Record of 4H Club enrollment soars nationwide
More than 840 000 rural boys and girls enrolled in 4 H clubs this year, up from 222 714 in 1939, as extension workers and volunteers push demonstrations in farming and home economics. Director C W Warburton notes drought and economic changes heighten need while preserving the cooperative extension framework under Smith Lever and Capper Ketcham.
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U. S. Department Oftagaculture
Casperate
C. W. Warburton
Cassuteg
Beng Ear
Tet
Tomvard
Waburton
Uda
Agrcultural Colleges
Federal
Department of Agriculture
The Early Life of Thomas Hardy in Mrs Hardy's View
Florence Emily Hardy’s account draws on Hardy’s notebooks diaries and letters to sketch his early life His struggle between architecture and writing and his shift from poetry to prose shaping his first novel Desperate Remedies and later Under the Greenwood Tree.
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Thomas Hardy
Hardy
Remedius
The
Athenaeum
Spectator
Wey
SunLeat
Flewar
Growing methods key to tf control of berry pests
Insect pests in home garden strawberry plots can be reduced by adopting commercial planting practices. Expert C Comp ton from Illinois urges proper crop rotation, soil building, and Bordeaux lead spray timing to control grub and leaf-eating insects. He warns poor methods cause major losses and notes the value of fire and sanitation in post harvest pest management.
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C. Compton
H Finois
Illinois
IL Asa
timid child fears frogs and bugs, father reassures
A timid girl questions her father about fearsome creatures and what matters in life. He tries to calm her by explaining there is nothing to fear but imaginary dangers, and she asks again if the only thing in the world is prrama.
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Gil
Nice
Self Sterile and Fertile Apple Varieties Discussed at College
A College of Agriculture report from the University of Minnesota notes that heavy bloom does not guarantee a large fruit crop. Self sterile varieties need congenial pollen from nearby compatible varieties to set fruit, while many high quality apples, pears, plums, and sweet cherries are self fertile and require cross pollination. Top-working and careful variety placement can overcome non-fruiting self sterile trees.
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J. W. Lloyd
College of Agriculture
University of
College of Agriculture University of
Home grown posts outlast store bought fence posts
Fencon posts are a main crop of farm woods and can outlast most bought posts if cut from good past timber, properly seasoned, and well set. Timing of cutting does not affect life. bark and seasoning matter. Larger trees last longer, and Osage orange hedge posts are very durable even in small sizes.
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I. E. Sawyer
College of Apnvulture
University of [Lmao
Ilinoi
Fragmented literary quotes and local notices in 19th century text
An excerpt mixes dialogue about pie and clothing, names like Hoskinson and Hoakatoon, and mentions Hardy era writers Carlyle Eliot Wilde James. It notes Coast to Coast Store of Mornana Illinois offering painting supplies with paints as low as 8% a gallon and a brief reference to Tac-It.
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Hardy
Carlyle
George Eliot
the Brownies
Oscar Wilde
Henry James
Thomas Hardy
Mornana
Typewriters Boosting Youth Careers In Clinton Ads
Young readers are urged that typewriters will aid business or college paths and improve work. Clinton Arnold & Sturdevant lists portable, used, and rebuilt machines at multiple Clinton addresses, with prices from twenty dollars upward.
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Clinton Arnold & Sturdevant
Fifth Avenue
Clinton, Town
Clinton, Arnold & Sturdevant
South
Arnold & Sturdevant
Clinton, Tow
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Roy Hammer
Morrison Dry Goods Company
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Walter Unn Huston
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Victor McLaglen
Ramon Novarro
Charlie Chaplin
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Getty Produce Co
Morrison, Ill
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Morrison, Ilinois
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H. L. Pettitt
Alice C. Blodgett Insurance Agency
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J. A. Marshal
Whiteside County
C. T. Schutt
Potter Bros
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Thomson
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Morrison, Mlinois
H. J. Ludens
Texaco Gas and Oil Service Station
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Smaltz Bros
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C. Bull & Son
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Lincolnway Cafe
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Harry M. Donichy
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