeal Demand
Report of a vast gathering at Tara Ireland on August 15 1843 with Daniel O Con nell urging repeal of the union with Great Britain. The event drew more than one million attendees, about one person per Ireland family.
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Collier
Tara
Ireland
Daniel O’connell
Great Britain
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