Fertilizer Advise Encourages Better Crop Nutrition
Ohio farmers were urged to switch to high analysis fertilizers. A. L. Mehring of the U S Department of Agriculture noted plant food content rose 50 percent since 1915 and cited efficiency of 416-4 over 2-8-2.
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United States de Department of Agriculture
Wnda Servi
Ohio
A. L. Mehring
United States Department of Agriculture
Farm Week
State University At
Columbus
Mehring
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
Select and Breed Right Cows for Milk Machines
A dairyman aiming for successful mechanical milking must choose cows with strong milking traits and good appearance. Cull defective cows to prevent passing faults to offspring, and select a bull from high producing lineages with well tempered, well shaped mammaries. Feed milking cows the best hay and provide for young calves.
Spread of Corn Borer in 1980 Decreased
The spread of the European corn borer in 1980 was much less than the five year average. The report notes a reduction in numbers toward the eastern boundary and cites the University of Markea as a reference for the decline.
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University of Markea
Healthy Chick Plan Pays Bigger Profits
Extension poultryman H L Shrader of the USDA cites Missouri records showing flocks using the five health rules for growing healthy chicks averaged 165 eggs per hen with $2.66 income per hen over feed, versus 147 eggs and $1.86 per hen under ordinary methods.
Cleaning Grain Boosts Farm Revenue in Spring Wheat Areas
Robert H. Black of the USDA reports that 1,000 threshing machines in the spring wheat states were fitted with grain cleaners to remove dockage during the 1930 season. Over 10,000,000 bushels were cleaned, increasing test weight and often improving grade. Net market gain exceeded 250,000 dollars with dockage valued around 300,000 dollars.
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Robert H. Black
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Black
Properly Prepared Soil For Endive Cultivation Practices
Any properly prepared garden soil suits endive. Space rows 18 inches to 2 feet apart and thin plants to 1 foot within rows. Tie leaves or use boards to form an inverted V for blanching. Hearts blanch in 2 weeks to a month. avoid wet inner leaves to prevent rot. Endive hates hard frost. lift in fall and blanch under mats or store in a frame or shallow boxes in a cellar.
Excellent Method for Making Grafting Wax
An old method for grafting wax uses four parts rosin, two parts beeswax, and one part tallow. Melt slowly, avoid boiling, then pour into cold water and work with greased hands like molasses candy. Shape into manageable sticks and use in ordinary grafting weather as it softens with hand heat without becoming too sticky.
Seed order notes for winter and summer vegetables
Winter and summer radishes mentioned with spinach. Include pepper eggplant tomato early cabbage cucumber seeds. Begin a patch of chives and multipliers onions to add to permanent vegetable features.
White man harnesses waterfall power at Two Medicine Falls
At Two Medicine Falls near Glacier National Park a power site is planned amid Indian fears of water spirits. Bear Chief Ku-Si-Su-Ce watches engineers survey as the white man aims to drive a great machine and send light and heat through wires, transforming waterfall force into modern power.
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Two Medicine Falls
Glacier National Park
Glacier Park
Ku-Si-Su- Ce
Bear Chief
Poland Debates Compulsory Service for Women
Polish female MPs push legislation to draft women into military service. The proposal outlines formation of a women’s corps and compulsory conscription as part of national defense policy.
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Poland
M. P
Spe
Women’s army service to be organized for eighteen year olds
The Montreal Herald notes a proposed all-women military corps requiring service at eighteen with an 18 month term. In war, graduates would join a special reserve. Duties include social work and public health, likely modeled on Britain’s wartime auxiliary corps, though women have fought as combatants.
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Cial
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Montreal Herald
Census fears arise in Portugal as tax fears spark drive
Portuguese authorities launch a campaign to reassure the public about the census. After misleading sermons handbills posters and newspaper stories failed to enlighten the people thousands of bills were dropped from airplanes to stress the significance and value of the census.
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Portugal
Left in Doubt Burglar Scene at Hospital
A hospital scene unfolds as a burglar and his accomplice discuss a bogus telephone call to a maidservant. The operator reports a motor accident involving the burglar’s sister and mistress, who have been brought to the hospital. The dialogue ends with a triumphant exclamation.
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Bill
No such contraption in my house declares farmer
A humorous Edinburgh Scotsman note shows a stubborn farmer refusing planners while his daughter explains the device is an upright piano, underscoring the era's humor about modernization and household objects.
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Edinburgh
Trick of the Trade in London Humorist Dialogue
A London humorist notes a plan to hire an ex burglar as a chauffeur. Smithers counters that no fingerprint evidence has appeared on the car, signaling skepticism about the scheme.
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Robinson
Smithers
London
Reading as a cultivated art for the mature mind
Prof. Charles H. Judd argues in a New York Times cited convocation that millions in the United States remain illiterate beyond childhood and that reading should be cultivated like a musical instrument. Reading aloud and reading for personal insight are essential to the enrichment of the individual and the nation.
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United States
Charles H. Judd
University of Chicago
University of the State of New York
New York Times
Hollywood humor at Churchill's New York farewell dinner
Winston Churchill, during a farewell dinner in New York, quipped about Hollywood calling it a moral place yet noting its high divorce rate. A film critic suggested a Hollywood Who's Who, but Churchill preferred a Hollywood Who's Whose joke.
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Winston Churchill
New York
Hollywood
Wickedness Now More Open Than Before
A pithy observer notes that wickedness remains as old as ever but is more openly displayed, prompting reflection on public morality and behavior.
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