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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1913
Page
3
The article outlines DIY cleansers for nail stains using lemon, ammonia dilution, pumice powder, and cuttlefish bone. It describes nail white spots as possible nail weakness or mental attitude, and offers recipes for nail rouge and a whitening hand lotion with olive oil and glycerine, plus a beeswax based paste as an alternative.
How to restore gloss to felt hats hit by rain using fine sandpaper kept along nap direction. For dusty straw hats apply diluted shoe polish to refresh. Gently shake and dry face veils over a radiator, avoiding soggy piles, to revive appearance.
The article notes a return to traditional sampler crafts as families reuse old designs. Children and older girls imitate grandmothers by crafting samplers to frame and display on walls.
A washed and peeled potato cut in half can clean oil paintings. Wipe the surface with a damp cloth rub with dry cotton wool and polish with a silk handkerchief for a final shine.
A small decorative writing table accessory for a stationery case. The back uses stiff material with pale blue silk and dark blue cord. it features a three-loop cord arrangement and a top loop to hang from a wall. A penwiper of dark cloth pieces is attached with a kid strip and ring for suspension.
A visit to counters shows jabots and jabot collars replacing frills on coats. Instructions detail making jabots from tulle or Brussels, embedding embroidery with mercerized cotton, and using linen collars with Irish lace borders. Other collars feature black moire silk with a cream shadow lace rabat.
A Green's Fruit Grower guide describes preferred soils and long term planning for asparagus. Start from seed or yearling plants, lay out in rows like corn, and ensure deep rich moist soil with warm exposure for twenty years of productive growth.
The article extols lime as highly effective for stiff clay soils and also beneficial for loose sandy soils. It explains lime improves moisture retention and soil structure, noting clay soils tolerate more lime while sandy soils respond best when lime is used on a green crop turned under. Lime speeds humus formation aiding soil filling.
The Breeders' Gazette notes two corn root systems primary and secondary. Primary roots fill the top two feet of soil and cross in rows. deep cultivation prunes them reducing water and nutrient uptake. Deep soil prep before planting and shallow cultivation after are advised. secondary roots brace the plant upright from lower stalk nodes.
Wheat and rye have similar composition with wheat richer in protein. Rye is tougher and harder to grind and both digestible but less than corn due to hulls. When priced like corn they may fit rations, ground form preferred. Barley ranks between wheat and oats and is less used eastward unless quality is poor.
Advice from Dr Reynolds on lice treatment for cattle emphasizes cleaning and disinfecting barns as essential as treating the animals. Use Persian insect powder dust on backs and rumps or brush daily with kerosene sparingly to avoid skin injury.
The Department of Agriculture reports last year to be successful with grass demonstration experiments. One hundred one acre farms across 20 counties yielded about 3 146 pounds of cured hay per acre at 23 66 dollars per acre on average. Some farms reached 6 000 pounds per acre. Strong interest in grass growing has grown in South Carolina. A brisk campaign has been started from the North.
Transplanting to open ground requires hardening off by gradually reducing water and increasing air. This process hardens wood and aids climate adaptation, giving plants a dull purplish color and firmer wood when properly hardened.
Before the first hatch the incubator brooder house must be cleaned top to bottom. Floors scrubbed and dried then sprinkled with air slaked lime. Doors and windows sealed, sulphur burned, house closed for a day, sand spread on the floor. Brooders cleaned and well sunned for a clean start.
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