Orchard sanitation and prep for spring fruit harvest tips
Agricultural notes urge farmers to clean hedgerows and trashy areas before spring work begins. Advice covers burning refuges to deter curculio, removing weeds around young trees, protecting trunks with basins, applying lime sulfur and netting, and pruning gear readiness. Cornell orchardists suggest questions to assess harvest readiness and equipment needs for apples and grapes before winter.
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A. Freeman
Terrural College
Sesson
Durability and design underlie modern highways progress
The piece argues that durable highways depend on matching road construction to soil, drainage, and evolving vehicle loads. It contrasts seasonal road wear, stresses heavier trucks, and calls for scientific adjustments to roadbeds and construction methods to meet 1928 transportation needs nationwide.
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L.G. Fairbank
America
When Is a Bad Highway a Good One
H R Leonard, an automotive expert, ponders how drivers judge road quality by surface alone. He argues that a smooth pavement may mask deeper travel issues, while rougher surfaces with proper drainage can offer a better overall driving experience.
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H. R. Leonard
Togtey
Wheat Given Important Place as Poultry Feed
United States Department of Agriculture specialists urge expanding wheat use in livestock and poultry rations as price and abundance favor whole grain feeds. With wheat at about 80 cents a bushel in seven Midwest states, it costs less per ton than some feeds of higher value, supporting prewar stock feed use and cooperative farmer actions in Michigan.
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United State
United States Department of Agriculture
Middle Western
Co-Operative Association of Michigan
Wheat to chickens recommended by Ohio State poultry study
Ohio State University poultry researchers say feeding whole wheat to chickens raises mash value. Substituting wheat for corn in scratch feed and dry mash saves on bran and middlings. a 95 percent wheat ration with a new mix could justify a feed grinder.
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Ohio State University
College
Damp Quarters and Fowl Diseases in Farm Poultry
Damp quarters are a main cause of disease and thrift loss in fowl on farms. Filth and dampness drive 30 percent of colds and roup, with dampness weakening feathers and causing a chilly feeling. Proper ventilation and fresh air are urged to prevent these illnesses and improve flock health.
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Wien
California Fig Syrup Ad Peddles Child Laxative Myth
An old advertisement exhorts mothers to give a harmless laxative described as California Fig Syrup to cleanse a baby's liver and bowels. It claims the remedy treats constipation and bilious fevers, touts a nostalgic line about a harmless debt question, and quotes a Boston Transcript fragment.
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Colle
California
Bayer Aspirin Ad Warns on Genuine Tablets
An advertisement urges buyers to insist on tablets bearing the Bayer name for authentic aspirin marked for medical use. It touts Bayer as the trusted manufacturer with the product safe for ailments from colds to neuralgia, notes packaging options of twelve tablets, bottles of 24 or 100, and claims the name Bayer is the key indicator of genuineness.
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Bayer
What He Wanted A Stockholder Replies With A Dividend Check Indorsement
A long time stockholder tired of signing proxies replies to a company letter by requesting the pleasure of indorsing a dividend check instead. The piece captures a humorous, anecdotal exchange from a Boston dialogue. The dialogue also features a huckster remark about price and a digistrung beans joke from Yale Record.
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Indorsings
He Stopped Playing Golf Says McMiser Gave It Up
The Boston Transcript notes McMiser quit golf after starting. He reportedly lost his ball and has given the game up. An aside mentions the income tax installment always fails when you can least afford the moment.
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McMiser
Boston Transcript
Health for Working Women: A Personal Testimony
A collection of letters from women in Brooklyn and Milwaukee praising Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for relief from fatigue, headaches, pain, and weakness while balancing work and family duties. Readers describe prior illness, poor complexion, and backache, then report renewed energy and ability to work without missing days.
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Brooklyn
Gino Sai
Carolyne
Athena Pere
Emil Dori
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham Medici
Carol
Gret
Eleanor Sueetag
Milwaukee
Wis
Movie Pedagogy and Oddities in Pop Culture
A fragmentary collage notes a quirky director guiding actors with a harsh scheme. It references Walter resisting joy and being told to register disgust, mentions stowaways like spiders and tree frogs, and cites assorted observations from New Orleans and Uganda about wires, time, and greed.
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Walter
Sincerity and constant sincerity in letters debated
Jad Tunkins argues that perfect constant sincerity is impossible since it would require focusing on more than greetings like "Dear Sir" when starting letters. He suggests practicality in everyday correspondence.
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Jad Tunkins
Sir
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