Washington Sidelights Budget Rules Shake Appropriations
Budget legislation stalled by veto may pass next session, but July 1 1921 starts a new appropriation process. The House creates a 35 member appropriations committee consolidating power from seven panels, shelving rivers and harbors and public buildings panels from the reorganization. The move shifts annual supply bills to a centralized body while leaving separate panels intact for rivers harbors and public buildings.
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Ashington
House
Appropriations Committee
Spnropriations
Agriculture
Foreign Affairs
Post Office
Committee On
Be Careful When You Smoke in the Woods
Tobacco firms back a summer fire prevention drive urging smokers to avoid forest fires. Ads urge not dropping fire when smoking in woods and breaking matches. Major tobaccos consider placing brief legends on packages to reduce fires amid millions of summer visitors to forests and parks.
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Agricultural Department
The Lowly Corncob Yields Furfural And Byproducts
Agricultural chemists report corn cobs yield furfural at about 30 pounds per ton with production costs under 20 cents per pound. Furfural serves as a dye intermediary and is used in paints lacquers bakelite and insecticides. Commercial plants plan to extract several products including a high quality adhesive cellulose for dynamite acetate of lime for acetic acid and paper filler.
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Agricultural Department
National Park to Park Highway Proposed Across West
L Westgard of the national park service and the American Automobile Association will launch a pathfinder trip from Denver through twelve major parks to map a park to park highway linked with the Lincoln highway. The aim is a route improved by state and county groups with federal help, following a prior year of heavy private automobile travel to parks.
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Denver
Pacific
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Yellowstone
Wyoming
Glacier
Montana
Mount Rainier
Washington
Crater Lake
Oregon
Lassen Volcanic
Yosemite
General Grant and Sequoia
California
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Zion
Utah
Mesa Verde
Mount Evans
National Parks
L. Westgard
National Park Service
American Automobile Association
National Parks Named
Advice to Farm Boys and Girls by Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture urges farm youths to join clubs to improve farming and home life nationwide. It emphasizes leadership potential, patriotic service, and the aim to make farms more profitable, noting 1920 as a pivotal year and praising club members for balancing hard work with joyful play.
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Department of Agriculture
Farma
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Secretary of Agriculture
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Colleges
Caesar
Tenth Legion
KEEP OFF HARMFUL RABBITS
Advice to protect young fruit trees by painting trunk areas with a coal tar and creosote oil mixture. Use two thirds to three fourths coal tar and balance creosote oil until thick paint consistency. Apply with a worn brush. Rabbits reportedly avoid gnawing painted trunks.
Fertile Orchard Land Needs Proper Drainage and Slope
Fragmentary notes describe fertile orchard soil requiring good drainage and slope considerations for placement on a hilltop. Mentions berries and strawberry plots with emphasis on drainage quality and terrain suitability.
Storage of Food Products on the Farm
The article describes farm storage practices including a winter cellar with potatoes beets carrots onions canned goods and salt pork kraut and water glass eyes. It notes root cellars caves earth pits and barn storage and suggests contacting the U S Department of Agriculture in Washington D C for more information.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
D. C
RASPBERRY GROWERS TO UNDERGO FIELD STUDY
The United States Department of Agriculture will conduct an intensive field study this season to investigate diseases threatening the raspberry industry in the lake region of the Middle West. Specialists will spend the season in the field to determine disease causes and growth habits and to develop control methods by spraying and other means.
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Middle West
United States Department of Agriculture
Big Difference In Receipts In Pure-Bred Bull Use
A headline notes farmers using pure-bred bulls show vastly different stock receipts than those using grade or scrub bulls. The second line urges early weed control with the adage Kill Weeden When Young, highlighting weed management simplicity when small.
Ashes Supply Lime for Orchard Needs
Ashes provide a large amount of lime, roughly half lime, useful in the orchard similar to potash in many cases. Dull tools discourage work, wasting time and greatly increasing orchard management costs.
Garden Crop Rotation Potential Shown in Small Space
A study of compact gardening shows three to four strong crops can be grown in the same garden space within a single season. The method emphasizes intensive planting and careful succession to maximize yields.
How to make clear and nutritious soup stock
Instructions describe stock from beef, veal bones and scraps, simmered slowly with onions, herbs, and peppercorns. Skimming, cooling, and fat removal follow. Clarifying stock uses egg whites. consomme requires browning sugar and simmering bones and meat then finishing per stock directions.
Insubordination Roots in Rebellion Against Individual Rule
A reflection notes that servant disobedience stems from a broader trend of reluctance to be guided by individuals and a general spirit of defiance against personal authority, while willingly submitting to the governance of organizations.
Seasonal Dishes With Fresh Fruits and Savory Additions
The column offers dessert and savory ideas using fresh berries and other fruits. Recipes include Strawberry Fluff with egg white and sugar, Scalloped Celery with milk, celery stock, and cheese, and Nut Timbales blending bread crumbs milk parsley and eggs.
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