Farm Cheap Land Bridges Western Canada Recovery
Western Canada farmers endured low mood after the Great War but adapted with efficiency and low production costs. Land valued under 50 dollars an acre and wheat yields from 20 to 40 bushels per acre kept prices manageable while overall grain prices fell. The ad invites homeseekers to Western Canada using the Homeseekers rate to explore opportunities with government agents.
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Toe Railroad Company
Great Steel Corporation
Western
Canada
Oata
Vision Across Vast Distances In A Neb Or Range Debate
Simpkins notes Trevor is winding up affairs after a doctor says he is run down. Blinkins weighs horizons and distance, debating a forty five mile radius versus geographers who claim ten times that from Mount Everest. The dialogue shifts to our wide vision extending to the far ar and to millions of miles, in informal speculative talk.
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Simpkins
Trevor
Blinkins
Mount Everest
Odd skating day near creek ends in surprise
A hurried skate near a creek turned into a startling misstep when a strong snowfall moved me far from home. I realized the trek back from the bridge was longer than expected, making the outing an unexpectedly strange experience.
Nature Looks After That
Fragmentary note discusses carbon dioxide reserves and the idea that natural processes could exhaust CO2 at a given consumption rate if not countered by ongoing responses. No clear author, date, or location identified.
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Nature
Improving Soil At Little Cost by Sweet Clover
The United States Department of Agriculture suggests seeding sweet clover alone on fallow land without plowing to improve soil at low cost. Early sowing, scarified seed, and harrowing yield hay by autumn, with future use as pasture or feed. the method aims to balance soil health with minimal labor and expense while allowing crop choices for following years.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Hasty conclusions urged in cost accounts for farms
The U S Department of Agriculture warns against drawing quick conclusions from yearly cost accounts. It notes that dropping an enterprise may reduce overall efficiency, citing cows as an example where individual losses can be offset by using roughage otherwise wasted. Labor is highlighted as a factor in the analysis.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Postum
Idle to Borrow Trouble fadeaway warning and pickpocket note
A social worker notes pickpockets in New York have shifted from stealing watches to stealing attention as pickpocket tactics evolve. The piece uses fables about despondency and lightning rods to caution readers against inviting trouble.
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Atghey
New York
Balancing Farm Enterprises Across Cattle Hogs and Crops
The text argues against sudden farm changes based on one year’s income. It notes milking and feeding cows require ongoing inputs and are tied to labor costs. Hogs and corn yield strong profits, but cows may support overall profitability through rotation with crops like wheat and clover. Each farm should consider all enterprise angles before adjustments.
Potash Recovery From Wool Aims To Boost Fertilizer Supply
A US Department of Agriculture project tests a small wool washer to recover potash from fleece at profitable concentrations. Average wool has about 4 percent potash by weight, but standard washing yields a dilute solution. With 600 million pounds of wool yearly, 3 percent potash recovery could yield 18 million pounds of potash plus some nitrogen 15.
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Bureau of Chemistry
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
California Fig Syrup Ad Promises Quick Constipation Relief
An old advertising collation touts California Fig Syrup as a safe remedy for infant bowels. It claims a teaspoon clears poison and waste within hours, urging mothers to use the product with printed directions on the bottle for babies and all ages.
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California
Fletcher
Uniforms Break Out In Teasing Skit In Naval Locker
A Marine comedy scene shows three uniforms winterfield blue and khaki banter about colors and moods with the khaki mocking the green and blue outfits while the winterfield claims to be green and the others taunt each other in a London Daily Mirror feature.
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Winterfield
Inoculation Practices For Soybean Growth
Inoculation now common in soybean areas especially on new ground. Use pure culture from USDA free of charge or inoculated soil from a field with prior nodulation. Mix inoculant with seed or apply with the fertilizer box at seeding time.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Best Machine for Blasting for Farmers
Electric blasting machines are portable dynamos shaped so a rack bar is pushed to generate current. They vary in size from 4 cap to 80 cap models. For small stump work, the 10 cap size suffices, while the 30 cap model is the most commonly used in agriculture. Obtain from local explosives dealers or manufacturers, keep dry and handle gently.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Strawberries All Summer For Northern Regions
Strawberry plants will produce fruit until hard frosts, suitable for all northern United States and mid western states. Leading varieties progressive and superb resist leaf spot and regrow blossoms after frost, valuable in areas with late spring frost per the United States Department of Agriculture.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Bedtime quarrel over chores in a London home
In a London Tri-Bits quip, a quarrel unfolds as a wife presses a list of domestic tasks on her husband. He claims to have completed every check from windows to gas and doors. The exchange ends with a plea for rest and a closing line about fair dealing in business.
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George
Wifey
Yeax
London
Child asks why zebra lacks stars and Ark description quoted
A whimsical remark from a youngster questions why God gave zebras stripes but not stars. The Boston Transcript notes a little girl’s vivid Ark description with a rainbow overhead the Ark riding waters, smoke from the smokestack, and the U S flag at the bow.
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United States
Boston Transcript
I am my philosopher frontispiece remark
A gentleman with a frontispiece likened to an ancient fiddle declares he is his own philosopher and notes that lack of appreciation does not wound him, reflecting a quiet self-assurance.
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Kansas City Star
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