Treated Fence Posts Last Twenty Years
An article from the University of Idaho experiment station details a chlorinated phenol dunking method to treat fence posts. Properly treated softwood posts may last 15 to 20 years, with the bottom end enduring the full life. The process applies to rails, gates, and other wooden structural pieces. Dilution guidance uses one part concentrate to fourteen parts oil, and crankcase drainings are available from service stations for spraying.
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University of Idaho Experiment Station
Bush Telegraph of Africa Still Mystery to Whitea
A scientist says the bush telegraph, Africa’s drum system, baffles white observers. He notes the drum language expresses many thoughts through rhythm and pronunciation, used to relay crucial news, weddings, and regional events across rivers and frontiers.
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Africa
Aidilg
Rivera International
White Ash: A Sturdy North American Lumber Source
The white ash tree spans Nova Scotia to Minnesota and down to the Gulf, reaching 75 to 125 feet tall. Its wood is heavy, hard, strong, and odorless, ideal for handles, cooperage, furniture, vehicle parts, sporting goods, railcars, veneer, and fuel.
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America's
Nova Scotia
Minnesota
Gulf of Mexico
Welles
Selecting Dairy Cows On A Standard Basis For Breeding
The guide lists key criteria for dairy cows including ample digestive capacity for body length width and depth a strong constitution evidenced by chest capacity a large soft udder long wide level rump wide hip bones a thin loose aide with refined head and overall dairy temperament or milk production potential. Larger dairy cows are favored if correctly proportioned and correlated with quality.
Portraits of a Poe and a Radio Pioneer
A quirky set of biographical snippets traces Edgar Allan Poe’s years of toil on The Raven, his paltry earnings, and rent on a Bronx cottage now marked as a state shrine, alongside Marzoconi, a 27 year old inventor whose early radio work drew deadly hostile criticism from cranks who claimed electric waves harmed nerves and sleep.
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Edger Alien
Poe
Grand Concourse
Brox
New York State
Marzoconi
Elalian
Erich
Bernom’s rise and fall ends in odd misfortune
Bernom, famed for the quip there’s ore born every minute, suffered a string of scams and setbacks. He lost money on a bear’s grease tonic, was swindled selling counterfeit Bibles, faced a faulty extinguisher, and went bankrupt for half a million from alarm clocks. With nothing left he wrote a lecture titled Tow to Bake Money, which grossed $1,000, giving rise to Barvumism.
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Bernom
Alexander Dumas
Notable Fabulists and Musicians Past and Present
A sweeping, unverified compendium names figures from literature and music, mentioning Alexander Dumas claiming vast progeny and debts, Woolworth’s fortune and charity, Gershwin and Rhapsody in Blue, Beethoven and Chopin's quirks, along with odd anecdotes about Rousseau era poets and actors. The piece blends biographical quirks, fortunes, and misfortunes with no coherent narrative.
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Begoodrich
Dryden
San Fernando
George Spriggn
San Marino
Calif
Hinches
Richard Nelson
Tilden
Teunis
Timg Regiment
New York City
Grassinger
Mall
Jordan Lewis
One Phare
Colcaga Cubs
Wteck
Lorope
Yales
Flossian
Crimea
Preatant Roopnevelt
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Nceslon
Fatere
Liberator Views
Douglas MenoAritur
Benpital
Clark Geld
Luzon
France
Sye Miles
Jef
Jookunt
Carl P. Martin
Benton, II
Mane Apray
Ailp
Ecm
Woolworth
Dime Storen
George Gerahwio
Rimiell
Gemael Johnsen
Boswell
Waun
Lord Cyron
Neek
Venice
Bohiller
Coleridge
Oblate
Richelieu
Brammel
Prince of Wales
Beethoven
Mozart
Chopin
Was
Fae Ha
Ine Epee Contiert
Eer EuSars Raed ‘Commission
Gamer Bana Company
Albans, Geer
PARMA
Gure
Tom Muner
Salt Lake Barber College
Crmeriy
Edwan Giletia
Jellage
Pinkham
Abe Creettona
Lydia E. Pinkuar
Zimroua
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