Spring renewal tips for furniture and fabrics
The piece surveys furniture supply and pricing in spring, noting no imminent shortages in major categories, and advises buyers to plan ahead. It highlights blending period styles, growing nur sery demand, durable juvenile furniture, rayon rugs as cheaper wool substitutes, and affordable drapery fabrics while noting nylon and novelty yarns remain luxury items.
Legume In Wheat Boosts Yields With Rich Fertilizer
Purdue extension agronomist advises a complete balanced fertilizer at fall seeding and spring nitrogen top dressing to feed both wheat and legumes. Alfalfa and sweet clover replenish organic matter, improve soil, and aid drainage. In Indiana's pocket area, Charles Coades reports 42 bushels per acre Vigo wheat after applying 650 pounds per acre of 3-12-12 and spring nitrogen, followed by lush sweet clover.
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H. R. Lathrope
Purdue University Extension Argonomist
Indiana
Lathrope
Charles Coades
Davies County
Marine sergeant solves letter problem in training cadre
Marine staff sergeant William Parker instructs 73 recruits at a San Diego base. He issues the line Write my mother That s an order to prompt letters, and his mother Mrs. Harry Gronquist of Peoria received all 73. She later scolded him for not writing more often.
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Peoria
Ill
Staf
William Parker
San Diego
Parker
Harry Gronquist
Frazer
Farmers urged to check livestock mineral intake
The American Veterinary Medical Association warns farmers to monitor mineral consumption as spring production begins. Calcium and phosphorus constitute about 70 percent of body minerals, with dairy cows and laying hens needing careful balance to avoid deficiency diseases.
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American Veterinary Medical Association
AVMA
Homemakers Urged to Freeze and Can Surpluses
Government urges homemakers to preserve more food through canning and freezing to ensure pantry supplies during emergencies. With many lacking garden plots, the program encourages using seasonal surpluses to supplement households and boost overall stock.
Caliente Junction Encounter Foreshadows Mesa Verde Mission
Frazer arrives with a mail bag as a tall rugged man and a refined, pretty girl head toward Mesa Verde. They discuss danger from border bandits while the stagecoach departs under wary mining town scrutiny.
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Mexico
Bandits Halt Stage and Rob Passengers on Trail
Frazer and three passengers are halted on a rocky trail when two bandits threaten with a pistol. The masked gunman drives a tense exchange, demanding valuables while the stage driver and passengers comply, the poorer traveler revealing only two dollars and six bits.
Check Your Tackle Early Spring Gear Maintenance
An article advises anglers to inspect all fishing gear each spring. Check rods for chips and loose parts, clean and oil reels, test lines and leaders, discard kinked wire, and polish lures. Replace worn items and stock needed tackle promptly.
Journey From Caliente Junction Toward Mesa Verde
A stage leaves Caliente Junction bound for Mesa Verde with four horses straining up a rocky grade. Passengers endure a silent ride through barren terrain as talk turns to the distant town and efforts for a railroad line reaching the mining community.
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Caliente Junction
Mesa Verde
The Stream and Spinning Gear For Angling
An article discusses patient observation for trout fishing and the idea of scoring by casts per fish. It notes luck's role in fishing and describes a makeshift spinning rig using a seven and a half foot rod with light line to test lures at 25 to 30 feet. It also recounts the spoon lure’s evolution from a clamshell to a bright modern version.
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