Improved Concrete Pipe Hydrostatic Testing Method
An article notes hydrostatic tests on single lengths of concrete pipe in California using no salsa ends or therods. The setup uses two aluminum cylinders with tight flanges and tubular gaskets, pressurizing the space to test the pipe. current safe limit is 150 psi with plans to raise it significantly.
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California
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Germany
Frederick Smpich
Labor
Hamebure
Bordeaux Stops Late Tuber Rot In Potatoes
The USDA warns potato crops suffer from late blight rot in moist cool weather. It suggests Bordeaux mixture spray as the control method and notes tuber quality declines as rot progresses, with advice on seed quality, field spraying, and storage temperatures. Copies of the circular are available from the Department of Agriculture.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department
George K. K. Link
F. ©. Meir
New England
Canada
Puget Sound
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Florida
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Foreign Materials Lower Wheat Value
The article explains how foreign materials found in wheat at thrashing and during storage reduce value by increasing milling costs and affecting flour quality. It notes that careful seed selection, cleaning, and proper cultivation minimize foreign material, while dockage has no value impact. Copies of Farmers' Bulletin 1118 are available from USDA Publications.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Farmers' Bulletin
Division of Publications
Washington, DC
Way to Control Cocklebury Weeds in Crops and Fences
The first essential in cocklebur control is to prevent seed maturation. In corn fields cultivate to kill as many plants as possible and finish remaining plants by hand or hoe. Thick shading crops help. Sudan grass sorghum soybeans and clover reduce infestations. Heavily infested areas may be mowed and burned. fence rows and waste places should be watched for stray plants maturing seeds.
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Sudan
Rat Killing Proves Profitable For Field Pest Control
An article describes rat killing as a lucrative activity when labor is available off the fields. It suggests recruiting boys and men to dig out rats from holes, scatter straw, remove rubbish, and wage war on the pests. After initial kills, follow with traps and poisoning.
Automobile and hand truck option to haul lumber
A 20 ft timber load was moved when no long wagon was available. The Jet How to do the work used a light automobile and a hand truck borrowed from a grocery. A rope from the car’s rear axle pulled the load while another rope kept the truck off the ground. Edwin L Camp Huntington Park Calif. Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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Edwin L. Camp
Huntington Park
Calif
Popular Mechanical Magazine
Animal protein needed for hens egg production
USDA notes that while plant proteins provide nitrogen, they cannot fully replace animal proteins for laying hens. Cottonseed meal is best among high vegetable protein feeds, followed by peanut meal, soy bean meal, velvet bean meal, with limited use of cottonseed meal to avoid yolk defects. Gluten and bone meal are useful additional sources.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Alfalfa Pasture Guidelines Warn Against Grazing Early Growth
Farmers are advised not to graze alfalfa when only young shoots appear as crowns can be permanently injured. Do not pasture very close during the season. allow growth for at least one hay cutting each season for better yields.
Court Clock Robbery At Berlin Central Court
A man in work clothes climbed a ladder and removed the central clock of Berlin Moabit court while an illicit trial proceeded. The judge and spectators watched as the repairman claimed the clock needed only a moment, exposing a bold theft under the court’s own eyes.
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Berlin
Central Criminal Court
Moabit
New Words Enter English Courtside Wit
A playful exchange shows Wille and Papa debating new words entering English. The quip ends with a motherly retort about having the last word, reflecting family banter and linguistic curiosity.
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Wille
New York
Persian wedding service by fire and a police judge role
The fragment reflects on Persian wedding rites read beside a fire and questions whether the police judge’s practice qualifies as fine art. It presents a terse, opinionated note lacking clear context or event details.
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Bilious
ROO
Eiu Alata
Holland
Wilhelmina
Avery
Pickwick
Vickwiel
A. Pilkie
Bae Madaas
Des Moines
Bordeaux
A. F. Olmstead
University of
Iliois
Europe
Law Fe
Hamburg
Persia
Postum Cereal Co., Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
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