What well Dressed women Will Wear
Designers of apparel for stout women face two problems. The model pictured uses satin underskirt and sleeves with a serge overdrape ry to show a figure flattering cut. Features include a straight satin skirt, pleated overskirt, strategically placed pockets, narrow collar, and small buttons to emphasize straight lines.
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Soustache Bruid
Delicacies and preserves from a historic home kitchen
This excerpt outlines menu ideas and recipes from a domestic kitchen era. It includes cottage cheese crackers with maraschino, Mock Chicken, Chicken a la King, Green Gage Sherbet, Honey Rolls, Tomato and Asparagus Salad, Spiced Blackberries, Cherry Preserves, Green Beans in Salt Brine, and methods for drying berries.
Red Cross Organizes 380 Base Hospitals For War Care
The Red Cross plans 380 base hospitals with 7,500 trained personnel to cover 30 units, including surgeons dentists nurses and assistants. It outlines field to base hospital care from first aid stations to evacuation to base hospitals for full recovery.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Umon
Easy Work Growing Strawberry Crop
A practical guide on strawberry cultivation covering soil, slope, and site choice, with recommendations for fall plowing, manure use, and spring planting. It details plant selection, setting depth, and four cultivation systems hedge row hill and matting, plus care of runners, two-year results, and timing from April to September.
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L. M. Bennington
Prune Young Trees in Summer Season
Instructional guide from J C Whitten of Missouri College of Agriculture on shaping young fruit trees. Emphasizes open center frames, pruning regimes by species, and summer guidance to balance growth and ease of care.
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J. C. Whitten
Missouri College of Agriculture
Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station
Nime
Bad roads keep many rural children from school attendance
About 12 million of 80 million school age children cannot attend regularly due to roughly 2 million miles of impassable rural roads. A 15 percent rise in attendance could follow highway improvements in eight counties studied by the federal Department of Public Roads and Road Engineering.
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United States
Federal
Department of Public
Ropa Engineering
Breeds Compared for Milk Solids and Fat
The report compares Guernsey and Holstein milk solids and fat. It notes Guernsey milk averages 14.71 percent solids and 5.16 percent fat, Holstein 11.85 percent solids and 3.42 percent fat. Skim milk solids are about 16.5 percent for Guernsey and a little over 9 percent for Holstein.
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Guernsey
Pinkeye Disease in Summer Cattle
Summer cattle illness, pinkeye, often causes blindness and spreads via flies. The disease lasts about ten to fourteen days with tearing, light sensitivity, and cloudy eyes. Confinement, light exclusion, and laxative feed help, while boric acid baths or a dropper solution of zinc sulfate, boric acid, and distilled water aid eye treatment.
Practice of Skimming Milk for Better Cream and Butter
Clemson Agricultural College advises skim milk before churning for higher fat cream. Use a separator when available. if only a few cows, set milk in deep cold-water cans to rise cream in 12 to 18 hours. Avoid shallow pans as they yield poorer cream and more washing.
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Clemson Agricultural College of
South Carolina
Fresh Air and Sunlight for Milk Casks
Advice on sunning milk containers to destroy odors and bugs. Do not seal cans during sun exposure. allow air to circulate freely and place them where sunlight reaches directly, turning the cans periodically for even drying and odor elimination.
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