Clover seed prices raise hopes for American farmers
A U S Department guidance urges growers to seed clover while prices stay high, citing tight world supplies from France and Italy. It stresses seed quality, soil lime needs, and soil health, advising lab tests, proper liming, and rotation to sustain future yields.
Better Sires Movement Enrolls States in 40 Drive
A fragmented report outlines the Better Sires Better Stock drive across 40 states with federal and state backing. The program links enrolled sites to the U S Bureau of Animal Industry and lists participating states and contacts, urging joining efforts to boost stock interests nationwide.
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Bureau of Ani- Mek Industry
United States
Culture of fruits favored for home gardens and orchards
The U S Department of Agriculture says a general fruit culture in gardens and home orchards would greatly benefit families by improving health and pleasure while providing valuable food at a low cost.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural production up demands improved service
Production during the last decade has risen greatly prompting the United States Department of Agriculture to note the need for better handling methods and facilities. The rise in production also drives consumer demand for more elaborate and efficient service.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Farmers urged to grow fruit for health and home use
A dialogue recounts advice from the U S Department of Agriculture on Home Orchard practices. It highlights growing fruit at home for health, taste, and year round use, contrasting home and commercial aims and guiding readers to Farmers Bulletin 1001 for detailed steps and varieties.
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Need for Standard Grades for Fruits and Vegetables
The bureau of markets of the United States Department of Agriculture notes growing national interest in uniform grades for fruits and vegetables. Following wartime potato standards and ongoing tomato cabbage grading research, recommendations for grade specifications may be ready for next season.
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Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Food Products Inspection Service
Cowpeas and soil care urged for farms this season
The notes stress saving crop residues for fertilizer and advise cowpeas as a useful legume on thin soils. A winter workshop offers employment during colder days, while a lighthearted line about a pig in a prop adds quaint flavor to the aggregate agricultural guidance.
Aspirin by Bayer Promoted as Safe Pain Reliever
An advertisement promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as genuine and safe for colds headaches toothaches earaches neuralgia lumbago rheumatism neuritis and general pain. It urges consumers to say Bayer at purchase and look for the Bayer Cross on the package and tablets. Small twelve tab tin boxes sell cheaply and larger packages are available.
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Bayer
Power from a South African mine via weight driven generator
A weight system in a South African mine powers a generator. A cable wound around a drum is pulled by descending ears to drive the generator.
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
The ad promotes a cold remedy claiming two hour dosing up to three doses breaks a severe cold and relieves congestion headache sneezing feverishness and soreness. It touts quick relief at low cost with no quinine and says it acts without assistance and tastes nice.
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Pape
Time Taken Up by a Hungry Man at the Door
A strong hungry man asks for food but is met with scorn as a woman mocks his need. He explains he roams from house to house seeking sustenance because he has no time to work. His nerve saves him from further confrontation.
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Mavain
Pearin
Balance the Books and the Hidden Values
A collected quip about money and virtue. It notes money buys things yet warns to check that the things money can’t buy remain intact. It contrasts honesty with deceit, suggesting some men pursue honesty only because it is rewarded.
Pernambuco's Steady Growth and Prosperity Amid War
Pernambuco becomes Brazil's third largest city and top commercial center as cotton production and plantation wealth drive growth. Despite wartime difficulties, construction booms continue with new buildings and roads, enriching plantation owners, cotton dealers, and merchants.
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Pernambuco
Brazil
Pernambucce
Soago
Cascarets Ad Promotes Child Health
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a safe candy cathartic for children to relieve biliousness constipation and colds. It claims the product cleanses the liver and bowels without calomel or dangerous drugs and never cramps or sickens.
Flour town boasts future factories by loud whistles
A traveling salesman arrives in a small country town and learns the town plans to grow. He discovers the flour mill already uses many whistles to simulate industrial activity, convincing him the town aims for rapid development. The hotel keeper explains the whistles are for a “citified” image ahead of new factories.
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London
Frisky Exchange at The Fair Shoppers and Clerk
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip recalls a playful exchange where a shopper asks about Love's Young Dream and the clerk retorts with a pun about missing a moonlit kiss. The jest hinges on flirtatious wordplay and a cheeky innuendo.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Fish Trust in Europe Stirs Independent Operators
Debate over fishing access in Europe as independent operators challenge a perceived fish trust. Questions arise whether fish will bite for nonaligned fishermen amid market pressures and regulatory hurdles.
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Europe
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