Use Labor To Best Advantage In Hay Harvest Bureaus
The United States Department of Agriculture urges shifting heavy hay labor to horse power and machinery to cut waste. Experts advise avoiding two mowers together, using push rakes and overshot stackers, and stacking with a double harpoon fork or homemade equipment. One man can move three times as much hay with a push rake, reducing mornings wasted on dew and improving overall efficiency for small and large hay operations.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department, of Agriculture
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Flore
Acre
Hay Harvesting Methods From Horse Powered Rakes
An old guide compares rakes and windrowers for hay making noting side delivery, two horse sulky, and grass loading methods. It argues that a one horse rake is costly while a two horse sulky or side delivery rake increases efficiency. Teddered windrows and team driving speed up work, with a two man crew preferred for meal breaks. It suggests hay caps may pay for themselves in bad weather and highlights labor savings from using power-linked devices over hand labor.
Watch Breeding Flock for Healthy Poultry Housing
Instructional note on maintaining a breeding flock including careful watering and inspection for infestations. Emphasizes keeping fowl in breeding condition, checking birds and homes for pests, and ensuring poul try housing location supports meat production efficiency amid critical handling concerns.
Reducing Losses in Long-Distance Spinach Shipments
U S Department of Agriculture specialists urge careful harvesting and packing with effective refrigeration to cut decay and soft rot losses in transit. They warn that bruised leaves, blight, yellowing, and wilting cause deterioration, and advise layered crushed ice in barrels or crates to maintain low temperatures.
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Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agricultors
Bureau
Causes and prevention of swarming in bees
The main causes of swarming are poor ventilation, insufficient queen-laying space, lack of honey storage room, and excess drones or an aging queen. Prevent swarming by avoiding these conditions. the queen’s egg-laying drives colony expansion. Remove stains from eggs with vinegar, then rinse in clean water. Bees must have adequate feed before relying on blossoms.
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Tixtension Service
Incubator Moisture and Ventilation for Better Hatches
Agriculturists explain moisture and ventilation must balance with heat to yield normal chicks. Too much moisture hinders air space and turning, while too little dries chicks. Methods include spraying eggs, water pans, wet sand, or damp sponges. floor soaking is safer than adding moisture directly to the egg chamber.
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United States Department of
Bay Poultry Specialists
United States Department of Agriculture
Managing moisture in hatchery incubators for optimal chick emergence
Expert guidance explains moisture needs vary by incubator placement and room conditions. It notes moisture may be required in dwelling rooms and may be unnecessary in some cellars, with increased needs when many machines operate together. It advises testing evaporation by comparing egg cells after seven and fourteen days and adjusting as weather warms.
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Agme
Growing Soy Beans for Hay in Emergency Crops
Soy beans for emergency hay have grown rapidly and are favored on sandy soils where clover fails. They offer high digestible protein comparable to alfalfa, though care is needed. hay palatability and value are strong. The text advises on placement of bread coop broods, lice remedies for hogs, crabgrass evils, and notes on poultry, geese, and emergency hay crops with rye/sudan grass.
Potatoes Show Record Harvest Yet Prices Continue Down
U S Department of Agriculture figures show 285 172 million bushels moved to market by January 1 1920 a 56 7 million bushel rise from the previous year while the 1920 harvest reached 430 458 000 bushels the largest on record Despite ample supply the average grower price slid from 3 09 a bushel on August 1 to 1 00 by January 1 reflecting a long running decline in prices across months with consumption rising as stocks remained leaner than prior years.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
UBMD
Wis
Belore
Finding Grade Of Potatoes In Market Grading
Specialists from the bureau of markets warn against overreliance on siting for potato grading. Potatoes may pass size standards yet be ruined by second growth knobs or disease, including freezing injuries or hollow heart, making field conditions the primary cause of losses in marketing.
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Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Poor Potatoes Cut Profits From Storage to Market
The United States Department of Agriculture warns that rotten or undergrade potatoes reduce grower profits and waste labor and car space. Through its markets inspection service the department aims to eliminate this waste across transit and storage.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Bridal Party Attire And Accessories In Wedding Custom
A guide to wedding dress codes notes brides wear white gowns with tulle and satin veils, while bridesmaids favor the bride’s favorite color. Ushers and escorts wear conventional afternoon dress with matching hats. Maids of honor and flower girls dress distinctively, sometimes with a page and another child in a fancy costume.
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England
Heynolds
van Dyke
New Novel Sport Outfit Gift Exchange at Wedding
The groom presents ushers and best man with mementos such as a scarfpin sleeve links or cigarette case to treasure the day while the bridesmaids receive similar tokens from the bride. Bracelets lockets and brooches are common wedding gifts.
Midsummer blue straw hat with pale lining and ribbon
A blue straw midsummer hat features a flesh-colored giorgette lining and a Polly-blue velvet ribbon. The hat has a dainty drooping brim and a refined, feminine style.
Queen Annes Lace Queen Takes Court in Garden Fantasy
A whimsical reader piece features Queen Anne as a flower queen named Annie of Guunty Bowery, discussing royal prerogatives with Sir Robert Roadside. The tale blends garden imagery with playful court banter about growing where she pleases and caring for bees and beetles as her subjects.
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Bowers
Skobert
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Sir Roadside
Queen Anne
Robert Roadside
Rovert
Troadside
Robert Roaiside
Robert
Fashion Notes of Interest in Summer Attire
A survey of dress trends notes gray crepe de chine trimmed with monkey fur and diamond shaped scalloping on the skirt edge. Semie hats feature shells and leather cutouts. Silk outfits with contrasting applique, milan hats with red, and white stockings with black slippers are described along with parasols and velvet trim. Beaded bags remain popular while soft suede vies with brocade for bags as summer advances.
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Eton
Oriental style negligees in black satin and crepe
The article describes black satin negligees inspired by oriental robes with hand painted motifs, bright color contrasts, and styles like surplice, kimono sleeves, and mandarin shaping. It notes silk, genana cloth, and crepe versions with pearl buttons and scalloped white chenille edging, including embroidery and metal painted designs.
Saddle Bag or Chair Back Cushions Enter Home Furnishings
The article reviews saddle bag cushions and chair backs as new down filled light cushions for chairs, plus foot pillows and footrests as revived old-time furnishings. It notes coverings, sizes, and a blue embroidered set for a blue library, then gives a tip to treat houseplants worms with camphor in water applied to dry plants.
Simple Curtains and Paris Hat Styles Tradition
An old housewife debate favors simple curtains over imitation expensive draperies. Practical color choices include tans grays and solid tones with vibrant prints to preserve tone. The piece shifts to Paris hat fashions featuring yellow bell shapes with feather trim and henna models with nasturtium accents. Rose coral gold medallions on neck ribbons and bracelet accents complete the style notes.
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India
Paris
Toom
Tanlac Restores Suffering Woman in Kentucky
Mrs. Bocoshorne of 715 Lancaster Ave Ledington Ky recounts relief after taking Tanlac for years of nervousness dizziness valvular heart symptoms and indigestion. She credits the medicine with eliminating headaches improving appetite digestion sleep and overall strength after Cincinnati doctors offered little help. Tanlac sold by leading druggists.
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Lancaster Av
Ledington Ky
Gail Norgens
Nadsen
You Can Walk In Comfort Shake Away Stains Ad
A vintage ad promotes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry aid promising clean clothes without ugly streaks and easy handling for grocers to stock.
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