Government designs peach sizer for improved grading
Government workers developed a new peach sizer to grade fruit at lower cost. Two machines built last year near Levehars Virginia and Mayfield Go were refined for production with patent aims. The device uses inclined conveyors and rope rails to sort by size, handling six basket loads per cycle and using under one horsepower.
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Jastel
Levehars
Mayfield
Borsf
Fom
Jebe
Grades and Standards Project
Bureau of Markets
E Bedbleye
Patent Office
Bureau
Best of Attention for Home Gardens in Soil Care
The piece urges lightly shirring and mellowing the soil before weeds appear. It favors alternating watering and gentle raking to prevent germination failure. It advises mental focus on seed cover and careful use of boards or mulch to protect young plants.
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Ee Ee
Choe
Alan
Overcrowding Chicks Spark Summer Range Losses
The New Jersey agricultural experiment station warns that summer range losses are worsened by overcrowding in poultry ranges. Insufficient colony houses force birds to crowd at night, stunting growth and increasing disease risk. Colony houses for 50 to 75 birds improve conditions versus single crowded houses. If stunted birds are found, inspect colony houses at night for overcrowing.
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New Jersey
Elimination of ant hills and infertile eggs for storage
The article notes infertile eggs store four to five weeks at 60 to 80 degrees, while fertile eggs spoil in days. It outlines eradicating ant hills by nettle and wet cat litter, warns on nurserymen, and stresses choosing varieties suited to the region. It also covers chicken care, watering, broodiness, pruning tools, and practical pruning of old apple trees.
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Fred
Best Pasturage for Swine in North Plains Says Dwarf Essex Rape Best
Minnesota swine expert H. W. Voukhon of the University farm at St. Paul asserts that dwarf Essex rape is the top annual forage for hog pastures in the northern United States. Many users report rape pastures as second to none among pasture crops for hogs, according to Voukhon.
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Minnesota
United States
H. W. Voukhon
University Farm
St. Paul Mion
Dutch Colonial House Booms In Popularity For Homes
William A. Radford notes Dutch colonial style combines colonial exterior charm with Holland interior efficiency. The shown shingled model is 26 by 34 feet 6 inches, seven rooms, with a 10 foot porch, four upstairs bedrooms, a bath near the stairs, ample storage, and a convertible porch to sleeping or living space. The design aims for economy and adaptable living, suited to family comfort.
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Holland
Building a Home Within Reach for Families
The first floor arrangements and number of bedrooms suit a large family. Building costs have fallen recently, making home construction more affordable. With the nation short about a million homes, renters will face greater shortages next year unless progress speeds up. A own a fair- sized home does not require as much money as many think.
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Derlure
Fesizn
Colonial interior described with emphasis on layout
The interior design centers the reception hall with a central fireplace flanked by bookcases and double Frenel doors to the porch. Living room and dining room are bright with triple windows, while the 9 by 9 foot 6 inch kitchen leads to a pantry. The write up promotes home ownership and financing options, urging renters to consider buying and noting local architects and builders offer varied designs affordable within budgets.
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Jeor
Sash of Today Shapes Fashion With Wide Ribbon Sashes
The sash is the central fashion feature of the season. Plain white frocks gain charm from dainty ribbons, but today sashes are elaborate and varied. This trend includes georgette, organdie, foulard, and satin dresses with large sashes forming bustles or balancing hips. Ribbon makers offer fabrics matching prints and many brocade, cire, and waxed ribbons in bold colors.
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Evyersborg
Fashiim
Foulard
Fashions Show Off Novel Sash Styles and White Frocks
The article details 1920s dress novelties including jade green taffeta gowns with black and gold embroidery, organdie frocks with blue ribbons, and bold black and white ensembles. It highlights printed foulard sashes, georgette ensembles with wired overskirts, and a parasol fur accessory, noting practical substitutes like machine embroidery and alternate fabrics.
Earliest United States coin designs and sayings
A fragment confirms the 1787 Fugio coin era with copper issues authorized by Congress. It notes the thirteen linked circles design, the motto We are one, and the dial showing 1787 with Mind your own business. Also mentions nicknames Franklin cent, Sun Dial, Ring, and related anecdotes.
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United States
Congress of the
Board of Trenaury
James Jarvis
Congress
Board of Treasury
Franklin
Match Industry in China Faces Bright Prospects
The Far Eastern Review notes China benefits from cheap labor and abundant raw materials making match manufacturing highly promising. Current data show 84 face forms in China with an annual output of 150,000 tons.
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China
Far Eastern Review
Cina
White Hats Steal Spotlight In Paris And New York Styles
White hats dominate midsummer fashion with tiny turbans, black chenille cords, and pure white adornments. Frenchwomen favor glossy white turbans paired with dark dresses while New York milliners report brisk sales of turbans and white hats in various ornamentations. Fashion notes suggest pairing unrelieved white hats with darker yellows and that fabrics like taffeta and satin outshine straw for summer wear. A colorful fruit girdle on a black chiffon gown completes the look.
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Paris
New York
Nourishing Salads and Dishes From Early Home Cookery
A cracked oven era collection describes Veal Salad out, with diced veal, carrots, celery, onion and mayonnaise on lettuce followed by a hearty budget spaghetti dish with mushrooms, veal, tomatoes and spaghetti baked to serve. It covers maple syrup usage, green peas, fresh fruit ideas, a digestible fried egg method, ham omelet, eggs in pepper, codfish lacade, maple custard and Beauregard eggs on toast plus poetic interludes.
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Beauregard
Appetizing Cottage Cheese Dishes and Salads
A collection of simple recipes featuring cottage cheese with cream, salt, paprika, chives, and currant or raspberry jam as options. Includes Tongue and Spinach Salad, Coconut Custard Pie, Asparagus Eggs, and Creamed Ham on Toast with clear ingredient lists and basic preparation steps.
Eggs in Many Forms From a Vintage Cookbook
Eggs are described in various forms for home cooking with step by step methods. Recipes include scrambled eggs with butter tomato sauce poached eggs with tomato sauce and a sandwich filling using hard boiled eggs anchovy paste and parsley. The tone mimics a domestic instruction column from a mid century newspaper.
Fans and feasts through history and a man hanged for beer
In India fans cooled crowds with slaves and punkahs while ecclesiastical and royal fans served sacred and state functions. An English tale recalls the saddler of Bawtry hanged for refusing a beer before his execution, a reprieve arriving moments later on a breathless horse.
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India
Rome
Bawtry
Signs of Consumption Early Symptoms
Early signs include fatigue in the afternoon waking tired in the morning poor appetite weight loss or stunted growth and easy exhaustion after exercise. If noticed in oneself one should consult a doctor and in any family with TB exposure all members should be examined by specialists.
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Nattler
Mme. Lanvin
Lowe
Downe
Low Sid
Nasent
Dolters
Akichened
Natir
Mother Woods
Amanda Benjamin Hall
R. Tayore
Pearl C. Stone
Holliston
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Massachusetts
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