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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1956
Page
3
Womens fashion notes highlight washable woolens with stake on comfort and simple lines. Tips cover wash labels, quick-dry fabrics, simple press-creases, and practical details like snap-in shoulder pads and snap-on trims to reduce washing hazards.
Illinois extension specialist D. E. Walker states that cattle ability to gain in feedlots is highly heritable and selecting breeding stock by feedlot gains boosts profits. Breeders test calves on feedlot programs, adjusting weaning data for fair comparisons, with some 140 to 160 day tests showing fast gainers averaging 2.61 lb daily.
Recipes for grape catchup and pickled Seckel pears highlight pantry preserves. Grape catchup uses grapes sugar vinegar spices and is sealed in jars. Pickled pears use pears cinnamon allspice cloves ginger and sugar boiled to tender and stored in jars.
Entomologists at Michigan State University study the diversity of flies around barns finding as many as 40 species. Houseflies respond to malathion or diazinon for three to four weeks while baits work in level spots. Stable flies require space sprays in milking parlors with pyrethrin or allethrin compounds and a methoxychlor combined repel method.
A flat topped movable sunshade for hogs is simple to build and transferable between ranges. It uses runners from 4 by 4 inch stock, attached to vertical posts with flat iron bolted in place. The roof can be roll roofing or aluminum.
A retro cheesecake recipe blends applesauce and raisins into a crumb crust for a light meal finale. The filling uses cream cheese eggs milk and lemon with a cinnamon sugared crumb topping. Bake at 350 F for about 1 1/2 hours and cool in the oven for a soft set.
Michigan State University agricultural economists say borrowing money to buy fertilizer and production items can raise profits. John Doneth cites a farmer who increased earnings by using debt for fertilizer, stressing careful credit use and planning to cover lean years.
This guide explains choosing softened ready mixed paints, neutralizing colors with white or light gray, and preparing rooms with plastic drop cloths. It covers masking fixtures, windows, and edges with newspaper and tape, straining paint, and using rollers for even coverage with minimal effort.
Cooperative studies by Iowa State College and the USDA since 1951 show weeds in soybeans reduce yields by about 10 percent when in row growth occurs. Tests with yellow foxtail velvet leaf and Pennsylvania smallweed, singly and in combinations, found yield drops tied to weed density, slight delays to maturity, shorter plants by about two inches, and increased lodging by 2 to 6 percent.
Extra Strength Hardwood blocks at each end of this hog trough give it double strength. Short lengths of 2x4 are bolted to the trough boards and to the end boards. Carriage bolts are best for trough boards, the heads being placed on the inside of the trough to prevent injury while hogs are feeding.
A historical overview notes natural gas becoming the nation’s sixth largest industry. It traces early use in 1821 near Fredonia New York, Lafayette’s 1825 visit, delayed widespread distribution until steel pipelines post World War II, and vast pipeline mileage reaching most states. It cites underground storage and a Fort Knox cellars precedent.
The piece notes that modern rescue methods saved 15 U S airmen with eight in Venezuelan jungles and seven in Antarctic wastes. It contrasts past searches like Amelia Earhart's 1937 Pacific disappearance and Amundsen's polar hunt with later successful rescues such as Edward V. Rickenbacher and six others drifting 23 days before Navy helicopter rescue north of Samoa.
Iceland plans to reestablish forests across its rugged terrain with help from Allied nations. Seeds and seedlings from the United States Alaska Norway and the Soviet Union are being sought to replace historic birch woodlands once common along the coast and mountains, now cleared by settlers and livestock.
London reports a blaze at a university laboratory destroying the Great Hathor Bowl a 5656 year old Egyptian artifact and many irreplaceable Egypt books. Martin Burgess was assembling the bowl when the fire started damaging his reconstruction efforts.
In Raleigh South Carolina Judge sentences Felix Foy to 30 days in jail for drunkenness resisting arrest and destroying city property. The property destroyed appears to be the pants of officers during the scuffle.
Midwestern agronomists led by Dr. J Chapman of the University of Wisconsin suggest top dressing old alfalfa fields with 300 to 500 pounds per acre of high potash fertilizer such as 0-10-30 or 0-9-27. Adding boron as needed and conducting a soil test can guide nutrient needs, boosting winter hardiness, spring growth, and long term profits through higher yields and lower input costs.
University of Minnesota veterinarians study cow belching using electronic stethoscopes to detect the sole sign of relief. A healthy belch indicates success after inducing and treating bloat in dairy and beef cattle.
Guidelines advise inserting tar paper liners into poultry nests before adding straw to deter vermin. Extend liners two inches beyond nest width and fold at corners for a snug fit. Removal after use allows thorough subsequent cleaning of nesting units.
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