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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1948
Page
3
A brisk column jabs at Congressman Hoffwit over press bills and secrecy aims, mocks editors and Hollywood chatter, recalls Steinbeck and Soviet critiques, and clips about wartime rhetoric and media figures. Also notes gossip from theater to politics, with witty quips and a lampoon of current events.
A veteran observer recalls how religious creed once divided Methodists and Presbyterians in a small town. He notes a 1910s Atlantic City congress failed to unite churches, while today faith rather than creed drives cooperation across denominations, reducing bitterness and aligning efforts toward a common spiritual goal. It ends with brief notes on jukebox makers fearing rearmament and fertilizer shifts in farming.
Healthy crops rely on fertile soil with plenty of organic matter and nutrients. Proper soil management including organic enrichment and legume rotation builds structure, boosts fertility, and raises yields per acre through deeper air and water access.
About a third of American farmers' cash income last year came from meat animal sales. Meat packers paid out roughly ten billion dollars for live stock, while livestock producers spent large sums on stock, feed, labor, and higher operating costs.
The term grass silage covers all ensiled crops except corn and sorges and requires specific precautions for best preservation. Legumes such as alfalfa clovers soybeans lespedera and peas cereals such as oats wheat rye and barley and grasses such as timothy sudan grass canary grass brome grass and orchard grass are used, including mixtures.
Crop plants can be protected from 2 4 D harm by pre plant dusting of roots with powdered activated charcoal. This treatment, especially valuable for young plants already rooted, reduces loss caused by 2 4 D when laying out crops.
Advertisement for a sewing pattern book offering gala aprons easy needlework crochet embroidery transfers and cutting charts. Includes instructions for flowers to crochet and embroider with 20 cents postage per pattern.
Advice notes that skirts are getting longer and suggests extending hems. If fabric is insufficient, sew two or three rows of seam tape together to create extra width for the hem. The tips emphasize practical sewing solutions for modest fashion adjustments.
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