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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1949
Page
10
Norris E. Dodd, head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, backs a practical approach to the President's Point Four program. He notes little money can yield big results and urges focus on know how over vast handouts to lift people from near starvation.
Dodd described FAO experimental stations in China and India and a hand worked machine in Japan now used by Indian peasants. He cited Italian corn yields rising from 30 to 120 bushels per acre with hybrid seed, and argued farmers adopt practical improvements with local labor and materials. He urged training over vast government spending and endorsed Truman’s Point Four.
Continental Oil Company declares a new 9.5 million dollar refinery in Billings Montana with Open House Day on October 8. A noon lunch for up to 7500 guests will be held on plant grounds followed by a public tour and program with a Montana speaker to be announced. The facility features corrosion resistant tower linings and tonic design.
The piece contrasts lawmakers fearing deficits with the Committee of Economic Development urging annual balance as inflationary and recessionary ideal. It notes business leaders challenge the orthodoxy of a strictly balanced budget.
A Des Moines man claims a wingless chicken breed, after years of work, could reshape poultry farming. Peter Baumann says 95 of 100 hatchlings lack wings, with some showing partial wings, asserting the birds are viable and not freaks.
Whitman explains wallpaper loosening above radiators stems from heat drying glue too quickly. Advice for repapering: keep radiator cold when papering that area. He also covers scratch repair on white wood furniture and crack repairs in calcimine ceilings. The corner crack requires removing plaster to lath and installing corner lath, then replastering.
A frothy crocheted doily with a favorite pineapple motif measures 18 inches across, suitable as a dining table centerpiece or occasional table. Includes complete crocheting instructions and material requirements as Pattern No. 5007.
Pattern priced at a quarter and the notice directs readers to send orders with name and address to Workshop Potters Service Drawer 10 Bedford Hills New York for purchase.
Electric wagon unloaders emerge as a new farm device with many applicants still experimental. Wisconsin leads with about half of forage harvester operators using unloaders. A three ton load can be handled by one man in five minutes with a portable motor powering the unit.
The passage notes a cultural term for concealing wealth by distributing cattle among relatives to avoid ostentation. It argues fear of central authority and envy of chiefs suppresses visible prosperity and hampers agricultural progress in South Africa.
D. D. Moyer of Ohio State University notes a shift from narrow 15 to 20 foot deep poultry houses to 30 to 40 foot deep designs. The longer houses, housing 500 or more birds, reduce wall space and heat loss, ease cleaning, and simplify moving equipment.
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