Back-To-Home Movement Proposed By Legion Leader
Mrs. Julia Be Wheelock, commander of Barbara Frietchie post in New York City, advocates a back to the home movement for women in business. She argues married women should quit jobs to aid unemployed ex service men and helped recruit 16,000 for the navy, later becoming chief yeoman.
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Julia BE. Wheelock
Barbara Frietchie
American Legion
New York City
Wheelock
United States
Navy
Congress
General Lafayette
Long Island
la Gionnaires
Bryant Park
New York
George Dahlbender
Legion
Birds of Passage and the fate of second lieutenants
From the American Legion Weekly caption Birds of Passage, the piece notes a dwindling pool of second lieutenants after the war. It laments the shrinkage from thousands to a few hundred and reflects on promotions, nostalgia for training camps, and the path from second lieutenant to first lieutenant as West Point continues its annual output.
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PSI
American Legion Weekly
al Arma
A. H
Benes
Tauihbo
West Point
Post Named For Lieutenant Felgl By New York Legion
The American Legion post in New York City honors fallen Lt. Jefferson Felgl of Battery F Seventh Field Artillery First Division. Felgl, 22, died in France after graduating from Margard university. His parents, Colonel and Mrs. Felgl, received his personal effects and a hand written letter he wrote before his death, foretelling his fate with stoic courage.
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France
American Legion
New York
India
Fely Port
Jefferson Elgl
Seventh Field Artillery
Lle
Bia
Margard Unt- Feralty
Legion and memorial plans highlighted in wartime era
The piece outlines Daniel Chester French to design a World War memorial for Massachusetts dead in France with Henry Bacon, and notes Michigan using Camp Curtis Community House as a veteran hospital site. It covers American Legion activities including fundraising, shelter proposals, unemployment relief efforts, a New York police post mortgage, and veteran aid programs among cities like New York, Melrose, and Minneapolis.
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Daniel Chester French
Concord
Massachusetts
France
Henry Bacon
Washington, D.C
Camp Cunter
Mich
Chicago Company
Michigan
American Legion
Diary use in farming records from USDA guidance
A USDA prepared piece extols keeping a diary as a valuable farm record. It argues a diligent diary preserves past observations, dates, locations, and economic details to solve future problems, track investments and income, and summarize debts and credits for the farm business.
Grazing Maintains Soil Productivity Across Pastures
United States Department of Agriculture notes grazing sustains soil productivity better than plowing. In Virginia, long standing pastures show benefits from continual grazing and manure left on land. Dairy farms, with cattle housed indoors, miss this natural enrichment and rely more on commercial fertilizers.
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United Atatee Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Experiments Suggested For Pasture Fertilizers
Farmers in Virginia’s bluegrass region試 begin using basic slag and phosphate on pastures to improve grass stands. With no data, cultivators are advised to test on small plots by applying 500 pounds of acid phosphate or bone meal per half acre to gauge profitability before wider use.
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Bluegrass
Virginia
Milk Goat Industry Growth and Prospects in United States
The milk goat industry, long a feature of European livestock, has not yet secured a strong foothold in the United States. Goats offer fresh milk at low cost, suited to small homes and suburban settings, and are seen as a potential “poor man's cow.” The USDA notes the sector is in its infancy in America, but specialists believe the goats are well adapted to the country and could gain greater importance each year.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Europe
Amell
America
Alfalfa Seed Production May Rise This Season
Reports to the bureau of markets and crop estimates indicate a larger alfalfa production this year than last. Dry hot weather hindered crops in portions of the Southwest, but overall the yield appears to be higher across other regions.
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Meporte
Bureau of Markets and Crop
Bureau of Matey
Inspection on All Produce Delays and Damages
A detailed explainer on the federal official inspection service for shipped produce, outlining why inspections are requested, how they settle disputes over quantity and quality, and how certificates serve as prima facie evidence in federal courts. It notes that any party may request inspection to avoid losses from handling, misgrading, or delays.
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United States Department ‘of Agriculture
General Inspection Service
Bureau’ of Markets
United’ States
Department of Agriculture
Vahmbte
Mighimi
United States Food Products Inspection Service
Bureau of, Markets
Bnl
Inoculation Methods for Pure Cultures in Agriculture
An early agricultural bulletin outlines inoculation practices for crops and soil. It compares direct soil teeming with seed and a liquid culture method, detailing quantities to mix with boiling water, dampening seed, and combining with soil to promote inoculated growth while warning of weed and pest risks.
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Department of Agricul
Feeding tests with fowls at Bolte ville Maryland
Eight years of USDA poultry yard tests at Bolteville Maryland show a mash feed producing high egg output. Leghorns for 140 to 165 eggs per hen, Reds Wyandottes and Plymouth Rocks also respond well, with fattening tendencies varying by breed and fowl size.
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United States Department, of Agriculture
Bolteville
Leghotpa
Rhodesaland Beda
Plymouth
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York Post
Jean Legion
Shipping Board
Hoboken Army Docks
Charles W. Seymour
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Melrose
Allan
Melrose Legionnaires
L. Gordon Hamerstey
Sixith Piet Arrtilery
First Division
Tarrystown-on-the-Madson
Jeff Folgs
Weeks
State Department
The
T Honorah H. Gittings
California
Misa Gittings
Adam Kostoski
Sauk Rapids
Minn
Kostesid
Mamaroneck
Mark Hamilton
Minneapolis
Vaudeville Tealing and Dramatic Company
Nashwauk, Minn
Office of Farm Management and Farm Economics
United State Department of Agriculture
Alfalfa
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