China's ancient farming fed by waste, labor, and soil care
Chinese agriculture sustains a vast population through millennia with minimal formal science. One family farms near rice paddies and dry plains, using hand labor, natural fertilizers, and meticulous composting to keep soil fertile while managing land taxes and historic farming practices.
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Goaprantia Rociety
Washington
CWNU
MINA
China
Middle Kingdom
Great Plain
Yellow River
Northwest China
Shen Nong
Peiping
PH. King
Wolff
Kellner
Carpenter
Hall
United States
Europe
GWO B.C
Hla Feld
Howe About a New Era in Writing
A reflective note from ED HOWE bemoans modern writers and the abuse of flowery prose. He laments the dying form of fiction, urges sobriety and honesty in writing, and argues most plans fail, urging readers to act with restraint and seek practical progress. Various opinions on literary fashion, skepticism toward sensationalism, and a call to future scholars frame his long contemplation.
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ED Howe
The
Beat of the Modern Writers
Hetlon
Flctien
Washington Sits with Growing Opposition to New Deal Policies
A Washington commentator notes a real opposition bloc forming in Congress to Roosevelt’s New Deal, with dyed in the wool Republicans and old-line Democrats challenging emergency legislation. The piece highlights pushback on agricultural policy and a proposed government banking plan, plus concerns over farmers’ records and the march toward permanent federal control.
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Washington
Siti
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
House
Sips Hayve
Secretary of Agriculture
Tobcco
White House
Capitol
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury
Tariff Commission
Coolidge
Hoover
Prairie Falcon Shows Speed and Courage Across Plains
A Nature Magazine piece tours the prairie landscape noting the prairie falcon’s speed and boldness, contrasting it with other raptors like the golden eagle. It describes their nests in sandstone formations and vivid brick-red eggs, highlighting wild freedom of the Great Plains. Ad copy for Perry's Pure Bred Vegetable Seeds ends the piece.
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Anya Nature Magazine
Lesa
One Good Point on Fuel Tax for Farm Horses
A brief editorial notes that there is no tax on the fuel used to power farm horses. It argues this exemption supports agricultural work and rural productivity, highlighting the practical benefit to farmers and the farming economy.
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Ching
K'ang Hsi
Yerhang
West
Professor King
Howe
Worry & Bell Bell Syndicate
Mariness
Brownlog
Elizabeth Barrett
Sidney Smith
Sue
William Bruckart
Department of Agriculture
Cerve
AAA
Davis
Department
Unlon
Perry
Ady
Athesia
Genesia
Philips
N. PR. As
Phillips” Milk of
Magnesia
Cleans Square
P.O. Box
Minneapolis, Minn
Fennan Information Service
Nenman
Amboldt, Hod
Ana
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