Seed quality report on alfalfa red clover and grasses
Chief Galloway of the bureau of plants industry reports tests of open market seeds. Red clover 1217 samples show dodder in 405, yellow trefoil in 424, Chile origin in 135. Alfalfa 899 samples reveal dodder in 191, yellow trefoil in 133, sweet clover in 120, bur clover in 16. Bromus inermis 55 samples include cheat in 15, 2 3 percent wheat grasses in 28, plus meadow fescue and other traces. A stray note on horse behavior closes the item.
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Galloway
Bureau of Plants Industy
Chile
Seed Germination Times From Various Vegetables
A compact guide lists germination ranges for many vegetables. Asparagus 20 to 80 days, beans 5 to 10 days, beet and related greens 5 to 12 days, carrots 14 to 21 days, celery 14 to 20 days, corn 8 to 14 days, cucumbers 5 to 10 days, eggplant 8 to 20 days, lettuce 8 to 12 days, onions 7 to 14 days, parsley 20 to 30 days, peas 5 to 10 days, peppers up to 20 days.
Wood Ash Values by Wood Type and Tree Part
Ashes from hard wood are more valuable than those from soft wood. Some soft wood ashes have little value. Value is largely determined by the tree part used for the ashes. It is declared by authorities.
Farm Building Construction Piggery Cross Section
The diagram shows a thirty four foot wide piggery section with stone or concrete foundation and concrete piers. It describes a two layer floor with gravel cement lower layer and sand cement upper layer, a central six foot alley with crowned dry floor, pen floors sloped to doors, upright partitions, an eight foot high loft for storage, and movable doors and ventilators operated by ropes and pulleys.
Contamination in Kentucky Blue Grass Seed Samples
Laboratory tests on 429 Kentucky blue grass seed samples found 8 free of Canada blue grass and many showed immature Canada blue grass seeds, suggesting harvest mixing. In 110 samples Canada blue grass exceeded 5 percent, with 382 misbranded as Kentucky blue grass seed.
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Kentucky
Canada
Farm Notes on Stock Feed, Pests, and Poultry Care
Practical tips on tire maintenance for dry seasons, equal feed value for all stock, gradual term adjustments with saltwater baths for shoulders, cutworm description and nighttime feeding, iodine treatment for bumble foot, a hog cholera cure claimed with slop mixing, early hatch and rapid growth for poultry profit, removing axe handle by heating, and an herb garden plan featuring common medicinal plants for flavoring and medical use.
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Rhat
Secrets of Rhubarb Growth and a Remarkable Harvest
An excerpt notes rhubarb needs deep fertile soil and high manuring as a gross feeder. A grower claims he boosts size by applying soapy wash water to the ground. He reports selling $30 worth from a patch measuring two and one half rods in a single season.
Insecticide Use and Gardeners Advice From Past Notes
Lineans insecticide details drying time and application tips. Notes on caustic effects on larvae of pests and best morning applications. Also included are farm implements like a three horse doubletree and extensive garden guidance on drainage, starting plants, and gate placement for efficient work.
Amber Adare Confronts Hidden Jewels Mystery at Carrig
In a Carrig hillside mill Amber learns her mother gave rings tied to a lost jewel collection. Hilary Adare urges Amber to visit Sir Lucien’s Castle to aid a settlement. Adare and Amber conceal the rings in a cellar as tension rises over who owns the jewels.
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Adare
Ililary
May
Sir Tucien
Amber
Sir Lucien
Lacien
Lucien
Ife
Flying machines spark debate on feather beds
Jinks dismisses feather beds as unhealthy while Binks cites an inventor of flying machines who wants them spread across the country. The exchange frames a playful dispute over comfort and engineering.
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Jinks
Binks
The Problem Solved Newed and Oldwed Dialogue
A humorous exchange contrasts habits of spouses taking money. Newed asks how to prevent it. Oldwed replies by spending every cent before returning home, revealing a spoof plan to outwit the thief.
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Newed
Satchel Helper Turns Down Boy's Offer
A humorous line from The Catholic Standard and Times features a boy offering to carry a lady's satchel and the response praising the satchel’s lightness, playful contrast between a gentlemanly act and practicality.
Couldn't Be Better. The Man And You Think You Have An Ideal Husband
The Matron remarks on marital strain as a man counts his wife as if she were a voter and the narrator questions the idea of an ideal husband.
Witty Exchanges and Legal Tactics In Brief Snippets
A collage of anecdotes recalls Good Rogers Sheridan banter about Mrs Skidons, Stevenson with Sir Charles Halle, a Chicago high school newsroom cue misstep, a courtroom wit duel between Charlies O Conor and James W Gerard, and a lawyer closing with brisk brevity as he wins his case.
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Rogers
Sheridan
Flore
Robert Louis Stevenson
Sir Charles Halle
St. James Hall
London
Charles
Chicago Tribune
Charlies O'Conor
James W. Gerard
O'Conor
Gerard
Conor
O'Conell
Mr. Gerard
Lle
Sailors Believe Sunk Ships Haunt Crews After Raising
Strand Magazine recounts a superstition among seamen about a ship sunk and raised later being haunted by drowned mariners. A large emigrant steamer in the Mediterranean vanished years ago with over six hundred lives, was recovered and refitted but never crewed again amid reports of nightly hull groans from the doomed.
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Mediterranean
Strand Magazine
Curiosities on Wheel Lock Muskets from Charles II Era
London Notes and Queries notes in South Kensington museum display several wheel lock muskets with rifled barrels from reign of Charles II. Barrels were called screwed then and Prince Rupert famed as marksman hitting the vane at St Marys Stafford at sixty yards with a screwed fistul.
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South Kensington
Charles L. Hi
Zachary Grey
Old Ballad Verse on Climbing and Duty by Louiston Tost
A rustic verse contrasts two characters Ulelper and Nerv with different roles. It counsels steady labor and simple farewell phrases as climbers and workers pass, urging shared effort and hospitality in everyday life.
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Nerv
Llouston Tost
Absence from School Angers Teacher Over Missing Days
A student admits missing three days of classes and expects a stern response from the teacher, noting the sentiment that absence deepens fondness but fears the discipline will remain.
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SESS
Pennyroyal
Tansy
Brian Deane
O'Connell
Deane
Ireland
Australia
Carrig
Hilary Adare
Brian Verne
Ilitary
Tilary
Laut
Hilary
Ateeros Te
Iere
Cleveland Plain
Deater
Ulelper
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