War’s Influence Shapes Paris Fashion Toward Maturity
A fashion columnist argues World War I shifted fashion away from flapper youth toward graceful, mature femininity. The piece traces the war’s impact on costumes, manners, and morals, noting Paris shows favor beige and velvet hats, large cape hats, and velvet ensembles while couture redefines wraps and evening wear with chiffon velvets in pale orchid and vivid greens.
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New York Herald- Tribune
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Banda of White Fox
Géorgette
Alfalfa Growers Question Seed, Seeding, Cutting
Illinois researchers summarize alfalfa trials at Urbana DeKalb on variety performance time of cutting and seeding. Grimm Best Wielder with 46 tons per acre average over six years at DeKalb followed by South Dakota No 12 and others. Best cutting when in full bloom, spring seeding with nurse crop recommended for highest yields.
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Urbana
DeKalb
Grimm
South Dakota
Kansas
Turkestan
Idaho
Farmia
Impossible to Overfeed Heavy Layers in Flock
The article argues most flocks can’t be overfed heavy laying hens. It notes biddies use grain to make eggs, keeping bodies in good condition. It suggests a beefy flock may require a demarcation between under and over feeding to maximize egg lay.
Damage by Rats in Storage and Structures
Rats wreck apple storage by munching seeds, leaving fruit unmarketable. They damage grain poultry eggs meats and buildings, often costing more than taxes. Much of this loss is preventable with proper controls and enforcement.
Legumes and Bloat Risks Across Varieties
Legumes vary in causing bloat with alfalfa the worst offender. White clover and rapid spring growth of red and mammoth clovers also trigger trouble when eaten wet and in large amounts. Sweet clover is rarely bloating.
Feed for Fowls Varies By Appetites and Range
The article notes that precise daily feed amounts cannot be stated due to varying appetites among fowls. In summer free range hens will forage green items, reducing the need for supplied feed, while penned birds may require more.
Grain Ration for Working Horse and Suggested Hay
A working horse needs about 1 percent of its live weight in grain daily. For a 4 1 00 pound horse this equals roughly 24 pounds of grain per day. Feed in three meals with high quality upland prairie hay or timothy and clover mix as the hay.
Importance of Trees to Mankind in a Healthy World
A compact summary of a classic view lauding trees. Trees absorb pollutants and provide oxygen, shade, and wind protection. They supply medicines, nesting for beneficial insects, beauty for homes and cities, and sustain wood supplies for construction. They protect watersheds by storing rainfall and preventing soil erosion.
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Beaas
Yellow Corn for Chicks Can Be Used Extensively
Heat and vitamin A required in chick nutrition are present in yellow corn to a greater degree than in other grains. Yellow corn can be used extensively in chick feeding with success. oats barley wheat white corn lack appreciable vitamin A. A ration of 80 pounds yellow corn meal 20 pounds wheat middlings 6 pounds raw bone meal 5 pounds pearl grit 1 pound skim milk and water is supplied. direct sunlight will complete it.
Broody Hens Often Not Profitable to Breeder
Poultry specialists report that feeding a hen for four months costs 18 to 20 cents. A hen laying about 18 eggs monthly more than pays her upkeep even with cheap eggs. Broody hens are often unprofitable. Night checks place hens on nests in a broody coop then 72 hours confinement with laying mash and water. New York State College of Agriculture.
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New York State College of Agriculture
Bran and Middlings Compared for Animal Feeding
Bran and middlings show similar chemical analysis with bran higher in fiber and lower digestible carbohydrates. Both are valuable for animals tolerating fiber, but middlings suit hogs better due to lower fiber content, giving hogs a digestive advantage.
County fair exhibit encourages poultry breeding records
The text emphasizes keeping detailed ancestry and performance records to guide breeding programs, recommends using a binder with proper tension, and suggests green bone seeds and bone cutter tools for poultry management. It notes August seeding can match spring seeding for alfalfa and mentions soil moisture and cultivation to control production costs. It also cites a Mississippi station finding corrosive sublimate as an alfalfa sterilizer at 1:1000 for eight minutes.
Hold-Up How Loses in the Hold-Up
A narrator recounts a comic hold up over ketchup and a wallet theft. Lt Wolfert recruits the Schulz and Haddon firms into a blanket burglary insurance plan, claiming publicity and protection for stores. The punchline: the narrator loses a potential five hundred dollar reward while everyone else gains.
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Chain Grocery
Yue
Leutenant
Wolfert
Excelsior Burglary Insurance Company
Hadden
Haddon
Schulz
ZXY
Nature Embossed Initials Found in Beech Tree Face
A beech tree near Morrisville Pennsylvania yielded embossed initials A J D J HB D and matching figures when split for firewood. The tree, about sixty seven years old at the time the initials were cut, shows bark overgrowth forming genuine embossed letters. Henry Moon of Morrisville owns the wood sections.
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Morrisville
Nature Magazine
Henry Moon
Cuticura Soap Promises Clear Complexion
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are promoted as daily skin care for a clear complexion scalp cleanliness and soft white hands with use of soap daily and ointment as needed.
Harpy Recall From Swampscott Logging School Tale
President Coolidge to spend the summer in Swampscott Massachusetts brings back the memory of Kit Cormac Universal's crossword champion and a former Swampscott schoolteacher recounting a funny moment. A pupil asked what a harpy was and answered a monster with a face like a woman, only more horrible.
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Coolidge
Swampscott
Mass
Kit Cormac
Universal
Reforming Drug Victims Cited By Surgeon General Ireland
Noting the difficulty of reforming drug victims, the War department official Wu commented on the challenge. He compared the task to the Chinese proverb that rotten wood cannot be carved, reflecting a harsh view of rehabilitation prospects.
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Ireland
The
War Department
May Need Them Both Horace We Can Marry
Horace speaks of marrying. Phyllis agrees to try. He notes his father is a minister and Phyllis mentions her father is a lawyer. The dialogue highlights parental professions as context for a potential union.
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Horace
Phyllis
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