Census shifts may redraw Congress after reapportionment
The 1950 census prompts debate over congressional changes as urban migration reshapes seats. States losing or gaining reps include New York, Pennsylvania, California, Florida, and Texas. Agriculture faces seed shortages and acreage reallocations, risking idle land without more legume and grass seed production.
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Pennsylvania
Ilinois
Georgia
Arkansas
Kentucky
Mississippi
North Carolina
Tennessee
Oklahoma
California
Florida
Indiana
Michigan
Texas
Oregon
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Forecasts Record Pig Crop for 1950
The department of agriculture projects a record pig crop reaching markets in 1950 with the first wave in late winter or early spring. Prices are expected to fall about 10 percent, while parity price support remains at 90 percent through March and likely to drop after that date.
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Department of Agriculture
Dividing A Large Room With Simple, Cheap Partition Ideas
The reader is advised to build a studded partition with wallboard for a new room, noting movable panels for summer ventilation and possible need for additional windows. The rest of the text shifts to REA rural telephone service and social security bills, contrasting public and private efforts and anticipating education legislation.
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Rural Electric Administration
REA
House
Senate
Taft
Needlecraft Patterns for Birds and Flowers on Pinafore
Easy to make mother pinafore pattern 716 with transfer cutting chart sizes 2 4 and 6. Send 20 cents, your name address and pattern number to No.
New Gift Kit For Teen-Agers Debuts From Seventeen
SEVENTEEN COSMETICS releases a low cost gift kit for young girls starting to use makeup. The package includes a perfume bottle, two tone facial cream and lipstick, wrapped with a card. Hypo allergenic, ship prepaid anywhere in the country for 2.50 including tax.
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Seventeen Cosmetics
Seventeen
American Medical Association
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Rye
New York
Aboriginal sketch maps show strong eye memory in sand
Australian aborigines, whose cultural status is perhaps the world's lowest, can draw fairly reliable sketch maps in sand. Their eye memory makes them good geographers.
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