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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1950
Page
6
A fragment describes needlework patterns for a pinafore with birds and flowers. It mentions a transfer chart labeled nek 4 and 6 and references a counting chart. The text also alludes to a form asking for name, address, and number to be sent to a specified no.
The author suggests building studding to mount wallboard as a partition. Movable panels can stay in place for Privacy, while removable sections improve summer ventilation. adding another window may be needed for adequate light and air.
Australian aborigines with perceived low cultural status demonstrate strong eye memory by drawing fairly reliable sand maps. Their geographic ability, described as eye memory, highlights competent spatial reasoning and mapping skill.
Cornell soil conservationists Hugh Wilson and Harry Kerr unveil a two part teaching device dubbed the one armed bandit. It uses a land use capability chart and an analyzer with four concentric circles to indicate soil balance with green yellow or red lights. The tool assesses slope drainage texture erosion and humus to determine field suitability.
Ohio State University extension entomologist T. H. Parks warns cattle with lice perform poorly. Winter and spring lice infestations delay gains and milk flow. Treat promptly with rotenone (two applications 15 days apart) or a single DDT treatment. Symptoms include rough hair and hairless patches from rubbing.
Stanley K. Swift, 23, of Gilman Iowa, owns the grand champion carload of Berkshire hogs at the International Livestock Show in Chicago. He is noted as the youngest carload champion in the history of the event. The prize hogs are purebred Berkshires.
Scientists report beneficial insects preying on pests may join forces with new sprays. Reports from North Dakota show insecticidal spraying killed friendly bugs as well as pests, leading to a temporary suspension to allow predator populations to recover.
Multiple small ads offer home or farm work with no social skill needed and pay from $50 to $100 weekly. Other notices promote meat products, razors, crickets and fishing bait with instructions, pricing, and order details.
Durr-Schaffner Hatchery advertises day old prover chicks including Rocks and Hybrids with 100 percent live arrival guarantee. Prices for cockerel chicks start at 3.00 per 100, with postpaid and hatchery options. Contact addresses listed in Atlanta Georgia and Tampa Florida.
The text argues Christians must obey Christ's Great Commission to go into all the world. It critiques denominations for low mission giving and few foreign missionaries, citing per member giving and overall ministerial deployment. It references historical spread of early church and mission work across nations and languages.
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports a survey showing 40 percent of all U S farms had telephones as of July 1 1949, up from 37 percent in the prior period. The expansion marks growing rural communications access.
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