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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1938
Page
9
Crochet afghan features a pansy design with old-time charm. Pattern 6021 covers afghan and pillow with color ideas and stitch diagrams. Send 15 cents and your address to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. 259 W Fourteenth St New York NY.
A NC Agricultural Station report notes keeping farm records helps identify leakiest practices and unprofitable crops. Records reveal profitability, balance of the program, and soil wear, guiding next year’s plan and loan or insurance readiness.
Poultry experts note that providing sunshine and green feed improves egg hatchability despite cold months. Cora Cooke cites studies showing outdoor winter exposure raised hatchability by 14 percent, even with prior cod liver oil in the diet. When confinement is needed, one quart cod liver oil per 100 pounds of mash can substitute for sunlight.
The grape vine endures for decades and yields year after year with little effort. It provides healthful fruit for a farm family and deserves a place on every farm, offering long life and steady crops with minimal care.
Dr. W. A. Billings of University Farm St Paul shares a 1 000 pound mash recipe for turkey breeders. Ingredients include corn 225 oats 100 bran 150 middlings 200 alfalfa leaf meal 100 meat scraps 125 dried milk 75 salt 5 cod liver oil 20. Fortified cod liver oil is recommended to reduce total oil needed.
A North Acton Massachusetts poultry farmer received a patent for an electric chair device to kill chickens. The bird is hung by the legs on one wire while another wire clamps the head in a support. A switch delivers a rapid electric charge through the body.
Three home sewing dress patterns listed with designs for Easter wear. Includes dresses with waistline lifts, a girls jumper frock, and a dirndl style. Details pattern numbers 1481 1996 1480 with sizes yardage and trimming requirements. Orders sent to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago Ill. Patterns priced 15 cents each.
The guide highlights flowers that bloom early and seeding options such as nasturtium Virginia stock zinnia sunflower bachelor s button and alyssum. It notes easy growers like nasturtium alyssum and California poppy and advises petunia and zinnia for brilliant color with minimal effort. It warns rust resistant varieties for snapdragons and masters and suggests rock garden choices including African daisy linaria lobelia statice verbena and Virginia stock plus perennials columbine English daisy forget me not Iceland poppy.
The 1809 open Rhode Island garden gate let a pig in to crush plants. A quarrel between garden owners and the pig spread among friends, defeated the Federal candidate, and gave the state a senator whose vote helped declare war on Britain in 1812.
A reader asserts the chicken is the most useful creature, highlighting its practical value in daily life and domestic tasks. The remark appears in a local opinion or letters column.
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