Commerce Building a Monument to American Industry
A feature on the United States Department of Commerce as a monumental hub for commerce and industry. The piece surveys its diverse units including foreign and domestic commerce, aeronautics, mines, standards, and the patent office, highlighting their roles in fostering invention, shipping safety, and economic growth.
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United States
Congress
Washington
Department of Commerce
St. Peter's
Rome
Assumption
Moscow
Bureau of Foreign
Bureau of Mines
Bureau of Standards
United States Patent Office
Commerce and Industry
Patent Office
Bureau of Lighthouses
Bureau of Fisheries
Bureau of Navigation
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Steamboat Inspection Service
Unies
New Year 1933 Reflections On Historic Shifts In Power
Elmo Scott Watson argues 1933 marks the first third of the twentieth century and compares it to 1833 noting parallels in political revolutions. He cites Andrew Jackson’s 1828 presidency as a democratic breakthrough and contrasts it with early leaders like Jefferson and Adams to gauge national progress.
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Elmo Scott Watson
White House
Andrew Jackson
Frederic Austin Ogg
Yale University Press
Jackson
Benton
Jefferson
John Adams
Madison
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
New
Thomas Jefferson
America
Honesdale
Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jackson and Roosevelt A Century of Democratic Rise
The article compares Andrew Jackson and Franklin D Roosevelt as the first two Democratic presidents, discussing the political shifts since 1833, the rise of mass democracy, and social and economic forces driving change. It notes the 1830s waves of reform, anti slavery organizing, expanded voter rights, and mid-19th century industrial progress shaping American development.
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Ezekiel Webster
Jackson
House of Representatives
White House
Andrew Jackson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ogg
United States
William Lloyd Garrison
Albert Bushnell Hart
The 1830s Sparked American Industrial Growth and Westward Expansion
The passage traces rapid mid 19th century progress in America from edge tool manufacture and planing machines to the Nasmyth hammer and steam power. It notes farm and mill innovations, railroad rise, canal needs, and mass immigration, highlighting 1833 as a milestone year and pondering 1933 as a potential new era.
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England
McCormick
New World
Uncle Sam
Western Newspaper Union
Dances 5 Ten Excuses for Holding Up Scrub
Rural economist C R Arnold lists ten excuses farmers use to keep unprofitable scrub cows. He argues moratoriums on dairy waste, but notes the farmer’s rationalizations include low value, tax relief, dry years, minimal milking, and minimal neighbor pressure.
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C. R. Arnold
Agricultural Extension Service
Ohio State University
WNU
Low Butter Prices Push Dairymen Toward Higher Producing Cows
A Minnesota University bulletin shows butterfat price drops hurt small cows more than large ones. With butterfat at 50 cents, 100 200 and 300 pound cows earned $10 $52 and $92 over feed costs respectively. At 25 cents butterfat in March 1932 the 100 pound cow loses $11, 200 pound cow earns $9 and 300 pound cow loses $27. The lesson is to retain only high producing cows when prices sag.
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E. A. Hanson
Minnesota University Farm
Minnesota
Why Are Cows Culled The Oklahoma study lists causes
A 1931 Oklahoma Agricultural College survey of 147 cows removed from herds shows 5 with contagious abortion infection 2 tuberculin reactors 45 unprofitable producers 4 sterility 5 old age 16 auto accidents 3 udder trouble 52 sold for dairy use 13 died and 2 slaughtered for meat. Fifteen accident losses occurred in one herd. State summary forthcoming.
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Oklahoma Agricultural College
Cow Testing Association
Care of the Dairy Cow in Dry Period Benefits
The article explains that high milk producers on dairy farms grow thin near the end of lactation. It advises feeding carefully and allowing thin cows to go dry for six to ten weeks to restore body reserves. A well managed dry period can yield enough extra milk later to cover feed and care costs.
Silage Feeding Guideline for Winter Ration
The daily silage amount depends on cow weight. About three pounds of silage per 100 pounds live weight. Plus legume hay and a grain ration tied to milk output. Ground limestone and steamed bone meal mix fed at two pounds per 100 pounds of concentrate.
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