Marked Decrease in Work Animals Warns of Shortage
The United States Department of Agriculture warns that within five years the number of work horses and male work animals may drop to about two thirds of present levels. Increased breeding and larger colt crops are expected, with prices rising and shortages likely to intensify. Breeders and farmers are urged to plan regional substitutions and select brood mares and stallions carefully to maintain high quality stock.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Brown Rot Linked to Curculio Damage in Peaches
Georgia investigators conclude that controlling curculio effectively controls brown rot in peaches. Dr H W Anderson in Illinois reaches the same finding. The brown rot fungus mainly infects through wounds made by curculios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
H. W. Anderson
Finois
No Protection for Farmer In Dairy Plant Survey
A survey shows many dairy plants fail to protect farmers. Infection in hogs partly arises from feeding skim milk or whey from plants that do not pasteurize. Most Wisconsin hogs entering central markets come from southern counties not yet area tested.
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Wisconsin
Stop Crows With Coal Tar Method For Corn
A home remedy says coal tar applied as a tar coating prevents crows from pulling up corn. Prepare a pail of corn, warm water to about 100 degrees, drain, then coat each kernel with a thin tar film to deter birds.
Airplane Dusting for Large Orchards
The USDA’s Fort Valley Ga Field Station reports a new airplane dusting method for peach trees after success with cotton. One hour fifty five minutes dusted 10 000 trees with arsenate of lead and hydrated lime, including field refills. A thousand acres of peaches will be treated this season for data on results and costs.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Entomology
Fort Valley
Bureau
Fort Valley Laboratory
Boll Weevil Laboratory
Tallulah
Cgeorgia
California Gains Mention in Livestock Improvement Plan
A USDA report on livestock improvement highlights California as notably active alongside central and eastern states. Counties Los Angeles Orange Sonoma and Ventura qualify early, as county extension agents push purebred sire usage for educational progress with minimal extra cost to breeders.
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United States Department of Agriculture
California
Kentucky
Ohio
Nebraska
Vermont
South Carolina
Oklahoma
New York
Pennsylvania
Los Angeles
Orange
Sonoma
Ventura
Golden State
Horse Radish Thrives on Soil of Medium Texture
Horse radish grows best on medium texture soil such as loam or silty clay loam rich in organic matter and plant food. Moist but not wet soil yields large, fine roots. dry soil produces small woody roots with less sharp flavor. Ideal site is stone free, 10 to 15 inches deep with clay subsoil to slow root depth.
Farm Facts for Better Country Butter and Crops
The article offers practical farming tips on moving Evergreens before buds, skim milk when warm, using sweet clover as a soil aid, and removing barberries with roots to prevent sprouts. It covers curing clover hay, producing clean cream for high quality butter, spraying currant bushes for plant lice, and timing for second red clover seed crops.
Charming and Inexpensive Home With Attractive Features
William A Radford outlines a model country home emphasizing design, practicality, and affordability. The article praises attractive exteriors with weatherboard and brick elements, a centered hall plan, a front den and rear kitchen, a first floor bedroom for families with small children, a washroom and clothes chute, built in storage, and four second floor bedrooms with ample closets.
Build Stairs Strong and Beautiful in Home Hallways
A well crafted stairway dominates the entrance hall and shapes the home’s impression. Use durable materials and careful finishing, harmonizing color with upper and lower floors. In period homes ivory enamel walls and ebony treads create striking contrasts, with mahogany accents enhancing preservation and elegance.
Garage Concrete Hazards in Freezing Weather
The article cautions that pouring concrete in freezing weather is hazardous. It suggests heating aggregates to enable work but warns anti freezing compounds often weaken mixes and produce poor results. Best practice is to complete concrete work before cold weather.
Cuticura Talcum Powder Advertises Fragrant Skincare
An advertisement touts Cuticura Talcum Powder as an antiseptic fragrant powder for face skin babies and dusting. It claims economical use and that it renders other perfumes superfluous as part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio with Soap Ointment and Talcum.
Wild Turkey Bagged Near Arkadelphia by J C Patterson
A dispatch from The Little Rock Arkansas Gazette reports J C Patterson, praised for writing business for an insurance firm, turned hunter and bagged a large wild turkey gobbler in Ham Creek, Hot Spring county. Turkeys are so scarce that obtaining one is a notable hunter’s achievement.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Gazette
Arkadelphia
Ark
J. C. Patterson
Ham Creek
Hot Spring County
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It
Reports from druggists show many Americans suffer kidney trouble without knowing it. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root is praised for its healing influence and success. An insurance physician notes many declined applicants likely have kidney issues. Swamp Root sold in drug stores in two sizes. a sample bottle offer is made by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co.
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Kilmer
Swiss Emigration From Alpine Village Shrinks Canton
Swiss Leaving Home emigration to America is emptying many an Alpine village and district in the canton of Tienno, Switzerland. In some places only the young and the aged are left, all the work people having gone to the United States, especially to California. Out of 66 young men called to the colors to perform the military service in this canton, only five could be found, all the others having emigrated.
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America
Tienno
Switzerland
United States
California
Business Psychology Jokes At Nashville Rotary Banquet
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis joked about business psychology at a Nash villeRotarians banquet. He compared it to a German beer garden tale where a waiter overbooks sausages for Ulrich Bart holdt after many beers. The self described psychologist waiter defends handling the orders.
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Rotarians
Nashville
Ulrich Bartholdt
Ulrich
Navy plane to map Cuban coast by air this spring
A navy aircraft will photographically map three hundred miles of the coast line of Cuba and adjacent islands from the air this spring. Science Service notes the project aims to create detailed aerial imagery for coastal understanding and navigation.
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Cuba
Science Service
Milwaukee woman crediting Lydia E Pinkham product
Mrs Emi O Brandenburg of Milwaukee reports relief from weakness headaches and fatigue after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She claims four bottles last year and three this fall restored strength and weight enabling her to do housework again weighing 118 pounds now and encouraging friends to try the remedy.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Lydia E. Pinkham
Emi O. Brandenburg
37Th Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Peterson's Ointment Praise Letter from Erie Reader
A letter from A C Gilbrath of Erie Pennsylvania praises Peterson's Ointment for healing a year long sore in three weeks. The advertisement notes druggists selling large boxes for 35 cents and claims eczema piles pimples and chafing relief with mail orders available from Peterson Ointment Co Inc Buffalo New York.
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Peterson
A. Cc
Gilbrath
Reed St
Erie
Pisterson
Peterson Ointment Co., Inc
Buffalo
N. Y
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Ill
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Parker
Luiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
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Capitol Ave
Omaha
Hotel Conant
ALO. Leonard, Inc
Jos ™ Ave
W.N. U
Federal Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin Agriculturalist
Fletcher
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