Hand Made Summer Frocks Rise In Fashion
Prominent American manufacturers showcase hand made cotton dresses ideal for morning wear. Hand-embroidered with delicate detailing, these frocks use ginghams and chambrays, feature appliqued motifs, and a chemise movel silhouette with gathered fullness. A yellow and white checked gingham model stands out.
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New York Tribune
France
Parasols in Summer Fashion Return as Style Note
A New York Tribune fashion correspondent notes parasols will dominate this summer, adding comfort and style. After a lull last year parasols reappear with new shapes and rain shedding silk coverings, extending their use to umbrellas.
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New York Tribune
Embroidered Chambray Dresses Feature Bright Threadwork
Descriptions of tan chambray gowns with bright red thread stitching on cuffs belts and pockets. Bodices show monogram embroidery. variations use gingham, tan chambray, and green chambray with white trim, cross stitch and drawn work. Several color combos include yellow red and black thread accents.
Beads Tied at Neck With Ribbon Bows
Many novelties appear in jewelry this season with long pastel bead strings tied at the neck by ribbon bows. Short strings rise in popularity and are tied tightly with narrow ribbon into a small bow and long streamers. Color guides the choices over design or quality to match ribbon sashes on the frocks worn.
Sport Suit With Blue Plisse Ribbon Trim
A white wool eponge sport blouse features a draped model over both back and front panels with long loops of dark blue plisse ribbon two inches wide. The design supports the claim that ribbons will be suitable for sport wear as well as afternoon and evening attire.
Attractive Frock with Blue Crepe Lattice Design
Inch wide strips of blue French crepe form a lattice effect on a one piece frock of sheer white voile.
Silk parasols showcased by America's top dressmakers
Pastel beaded silk parasols are featured by leading American dressmakers to match each frock, an idea that gained notable traction at Newport last summer.
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America
Newport
Silk Salts Displayed in New York Shops
A variety of silk salts is shown by New York retailers with models featuring black canton attire with knife-plaited skirt and round-necked jacket in gold embroidery. Another outfit, a three piece, uses navy roshanara with rib bon bands in mist gray.
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New York
Red Lined Trimmings Highlight Beiges and Corals
The piece notes new skirts in wool and silk with raised half-line trims. A beige fabric features a darker stripe and raised coral red cord accents. A coordinated beige racquette with collar and cuffs in the same red shade accompanies the skirt.
Epicurean sauce and mint jelly recipes with sustenance tips
A column on kitchen craft shares recipes for Epicurean Sauce to accompany cold lobster or croquettes, Mint Jelly from apples and mint, Lamb with olives on toast, Chocolate Dates, and Green Corn Griddle Cakes. It includes a Washington Irving quote about kindness as a fountain of gladness.
Spinach and Noodles Bake and Lamb Curry Recipes
A vintage recipe fragment offers spinach with noodles baked in buttered dish topped with cheese and milk, and a curry lamb dish with lamb neck or leg onions butter curry powder vinegar flour tomato and rice. Includes cherry cheese molds, stuffed lettuce nests with mayonnaise, and pickled cherries with sugar and vinegar.
Feeding Value of Oats for Horses
United States Department of Agriculture reports oats production rose since 1866 with a peak in 1917 at 1.50 billion bushels. Acreage reached a wartime high in 1918 and again in 1921 at 46.50 million acres, then fell in 1922. Despite tractor adoption, oats remain key for horses, young stock, and certain industries, due to its superior feeding value and labor efficiency.
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Enited States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Distinct Advantages in Use of Manure Spreader
Farmers note manure spreaders save labor since horses unload and spread manure uniformly. Applying a light winter coating to wheat improves grain yield and boosts grass or clover stands, aiding rotation stability and long term payback, per F L Daley at Missouri College of Agriculture.
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F. L. Daley
Missouri College of Agriculture
Nicotine Sulphate Suggested Against Damaging Pests
Warns readers to monitor cucumbers for aphids and apply nicotine sulphate carefully. Advises mixing with water and spraying to protect leaves, noting rolled leaves and plant damage as signs.
Out of Context Fragments Describe Garden Advice
Fragmentary notes advise on tree care and crop timing with scattered phrases about roots, watering, and fruit. The text reads like a jumble of horticultural tips without clear events or identities.
Dairy cows and feed costs in bulletin on Holsteins
The University of Illinois bulletin analyzes feed costs for 1,605 Holstein cows across production levels. It shows lower cost per 100 pounds of milk as yield rises and explains why low producing herds reduce profits. Readers can obtain the bulletin from the Agricultural Experiment Station in Urbana.
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University of Hanois Agricultural Experiment
Agricultural Experiment Station
Urbana
Plan Spraying to Save Potato Crop From Pest
Illinois entomologist W F Flint says spraying with bonemade Bordeaux mixture can raise potato yields by 30 to 60 bushels per acre by controlling the potato leaf hopper. Apply first spray when vines reach 6 to 8 inches, then four or five sprays at 7 to 10 day intervals, covering both leaf sides with a field sprayer. If striped Colorado beetle is present, add two pounds arsenate of lead.
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Flint
Colorado
Harvest Time for Soy Beans in Ordinary Grain Binder
Farmers report soybean harvest using the grain binder method in Ordinary. The entry notes soy beans can be easily harvested with standard binder equipment as harvest season progresses.