Precaution Against Eelworm Spread in Wheat Fields
United States Department of Agriculture urges Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and California farmers to monitor eelworm galls in grain and employ salt brine separation to remove infected kernels. Virginia faces up to 40 percent losses. lifecycle details include galls in heads and larvae emerging in spring. Boiling eelworm galls before disposal prevents spread. diseased seed may be fed to chickens after treatment.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
California
State Agricultural Experiment Station
Office of Cereal Investigations
Washington, D. C
European Corn Borer Threat to U.S. Crops
Federal and state authorities warn the European corn borer could devastate future U.S. corn crops if it spreads from eastern Massachusetts. The insect damages stalks and ears, overwinters in plant debris, and must be controlled by burning grasses and weeds near fields rather than by spraying. Cooperation from growers is urged with state and federal entomologists.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Massachusetts
Boston
State Experiment Station
State Board of Agriculture
Bureau of Entomology
Washington, D. C
Canada’s New Development Promises Postwar Prosperity
Government plans rapid transition from war to peace with full employment and revived labor power. Western Canada eyed for vast agricultural expansion, cattle and dairy growth, cheap power from coal and water, and major water projects at Niagara and St Lawrence. Shipbuilding, railways, steel and Europe reconstruction work expected to boost industries. Canada aims to secure orders abroad.
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Dominion
Canada
Western Canada
Niagara
St. Lawrence
Europe
Remembered Forgotten Remembered Forgotten
A reflective piece urges starting the new year by revisiting forgotten friends, distinguishing acquaintances from true friends, and emphasizing the value of loyalty and memory. It contrasts men's and women's recollections of courtship and marriage, and ends with a reminder to write to aging relatives to avoid making them feel forgotten.
Only Keep Green Ones Dont Carry Old Bills Into New Year
A terse note urges retention of only green bills while discarding old ones as the new year arrives. It emphasizes that green currency remains valid, while other old bills should not be carried over.
A Good Resolve for the New Year
A brief note urges readers to resolve to improve character during the coming year, aiming for better temper and conduct in daily life. The concise exhortation emphasizes self-improvement and steady progress through the year.
New Year’s Day on the Tower by Tennyson
A reflective verse depicting New Year and Old Year meeting on a wet tower. The speaker notes winds roaring seas flowing and asks if the years hold anything worth knowing beyond science exploration wanderers and matter for deploring.
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Tolstoy Advice On New Year Cards
A man preserves a New Year card tradition by printing Tolstoyan guidance on kindness and goodness. The note urges returning good, avoiding ill remarks, acting kindly, and tracking mental peace as evil moods fade through daily practice, praising the gospel of love.
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Tolgstoy
Raise Good Chickens For Quality Birds
Short guidance on choosing chicken stock emphasizes raising only healthy birds. It warns against wasting time and feed on poor fowls and advocates prioritizing birds that are worthwhile to raise for better results.
Problem of Feeding Seeks Local Agricultural Plans
The article argues that feeding the world starts with local action. It stresses that each community needs a definite agricultural plan tailored to its resources and needs to ensure sustainable food security.
Planted by Grant Tree Still Bearing at Eighty Four
A cherry tree planted by Gen U S Grant while a lieutenant at Fort Vancouver on Ford's Prairie Washington remains healthy at eighty four years old. The American Forestry Magazine of Washington notes its 63 foot spread and a trunk circumference of 10 feet 11 inches.
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Grant
U. S. Grant
Fort Vancouver
Grant Farmer
Ford's Prairie
Washington
American Forestry Magazine of
Kidney Trouble Not Easily Recognized
An examining physician for a major life insurance firm notes many insurance rejections are due to hidden kidney trouble. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root is touted as an herbal remedy, claimed to cure such conditions, with sample bottles offered by mail from Binghamton New York.
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Life
Kilmer
Between Friends Idea Sparks Progress in Quotation Exchange
Flub dub suggests an idea while Skaggs interposes with a remark about progress. Report from Louisville Courtier Journal notes the playful interchange between two individuals in a casual, literary style.
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Louisville Courtier- Journal
Cuticura remedy ad offers samples for sore hands
An old advertisement urges using Cuticura Soap for soaking and Cuticura Ointment for rubbing into sore hands. It instructs drying, removing excess ointment with tissue, and requests free samples by writing Cuticura Dept. X Boston. Soap priced 25 cents, Ointment 25 and 50 cents.
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Dept. X
Boston
Returned Manuscript Not A Poem From Courier Journal
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a returned manuscript is not a poem but a literary artifact. The item prompts readers to distinguish between poetry and prose as it circulates in opinion pages.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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