Choosing Slip-Cover Fabrics For Home Furnishings
University of Illinois adviser Dorothy Swig offers tips for slip cover fabrics. Select firmly woven, non raveling materials that launder easily and shrink washable fabrics before cutting. Heavy fabrics create bulky seams. bold patterns suit large rooms while plain or small patterns fit small rooms and plain walls.
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Dorothy Swig
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Urge Farmers to Buy Fertilizer Now for 1952 Seeding
Farmers urged to place orders immediately while supplies last to ensure fertilizer for spring seeding. Midwestern shortages are feared as raw materials like phosphate remain scarce due to rearmament needs, bottlenecks, and limited storage. Cooperate with manufacturers by taking delivery to keep production high and finished goods moving.
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Spring Top Dressing Ups Pasture Yields
Prof. C. J. Chapman of Wisconsin outlines early spring top dressing with 10-10-10 fertilizer at 500 to 600 pounds per acre. The practice boosts pasture quality and dairy cow production, supports minerals and vitamins, and can be applied as soon as snow melts, sometimes on frozen ground, with full field work by April or as late as May 1.
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C. J. Chapman
University of Wisconsin Extension
Chapman
Farm Shorts Heat Lamps Cut Baby Pig Losses
Low cost heat lamps in pig brooders reduce chilling losses and improve piglets survival says swine specialist at Illinois College of Agriculture. Vibriosis affecting Illinois cattle and sheep may cause up to 12 percent abortion in cattle herds. Good dry period cow care boosts milk production after freshening according to a University of Minnesota dairy expert. Fertilize shade trees and evergreens in spring as frost leaves the ground.
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