Characters of the county agent a view from the farm
A longtime observer recalls John Hervey and other county extension agents, highlighting their varied characters from idealistic crusaders to practical teachers. The piece traces Hervey’s impact in Washington County Ohio, his reforms in dairying and 4 H clubs, and the broad, enduring role of the American county agent in rural development across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First County Agricultural Extension
Ernie
California
Gray
America
Germany
Julius Caesar
Socrates
Joan of Arc
Ian Name
John Hervey
Washington County
Ohio
John
State
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Hervey
Farm Bureau
Jersey Center
State University
County Jersey Association
Farmers’ Club
Hervida
Ida
Cain
Marietta
The
Baptists
Dyarses
Blue in Interiors Doubts and Delights in Use
Blue as interior decoration inspires purity and loftiness but has drawbacks. Avoid rooms without steady sunlight. use warm accents like yellow to counter cold tones. Rugs with solid blue are hard to balance, while blue in Chinese or oriental rugs balances with warm colors. Dark blue suits floors, but lighter blues are preferred when in vogue. Some fade resistant blues exist in high grade textiles and wallpapers.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Nursery Blocks Crochet Rug by Grandmother Clark
A crochet rug titled Nursery Blocks uses 8 inch blocks and a 33 by 50 inch finished size. It shows how to assemble blocks into any size and color scheme and notes a border of four inches and an approximate 5 pounds of rag strip material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Craft CO
Dept. C
Nineteenth & St. Louis Avenue
St. Louis
Famed Mounted Police Upgraded Tactics Across Canada
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police now rely on motor cars and motorcycles, with detectives skilled in fingerprints ballistics and psychological methods. The force enforces the criminal code across six provinces and federal statutes across the dominion, facing evolving crime like payroll bandits drug traffic and gang activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canada
Scotland Yard
Plains
Dominion
Europe
New World
Yukon Patrol Keeps Order Amid Arctic Crime Records
Dorothy Giles writes of the Yukon frontier where snowshoe mounted patrols and dog sleds maintain order along Hudson Bay while electricity, airplanes, and radio fail to erase crime. Police headquarters in Ottawa hold files on scores of recent offenses under a tradition of pursuit.
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Jfudson Bay
Yukon
Twilit
Arctic
Ottawa
Dorothy Giles
Cosmopolitan Magazine
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MEN OF Earth
Russell Lord
Yu Vw
Via
American Agriculture
Smith-Hughes
Co-Operative
Texas
New England
Massachusetts
Arkansas
Florida
Oregon
Unica
Clark
Mounted Police
Phillips
Bayer
Metropolitan Grand Opera
New York Stage
Geraldine Farrar
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