Tomato Canning Season Tips From Mildred Nelson
Tomato canning season is here guidance from Mildred Nelson Iowa State College covers hot and cold pack methods. Wash peel quarter and boil for hot pack while cold pack preserves color. Pack jars raw or hot with salt, remove air bubbles, seal rims, and process in water bath. Winter uses include tomato juice ketchup and jams with careful selecting of ripe tomatoes.
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Mildred Nelson
Iowa State College
Nelson
X ray Technology Measures Steel Thickness Rapidly
Electronic X ray now determines steel thickness without touching the metal. Previously workers cooled the steel to about 1400 degrees and used a micrometer to measure thickness after it cooled. The new method speeds up and improves accuracy in rolling mill finishing wands.
Rescue at Hall Lake Saves Tiny Eleanor Getty
Ringsted resident Mrs. Gaylord Christensen leaped fully clothed into Hall Lake to save three year old Eleanor Getty who capsized a tub and sank from sight. The child owes her life to the swift, selfless act of the local heroine.
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Eleanor Getty
Fairgnant
Hall Lake
Gaylord Christensen
First Fire Department in New York 1658
The earliest volunteer fire department in this country formed in New York under Peter Stuyvesant in 1658. Leather buckets and a supply of books and soldiers were purchased. A tax of about 38 cents was levied on each home to maintain the firefighting equipment.
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Cranberries Value in American Health Tradition
Cranberries are valued as a health food in American tradition. Before European arrival they were used in Indian medicine. Later New England sailors ate raw berries from the cook's galley barrel to ward off scurvy. The berries provide vitamin C and minerals including iodine and iron.
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New England
Better Care, Feeding Increase Hog Profits
O Bryan of Huntville Kas promotes extra care for brood sows and litters with clean, well-balanced rations to boost profits. His fall 1947 program, including sow washing, disinfected pens, and staged feeding, yielded larger birth weights, faster gains, and lower mortality across about 100 litters.
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O Bryan
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Traffic warning signs in this old junction description
The text describes approaching a stop street or dangerous corner near a Line Junction. A round sign warns of a refired crossing ahead. A diamond sign signals immediate slowing for a potentially dangerous curve or hill, narrow bridge, end of pavement, or bad road.
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Athink Line
Police Force of Soil: Organic Matter Fights Plant Diseases
An Ohio agricultural expert estimates 50 million soil bacteria per ounce, distinguishing beneficial and harmful types. Adding organic matter boosts the good bacteria that release nutrients while reducing disease-causing populations, improving soil health and crop protection.
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R. C. Thomas
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Stinking Smut Remains Major Wheat Disease
Stinking smut remains a major wheat disease despite science knowing control methods. Plant scientists urge resistant varieties and seed treatment with a reliable fungicide. Growers should avoid spread by minimizing soil warmth and exposure when disease risk rises.
Electrification Gaps and Busy Switchyards Highlight Growth
In eight states more than 3 per cent of the farms lack electric service. Chicago’s Switchyards Switching district handles about 45,990 freight cars daily, a volume surpassing that of St Louis and New York City combined.
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Chicago
St Louis
New York City
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