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Newspaper
Hayti Herald
Location
Hayti, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
10
The article advocates bulk concrete as highly effective for farm and suburban walks. It details excavation depths of 10 to 12 inches, a base of 6 to 8 inches, a tamped 3 1 4 inch concrete layer, and a top coat of 4 inches with a cement sand mix. It stresses well graded gravel and richer mixtures for poorer materials, plus a rough finish option if desired.
A two year experiment in 23 small West Virginia communities uses a 1000 point system across nine areas including history government business farms clubs homes schools churches and health to measure improvement. Examples show signs against gaudy advertising better school use as a social center and improved farm housekeeping and rural telephone service. The effort boosts standards but does not create utopia.
More than 350 English villages have Village Clubs branches uniting rural societies to boost country life. Clubhouses range from modest reading rooms to Nettlebed’s large village hall with dressing rooms library reading and billiard rooms a play shed skittle alley rifle range kitchen and cookery school. Clubs emphasize gender inclusive membership nonpolitical and nonsectarian operation by elected committees.
Do not rush into buying land amid a housing shortage. The advice urges careful planning for a long lasting home. Trees enhance beauty, comfort, permanence and stability, framing the setting and making houses feel like real homes as illustrated by Miss Alice Booth.
Ann Arbor Michigan to form a city Planning body to guide all general improvements including building traffic and beautification. Members will serve longer terms to ensure uninterrupted broad plans for the whole municipality, beyond changes in administration.
Edward W. Pickard reports on a looming Democratic split sparked by William Jennings Bryan challenging President Wilson over the Versailles treaty. Bryan pins hopes on a countrywide verdict, while Wilson urges ratification as party factions clash at national events in Washington and San Francisco ahead of the 1920 conventions.
Mrs Marsh Rabbit and Mrs Swamp Rabbit discuss spring coming and the life of marsh rabbits. They compare their nests, habitats, and family ties, noting water as protection and the near arrival of their litters. The tale highlights home, motherhood, and a marshy, sheltered life.
In the Woodshed dialogue features a boy recalling a whipping threat. He says his father disapproves of corporal punishment yet believes in prolonging the agony by forcing him to saw wood for three hours.
A teacher taught first graders that birds in their hands could choke if kept closed. She saw a girl crying and asked why, and the child replied that Jimmy kept his hands closed tightly, fearing the birds would choke.
Information from the United States Department of Agriculture notes that in the year ending September 30 more than 5,000 dogs were killed by wardens in Connecticut. Interfering with sheep led to many killings, while injury to sheep dropped versus prior years. The roaming dog law began July 1. Connecticut's sheep industry rose 35 1/3 percent over two years, with the legislature appropriation of $10,000 to aid the County Agricultural College in supporting the industry.
Guidance on choosing horse rations, testing different feeds for growth, work, breeding, and fattening. Emphasizes feeding trials, balanced rations, and separate roles of proteins and carbohydrates. References USDA Farmers Bulletin 1080 for detailed discussion.
J. W. Wilson of South Dakota State argues shrunken wheat has similar value to government price supports when used as hog feed. Experiments compared 44 pound wheat with 50 pound wheat, showing pigs fed ground shrunken wheat gained two pounds daily per head, while good wheat yielded only 0.3 pounds more per day.
Keep sows that prove profitable hearers and Berkshire hogs as a splendid type. Apply crude oil on the hogs to kill pests. Save the best gifts and breed them to a good boar. This method builds up a good producing herd.
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