Wave Silo Construction and Atlantic Coast Trucking Insights
United States Department of Agriculture experts outline wave silo sizing based on cow herd size and feed duration, plus foundation and hoop specifications. They also describe the Atlantic Coast region as a winter garden belt from Savannah to New Jersey, noting climate, drainage needs, and market-driven expansion for year-round vegetables.
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Department of Agriculture
Atlantic Coast Region
United States Department of Agriculture
Atlantic Coast
Great Winter Garden
Atlantic
Savannah
New Jersey
Camden
N. J
Relative Importance of the Potato in German and American Agriculture
German potato farming dwarfs U S production with 8 165 000 acres planted to 53 566 000 in the United States and yields about 1 653 403 000 bushels versus 343 587 000 in America. Only about 2 percent fed to humans. most fed to animals or used for seed and industrial products.
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Germany
United States
Maine
New York
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Velvet Fur Trimmed Fashions Display Luxurious Color Splendor
Fashion notes describe fur trimmed velvet ensembles in black and white with a splash of color. Drecoll offers a black velvet draped skirt with white chiffon tunic and jet bead detailing. An idle white duvetyn frock with brown mousseline and sable trim complements the season’s rich velvet textures.
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Mary Dean
Drecoll
Wintering the Live Stock Profit Question
A neighbor builds a silo and feeds 100 cattle for six months at $2.50 per head monthly, via Farmers' Mail and Breeze. The writer notes higher wintering costs than past decades and estimates a $15 per head price rise needed next spring to cover wintering, plus risk and interest.
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Mail
Breeze
Cattle Prices Seen Rising as Herds Decline
Cattle owners expect prices to stay high for the foreseeable future as cattle numbers continue to fall each year, signaling scarcity and rising costs for buyers.
Simplicity of Silo Eases Construction and Operation
The article notes original difficulties in building and running silos have largely faded. Modern machinery reduces costs and effort for chopping ensilage and filling, making silos easier to operate than in the past.
Excessive Fat Harms Young Pigs Growth and Vigor
Excess fat in a young pig undermines constitution, weakens vigor, and stunts growth. The condition resists cure and undermines overall health, highlighting the cost of excess fat in swine production.
Animal Husbandry and Farm Governance Principles
The text asserts that animal husbandry is essential to every sound farming system and that business capacity grows through the exercise of reason and judgment. It emphasizes practical husbandry alongside rational decision making to improve farming outcomes.
Velvet draped hats with feathers praised for good taste
Descriptive note observes small velvet hats with a single feather showing unusually good taste and elegance in fashion.
Make-Up and Cosmetics How to Apply for Subtle Enhancement
A guide on using rouge and powder to enhance appearance without obvious alteration. Emphasizes keeping the face clean, applying cold cream first, and matching rouge and powder to complexion. Notes brunettes need yellowish rouge and ecru powder, blondes pinkish rouge and white powder, with careful blending to avoid visible edges.
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Ecru
Dictates of Fashion from a Past Era
The piece discusses fashionable dress elements such as collars jabots and fichus creating vest or chemisette effects, oversized velvet draped muffs, elaborate trimming, and two tone hosiery. It notes smart shoes with black cloth tops and dull kid vamps without tips, and highlights padding in embroidery on gowns as a distinctive feature.
Most Pretty Home Costume Description
Describes a fine serge or tweed home costume with a panel front skirt, wide box pleat, wrap seam, striped silk trim, and satin vest. Details include satin collar edged with a narrow frill and wider wrist frills. Materials listed: 4 yards 44 inches wide, 1? yard silk 22 inches wide, 1? yard satin 22 inches wide.
Birthday Announcements and Etiquette in Birth Notices
The article describes the formal etiquette for birth announcements. It notes the pale pink bordered note paper, the included arrival date weight and parents, the twenty four hour timing, and the exclusive distribution to relatives and close friends. It explains crest usage for boys and initial monograms for girls.
Gowns Describe Fit and Fabric Emphasis
The piece notes gowns cling yet remain loose and bulky at the feet. It discusses flexible weightings and petticoats veiling the ankles, calling crepe de chine the ideal under fabric. It stresses the importance of undergarments due to outer scantiness.
Talk of opening oysters and a clever ruse
Old Hurricane suggests using Scotch snuff to make oysters sneeze. Karl praises a genius who spins tales to entertain natives and pulls off whoppers as they gape. Starlight wishes for a bushel of bivales to open easily.
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Old Hurricane
Starlight
Karl
Mexico
Grateful Kentucky Farmer Praises Dodd’s Kidney Pills
An elderly farmer from Ethel Kentucky Mr W D Smith age 77 declares Dodd’s Kidney Pills saved his life after a back strain and longstanding kidney trouble. He credits relief from bladder inflammation and backache and offers to publish his testimonial with his picture. The ad promotes Dodd’s Kidney Pills 50c per box from Dodd’s Medicine Co Buffalo New York and includes free Household Hints music and recipes.
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Mr Smith
Dodd
Dodd’s Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Adv
Thoughtful Wife Postcards Hint at Fate
A woman awaiting surgery at a hospital sent two postcards for her husband advising which to send. One states she is doing well and will return home soon, the other informs her death. The anecdote appeared in the New York Evening Post.
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New York Evening Post
Eczema Cleared in Ten Days with Cuticura
Mrs Edith Schwartz reports a child’s lower limb eczema cured in ten days after trying Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The notice promotes Cuticura products sold worldwide with a free sample offer and a 32 page Skin Book from Cuticura Dept L Boston.
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Walnut St
Hillsboro
Mre
Edith Schwartz
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Enemies of Household Pest Describe New Fly Parasite
H. E. Ewing of Corvallis Oregon reports in Entomological News a strange gamasid parasite that attaches to the fly's central body wall. As it feeds the parasite clings in a way that does not disturb the fly’s balance in flight.
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H. E. Ewing
Corvallis
Ore
Don’t place faith in old saws about talk and work
A concise reflection notes that quiet speakers may not be idle and that silence does not prove inactivity. The saying cautions against assuming everyone who speaks less is less productive and emphasizes prudent judgment of others’ actions.
Woman Reflects On A Pretty Ankle Observation
A brief note remarks on a woman's perceived prettiness of her ankle seen in public. The comment reflects social judgment of appearance and casual gendered commentary.
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Laine
Animal Husbandry
Kari
Fletcher
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