Alaska Saga Continues On A Night Voyage
Carol Coburn, born in Alaska, travels north to teach in an Indian school. On a ship deck she forms a wary bond with Sid ney Lander while a letter reveals her father Krondike Coburn was found dead on the Chakitana claim trail end. They share memories of the north and hints of a future reunion.
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Carol] Coburn
Alaska
Krondike Coburn
Carol
Eric
Red
Caral
Europe
Mry
Cranberry
Blackwater Pass
Seattle
Columbia Glacier
Lander
Sidney
Eric the Red
Sidney. Lander
Carol Coburn
Coburn
Carol Koyukuk Coburn
Frontiersman Nurse Faces Isolation in Tokluta School
The narrator arrives in Tokluta Alaska and meets Miss Teetzel and nurse Katie OConnell. He faces hostility from the school and adjusts to frontier life amid malnourished, ill children and cultural tension. Sidney Lander hints at a past and writes from Chakitana, while Doctor Ruddock offers a possible Wasilla transfer.
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Tokluta
Miss O'Connell
Katie O'Connell
Law of the Frontier
Tokluma
Teetzél
Miss.o’connell
Katie O’connell
Matanuska Valley
Sidney Lander
Miss Teetzel
Doctor Ruddock
Wasilla
Juneau
Chakitana
Fairbanks
Depleted Soils Need Minerals for Plant Growth
Dr. C. E. Millar explains plants derive food from carbon dioxide water and mineral salts from soil. Soil minerals release slowly. farming removes nutrients faster than they form. Fertilizers supply nitrogen phosphoric acid potash calcium sulfur and other elements to sustain crops.
Scientists Pasteurize Soil With Electric Device
Scientists at Correll university agricultural station pasteurize soils with electricity to kill pests weed seeds and disease organisms. A.G. Newhall reports 150 degrees Fahrenheit suffices and buried heaters and a dairy steamer pasteurize greenhouse benches beds and trays with low overheating risk.
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Correll University Agricultural Experiment Station
A.G. Newhall
Silage Value Compared to Legume Hay Rules
A practical rule valuing silage at half the value of good legume hay yields practical figures. Ten tons per acre of silage equals about 50 bushels, so 1 ton equals 5 bushels of corn plus 300 pounds of hay. With corn at 75 cents per bushel and hay at $15 per ton, good silage is worth about $6 per ton.
Tomato nutrition facts for a day
A medium ripe tomato provides about half of the daily vitamin C and around one fifth of the daily vitamin A needs for a person.
Water Added Diner Take This Coffee
In a comically clipped exchange a diner waiter defends a muddy coffee by noting it was ground that morning. The joke: the June bride questions her groom’s character as a fur bearing animal or a poor fish, while a quip about car cleanliness ends the overheard banter.
Clever Cutout Boxes for Indoor Flowers Pattern 29207
Attractive home craft item describes cutting plywood with a jig or coping saw to form decorative plant boxes. Pattern 29207 features kitten, pup, hen and rooster motifs, with directions included. Send order.
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