Population pressures and reclamation pace shape future food supply
A 1925 outlook by John Dickinson Sherman and Sherman Ince surveys world and American population growth, U.S. food imports, and rising demand. It analyzes land use limits, irrigation, and the Colorado River project as central to feeding future generations, warning of higher costs and policy choices.
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John Dickinson Sherman Ince
United States
A. D
United States Department of Agriculture
Germany
Belgium
France
Lve
Congress
Forest Service
Malthus
Europe
America
Robert FE. Chaddock
Columbia University
American Statistical Society
Hubert Work
Interior
Chaddock
Chadwick
Colorado River
Colorado
Utah
Arizona
California
Nevada
Mexico
Gulf of California
Boulder Canyon
Boulder Dam
Wyoming
New Mexico
Warren Hilton Quote in Cabinet Memo
The fragment quotes Warren Hilton asserting that all human achievement arises from bodily activity and is directed by the mind, noting a cabinet context. The text presents a philosophical line attributed to Hilton in a clipped document.
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Warren Hilton, A.B
Cowcatchers and Pedestrian Safety on Motor Cars
A Toronto Globe editorial argues for new motor car bumpers to protect pedestrians. It contrasts locomotive cowcatchers on rail cars with cars on public highways where people have equal right to safety, urging design changes to prevent injuries.
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Toronto Globe
Indian bullroarer instrument described and defined
An Indian bullroarer described as a rhythmic instrument made from a narrow rectangular wooden slat. The device is twirled to produce sound and motion, illustrating traditional uses and construction.
Description of bullroarer play instrument and use
The text explains a bullroarer as a long wooden slat suspended by a cord, inches to two feet long and one-half to two inches wide, often with a wooden handle. It is whirled around the head to create a roaring sound from air pulsation, commonly painted with symbolic designs.
Barber Teases Bald-Man With Haircut Question
A barber jokes with a bald-headed man about whether he wants a haircut, illustrating humorous street dialogue and teasing banter.
Sandwich recipes and dessert ideas from a vintage menu
A collection of sandwich fillings and desserts detailing halibut and watercress sandwiches, Swiss cheese and ham tomato varieties, Melba and sliced chicken options, a salad cabbage preparation, butterscotch pie, date layer cake, fudge, peppermint candies, pineapple pie, and a rice puff treat. Includes method steps, ingredients, and serving notes.
Vultures’ keen scent draws carrion over long distances
Reports claim vultures possess the sharpest smell among birds and can scent dead carcasses from far away. In rural areas where vultures are scarce, a found hog or calf carcass can attract birds to a location within miles.
Beaver Hats in England Compulsory Material Prohibition
England once mandated beaver hats as the standard and banned hatters from using any other material. The policy aimed to preserve traditional fur hat production and regulate trade, reflecting 18th or 19th century industrial fashion controls and economic protectionism.
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England
Buttermilk in Cream Cans Warns Dairy Expert
Harold Macy of the University of Minnesota warns that carrying buttermilk in cream cans contaminates cream with souring and mold. He urges using separate cans for buttermilk or contracting whole batches to ease cleaning and improve cream quality.
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Harold Macy
Division of Dairy Husbandry
University of Minnesota
Macy
Improvement of Flavor and Quality of Butter
M Mortensen of the Iowa experiment station compared pasteurization temperatures and acidity of sour cream on butter flavor and keeping quality. Butter from cream pasteurized at 170F for 20 minutes scored higher than 145F in 17 trials, but did not keep as well over nine months at 0F. Pasteurization at 180F was slightly less satisfactory than 170F, and sour cream neutralization improved quality and reduced deterioration.
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M. Mortensen
Iowa Experiment Station
Calves Fed for Spring Market Profit Hint
Dr C W MecCampbell of Kansas State Agricultural College says feeding calves for a late spring or early summer market offers less risk and higher profits. He notes calves must be prime to sell well and require about 180 days of feeding and around 40 bushels of corn to reach peak market condition.
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C. W. MecCampbell
Kansas State Agricultural College
McCampbell
Dairy Cow Care And Sanitation Tips For Milk Quality
Advice warns against feeding more than 1144 pounds of cottonseed meal daily to cows and stresses continuous milking until clean. Emphasizes clean milk equipment, pleasant cows with white switch es, and providing water in stalls. Also urges discharge of nonpaying boarder cows and cautions about contamination from shallow wells affecting milk safety.
Farmer's Wife Sends Paying Egg Riddle to Wholesale House
A farmer's wife shipped a craft of eggs to a city wholesale house. Before dying she wrote on an egg a question about price, adding her name and address. A year later she received a reply on an actor's embellished stationery saying the actor recalled her eye for nothing while playing Himmlef.
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A. Farmer
Himmlef
London
Golden Medical Discovery Ad Promises Benefits
An advertisement urges readers to obtain Golden Medical Discovery from local druggists in tablet or liquid form. It invites free medical advice from Dr. Pierce in Buffalo New York and offers a trial package for 10 cents.
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Sebeka, Minn
No Neighborhood Too Poor for a Beauty Parlor
An exchange notes a wealth of hope in a poor neighborhood where a beauty parlor is seen as a potential beacon of improvement. The dialogue highlights resilience and entrepreneurial spirit amid economic hardship.
Bread Flour Cornmeal Batter Recipe
Measure and sift bread flour cornmeal baking powder and sugar. Beat eggs with milk then blend with dry ingredients. Stir in melted butter and pour into hot gem pans. Bake at 400 degrees for twenty five minutes. Fear of poverty is the taskmaster of most men.
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Dee
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Bureau of Reclamation
Department of the Interior
Federal Reclamation Service
Juéco
Western Newspaper Union
Bellans
Gratis
Spohn’s
SPOHN
Spohn Medical Co
Goshen, Ind
Grippe
Arienre Lancun
Cascara
Chesebrough Mfg. CO
State Street
New York
Haarlem
Pastor Koenigs Nervine
Leley
Tas Koenig Medicine CO
N. Wells ST
Chicago
Ill
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