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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1921
Page
7
H L Bolley of the North Dakota experiment station cites seed grading and deep cultivation to control ergot. He urges rotating crops to avoid replanting ergot-bearing grains and removing ergot bodies before sowing, noting that formaldehyde treatment is ineffective on large ergot bodies.
A. E. Brendemuhl on Crescent Fruit Farm near Fargo shows Opata plums cross bred from sand cherry and Japanese stock thriving in North Dakota. His 15 acre farm also grows gooseberries currants red raspberries and plums with last year’s strawberry crop valued at $2000. Plums are marketed in Fargo. State experiments test crosses and seedlings to develop hardy varieties for the region.
Entomologist Dr. R L Webster warns grain growers to clean bins before adding new wheat and not mix old with new. Sawtoothed grain beetles threaten stored grain and pantry foods. thorough cleaning and burning bin refuse reduce infestations. If bins seal tightly they may be treated with carbon disulfide at five pounds per thousand cubic feet, using care due to flammability.
The piece notes a cow testing group saves labor by making ten cows do the work of fifteen. It cites farming partners, seed corn, and city folks as sources of practical wisdom. It includes quips from Aunt Ada and Uncle Abby about work ethic and frugal fixes.
The King split log drag is a primitive road tool devised by Mr. D. Ward King of Maitland Missouri. It uses two halves of a split log laid flat with an 80 inch stake frame and a driver platform. A front slab is reinforced with iron and a worn wagon tire serves as the grader edge.
In Cleveland tests a five ton truck averaged 11.78 mpg on concrete and 5.78 mpg on earth road. For 8000 annual miles with 4000 on poor roads, fuel costs rise by 40 to 50 dollars versus all concrete, with tire, spring wear and comfort savings also noted.
The yearly average 1015 to 1919 shows 86 500 000 tons hauled on country roads, averaging 27 tons per 100 acres harvested. Illinois leads with 3 855 000 tons, followed by Iowa 6 590 000 and Kansas 4 862 000. Nebraska Indiana Ohio and Texas also figure, with cost differences driven by road conditions.
The New Jersey highway commission bought a four and one half mile toll road near Camden for seventy thousand dollars, marking the end of toll roads in the state. The line was built in eighteen fifty.
State highway inspectors in Pennsylvania weighed 4 076 motor trucks over the last year and found 1 156 to be overweight in various sections of the state.
Mount Vernon on the Potomac sixteen miles south of Washington, built in 1743, preserves furnishings and relics of George and Martha Washington. The Mount Vernon Ladies Association maintains the site with surrounding outbuildings and an old-fashioned garden noted for a Lafayette coffee tree and a willow from Napoleon’s grave.
A garbled exchange mentions faith in dying opt and little change in hair-nestover sales. Pilubdub allegedly has no money left and eyes his revolver, with a suggestion he will pawn it while others call for caution about his sanity.
A light exchange between a corporal and a private over a missing coat button shows humorous camaraderie and hints at stricter discipline to come. The private reacts with surprise as the corporal jokes about future consequences.
The piece lists six landmark Paris first nights from 1637 to 1919, noting Corneille, Racine, Beaumarchais, Hugo, Rostand and the plays Le fer, Andromache, Marriage of Figaro, Hernani, Cyrano de Bergerac, and Chantecler as pivotal events shaping French literature and social history. It highlights enduring prestige of these works and their authors.
Amos Chapman served under Gen. Miles in the southern plains war. While carrying dispatches near MacClelland Creek Texas to Cap Supply Indiana Territory, he and Billy Dixon with four soldiers defended against 125 Commanches and Kiowas. Chapman sprinted to rescue Pvt Smith, lost his leg above the ankle, and with Dixon’s help his group held off the attack until relief. He earned a Medal of Honor and was nicknamed The Man with the Cut Off Leg by the tribes.
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