Pipeless furnace promise cuts fuel use and heats home
William A Radford explains the pipeless furnace concept tracing its Civil War origin to modern efficiency gains. He describes how central cold air removal and heated air circulation replace basement piping, cutting heat loss 40 percent in a typical one and a half story house and offering savings for small stores and farms.
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Work or Fight Edict Impacts Athletes and Occupations
Washington May 28 General Crowder issues sweeping work or fight rules forcing registrants in useful occupations to choose work or military service after July 1. The new regulation targets gamblers, jockeys, racetrack workers, waiters, clerks, hotel attendants, ushers, and even theater staff, with idlers facing induction if no suitable employment is found.
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War draft plan limits idleness and boosts work
General Crowder explains regulation to curb nonuseful occupations and require able-bodied men to choose between military service and effective employment. The new rule ties exemptions to industrial contribution and safeguards dependents, aiming to speed national production.
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West African Shea Butter Nut Oil Source
The reddish oil of the West African shade tree, a vegetable butter, is valued by margarine and chocolate makers. The pulp is sweet and wholesome, prized by natives, and the nut yields nearly two thirds butter. The tree begins nuts at about 15 years old and peaks around 25.
Late Market Quotations and Commodity Prices
Late market quotations show per ton pri ces for upland alfalfa and timothy hay in Colo and Nebr, with assorted feeds, grains, and live cattle prices. Commodities span straw, beans, onions, carrots, and regional wool and dairy figures, listing multiple markets and price ranges.
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Radiophone fog warning system tested at Point Judith light
Popular Science Monthly reports L is equipped with a radiophone fog warning machine. It repeats the words Point Judith light every five seconds and sends warnings that listeners hear up to eight miles away. Messages warn that you are getting closer and shift wave lengths between 550 and 650 meters. The system could let parsing ships hear the messages even if not on exact wavelengths, with improvement expected and potential adoption by all lighthouses if successful.
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Popular Science Monthly
Point Judith
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Nearby Market Practices For Home Canners And Beekeepers
The piece discusses the value of reliable, well presented home canned products sold through nearby markets. It stresses standardized packs, clear labeling, graded containers, and organized club supervision to guarantee quality. It notes pooling surplus to attract buyers and the need to fulfill advance orders on time. Also considers bee keepers needing study and timely actions for success.
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Bureau of Markets
Beekeeping Industry Could Boost Honey Output
The text argues that the American beekeeping industry could expand to produce honey ten times current levels. Such growth would aid in emergencies and normal times by supplying concentrated, nutritious food, a superior alternative to inferior syrups and jams.
Canning Clubs Preserve 850 Million Quarts in 2017
Aris' canning clubs in the United States produced 14,610,187 containers of fruit and vegetables in 2017. Including organized women’s clubs and home demonstration agents, total canned goods are about 850 million quarts valued around 140 million dollars, not counting dried or salted home-use products.
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Aris
United States
Spare time wages in Ohio garden work flash industry insight
An Ohio factory reports workers earned 92 cents an hour in spare time gardening last year. Eight hours daily yielded 7.36 dollars, 220.80 monthly, and 2,649.60 yearly, a profit above idle hours. Gardens fed workers and families while the plant logged the garden work as value.
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Care of Young Horses for Weanlings and Colts
Guidance on feeding young stock stresses ample grain and good roughage for colts to mature into useful work horses. Save grain by feeding idle mature horses, and use economical rations suitable for both young and mature stock. Contact state experiment stations for local economical rations and request Farmers Bulletin 80% from the USDA for feeding and management of young horses.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Inexpensive Tools for Home Garden, Simple Uses
Cheap garden setup shown to cost under five dollars with a spade hoe and rake, all bought tools. Improvised items include a twine line between stakes a board trowel and a makeshift weeder from hoop iron.
Practical Garden Notes on Crops and Care
Cultivate and fertilize the asparagus bed to gain returns. Thin cantaloupe and watermelon once strong. farming for feed is safest. Keep potatoes well cultivated early. straight rows look better than crooked. Sweet clover is a true biennial, making root and top growth first year and seeding in the second.
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