Schoolma'am Girl and Gideon Make Westward Plans
Gideon Rush, a shy young man, connects with Serena Blythe nicknamed Bun on a Chicago to Gilesburg journey. They share hopes for an Oregon apple orchard and a future together despite challenges including a rich suitor and distant homes in Gilesburg and Edenaville.
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Gideon Rush
Chicago
Gideon
Oregon
Toen
Serena Blythe
Bun
Sha
New England
California
Gilesburg
Edenaville
Edensville
Papa
O'dean
Abram Howsit
Giaeon
Mr Hewitt
Serena
Giilesburg
Mr. Druwitt
Alfalfa Growing Tips From Colorado A C Experts
Agricultural notes by Philok Blinn of Colorado Agricultural College emphasize moisture management for alfalfa germination, subsoil irrigation after seeding, and proper seedbed preparation. Topics include shallow broadcasting, budget seed rates, nurse crops, irrigation timing, weed control, and avoiding grazing until crown buds develop.
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Philok
BLINN
Colorado Agricultural College
Bardy
Colorado
Potato irrigation guidance for flat fields and tuber safety
The text argues ditch irrigation for potatoes to keep roots and soil damp without puddling. It emphasizes deep kitchens, graded flat land, and water running along rows. It warns against back furrows and hollows, recommends a good open tall race, and suggests reuse of water further down the field.
He Fed the Grass Pastures Find Fertility via Manure Top-Dress
A farmer with failing permanent pastures learns they are root bound and need harrowing but chooses fertility through a light manure top-dress. He reports good pasture recovery and plans to continue feeding, noting many pastures decline from lack of fertility.
Enemy of Cucumber Beetles Threaten Vines
The yellow striped beetle is a major cucumber vine foe though spraying with arsenate of lead quickly discourages it and protects the vines from other leaf eaters.
Tobacco Yield Report Shows Pennsylvania Far Below National Average
The source notes that the average yield of leaf tobacco per acre in the nation in 1910 was 7878 pounds, while Pennsylvania produced 1500 pounds per acre. This highlights a large regional gap in tobacco productivity during the period.
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Pennsylvania
Secure Apples of Quality Thinning and Maturation Tips
The article discusses thinning strategies for various apple varieties including Generons Missouri Pippins Winter Pearmains Winesap Jonathans Gano Arkansas Black and Davia. It notes frost impact on thinning, cautions against over thinning, and highlights watering timing and soil differences as key to ripening flavor and color.
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Jonathan Gano
Arkansas
Rape a Great Forage Crop
Rape is a superior forage plant suitable for pasture and hogs sheep and horses. It grows quickly on many soils, yields excellent food, and can be sown from spring through summer for extended harvests. It provides high feeding value and can regrow if not overgrazed.
Too Much Water On Shallow Ground Affects Alfalfa
When the water table lies close to the surface irrigation must be careful to avoid water bogging and alkali buildup. Areas with groundwater within two feet of the surface on river bottoms show poor alfalfa growth or death after three to four years.
Poultry Care Tips From The Farm Journal
Poultry notes advise keeping birds dry in sanitary houses and using coarse grit for very young fowls. Granulated rolled oats aid young chickens. oats and careful feeding reduce illness. Geese need pasture. don’t confine. Poultry houses should add double walls and whitewash for disinfection. Water may not be essential for ducks. manage fat with side breeders.
Jealous husband shoots Dom Philippini manager at Glenwood Park
Ogden Utah Edward L Wianka manager of the Dom Philippini band is shot to death at the Glenwood Park dancing pavilion entrance by Henry Southworth of Farmington. Southworth accuses Wianka of stealing his wife and fires five more shots, killing Wianka as he falls at the feet of Mrs Southworth.
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Ogden
Utah
Cdward L. Wianka
Dom Philippini
Glenwood Park
Henry Southworth
Farmington
Hanks
Tranks
Senate panel backs amendment to British French treaties
Washington reports the foreign relations committee deleted the joint high commission powers from the British and French treaties against President Tafts request. The panel sent amended treaties to the senate and rejected postponement until next December. Debate focused on risks of old world domination by the commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committees On Foreign Relations
Washington
Taft
Senate
Joint High Commission
Nationwide Food Price Investigation Starts
A nine month inquiry by the Bureau of Commerce and Labor will study wholesale and retail food prices from 1908 to 1911. It aims to map prices from producer to consumer and compare with Agriculture Department records. Other items include reports from Ecuador and unrest in Liverpool with a fatal policing clash during a transport workers' demonstration.
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WII
Washington
Ta King
Bureau of Commerce and Labor
Department of Agriculture
Catholic party weighs nominees in Mexico City
In Mexico City the Catholic party plans to press fort Francisto De La Barra as presidential candidate and, if not, back Francisco I Madero. Capetown census reports South Africa population 5,938,498 with 1,278,025 whites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Catholic Party
Francisto de la Barra
Francisco I Madero
Lula Garcia Pimentel
Church Party
Capetown
Union of South Africa
Plague Toll in British India Through June
Plague deaths in British India and native states from January 11 to June end total 630,050. The figure covers both British administered regions and local states amid the outbreak.
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Calcutta
British Indias
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Associated Literary Press
Alfalfa
Pleasure Resort
Ecuador
Cuayaquil
Ecnador
Quito
Eloy Alfaro
Carlos Ireilo
Franco
Octavo Diaz
Quincy
Cal
Sadie Acres
Edward Prince
Liverpool
Errikera
St George’s Hall
de la Barra
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