Plastic blocks aid soil conservation demonstrations
Leland A. Ford of Lawrenceville Indiana reformulates children’s interlocking blocks into working models for soil erosion control. The miniature structures speed up farmer demonstrations, boosting conserved works sixfold in the Wabash Valley and spreading to other Illinois counties. Patrick Buckley of Plastic Block City notes the blocks’ original toy purpose now serves scale models for spillways and masonry projects.
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Leland A. Ford
Lawrenceville
NeCs
Essary
Wabash Valley
Illinois
Ilinois
Ford
Patrick J. Buckley
Plastic Block City, Inc
Chicago
Woman's World Texture and Linen Fashions Steal Show
Texture rich fabrics dominate this season with embroidered linens in pastels and mossy denims. Flocking and pasting create patterns on linens, with visible linen suits and coats. Cord styling returns in bright stripes, including hairline cords for suits. Pique offers summer friendly cord alternatives in prints or plain.
Modern Pig Rations Mean Bigger Profits
A University of Minnesota study shows older-style pig diets lag in growth and raise feed costs. Fifty-pound litters fed 1953 rations gained 150 pounds in eleven weeks, while 1930 and 1910 diets produced 80 and 55 pounds gains, with 1953 feed costing about 10. per 100 pounds gain versus 1.35 for 1910. After switching 1910-fed pigs to the 1953 ration, daily gain rose toward two pounds, feed per 100 pounds gain dropped sharply. The 1953 mix includes ground corn, 41 percent soybean meal, 20 percent tankage, 10 percent linseed meal, 25 percent alfalfa meal, 2 percent steamed bone meal, 2 percent trace minerals, plus B-12 and antibiotics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E Hanson
University of Minnesota
Instite of Agriculture
Handy Hook for Tractor Drawbar Clevis
Handy hook welded to a heavy clevis simplifies dropping a chain link over the hook for quick coupling. It also serves as a convenient handle when placing the clevis on the drawbar before lifting a heavy tongue or hitch.
Strawberry Meringue Glace Dessert Recipe Card
Delicious strawberry meringue glace serves six with egg whites sugar vinegar vanilla and ice cream. Prepare meringues ahead bake until crisp then fill with ice cream and strawberries for an elegant party dessert.
Crossword Paulle Last Week Across Clues Review
Word list from last week crossword clues includes oil of rose way and viper and a shade of purple. It covers appearance a wife of Henry VIII and tops of waves, Rocky Islands and music note, location and for bid and soak flax. Also personal pronoun football kick call up bachelor of science and more.
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Henry VIII
Rocky Islands
Sauerkraut Picnic Draws 35000 to Forreston Event
The world's largest free sauerkraut and frankfurter meal drew about 35,000 people to Forreston for an annual event. A parade featured the Sauerkraut Queen and court as crowds gathered at an open air restaurant where two tons of sauerkraut and one ton of frankfurters were cooked.
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Forreston
DDT Residual Effect In Soil Is Proved
U S Department of Agriculture research shows a single soil application of DDT kills some bugs and grubs for at least five years. Carryover percentages decline from 92 after two years to 29 after seven, with soil type affecting duration. Tests across 85 soils in seven states indicate persistence varies little by texture but is higher in sandy content. Japanese beetle grubs show killing power fading in the fifth year after a 23 pound per acre treatment.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Autopista Venezuela Toll Road Earns Higher Yields
Caracas Venezuela the Autopista toll road linking Caracas to the Caribbean earns about 200000 monthly in tolls, $50000 more than expected from early January traffic counts during a period of free use for trucks and cars. Built at about 10 million per mile, it cuts 365 curves off the old route. A quail shooting joke closes the piece.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Autopista
Caribbean
Andes
Not Suitable for Summary Card
The fragmentary prompt includes informal chatter and a request for a new jack knife, without a coherent news event, persons, or organization to summarize into a headline and card.
No Skill Needed to Redecorate Roome
Homemakers can redecorate easily with ready made kits and simple tools. Paint rolls on smoothly, wallpaper is ready pasted, and draperies use ready sewn pockets. A special kit for rubber flooring helps install resilient tile with basic tools, offering lasting color and design options.
Spider in the Paper Joke From Mark Twain Era
A subscriber in Twain era Missouri reported finding a spider in the paper. Twain replied the spider’s presence was neutral, merely using the paper as a workspace to spin a web, and he quipped about poor storytelling and exaggeration in a playful exchange.
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Mark Twain
Missouri
Twain
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