Crowder warns on deferments under selective service act
General Crowder urges employers and labor reps to actively aid draft boards in deferment decisions. He explains boards will examine questionnaires, stresses employers must consider national interests and industry impacts, and notes voluntary enlistments and labor shifts far exceed draft losses. He cites 1918 classifications and cautions deferments shift shortages elsewhere.
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Crowder
T Finve
Selective Service Boards
Army
Navy
Stockmen Fight Tick Fever in Oklahoma Win Victory
Prepared by the U S Department of Agriculture the report notes cooperative action with the livestock sanitary board of Oklahoma leading to quarantine lifts for 22 counties by December 1 2018. It cites dipping vats cattle dippings and state support urging eradication of cattle ticks to boost cattle production milk yields land values and show ring eligibility across the South.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Livestock Sanitary Board of Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Council of Defense
Mississippi
Gulf
Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture
Union
Louisiana
South
Easy Way to Harvest Corn
United States Department of Agriculture outlines husking corn from standing stalks as a major task for farmers. When labor is scarce, rent a mechanical picker with a crew of three men and three teams. seven acres per day is typical, delivering about 850 bushels per unit while reducing manual workload.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Wren
Hushtag
Importance of Good Feeds for Hog Rearing
The article stresses that good stock selection alone fails without proper feeding and management. It emphasizes supplying nutrients for body repair and energy for fat, using whole, palatable seeds that are cost reasonable for hog diets.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Soil Essentials for a Bountiful Crop
Phosphorus and lime rich soil boosts yields when given full chance. Proper soil nutrition supports healthy crops and sustained growth across seasons.
Mechanized picker efficiency across varying yields
A mechanized picker covers about the same ground daily regardless of yield, making its advantage greater in heavy ore than in low yield ore. This suggests consistent terrain work efficiency, elevating productivity where ore concentration is higher.
Peanut Industry Grows in the South in 1917
Figures from the U S Department of Agriculture show more than 2,000,000 acres planted to peanuts in 1917. The rapid expansion of peanut cultivation is viewed as a striking development in Southern agriculture.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Crop Estimates
South
Grinding Not Economical for Hog Feed
Grinding alfalfa for hog feed proves uneconomical based on experimental and practical work. The report notes reduced feed efficiency and higher costs without corresponding gains in weight or health outcomes.
What It Means to Be a Christian Lesson Review
The text outlines a quarterly lesson review on what it means to be a Christian. It lists twelve lessons, each detailing facets such as faith in Jesus, study of God’s Word, personal prayer, obedience, growth in grace, helpfulness to others, worship and communion, confessing Christ, charitable giving, resisting evil, holiness, and using God given talents for future accountability. It references I John 3:1-4 and the Golden Text I John 3:18.
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Jesus Christ
Peter
Andrew
James
John
Christ
Jesus
God
The Greatest Teachings Quote by Milton
A compact reflection states there are no songs like Zion s, no orations equal to prophets, and no politics like the Scriptures teach as voiced by Milton in a paraphrased homage.
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Zion
Misery and Relief in Oskaloosa Woman’s Tale
A Mrs Lizete Courtney of 108 6th Ave West Oskaloosa Iowa describes years of misery from weakness and pain. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with immediate relief and urges other women with displacements inflammation ulceration backache or menopause to try the root and herb remedy. She adds letters from the company for advice and promises continued service.
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Oskaloosa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lizete Countney
6Th Ave
West
Iowa
Courtney
Womay
Dha
Pinkham Cine Co
Lynn
Mass
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P. B. Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Review
Conia E. Pinkham
Carter
Hodgson-Davis Grain Company
Board of Trade
Kansas City
Cnticura
Dept. X
Boston
Forbes
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