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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1937
Page
8
Fragments describe carpet creases, sponge cake filling, hotcake syrup, spice for doughnuts, stocking repair with net and wool, and removing frying pan burns with a raw potato. Practical, dated domestic advice aimed at common household tasks and quick fixes.
A drought left a rancher with dry ditches and hauls water for months. A sudden foothill flood forced the family to flee to higher ground as their holdings were swept away. The rancher told his son they could wash all over on Saturday night.
Keep your body free of accumulat ed waste with Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. The ad promotes 60 pellets priced at 30 cents with an emphasis on bowel relief and regularity.
An old proverb notes that without clouds the sun loses its contrast and value, implying appreciation grows from shade and variation. The saying highlights perspective on beauty and balance in nature.
In a tense scene, Kitty Mack quits her job to marry engineer Jim Hughes, while Vance faces a stockholder Augustus Hart and prepares for a holiday meeting. Eleanor anxiously awaits Christmas Eve as Will Darrow and Emery plan to join the family after delays.
L. K. Bear of Ohio State University outlines how one year of pencil line records per sheep helps identify inferior animals, improve wool quality, and raise market-ready lambs. He notes light fleeces and poor milkers mark culls at shearing time, with county agents supplying simple forms for annual tracking.
Dr. R F Poole of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station warns that dampness in stored crop seeds harms germination and plant vigor. Keep potatoes aired to prevent decay and store corn and small grain in lead proof, ventilated buildings to avoid excess moisture while guarding against insect pests.
A Missouri Farmer writer notes goats of the milk type are consumed annually in parts of the United States. In the South kids are a delicacy, sold for slaughter at 8 to 12 weeks. Young goat flesh tastes like lamb, mature milk goat meat can be good if well fed. Goats fetch lower market prices than sheep as they do not fatten or carry flesh like sheep.
A Montreal Herald grower notes salt is not essential for asparagus but can suppress weeds with no harm. Application up to 500 pounds per acre may be used in spring though it may not kill couch grass. Also, if rhubarb is divided in spring, no stalks should be picked that summer.
A plant for processing Jerusalem artichokes into food products and potentially power alcohol is being built at Gering Nebraska. Local farmers and businessmen show interest in the drought resistant crop and its prospects for the region.
Otto Bruns reports in Hoard's Dairyman that a Linn No. 3 Iowa herd fed a balanced ration and priced by individual production yielded butterfat at 11.5 cents per pound. The corn only group cost 24.9 cents per pound, a gap of 13.4 cents.
A light fashion feature previews Barbara Bell patterns for 1909 styles with sizes 12 to 52, yardage needs for patterns 1252 1233 and 1909, and a call to order the Spring and Summer Pattern Book from The Sewing Circle in Chicago. The piece includes quotes about sewing, personal style, and a playful tone on fashion trends.
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