Social Security Extends Coverage to Farm Workers
About 500 000 farm workers and farm household hands become eligible for old age and survivor benefits under the Social Security Act as of January 1. The coverage includes planting, harvesting, livestock care, beekeeping, processing, market delivery, and even farm household work. Wages paid to children under 21 are excluded, and family payments are not counted. Employers should consult local IRS collectors for timing and record keeping.
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Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security Administration
Altmeyer
Internal Revenue
Smart household hacks for cleaning and preserving antiques
Instructions cover cleaning plaster of Paris statues with a starch paste and drying, painting springs to prevent rust marks, Ivory care with soap and lemon salt, moleskin paste for protection under ornaments, repurposing felt hats, cutting unbroken mirrors into bevelled squares, marble care with a soda and fuller's earth paste, and a note on ancient Kassite introduction of a horse in Babylon around 2000 B C.
Disaster Relief Program For Farmers Expands Nationwide
The farmers home administration says the disaster relief plan begun in 1949 to aid snow bound ranchers has grown into a 33 million dollar program. It covers 37 states and Puerto Rico with over 26 000 loans averaging 91 192, and a top loan of 400 000 to a Mississippi farmer. The program broadens as crops fail in Mississippi and other areas, and officials warn losses may rise.
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Puerto Rico
Farmers Home Administration
Mississippi
Easy method to drain oil from large barrels
A farmer’s tip describes using a short piece of threaded pipe inserted through the barrel head near the chime. Elevate and tilt the barrel to start flow, then roll back to stop as the liquid drains. The setup avoids requiring a faucet and works with heavy contents like oil and kerosene.
Dehydrated Gouda and Edam Cheese Sold in Netherlands
The United States Department of Agriculture reports Netherlands vendors market dehydrated cheese made from Gouda and Edam. The product reduces cheese volume by about half and can be flavored by the aging of the original cheese used.
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Netherlands
U.S Department of Agriculture
Gouda
Edam
Ancient Asian women taunted tweezers in vanity cases
In a historical note on beauty habits, the text describes women of an ancient Asian civilization using tweezers in their vanity kits as early as 3000 BC, while an older grandma with traditional tastes regarded tweed eyebrows as too modern.
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Grandma
Sam
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