Skirt lengths shrink to shoe tops on Fifth Avenue
William Allen White notes fashion shifts from knee to ankle level as wartime changes fade. He quips that when skirts drop to shoe tops, male gaze will shift from legs to other distractions, predicting a leaner, more restrained generation and a renewed focus on billboards and underwear sales.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Garden of Eden
Mama
Kipling
Main Street
Harlem
Golden Gate
Grandma
William Allen White
Emporia Gazette
Weather forecasts boost alfalfa profits across west
Forecasts of weather conditions for alfalfa harvests reach 2000 plus growers in Oklahoma through USDA extension agents with frost warnings in Utah. Seed crops mature slowly, so late season frost alerts prompt night cutting to avoid damage. In Utah, 500 acres of reed were cut after warnings, saving $20 to $30 per acre. two growers saved at least $200.
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West
Oklahoma
Extension Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Utah
Weather Bureau
Uncle Sam
Warnings Save Raisin Growers in Central California
In the raisin district of central California, drying is done in outdoor trays. Rain threatens massive losses, so information is spread valley wide and all available people are pressed into service to stack trays. Even schools may close to mobilize labor, highlighting Weather Bureau warnings to protect growers.
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California
Weather Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Egg-Laying Contest Yields Low Mortality in Sonoma County
Local extension workers report mortality of less than ten percent for the year among hens entered in Sonoma County California egg-laying contest last year. The hens recorded 176 eggs per hen for 364 days, prompting many poultry men to adopt the contest feeding methods. About half of county poultrymen have changed feeding practices in five years due to extension work influence.
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Sonoma County
California
United States Department of ‘Agriculture
Road Building Boom Fueled by Federal Aid
Federal aid has driven a major expansion in highway construction across the nation. The USDA notes a traveler from Richmond Indiana to Chicago would traverse about 679 miles, with roughly 505 miles on Federal-aid highways expected to be ready by the end of the season.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Richmond
Indiana
St. Louis
Illinois
Chicago
Springfield
Peoria
Good and Bad Taste Shown in Exhibit
A spring fashion display in Gooding county Idaho organized by extension workers used as a contrast exhibit to highlight good and poor taste in girls costumes. Ten sewing clubs contributed five models each from distances of three to twenty miles. The event occurred during a local theatre's afternoon program using its facilities.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Gooding County
Idaho
Junior Short Courses Draw 60 000 Youth Each Year
Over 60 000 boys and girls participate in junior short courses run by extension workers from the U S Department of Agriculture and state land grant colleges. The programs mirror farmers and home makers' weeks, stressing social and recreational aspects along with rural leadership training. West Virginia supports three state camps and 40 county training schools, with one week to ten day outings at low cost, while other states like Montana and Minnesota run county camps.
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United States Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Colleges
West Virgiinia
Montana
Minnesota
Shorebird Open Season to Begin Soon
The open season for hunting shorebirds varies by state with earliest dates August 16 in several Northeast states. Connecticut DC NC SC Tennessee Arkansas Oklahoma and New Mexico start September 1, while other states vary after September 1. A year round closed season applies to other shorebirds including avocets curlews dowitchers godwits knots oyster catchers and snipe.
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Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Connecticut
District of Columbia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Ennessee
Arkansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Caribou Bulls May Improve Reindeer Herds
The Biological Survey of the U S Depart of Agriculture studies crossbreeding caribou with Alaska reindeer to raise weight and grade. Reconnaissance at Mount McKinley National Park locates suitable young caribou bulls for breeding experiments. Native caribou bulls in Alaska reportedly reach dressed weights near 400 pounds, suggesting potential substantial gains if crossbred.
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Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Mount McKinley National Park
Alaska
Mount McKinley National Pard
Siberian
Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis
The United States Department of Agriculture notes that within less than a decade rapid progress against bovine tuberculosis became possible. New methods Ophthalmic and intradermic greatly speed up eradication, enabling cleanup of large areas like counties in weeks with smaller forces. The key challenge remains finding diseased animals and disposing of them quickly to prevent further spread.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Progress Report on Better Sires Movement Picks Up
USDA reports from county agents show a shift to pure bred sires as the Better Lives Better Stock effort gains momentum. Rockbridge Virginia agent M. G. Lewis notes 16 farmers switched to registered bulls since January 1, while 50 holdouts remain. Estimates from over 500 farmers indicate pure bred stock yields exceed common stock by around 40 percent overall, 47.8 percent for dairy cattle, with 36.8 percent as the minimum.
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United States Department of Agriculture
M. G. Lewis
Rockbridge
Virginia
Mr. Lewis
Department of Agriculture
United States
Wildlife notes on plovers and shorebirds in hunting season
The text notes abundant greater and lesser yellowlegs and black bellied plovers this year. It mentions legal requirements for state hunting licenses and forecasts excellent shooting along the Atlantic Coast, inland rivers, and bays where feeding grounds are plentiful.
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Atlantic
Burgess Music Store Promotes Piano Prices
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Burgess Music Store
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