Pond on Huntington Farm Boosts Family Life and Livability
C H Drew on a 160 acre Huntington Indiana farm says an 2 acre pond improves livability and keeps kids at home. The pond eight to twelve feet deep, fed by runoff from an 80 acre field, is lined with trees and serves as a picnic spot. Summer sees up to 30 neighborhood children swimming boating and fishing. winter skating. Bass and bluegill stocked and caught by family and friends.
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C. H. Drew
Drew
Huntington
Indiana
4-H Canning and Freezing Programs Reach 47 States
The 4-H canning and frozen foods projects are active in 47 states this year under the cooperative extension service. Over 217,000 4-H members participated in 1950 to promote home preservation and balanced year round diets while reducing food costs. County winners receive medals. state champions earn a trip to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago in November, with six national college scholarships funded by Kerr Glass company.
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Cooperative Extension Service
Chicago
Kerr Glass Company
Why Clip Wings for Home Flock Flight Control
A housewife with a small chicken flock seeks a practical method to curb flying. Instead of clipping wing feathers, she suggests wrapping a short wire solder around the three largest feathers on one wing to prevent full spread and force any flight to circle.
Methods Of House Preservation Bulletin Tells
A bulletin outlines how to protect a house from wood rats termites decay and rot. It covers causes safety guidelines durability of new build materials and care practices to safeguard farm homes. It recommends farmers follow revised U S department of agriculture guidance.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Ty Cobb on Babe Ruth and the evolution of baseball power
The interview recalls Ty Cobb discussing the shift from skill and speed to power led by Babe Ruth. Cobb cites his own base running, including near 900 steal total, and notes Ruth’s influence on home runs. The piece ponders a possible new third major league on the Pacific Coast and the financials of star players.
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Babe Ruth
Ruth
Baker
Giants
Marquard
Mathewson
Cobb
Bunter
Ring Lardner
Ring
Lardner
Babe
St. Louis
Ty Cobb
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Seattle
Baltimore
Buffalo
Milwaukee
West Coast
DiMaggios
Ted Williams
Fain
Joe Gordon
DiMaggio
Williams
Feller
Lyn Chains Tempting Cookies for Lunch Boxes
There's always four spots on menus and cookie jars for delectable cookies. With school starting, keep the jar filled for fruit cookies as a favorite carried lunch dessert. Useful for after school snacks and easy advance desserts.
Lynn Chambers Menu and Almond Coconut Bars Recipe
Almond Coconut Bars and Orange Cookies feature in a Lynn Chambers dining page with recipes for bars and cookies. Listings include ingredients, bake times, serving yields, and a side note offering hot dishes and snacks such as curry soup and corned beef hash.
Pioneering Across Minds Morals and Faith
In a 1951 sermon, Dr Foreman contrasts physical frontiers with inner frontiers. He urges mental moral and spiritual pioneering—from science and education to abolitionist ideals and discoveries of God—citing Abraham as the ultimate pioneer of the spirit.
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Far West
Bull Run
Washington, D. C
Pacific
Orient
God
Abraham
Canaan
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WNU
Toots Shor's
Atlanta Journal
Tyrus Raymond Cobb
Rayston
Grantiand Rice
Lynn Chambers
Lynn
Pioneers
Dr. Foreman
J. R. Lowell
Whitfield
America
Africa
John Woolman
Division of Christian Education
National Cernell Churches of Christ of the United of America
of “Bible Speaks
Kor
Good Housekeeping
Lars Rn
Hulman & Company
Terre Maute Ino
Yodora
B Rebbvina, Inc
Bridgeport
Doan
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