TEST THE COWS TO KNOW THEM PRODUCTION ADVICE
Dairy expert urges farmers to improve herd quality and records noting upcoming dairy cattle demand after the war. Warns quitting the dairy business risks regret and recommends using proven bulls with production records. Highlights silage hay winter pasture and pasture improvement for Bradley county cow testing results showing profits from testing cows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Division of Extension
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Europe
America
Bradley County
Velvet beans as cattle feed raise value and caution
Carl G. Filler reports velvet beans provide a nutritious cattle feed option. One pound of velvet bean meal or beans equals half a pound of cottonseed meal, with dry matter 87.7 percent crude protein 14.9 percent carbohydrates and fat 23 percent. Beware adulteration with seed threshed pods. buy beans in the pod for safety and lower cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl G. Filler
Division of Extension
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Let the Farmer Keep Ready for War Work
James Arentson, farm machinery specialist at the University of Tennessee, urges farmers to maintain and prepare war implements this winter. He stresses shelter to prevent rust, painting, cleaning and oiling parts, greasing axles, ordering repairs, and sharpening plowshares and cultivator parts to be ready for the spring offensive against Kaiserism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Arentson
Division of Extension
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
How to Raise Orchard Grass for Seed
Orchard grass yields 8 to 12 bushels of seed per acre on average. It is bundled in small bundles with a binder and shocked as in wheat. Thresher-ready seed can be produced using wheat equipment with special riddles. Around September 1 one bushel per acre may be broadcast and lightly harrowed. © I. C. G. McAmis University of Tennessee Extension.
Sailors Dipped Nearly A Million In Navy Branch Bank
American sailors last year dipped nearly a million dollars in the Brooklyn Navy Yard branch bank at the MC A building. The report notes significant financial activity linked to personnel stationed at the facility and highlights the bank’s role in payroll and savings programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Navy, MC. A
Be College Girl Wardrobe Spurs Fashion Tips
A college era fashion note previews wardrobe essentials for students. It highlights serge frocks in slip-on styles, color combinations like apricot organdie accents, and the season’s hats and turbans to suit individual types. Also mentions collared cuffs, plaid wool hats, and practical tips for saving and health during summer and fall.
One Piece Dress Updates For Midseason Wear
A fashion note describes a black satin one piece with an allover beige xontache design, suitable for midseason and fall. It highlights serge and satin fabrics, new low kimono sleeves, a collarless surplice neck, potential shawl collar, and ankle length frocks with long evening trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovite
Morning Inside Bath Promised To Refresh Body And Mind
The notice extols a morning inside bath of hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims daily waste buildup causes sickness and unrest and asserts a quarter pound of limestone phosphate proves cleansing and refreshing effects for constipated and bilious individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Draft boards gain pay increase amid war service
Washington reports that Provost Marshal General Crowder authorized higher stipends for local draft boards. Rates range from zero to 200 dollars monthly, tied to board size, with a minimum payout for boards handling up to 1,000 registrants. Crowder officials note boards sacrificed time and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
General Crowder
General
East Tenn and Western North Carolina Railroad Time Table 1917
Time table No 77 shows daily Nos 1 2 2 and 4 and Nos 7 8 services with parlor car on Nos 1 and 4. Sunday May 27 1917 timetable lists 6 45 a m start and notes connections at Shulls Mill with automobile line toward Clowng Rock North Carolina seven miles distant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shulls Mille
Clowng Rock
N. C
Ghow
Hardin
Vice-Prea
Carolina Clinchsidel and Ohio by six sixteen
Southbound schedule fragment lists routes and destinations across Tennessee Virginia North Carolina and Pensacola with scrambled place names and incomplete times. It mentions Waycrous Speers Ferry St Paw Dante Erwin Unaka Springs Toccane Burneville Murclison Eskota Marion and Bpat tansburg among others in a truncated rail or bus timetable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pordtown
Kingeport
Tenn
Waycrous
Speers Ferry
St. Paw
Dante
Erwin
Unaka Springs
Tenn, Toccane
Burneville
Pensacola
Murclison
Eskota
Marion
N.C
Bpattansburg
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Serve the
Cause of
Freedom S. Food Administration
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company Incorporated
Coutt
Mateo
Weingarten Bros
Lex., Hew York
Gallege
Attrac
Tolle
Thelsouthern Railway
Sousaga Ballers 2S
Coopers
Sepabl
Ores
Vibe Esau
Seeandbee
ERIE
City OF Buffalo
Cleveland
Whenua
Itahy
Feoal
Jnsio
East Tenner & Western North Carolina Railroad
Colenvible River Rataway Company
Sentral Standard Lime
miLy
Jonhson City
Lilligan Cotlese
Watauga Point
Sycamore Shoals
Elizabethton Sa
Hampton
Pardee
Crabtree
Linville River Ty
Minneapolia
Yale
Newland
Onbestiina
Troi
Pineola Cole A
Linville
Amsinine
Jestes Siding
Townsend
Fogeoe
Skulls Milla
Carolina Clinchsidel
Ohio
Fordtown
Kingsport
Waycross
St Paul
Daant
Sikhorn City
Glneinnati
Lousville
Via
Cincinnati
Ashland
Catlettsburg
Jenkins, Loulaville
Louisa
Painteville
Pikeville
Shelby
Charleston
Huntington
Mirenova
W. Va
Hiborn City
Unico and Erwin
Chas. T. Mandel
Johnson City
Jose
Jock
Thali
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
Cheney
Toundy
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