A Charming Shade Norway Maple In The West
Norway maple Acer platanoides is praised for beauty and shade in parks and streets. Introduced from Europe, it adapts to many soils and grows 40 to 70 feet tall with broad horizontal spreading. Three varieties are highlighted plus birch-like leaf stalk sap as identification.
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Europe
Norway
Italy
Russia
Britain
United States
Maryland
Acre
George G. Atwood
Country Gentleman
Proper Care of the Calf for Profitable Dairy Beef
The Rural World urges farmers to raise calves for beef and milk revenue. Start with strong milking cows, wean early, and feed skim milk after week one. Use regular, measured milk rations, avoid trough feeding, monitor health, and introduce oats or bran and hay gradually. Maintain shelter and steady care through six months for a viable future.
Walnut Tree Plantation by Indiana Forestry Commission
Secretary Freeman of the state board of forestry plant ten acres of walnut trees on the Indiana forestry reservation. The seeds were prepared with a sand burial to remove hulls and promote quick germination. Ground was prepared with a sled of beans and iron to aid planting. The project aims for rapid growth and valuable property.
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Indiana Forestry Reservation
Freeman
State Board of Forestry
Indianapolis News
The Vitality of Milk Says Professor Carlyle
Prof Carlyle of Wisconsin Agricultural College asserts vitality in milk matters as much as composition. He ties milk vigor to animal vigor and city milk supply, noting strong cows are essential and maternal vitality parallels in cows.
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Carlyle
Wisconsin Agricultural College
Maintain Milk Flow Through Drought Season Says Farmers' Review
Farmers' Review urges dairymen to protect milk output during late spring and hot months. It warns that neglecting feed and letting cows drop in yield raises costs for cooperative creameries and hurts patrons, stressing proactive feeding through summer into fall and winter.
Portable cow tether for pasture grazing method
A reader describes a low cost pasture setup using a wire 50 to 150 yards long tied between two trees or posts with a ring on the wire. A cow is tethered with a light chain or rope and one post is moved to allow grazing over the entire area.
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T. Ll. Gardner
Insects Lured by Street Arc Lights in Port of Spain
The Port of Spain lamps attract vast numbers of insects, including a depleted giant waterbug population known as the electric beetle. Owls and bats exploit the light for prey while explorers note campers facing swarms, and naturalist Eugene Andre records flashlight photography and insect losses at night.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
New York
Eugene Andre
Orineoco
Andre
Wyoming Governor Echoes Economy Theme
A Cheyenne hatter recounts a visitor who sought to dye a hat gray to match his hair. The visitor balked at paying a dollar, insisting he could dye his hair to match for a quarter. The anecdote underscores a local take on frugality and cost.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Afghan Amir restricts wives to four under royal order
London Times correspondent reports the amir of Afghanistan ordering all subjects to limit to four wives. He allegedly divorced his extra wives himself. Sardar Abdul Kudus Khan has divorced eight and Mir Ate Ulla Khan thirty wives under the new rule.
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Afghanistan
Peshawar
Gardars
Sardar Abdul Kudus Khan
Mir Ate Ulla Khan
London Tribune
Women Guides at Bureau of Engraving and Printing
A Washington Post feature notes that female guides at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing handle 3000 weekly visitors, describe money printing stages, and explain security measures. The piece contrasts seven young female guides with earlier male guides and highlights the bureau’s female-dominated workforce among its 3000 employees.
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The
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Bureau
Washington
Washington Post
Treasury
Education and Romance in Coeducational College Life
A Boston coeducational institution head argues coeducation discourages matrimony. The piece cites logic and experience, noting that female students focus on study, see through romance, and many college girls still marry despite such views. It references youth idealization and a famous heiress cured by a celebrity.
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Boston
Chicago Chronicle
Apollo
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