Dream Waltz Comes to Life and Fades in a Midtown Life
Leonard, a once celebrated composer from Granite City, rises briefly after a hit dream waltz and a love with Hesper. The couple’s New York idyll fades into middle class repetition as children arrive, his career stalls, and the dream waltz rusts into memory.
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Leonard
Greece
Middle West
New York
Chip
Granite City
Aegean Islands
Brooklyn
Hesper
Manhattan
Aegean
Playboy
Playgirl
Withal
Reasons for Cotton Seed Rot Breaks Point to Fungus
Ten years of study at the Greenville Texas United States cotton breeding field station show cotton root rot breaking up is not soil or crop related but tied to the fungus itself. This implies a window for soil disinfectants or planting nonsusceptible crops to reduce infection. Cotton root rot is widespread from Texas to the Pacific coast and into Old Mexico, cutting national cotton yields by 250000 to 600000 bales annually and causing about 50 million dollars in crop damages. Circular 178-C is available free from the U S Department of Agriculture.
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United States
Greenville
Texas
Pacific Coast
Old Mexico
Office of Information
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
New Ration for Calf Delivers Excellent Results
Cornell University reports superb calf growth from a new feeding mixture. The starter fed for 16 weeks used 320 pounds each of ground yellow corn, rolled oats, and winter wheat bran, plus linseed meal and dry skim milk, with 325 pounds of whole milk in 17 weeks.
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Cornell University
Italian City Worth Visiting Cumae Ancient Greek Colony
Cumae near Naples is highlighted as a lesser known but impressive Italian site. It is described as the oldest Greek colony in Italy with Vergil and Dante mentioning its grotto passages. Recent scientific excavations have occurred in the last few years.
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Italy
Cumae
Naples
Vergil
Dante
Iodine for Ewes Preventing Lamb Weakness Before Lambing
Iodized salt given to ewes three to four weeks before lambing helps prevent goiter and weak lambs. A preparation method uses 50 pounds of salt with two ounces of potassium iodide. Feed about a half pound of meal daily per ewe, increasing after lambing, with a liberal amount if nursing twins. A good ration is three parts bran two parts crushed oats one part corn meal.
Oats Treated With Formaldehyde Mixture Method
Farmers mix 1 pint of formaldehyde with 5 gallons of water and slowly spray over 40 to 50 bushels of oats spread on a clean floor or wagon box. While one person shovels, another sprinkles the solution every 2 to 3 shovelfuls, then covers the pile for about 5 hours until the oats are ready.
Fight to rid farms of internal parasites in Woodford County
Farmers in Woodford County, about 2 500 horses and 625 mules, join a statewide campaign led by the College of Agriculture and the University of Dunois to treat for internal parasites using liquid carbon disulphide. Local veterinarians coordinate cleanup in most townships as 48 counties participate. The effort aims to restore horsepower and cut production costs, noting unseen feed losses from parasites.
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Woodford County
College of Agriculture
University of Dunois
H. A. GeWerff
deWerff
Woodford
Robert Graham
College
Terraces Halt Erosion of Valuable Land
E. G. Johnson of the University of Illinois says five and a half million acres of cultivation suffer heavy erosion and soil loss that terraces could prevent. The Mangum terrace is a low ridge system built across slopes to capture runoff and guide it to the side outlet, preserving fields. Complete construction plans are available from county agents or the University of Illinois as bulletin 20 Saving Soils by Means of the Mangum Terrace.
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Clindis
E. G. Johnson
University of Ilinois
Mangum
Oklahoma lamb feeding trials show alfalfa hay cheaper gains
Ration values for lambs indicate corn and wheat feed similarly. Alfalfa hay yields about 10 percent lower gains per 100 pounds than Sudan hay. Trials confirm last year’s results: lambs on alfalfa hay gain faster and cheaper than those on whole alfalfa. No notable difference when feeding Sudan hay ground or whole alfalfa.
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Sudan
Oklahoma
Potatoes as Ration in Cattle Sheep and Hogs
Potatoes may furnish half of the dry matter in the ration for cattle and sheep and a quarter for horses. Dairy cows should not receive more than about 35 pounds daily. For fattening sheep two to three pounds daily with grain. Potatoes should be chopped and mixed with grain for cattle and sheep, fed raw for cattle and sheep, and may be fed raw to hogs if time is short.
Record Potato Yield by 420 Bushels on 12 Acres
Joy Bishop, a senior agricultural student at Arlington High, produced a state record yield among Smith Hughes students by growing 420 bushels of Certified Rural Bussett potatoes on 12 acres last summer. She used 20 tons of manure on clover and alfalfa sod, planted certified seed May 20, applied 1000 pounds of 6-8-6 fertilizer, cultivated seven times and sprayed eight times. Total cost was 147 dollars with a net profit of 738 dollars.
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Bussett
Joy Bishop
Arlington
Smith- Hughes
Ohio
Agricultural Squibs: Sheep and Lamb Market 1931
Agricultural squibs report that more than 33,000,000 head of sheep and lambs were marketed in 1931, an increase of about 3,815,000 head from 1930. The figures appear in county level data, with Garrard calves mentioned as a separate sold item at nine units of price.
Cancer Research Brings Results and Hope for Early Detection
The Woman's Home Companion reports progress in cancer control. It states up to 90 percent of cases can be saved with early diagnosis and treatment. Public education drives urged people to seek medical advice for nonhealing sores, lumps, discharges, or indigestion, with city campaigns showing many relieved, some cured when detected early.
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Woman's Home Companion
Noisy Silence Paul Speaks To Grandmother
A country boy named Paul talks with his grandmother to cope with loneliness after his sister leaves for school. She begs him to be quiet as he claims the clock ticks loudly when he stops talking, revealing a child’s playful perspective.
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Paul
Grandchild’s playful reply to family quip about hair
A grandmother provokes a joke when Bobby teases about his aunt Bess bobbing her hair. The aunt argues, the boy retorts you’ll be horse and buggy. Grandmother then asks what she is, and Bobby answers covered wagon.
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Bobby
Bess
Vinegar Hill Residents Decry Isolation In Durham Parish
About 1 000 inhabitants of Vinegar Hill Durham England protest rural neglect. They lack a parson doctor barber saloon and a main road. Nearest link to civilization is a two mile walk, leaving villagers cut off from services and transport.
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Vinegar Hill
Durham
England
Police Dogs and Pup Tents at Camp Knot
A reflection on an old Camp Knot photo where a man points to small tents described as pup tents. Virginia asks if they were for the police in the army, capturing a child’s curiosity about military and law enforcement history.
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Virginia
Army
Cherry Cobbler Not In Shoemaker Class
A note states that the cherry cobbler entry is not part of the shoemaker class, clarifying competition eligibility and category placement.
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