American Farmers Hit New 1944 Crop Records
U S Department of Agriculture chief N E Dodd cites an eighth straight record in food production for 1944 with crops up 5 percent over 1943 and total farm output 29 percent above pre war era. Wheat leads with a 1 115 billion bushel harvest. corn, oats and fruit crops also reach new highs.
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Maria and Mara in wartimehousehold tensions and hope
Kathleen Norris profiles Mara and husband Mart facing war era stress. Mara longs for money and help but learns the way out is through adapting housework and family life. A parallel story follows a farm wife turning hardship into a path for her husband to pursue veterinary training.
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Fact Quiz: definitions and historical terms
The list asks meanings for milliard a large number equal to one thousand million a lee tide a tidal condition with a slack current a lake with no inlet or outlet in the United States is Lake Artesia or others depending on context Tokyo once called Edo cement vs concrete not the same term a kraal in South Africa is a traditional cattle enclosure or village form used by some Bantu peoples
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A Way Out for a Burdened War-Time Wife
A young wife and mother with three babies struggles with postwar weariness and endless chores. Her active husband earns enough for a home, yet she feels sick and tired, envies career and freedom, and longs for a quick escape from drudgery and boredom.
Applesauce Making Tips and Sweetening Options
Apples retain best flavor when peeled cured and cooked briefly in a tightly covered pan with minimal water to prevent scorching. Use little sugar or a substitute one third cup sugar per pound and a half yields about a quart of tart sauce. dessert sauce needs more sweetness possibly honey or syrup.
Answers to quiz prompts
The list provides concise responses: 1) a thousand million. 9) a runner moving with the wind. 3) Crater Lake in Oregon. 4) Yeddo as known up to 1889. 5) cement is one ingredient of concrete. 6) a village of natives.
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