Pretty Afternoon Frocks and Ornate Handbags
A detailed fashion note on pastel crepe gowns and accessories. It highlights color palettes Apricot almond green orchid citron and rainbow combinations, plus rosettes beading and lace yokes. Handbags shoes and hats are featured with beaded Egyptian motif bags and patent leather designs.
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Lome
SODD THINGS FOR EVERYBODY AND COOKING TIPS
A short spread offers a recipe series with tomato sauce tomato soup and macaroni luncheon guidance. It includes steps for browning pork onion carrot and seasonings plus behavior for thickening with butter and flour and notes on purslane as a nutritious weed. The tone mirrors home kitchen counsel and practical cooking methods.
Early Troubles of Baby Chicks
This United States Department of Agriculture summary explains leg weakness in early hatched chicks due to calcium and phosphorus deficiency. It covers causes such as poor nutrition and lack of vitamins, preventative steps including sun exposure and green feed, and the use of cod liver oil as treatment and prevention.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Lime and soil balance for legumes in pasture crops
The piece argues legumes require lime for optimal growth with alfalfa and red clover needing lime when soils are sour. It lists lime forms limestone hydrated lime and quicklime and suggests applying one ton per acre when sowing clover. It also notes differing acidity tolerance among clovers and beans and the need to understand subsoil lime content.
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New York State Agricultural College
Ithaca
John Burroughs on Nature’s Comfort and Grass
The quote reflects Burroughs’ deep affinity for nature. He praises grass underfoot, stream sounds, and wind in trees as music and solace, finding comfort in fields over people and highlighting a lifelong connection to the natural world.
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John Burroughs
Classic dressings and grill methods for meats and greens
A dated guide to preparing a crisp green salad with Thousand Island dressing and to barbecuing porterhouse and mutton. It gives steps for making dressings, rubbing spice mixtures on meat, and basting to finish, with cautions to serve hot and not overcook.
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Porterhouse
Turkeys Raised for Profit in Large Breeds
Raising turkeys for profit centers on purebred stock and large varieties. Bronze or Narragansett turkeys are the largest and easy to raise, Bourbon Reds are popular though not as large, and price tends to be higher for larger birds.
Cob meal inferior to corn for hog fattening
Experiments at the Iowa station show that corn and cob meal is inferior to shelled corn and to ear corn for fattening hogs. Hogs resist cob meal due to crude fiber and poorer digestion, while cattle with larger systems often tolerate ground cobs better.
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Iowa
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praised by Women
In Medina and Rochester New York a housewife notes relief from nerve troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Mrs Adkins reports improved health after two years of suffering and urges neighbors to try the remedy. Mrs Doorey says she regained vitality from a weight of ninety pounds to feel like a girl of sixteen after starting the treatment.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Medina
New York
Buffalo Times
Wm. H. Adkins
Erin Road
Medina, N. Y
Rochester
N. Y
Nellie Doorey
Skuse Park
Rochester, N.Y
Composition of press cake from beet sugar production
United States Department of Agriculture notes the dry filter press cake from beet sugar contains mainly calcium carbonate and small amounts of nitrogen phosphoric acid potash and organic material. Department Circular 257 by Sidney F F Sherwood summarizes analyses of representative samples and is available upon request from Washington.
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United States
Department of ‘Agriculture
Department
Sidney Ff, Sherwood
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Forests NST Land Problem Says Greeley
Col William B Greeley states in the annual forest service report that forestry is an agricultural issue as well as a land problem Lands best suited for forests should be used for forests and these forests should be intensively managed as farms are
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Col
William B. Greeley
The
Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Do Not Make Good Mothers in Fowl Advice
The article notes geese and duck hens are often poor mothers and may abandon nests. It recommends an inclosure to confine ducks each morning until eggs are laid and to incubate the eggs with a chicken hen or incubators for better care. It emphasizes using a chicken hen for care rather than natural mothers.
Mother Hen Incubator Chicks Teach Patience and Earnest Practice
A brief note on using a mother hen approach with incubator chicks. It urges patience as the birds learn, observes how a hen teaches her brood to forage and exercise, and stresses starting training early to form good habits.
Farmhouse Litter Maintenance for Hens
Instructions on renewing floor litter for poultry emphasize using wheat oat straw or fresh hay. Renew periodically, toss top with a fork to gather broken pieces, remove and replace with fresh litter, and keep depth enough to promote exercise without restricting hens.
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