Tariff Board urges broad cut in Schedule K rates
The tariff board reports Schedule K costs show current duties on raw wool and related products distort trade, exclude high shrinkage wools, and raise prices. It recommends a general reduction and a move to ad valorem or grease-weight based duties to balance domestic and foreign costs, urging prompt congressional action.
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Opera Houses In Europe Abound In Historic Centers
The article notes Milan with La Scala seating 3600 and four opera houses year round while Naples mirrors Milan in number. Nice and Brussels among others host famous venues. It cites La Scala founded in 1778 and San Carlo in 1737, and says German towns all boast opera houses.
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Love and a Looking Glass In a Christmas Shop
A Liverpool Mercury snippet recalls a couple’s playful exchange after shopping. The husband teases his wife about looking around stores while she notes she saw something very pretty in the shops.
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Fashionable Lines and Cleaning Tips for Everyday Bags
The article outlines how to care for silver makeup bags with a strong ammonia solution boiled briefly to remove dust. It also describes a costume featuring a high waist line and panel front with black satin accents, buttons of various sizes, and a flat bow detail on a white lawn cravat and shoes.
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Parisian Hair Washing Paste Gains Popularity
The piece describes a soap based hair washing paste used to keep hair flat and clean. It mixes powdered soap with boiling water borax or ors oatmeal for texture and rose geranium oil for fragrance, creating a scented jelly that must be rinsed out with hot water to remove coated soap from individual hairs.
Train Styles And Fur Trim In New Gowns
The train has come to stay with variations like pointed, fish-tail, and occasional graceful round forms. Skunk fur or brown fox bands three inches wide trim the lower edge of many gowns in chiffon brocaded satin or velvet, with a matching band finishing the sleeves.
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The Silver Mesh Bag Remains In Demand
Durable silver mesh bag continues in wide sale with persistent production. The piece notes the bag’s longevity and urges keeping it in top condition for long term use.
Straightening Embroidery Method Preserves Flat Work
Embroidery tends to draw and pucker. lay a thick cloth dampened in cold water on a board, pin the fabric edges to stretch it straight, and leave overnight to dry. If needed, repeat until smooth to restore even texture.
Adjustable Tunic Fashion in Winter Wardrobes
Adjustable tunics in white lace form a staple of winter wardrobes for those who can afford them. The combination with Empire slips and satin or crepe gowns allows varied outfits. separates aid cleaning, storage, and preservation of lace patterns.
Women Hide Handkerchiefs in Girdle Ends
Women adapt girdle ends to conceal pockets where a small handkerchief can be slipped. The practice shows ingenuity in using existing garments for discreet storage.
Fur Trimmed Gown and Velvet Hat Described
A historical description details a striped purple gown with white embroidered collar and vest, edged in musquash. A black velvet hat is adorned with fur and feathers, completing the ensemble.
Cap Fastener For Keeping Caps On Children
A simple elastic loop sewn to one side of a cap and under the chin keeps caps in place. Measure elastic to fit with a loop and attach a side button near the loop. Use button color matching the cap if possible. The method is easier than elastic on both sides and helps prevent caps from being pulled off.
Wild Honduras Turkey Noted for Brilliant Coloring
The ocellated or Honduras turkey, native to Central America, is praised as highly beautiful in color rivaling the Indian peafowl. Its head and neck are bare with no breast tuft, and ground plumage shows bronze green bands with gold bronze blue and red. Breeding outside its native climate is deemed unsuccessful.
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Lice Plague in Poultry Yards Warned by Expert
Emma Stacey cautions poultry keepers about lice infestation and ineffective mixtures. Clean yards and houses, apply safe lard to chicks, and avoid harmful mixtures to protect flock health during hot months.
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Emma Stacey
Hens Nests With Hinges and Staples Described
Instructions describe building hens nests with a hinged bottom attached at the front by hinges and small hooks with staples. When dumping nests are tested the bottom drops to dump contents. Nests should be at least 12 inches square, 15 inches for large breeds.
Care of Goose Feathers and Drying Process
A writer describes careful feather handling from killing to drying. Geese are picked in a closed room, feathers boxed, then placed in Lin sacks and hung to dry. If scalded, feathers spread on a sheet upstairs near a register to dry, with coarse feathers discarded. Ready sale pricing cited at 50 to 60 cents per pound.
Start With Very Best Poultry Stock For Best Outcomes
A discussion emphasizes beginning with top quality foundation stock rather than fair stock to save time and improve results in poultry breeding. It argues that starting with the very best stock is more efficient and reliable for breeders.
Eggs When Price Is High
Poultry tips warn farmers to protect growing stock through the third quarter. Neglect leads to illness and delayed maturity, reducing egg production and profits as cold weather nears. By January pullets may lay late with thin flocks and lower prices by spring.
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J. M. Park
TO MAKE GOOD EGG SHINER
The sketch describes a simple ess shiner built from a box that fits over a lamp. Cut two side holes to test two eggs at once and place a looking glass at the back to reflect light through the openings for better shining.
Excellent Poultry Hints for Market Growers
Practical guidance for poultry producers detailing marketing separation of roosters, timely slaughter, eye-catching presentation, regular market days, and the importance of tagging each fowl. Warns that big broilers may misprice, stresses notifying commission merchants before shipping, and advises avoiding mixing white and yellow skinned birds.
Poultry Notes Highlights and Poultry Care Tips
Fresh air sunshine and exercise aid poultry health from February to October. Open front houses and lime disinfectant help disease control. Dust boxes and oyster shells support egg production. Ducks offer strong profits. use green feed and canal mash with cornmeal peas and amino acids.
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