Amendment to regulate child labor may reach house floor
Judiciary committee reports favorably a constitutional amendment empowering Congress to regulate and prohibit labor of children under eighteen with a plan for a special rules placement. Supporters cite past Supreme Court rulings and aim for a three fourths state ratification if sent to the states.
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Ashington
Congress
House
Judiciary Committee
Rules Committee
Republican Steering Committee
Snell
United States Supreme Court
Jandmars Committee
Work Seeks Federal Plan for Colorado River Use and Dam
Secretary Work told Congress the Colorado River faces a “real menace” and requires an immediate government policy. A Boulder Dam and all American Canal are among key plans to convert wasted river energy into a national asset, with $200 million estimated for dam and irrigation works and $31 million for the all American Canal serving Imperial and Coachella valleys.
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Colorado
Work
Congress
Bureau of Recelamation
Geological Survey
Federal
Boulder Dam
Tmpertal
Coachella
California
Imperial Valley
Aceut
Mexico
Soo
Congress to Probe Northern Pacific Land Grant Provisions
Congress likely to extend investigation into the Northern Pacific railway land grant of 3 000 000 acres in Washington Oregon and Montana. President Coolidge urges action to protect public interests and ensure proper settlement of claims and land disposal.
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Northern Pacific Land Grant
Northern Pacific Railway
Massachusetts
Washington
Dahoe
Montana
Forest Service
Northern Pacific
Congress
Wallace
Supreme Court
State of
Senator Lenrent
Public Lands Committee
Coolidge
Agniculture
Girl Scout Little House Cornerstone Laid by First Ladies
Calv in Coolidge wife of the President and Mrs Herbert Hoover honorary leaders attend the cornerstone ceremony for the Girl Scout Little House at eighteenth street and New York avenue. The former Home Sweet Home building will serve as an experimental center for home making activities and was provided by the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. A large luncheon and speeches highlighted the event with numerous district and national leaders in attendance.
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Calvin Coolidge
Girl Scouts of America
Eighteenth Street
New York Avenue
Girl Scout Little House
Sweet Tome
Treasury
Girl Scouts
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
America
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Charles Hamlin
District of Columbia
Arthur Choate
New York
Leo Arpsten
Nicholas Brady
Choate
Lyman Deline
Frederick Edey
Everit Macy
Llewellyn Parson
W. O. Rothschild
M. H. Olmstead
Harrisburg Pa
Helen R Scudder
Frederick Brooke
Washington
Important Factors in Care of Chicks
An extension poultry specialist stresses chick welfare with tips on housing. Keep coops clean dry and sanitary and free from pests. Confine mother to protect chicks and prevent chilling by dew. allow free range carefully to avoid losses.
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PD. H. Hall
Clemson College
Hee
Anilies
Proper Amount of Feed for Flock of Chickens
An agricultural note explains feeding hens varies by breed season and pens. General guidance suggests about one quart of grain and an equal weight of mash daily per 18 general purpose hens, with adjustments for Leghorns and smaller egg breeds. Free-range birds eat less grain, supplementing with greens.
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United States Department of Adicultures
Ao Fair
Plymouth Rocks
Rhode Island
Preventive Whitewash for Poultry Buildings
In spring a coat of whitewash improves sanitation and appearance of poultry houses. Make whitewash by slaking quicklime with water, then adjust with water. A weatherproof mix uses quick lime salt zinc and skim milk for exterior surfaces. Apply lightly with a broad brush.
Poultry Guidance and Feeding Tips from a Farm Column
Poultry tips advise culling hens after their second laying season and note ducks begin laying around five months. Leghorns need three square feet per hen, larger breeds four. Fresh litter removal depends on flock size and dry floors. Provide clean water twice daily and scald water weekly. Ducks rarely eat all mash, so add coarse sand or grit at about five percent of feed.
Cultural conditions for flax growing in Montana
The article notes that even with a large potential rise in flax acreage, domestic demand is unlikely to exceed supply if current conditions persist. It emphasizes a firm seed bed, warns against loose spring or fall plowed land, and recommends simmer fallowed or prior corn ground. Newly broken land suits flax best. If using old land, early spring shallow cultivation is advised to stimulate weed growth.
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Montana
Montana Extension Service
Crop Outlook Brightens For Winter Wheat In Montana
The April report by George A. Scott notes winter wheat in Montana is in better shape than a year ago with favorable summer growth conditions. Rye prospects are less favorable but still improved over spring 1923. Milk moisture is satisfactory and sow numbers exceed spring minimum, signaling earlier field work despite labor concerns.
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George A. Scott
Montana Cooperative Wop
Weather and Farming Outlook for March Conditions in the State
The report notes spring seeding should start after May 30 with June 20 latest, flax and rye conditions, and details on seed bed preparation. It highlights improved overall crop prospects due to March snows, moisture, and favorable spring soils, while noting labor shortages and uneven rye stands. Breeding sows numbers rise 15 percent year over year amid hog market dynamics.
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Odeo
Central
South Central
Wreming
Divide
North Central
Missuyrd River
Care of Hoofs Urged by Dairy Specialist
Montana dairy expert J O Tretsven warns cows kept indoors over winter risk hoof and sole damage as spring arrives. He advises trimming excess hoof if the quick breaks, using simple tools and a mallet, and suggests restraints for nervous cows or multiple animals to prevent injury.
Price Gap Between Scrub and Purebred Livestock
Slaughter records show value differences across species with high quality stock outperforming scrubs. Cattle dress from 48 to 66 percent, sheep 42 to 58 percent, and swine 75 to 85 percent, with the high marks by well bred animals and low by common scrub stock.
Chicks need sunlight and outdoor exposure guidance
The article recommends exposing chicks to direct sunlight once they return to warmth. Rearing may start outdoors with two week olds having access to open range and green feed. Gradual dietary additions include whole wheat khafir and dry mash as staple feeds.
Cannery Seeks Acreage For New Pre-Cooling Plant
Bitter Root Farm Products of Hamilton promotes a new canning and pre cooling marketing system. They plan to operate a pre cooling plant in time for early strawberry and cherry crops and are soliciting acreage led by manager O N Kaldor.
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Montmorency
Morello
Bitter Root Farm Products Company
Hamilton
O. N. Kaldor
Pluck and Perseverance At Converse College
The article profiles Laura Miller and her rise from modest beginnings to a high level career at Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It details her experiences as a cottage mother, social worker, office substitute, and wartime Quartermaster staffer, culminating in her roles as treasurer and endowment fund manager, with emphasis on her resilience and practical talent.
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Orphany
Mari
Norwood Baker
Avoi
Calhoun
Little
College of Music
State Church
Justy Board
Uncle Sam
Converse College
Spartanburg
S.C
Beauty Imported to Berea Promises Life Beyond Main Street
Laura Drake Gill of Boston and New York portrays Berea College and mountain youths as a pioneer effort to bring joie de vivre to Kentucky hills. She argues communities can share beauty of life by inviting others to help distribute it locally and curb decline of youth.
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Main Street
Humdrum
Kentucky
Louisville
St. Louis
Chicago
Berea College
Laura Drake Gill
Boston
New York
Ufe
Berea
Miss Gill
Lfe
Origin of Cambridge University Clarified
The Cambridge university origin is obscure but likely rose from a local education movement in the twelfth century. The first college was founded by Hugo Bishop of Ely in 1257. Currently seventeen colleges compose the university.
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Cambridge University
Hugo Bishop of
Ely
University
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Caim
Extension Service
Cannery
Mary
MAIN
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Beauty
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