Mercury deposits found in Arkansas
Washington report on new mercury deposits in Arkansas expands the nation's mineral resources. The article highlights mercury’s wide uses in science, industry, medicine, and energy, noting Spain and Italy as top producers and the U.S. as a significant producer led by California and several western states.
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Arkansas
Washington
United States
Europe
National Geographic Society
Milady
Legion
Spain
Italy
Trieste
Tuscany
California
Oregon
Nevada
Texas
Arizona
Alaska
Mexico
Canada
China
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Algeria
Japan
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New Zealand
Australia
Peru
Statistics Refute Weaker Sex Idea
Washington reports public health records debunk the notion of female inferiority. Data from health service and census files show girls have lower birth and childhood mortality, begin walking six weeks to two months earlier than brothers, start talking earlier, and endure more pain than men.
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Washington
Health Service
U S Plans Library of Crime Records Network
Washington reports a sweeping federal program to create a national fingerprint and crime data library. Under a new division, 4000 agencies cooperate. 1.75 million prints exist with 1 700 cards added daily and 3.5 million total records. The system aims to rapidly verify identities and flag past crimes.
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Washington
National
Scotland Yard
United States
Army
Cross of 1 000 Pieces From Brockton Made by Daniel Stuilis
A two foot high cross crafted in Brockton Massachusetts by Daniel Stuilis from 1000 wooden pieces without using twine pegs glue or nails.
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Brockton
Mass
Daniel Stuilis
New Light Pistol Signals Air Traffic From Ground
The U S Department of Commerce aeronautics branch tests a beam projector resembling a pistol to signal pilots from 2000 to 3000 feet up and as far as six miles away. It uses red and green beams with 37000 candlepower visible day or night for guidance.
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Washington
Aeronautics
United States Department of Commerce
Secretary of Commerce
Monkeys Invade Delhi as City Struggles with Siege
A monkey plague disrupts Delhi with thousands of primates invading from surrounding areas. A special monkey officer and aides capture hordes and release them outside the city. The municipal council rejects a plan for a monkey house as impractical, leaving the city under continued primate domination.
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Delhi
India
Dehli
Assort the Ewes at Lambing Time
Prof W T Grams outlines flock selection by milk contribution and mothering ability, citing Minnesota and Michigan contests with ewes producing high lamb crops. He stresses immediate aid to weak or rejected lambs and practical feeding of bottle reared lambs with high testing cow milk at warm temperatures.
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W. T. Grams
New York State College of Agriculture
C. W. Wingart
Minnesota
Michigan
Lambs Do Well When Fed Russian Thistle at Akron Station
A lamb feeding trial at Akron Colorado fed eleven groups of twenty lambs each for ninety days using ground Russian thistle as roughage. Lambs averaging 59 pounds thrived and the weed valued at 4.58 dollars per ton as replacement feed. Some thistles were fed green after cutting, showing grinding unnecessary when cut green. Dry Russian thistle provides about 5 percent protein and 80 percent carbohydrates.
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Akron
Colo
Colorado
Soybean-Wheat Double Cropping Proves Feasible in Indiana
In parts of the corn belt wheat land can be double cropped with soybeans. W B Bingham of Gibson county seeded 50 acres with three pecks of beans per acre, harvesting 20 bushels of wheat per acre in June. The following dry season reduced soybean yield, but Bingham plans to continue the practice. Roy Siebeking of Vanderburgh county has followed the method since 1928, yielding 20 bushels of wheat per acre after a prior soybean crop, with beans volunteering to produce 24 bushels per acre on the stubble.
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W. B. Bingham
Gibson County
Indiana
C. M. East
Bingham
Roy Siebeking
Vanderburg
Silage as a Farm Asset and Profit Booster
The Dakota piece extols silage as the cheapest feed and storage method for corn, drought or frost damaged crops can be ensiled into excellent livestock feed, and owning a silo makes land attractive to tenants and enriches a farm.
Plant Sweet Clover for Best Pastures
Extension specialist E P Reed notes sweet clover pastures outperform bluegrass, supporting two to three thousand pound stock units per acre. Examples show high milk returns and large livestock gains. yields for seed reach five to twelve bushels per acre. The crop offers dual income as pasture and seed, with reduced grain needs.
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Putnam County
Clean Seed of Highest Importance to Farmer
Reports from the State seed grain committees note districts face seed shortages yet show seed grain of fair to good quality. Much imported grain is unfit for seed, requiring thorough cleaning. Farmers should take utmost care with imported seed as weed seeds are extensive in fields.
Feed the Pastures Pastures make the cheapest milk
Michigan State college advice on pasture management notes that 90 pounds of bluegrass can sustain a herd for limited milk output, but continuous grazing depletes soil of phosphoric acid. Recommends 5-10-5 fertilizer at 300 to 1000 pounds per acre, applied four to five weeks before turnout, repeated every second or third year.
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Michigan State College
Michigan
Planting Asparagus Care for Crowned Roots
Instructions for transplanting asparagus crowns under one year old. Dig and move them promptly, open furrows four to six feet apart, drop crowns into trench bottoms with roots extending laterally, cover with one to two inches of soil, and hill up soil at each cultivation to bury weeds, finishing by midsummer or fall.
Agricultural Hints for Spring Livestock and Crops
Agricultural guidance urges forage access for lowing gilts and spring forage through fall. Seed-certified potatoes are being evaluated for returns similar to poultry and dairy. U S agriculture estimates annual apple losses to insects at 20 to 40 million dollars with a 200 million dollar yield. In March 1932 federal inspection slaughter figures show cattle calves sheep and lambs goats swine and horses processed.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
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San Francisco
Marin
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U. S. Plans Library of Crime
Bureau of Investigation
United States Department of Justice
Bureau
Christopher Columbus
Chicago
E. P. Reed
Ohio State University
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