Agricultural progress and livestock gains in wartime farming
Wartime farming boosted yields and new methods across the country. Farmers adopted better practices, fertilizer use, and livestock expansion, raising wheat production to about 49,000,000 acres planted with a near billion bushels expected. The report highlights profit through livestock, cost awareness, and loans, urging quality stock and disciplined expansion.
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United States
Carmera’ ‘Institutes
Agricultural Colleges
United States Department of ‘Agriculture
Siup
Inust
Federal Land Bank
Secretary of Agriculture
Navy
National Farmers Union Endorses Key Senate Bills
Senator Capper of Kansas records National Farmers Union resolutions from Memphis convention urging immediate enactment of the Kenyon-Anderson bill to reform meat packing abuses, endorsing the Capper-Herman proposal for farmer led collective bargaining with safeguards, and backing a loan act amendment aiding trusted workers without farms.
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Senator Capper
Kansas
Congressional
National Farmers’ Union
Ihe
Memphis
Tenn
Kenyon-Anderson
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Capper-Heraman
Farmers of
the Republic
Oyster Shells Improve Poultry Diets Says New York Study
Poultry hens benefit from oyster shell as a regular ration part. A New York agricultural experiment station showed a pound of oyster shell can yield about seven dozen eggs. Do not feed shell in mash. provide shell ground bone meat scraps and grit separately with dry grains to balance the diet.
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New York Agricultural Experiment Station
New York
Combat Vermin on Animals Lice Battle Seasonal Relief Measures
Lice appear on livestock in late winter and early spring, harming animals when their lfe and thrift are at stake. Stock owners resist treating lice on animals that look healthy, though the same pests persist. addressing the infestation sooner could prevent greater harm.
Fertilizing Grass Lays Foundation For Fertile Soil
The article advises preserving sod to maintain organic matter and fertility. It warns against overmowing fields until hay yields drop, and recommends annual fertilization after the first mow. Manure is preferred for top dressing, with citrate of soda and field phosphate as alternatives if manure is unavailable.
Births of 1809 Birth Years and Notable Figures
The essay notes 1809 as a banner birth year with future greats in statesmanship, literature, music, and science. It compares to the 1760 “Year of Great Babies,” and mentions Lincoln, Poe, Holmes, Darwin, Tennyson, Gladstone, Browning, Mendelssohn, and Chopin. It also briefly reflects on dates tied to freedom and the crucifixion year 20.
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Lincoln
Poe
Holmes
Darwin, Tennyson and Gladstone
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Mendelssohn
Pole Chopin
Hermann
Arminina
Old Meerschaum Pipes Return Amid Price Rises
The piece notes a revival of corncob pipes as cigar prices climb, with cigar smokers returning to pipes. It praises Missouri meerschaum and marks pipes as favored gear for outdoor enthusiasts, hunters, and anglers. Mark Twain's bowls are cited for nostalgia and comfort.
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Mark Twain
Potentate
Chicago Post
Easy Starting Car No Reduction
Brown rents a garage from Green and discusses car starting in cold weather. Brown boasts his car starts easily in winter while Green’s car struggles. Green had reduced rent previously for nonheated garage, but decides no reduction needed for Brown.
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Brown
Northside
Green
Salid
Indianapolis News
Out of Gas Dinner Party Turns To Streetcars
A man invited to dinner joined new acquaintances and offered to drive several women home. His car ran out of gas and he lacked money for fuel. A nearby garage would not lend a gallon, and the party chose to take streetcars instead.
Picture guides Scranton man to unknown grandmother in England
Evan D. Roberts of Scranton Pennsylvania toured England while serving in Uncle Sam’s air service. A chance view of a grandfather’s photo through a window led him to the grandmother’s home, a relative he had never met.
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Evan D. Roberts
Scranton
Uncle Sam
Air Service
England
The New Loot
The second story man is going out of business and explains a shift since stocking up. He notes that profits now come from collar purchases rather than earlier methods. The brief reflects a crime era retail change with cautionary undertones.
Home Hair Dye Recipe for Gray Hair
A simple dye to darken gray hair uses Bay Rum one part to half pint water with Barbo Compound glycerine. Mix at home or have a druggist prepare it. Apply twice weekly until desired shade. it won’t color the scalp, is not sticky, and leaves hair soft and glossy.
End of the Year Cartoons and Advertisements
The fragment references cartoons about year end and jokes on cold embers and November December. It also mentions bathroom cleanliness, Red Cross Bag Blue to keep whiteness, and a note about wasteful methods such as making roads from old shoes in Great Britain.
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Great Britain
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Aimed at Systemic Cure
The advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a internal remedy that acts through the blood to affect mucous surfaces. It argues local applications fail because catarrh is a constitutional, systemic disease and claims the medicine, a blend of tonics and blood purifiers, cures catarrh. Includes offer of testimonials and price.
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Acta
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
Ohio
Three Comrades Sentry Halt London Answers
A brief World War I frontier moment reports a sentry halting three figures, a weary voice identifies one friend and two mules, the exchange captured by London dispatches.
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London
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Ad Insight
An old advertisement claims a woman’s health troubles stem from a nervous imbalance and promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe non alcoholic remedy. It emphasizes herbal roots and states ingredients are printed on the wrapper and mentions availability through mail order and the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York.
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Lee
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
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