Eggs for Everybody in Danish and American Co-ops
The article argues that the Danish and Dutch cooperative egg systems standardize, grade, and ship eggs to markets quickly, reducing losses and prices. It contrasts with the wasteful traditional chain and highlights successful U S examples in Dassel Minnesota and small Wisconsin firms, stressing stamps, fines for bad eggs, and farmer profitability.
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Danish Co-operative Egg Export Society
Danish Egg Export Society
Bees for Gothamites a New York Tribune quip
Iowa state bee inspector Frank C. Pellett suggests city residents plant bees on window sills to supply a year’s yield for five dollars. The piece pokes fun at city life, noting bees return home like a faithful commuter, and cites New York irritants as a comic contrast.
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Copenhagen
Renmark
New York
America
City Commission
Milwaukee
Boston
Kansas City
Frank C. Pellett
Iowa
Central Park
Interboro
New Tork Tribune
Timely Hints About Horses and Mules
Horse care guidance from B. 8. Miller covers protection, feeding, watering, and housing. Advice includes hats for protection, 26 cent hats at stores, avoiding sore shoulders, avoiding ill fitting collars, pasture grazing at night, and humane stall practices for hot weather. Mule colt prospects noted as valuable.
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Miller
Ornate Trimming Elevates New Hat Styles Across Crowns
Fashion notes express a general rise in hat height with ornate trims. Feathers and ribbon drapery form lofted spires and wings, while tall bows appear wired yet unseen. Examples No 18 in navy tagal and No 28 Riviera Casino hat showcase taffeta, chiffon, and velvet bands with black quill accents.
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Riviera
Good Sheepfold Advice on Care and Feeding Tips
Practical guidance for sheep owners includes warming a near dead lamb in hot water, avoiding rough handling, using creosote for stomach worms, and salt as medicine. It praises profit from spring lambs, stresses timely fattening, and recommends alfalfa barley turnips over corn. Shelter and shade aid comfort. provide clean drinking water via troughs.
You Should Feed the Best Stock for Greatest Returns
The text argues against feeding mongrel stock and claims that nothing pays as well as the best quality stock, promising satisfaction and superior results for a business. It presents a sharp preference for excellence in inputs over inferior alternatives.
Teach the Pig to Eat Early and Wean Safely
Instructions advise starting pigs on solid feed as early as possible and gradually increasing intake to about two months old. Feed should include butter or skim milk along with grain to maximize intake, and proper weaning is said to be harmless to both pig and sow.
Make Rapid Growth for Growing Chicks
Rapid growth demands a ration that supports high quality and quantity of grain and meat feed. Stunting chicks with poor nutrition is a false economy, hindering both weight gain and overall development.
Tomato Canning Profitable Industry Ties to Home Gardens
The United States Department of Agriculture notes tomato canning has become a major commercial industry with 12,800,000 cases packed in 1909. Garden tomatoes supply a large share, though much is wasted, and farmers can double plantings to ensure home and market supply. Canning offers high returns per acre and can be done during vacations without hindering schooling.
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Denmark
Association of Co-operative Creameries
Limburg
Friesland
Holland
Friesland Export Federation
Co-Operative Egg Selling Society
Chamber of Agriculture
Hanover
Chamber of Commerce
Europe
Hickory
North Carolina
Minnesota
Blue Mounds Egg Association
Blue Mounds
Wisconsin
United States
Ag Alfred Caristad
Dassal
Minn
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Weaning Pigs and Sow Welfare Compared
A writer argues against early pig weaning at seven or eight weeks. The piece suggests that weaning disrupts sow milking and harms the sow, drawing a parallel to mothers and cows to emphasize the welfare concern.
Feeding hogs with corn and protein feed advice
The article advises using a small amount of tankage or middlings with corn to maximize hog nutrition. It warns against feeding cottonseed meal to hogs and notes that hogs gain the most value from corn when accompanied by protein feed.
Double Cropping Boosts Small Garden Returns
Double cropping can significantly raise yields for small plots especially in town and suburban gardens. With careful planning and management the two crops complement rather than interfere with each other.
Cull Surplus Cocks Keep Breeding Stock
A livestock note warns to remove surplus roosters to protect profits. Retain enough for breeding and sell or market any remaining birds in usable condition.
Blossoms Rule Fashion With Velvet Satin Artificial Flowers
Artificial blossoms in satin velvet and plush dominate current dress trends. Velvet and satin roses and Hilles are essential for corsages and decorative beadings. Large blossoms anchor the waist and sashes, with flowers appearing in folds and masses of skirt drapery.
Ribbons Describe Vibrant Color and Elegant Ribbon Use
The article details satin ribbons with velvet floral grounds in yellow red pink and blues, wide Roman striped ribbons for girdles with large bows, and stitched two-strip ribbons worn as tunic belts. It notes white gowns with Roman ribbon girdles, gold and silver metal ribbons for vests, and hats trimmed with narrow grosgrain ribbon and satin bands. Persian rug patterns and Chinese designs add depth to brocaded ribbons, enhancing colorless outfits with gold or silver touches.
Dictates Of Fashion Through The Ages
Fashion notes describe the shift from waisted backs to rubbery shirt waists and white velvet hats. Bright colors like sweet pea tones appear in new taffetas and embossed dotted embroidery boosts novelty undergarments. Sashes and belts dominate children's dresses while tango nightgowns blend chemise and trousers. Egyptian bandeaux with amber or jade decorate theater ladies.
Backgrounds for Gemstones by Atilleus Green
Atilleus Green asserts backgrounds enhance gem brilliance. Diamonds suit black and silver brocades. emeralds suit dove gray. rubies glow on pale pink with a liver. sapphires need pale grays honey or white. opals favor white lace or pale green with ombre tones.
Picot Edge for Silk Gown Girdle Finish
Instructions for creating a picot edged girdle from silk by hemstitching and pulling threads. Outline girdle width, cut center lines, and join strips for a continuous girdle. Double hemstitch edges for strength and consider using hemstitching on trimmed bodice pieces. Shops can supply hemstitching by the yard on request.
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Ming
The Plaque Hat Styles Rise In Fashion
The plaque or plateau hats captivate shoppers with folded, lifted, and bandeau variations. Designers call them prom ising for pairing with taffeta gowns and bouffant draperies. The styles range from ear folding to back bandeau for a Watteau look.
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Dry Goods
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England
London
Co-Operative Egg Export
Missouri
Frederickssund
Irish Agricultural Organization Society
Germany
Co-Operative Society
Dassel
Association
Dassel Produce Company
Cassel
Gothamites
Nice
Picot
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