Tractors Displacing Horses on Corn Belt Farms 1918 Study
A U S Department of Agriculture survey across Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska shows tractors displaced horses on 141 farms averaging 3464 acres. Results include higher tillable acres per horse, more fall plowing, and tractors averaging 29 five-day weeks of work per year.
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Increase Profits by Grading All Produce
Bureau of Markets guidance from the United States Department of Agriculture urges farmers to sort produce by quality and size before sale. By applying grade specifications, farmers have seen higher customer satisfaction and greater monetary returns, with Virginia potato growers reportedly boosting profits by about half a million dollars in 1919.
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Plowing Time Boosts Winter Wheat Yields in Kansas
Kansas experiments show wheat planted on land plowed in late July or early August averages 15 bushels per acre, while seed sown on land plowed in September yields about 11 bushels per acre. This highlights the impact of plowing timing on crop productivity.
Salad Recipes and Whittier Verse Interlude
A pasted page fragment offers multiple salad recipes including Tomato and Pineapple Salad, Lamb Salad, Luncheon Salad, Anchovy Salad, Shrimp Salad and Tripe salad with detailed ingredients and dressings. It ends with Whittier sentimental lines about mutual suffering and forgiving love.
Household stain remedies from a vintage guide
Quick blood stains on wood or fabric may be absorbed by rubbing with starch. Mud stains respond to baking soda in warm water, then heat pressing. Tea and coffee stains respond to borax soak and boiling water. peach stains use sulfur treatment with alcohol fumes. Ink on rugs cleans with turpentine and white soap. White garments washed in soap and warm water, then air dried overnight for smoothness. Perspiration on white blouses addressed by baking soda in cold soak. Boiled clothes whiten with a drop of turpentine. Rust treated with lemon salt. sun drying completes.
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Utility Skirts and Blouses Shape Daily Wardrobe
The piece highlights practical skirts and blouses for the coming season, praising white voiles with long sleeves and fine finishings. It notes plaid and plain fabric combinations, pockets, and stitched details that ease home sewing, emphasizing neatness and durability.
Fall Blouses Show Subtle Shifts in Style and Color
Blouses for fall and winter mirror summer lines with georgette crepe and bead embroidery. Three quarter sleeves and regulated necklines dominate while dark blue georgette remains popular. White voile returns for daily wear but overall tones are softer with more colors. Smocks may rise in popularity as styles remain unsettled.
Freezone Corn Cure Promises Instant Pain Relief
A radio testimonial claims Freezone instantly soothes aching corns without pain and lifts them off with fingers. A drugstore tiny bottle costs a few cents and promises to remove hard and soft corns and calluses between toes without soreness. The piece ends with a humorous Mother and daughter exchange about age questions.
Eatonic Benefits For Digestive Relief Grows Reported
Chicago reports from 58 users say Eatonic reduces belching bloating and heartburn quickly with continued use removing acids and gases from the system. Long term use aims to restore health and vitality by clearing excess acidity and poisons from the body. Speak with your druggist to share the message.
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Extending a Policy on Auto Costs and Government Rescue
A dialogue on rising automobile expenses with Mr Chuggins arguing for government aid similar to railroad bailouts to keep motorists on the road. The exchange suggests growing pressure for policy extension or emergency support from authorities.
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Cuticura Toilet Trio Ad for Daily Use
An advertisement touts the Cuticura Toilet Trio soap ointment and talcum to cleanse soothe and perfume the skin. It claims these items keep the skin clear and emphasize daily use with a 25 cent price point. The snippet ends with a quip about leap year from a soap-era exchange.
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Powerful herbal remedy claimout but lacks specifics
An editorial claim describes a universal herbal medicine as superior to all others for bowel regulation liver stimulation kidney cleansing stomach sweetening blood purification and enrichment, urging readers to trust its remarkable results.
Bulgarian Blood Tea Promoted as Quick Health Remedy
An advertising claim touts Bulgarian Blood Tea as a fast relief for stomach liver kidney and rheumatic issues. It states the tea aided influenza patients during 1918 to 1920 and urges families to keep a box on hand to ward off colds fevers pneumonia and other sicknesses.
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