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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1929
Page
6
Julia Bottomley describes washable rayon and cotton textiles imitating wool and silk, enabling affordable, practical fashion. She highlights toeing contrasts, twin scarves, and colorable outfits for streetwear, school, and office, noting rayon's white, silvery finish and versatile pairings with wool tones.
A letter in Successful Farming argues rabbits ruin trees and offers protection tips. It recommends galvanized window screen wire or one inch poultry wire wrapped around trunks, with nails to secure. Midsummer removal is advised after borers pass. Cornstalks or building paper cited as alternatives. Protectors should remain in place during heavy snows.
Preparation is crucial for orchard success. After clearing land, plow to seven inches in fall and leave rough over winter to improve soil surface and reduce runoff. In spring, break the land into a fine bed with a disk or spring tooth, then smooth with a harrow for a better seedbed.
The article notes no great difference among De Nelong apple strains and striped varieties for home planting. Golden Delicious is praised for flavor and keeping quality, with vigorous trees that bear fruit in years three or four if well cared for and pruned.
Reduction in acreage of fruit is seen as a path to higher profits. Illinois growers must apply better care and update equipment to stay viable as warmer conditions affect crops. Businesses with ample up-to-date gear succeed, while aging machines hinder efficiency.
Pruning should occur in late fall or early spring before sap flow. Grapes grow on new shoots each year. For bud pests, soap emulsion or nicotine spray works. A home soap emulsion can be made by dissolving half a day of laundry soap in water, then mixing with kerosene until creamy.
United States Department of Agriculture researchers compare self-fed hogs with hand-fed ones finding self-feeders reduce crowding at the feeder, lower grain use per pound of gain, and promote steady, moderated eating. Hogs fed in pasture show calmer grazing and better digestion, supporting the case for self-feeding over hand feeding.
The United States Department of Agriculture warns that potash deficiency in black gandy soils can cause premature corn death before frost. Plants grow well early but then collapse with leaves dying and ears underdeveloped, worsened by residue removal and exclusive phosphate fertilization. Recommendations include potash fertilization, residue disposal changes, and locally adapted seed selection.
The Food Investigation Board of Great Britain reports a general rise in tenderness for joluta hung at 41 degrees Fahrenheit. The improvement is most marked in best quality meat, with up to 98 from prime animals. Course meat, especially 48 aged cow beef, benefits from hanging, remaining sweet and palatable after 17 days.
Agricultural notes advise on on field routines including timber posts, timothy meadows, and locust plantation as a long term investment. It recommends a mineral mix for cattle and warns about hog wallows affecting boars after four months before furrowing. It discusses orchard diversity, pruning and topping with shears, and general maintenance tips for berries and fruit trees.
Quite a Feed Time reports at a Berlin advertising convention 250 calves 85 000 crabs 4 000 bottles of wine consumed by 2 500 diners. The figures illustrate overindulgence in a lighthearted segment aimed at entertaining readers.
The largest warehouse in Europa is located at Stettin hurtor on the Balde. It boasts a capacity of 65,000 Tong tons and about 48,000 square yards of storage space.
A Baltimore man Mr Solon S Bloom left his desk job to seek military camp life after health issues from sedentary work. He praises Nujol as a non drug remedy to ease bodily lubricity and claims it helps regularity, urging readers to try it for two weeks.
A fragment quotes a social remark on love and marriage with caustic wit. It notes a skeptical view that marrying for money also yields poor dividends, reflecting dated attitudes toward romance and finance.
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