Indian New Year Story of Clouds and Snow
A storytelling grandmother narrates an ancient legend to children gathered by the lodge-fire. She recalls a time when the world lacked clouds, and the wish for changing skies brought dark snow clouds that delighted the children with gentle flakes.
Clouds Shaped by Bear Bring Winter Smiles to Children
Dr. E A Bates recalls a tale where a bear’s breath breaks clouds into shapes of bears, wild cats, hills, and playful figures over a village. The decoupage clouds spark imagination and joy in children during mid winter.
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Fresh Garden Foods Feed the Table with Fresh Taste
Bresh Foods highlights vegetables picked straight from the garden and prepared immediately, delivering superior flavor and higher vitamin content. The claim emphasizes freshness and health benefits as key selling points.
Fire light is sparked by bamboo and moss on Samoa
Fire lighter crafted by natives on the Samoa island uses a wooden plunger fitted to a hollow bamboo section. A dried moss dot rests on the plunger. striking the plunger compresses air and heats it to ignite the moss, forming a primitive Boy Scout style fire starter.
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Get Them Scratch Uncle Al Says Chickens Thrive
Uncle Al advises that chickens, like people, prosper when they must scratch for what they obtain. A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
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Steel Furnaces and War Production Totals
The report lists 1 000 open hearth furnaces with 10 to 400 ton capacity making steel for the war, plus 185 electric arc furnaces 38 electric induction furnaces 35 converters and 9 crucible furnaces. Moist air on damp days makes icings soft so syrups must cook longer to counter the moisture.
Pulpwood Finds Unlikely Uses In Military Supplies
A list shows pulpwood repurposed for smokeless powder containers blood plasma kits cargo parachutes aviator vests shell casings first aid kits and commando bags among hundreds of applications in wartime production.
Timothy Seeding Boosts Erosion Control For Alfalfa
Seed timothy at two to three pounds per acre in addition to alfalfa to improve stand, reduce erosion and wind damage, and create a safer pasture less prone to bloat.
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