Seed corn vitality and testing raise yields for farmers
A detailed guide urges farmers to test each ear for germination to improve stand and yield. It notes that 15,000,000 bushels will be planted, with 2–3 million seeds likely failing due to low vitality. A simple germinating box method using cantal cloth is described, plus rates of 28.8 bushels per acre historically and the need for better seed preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United
United States
Ting
Seth
Department of Agriculture
Woman's Advice to Farmers from Edith Urmey
Miss Edith Urmey an Iowa hospital specialist argues that many inmates of eastern insane asylums are the children of farmers. She says lack of diversified work and overindulgence lead to mental derangement and warns farmers to teach fundamental life principles at home rather than rely on schools alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Urmey
Iowa
Chinese Publications Multiply Across South China Press
The report notes abundant foreign and Chinese daily and weekly papers in South China led by Hong Kong. English dailies and Chinese daily and weekly titles serve major ports with prices in gold. Local dialect papers expand, risking language fragmentation though aiding education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnea
Hong Kong
The
Post
the Press
Telegraph
the Mail
Shanghai
China
Government Gazette
United States
Empire
Olden Days of Whaling Remembered From New Bedford Fleets
The article recalls the era of two hundred full rigged ships sailing from New Bedford on long voyages. It notes the near extinction of Greenland and sperm whales and evokes the romance of Yankee skippers and ships like the Annie B and Mary Jane. It ends by describing the immense rorqual as the remaining symbol of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford Harbor
Greenland
Arctic
Annie B
Mary Jane
Susan
North
Atlantic
Pacific
Bicycles On The Wank And New Zealand Gum Exports
Census figures show a sharp decline in bicycle manufacture in the United States from 1900 to 1905 with establishments dropping from 12 to 97 and wage earners down 81 percent. Capital invested fell from over 29 million to under 6 million, while output slid from about 32 million bikes to just over 5 million. In contrast motor cycle factories surged from 159 to 2,289. New Zealand exports kauri gum worth 665 million annually, used in varnish.
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Washington
New Zealand
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Farmers Bulletin
J. W.T. Duyel
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Asany
WIT
ATS
Nate
Sage Tee
Tate
Blaine. Mfg. CO
Mill St
Concord Junction
Mass
U. S. Commission
Fordey
Jos. Butler Co
Basel
Ge Farbes
Dearborn St
Chicago
Ill
4Th Ave
Pittsburg
Eandy Supply CO
Quincy
Nature
Fisher Building
Maxwell
Etter
Maxwell's. Homemaker
Rey
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