Acid in Shoe Polish Harmful to Leather
Tests by the Bureau of Chemistry find acids or alkalis in many polishes can injure leather especially in emulsions with free alkali. Turpentine generally not harmful. odors may indicate rancidity. Modern polishes use waxes dyes turpentine or soap emulsions. The Farmers Bulletin 1183 on leather care is available free from the Agriculture Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Chemistry
United States Department of Agriculture
Farmers
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Weather charts save railroad with zinc treated ties
A Weather Bureau report shows a western railroad saved money by using rainfall charts to direct zinc treated ties. During war shortages forced zinc chloride as a preservative, which leached in wet climates. With 2,500,000 ties on hand, engineers mapped average precipitation and reallocated ties to drier sections, avoiding re treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
West
Bureau
Emblems Awarded for Purebred Sires in Kentucky Counties
The US Department of Agriculture awarded 46 emblems of recognition to livestock owners in Oldham County Kentucky for using purebred sires in all classes. Wayne County also promotes purebreds with 44 emblems issued and local bull sales drive wider distribution of good bulls.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Oldham County
Kentucky
Wayland Rhoads
Kentucky Agricultural College
Wayne County
48 Hogs Bring $6000 At Norfolk Sale
Forty eight Duroc Jersey hogs from Giant Sensation sold for over $6000 cash at the Rasmussen gate in Norfolk. The Nebraska hogs were sent to six states with ten top hogs averaging $212.50. A recent sale of fifty hogs from the same breed brought $7200 cash on the ground.
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W. H. Rasmussen
Norfolk
Nebraska
State Journal
Western mood shifts westward from corn belt to mountains
A Bureau of Publicity field report from Babsons notes the center of low mood has moved westward from the corn belt into mountain regions. The dispatch says New England origins gave way to central west focus, with grain prices up 30 to 40 percent over 1921 levels and potential broad effects. Car loadings rise 35 percent since January 1 as activity picks up in construction and rail purchases. Higher fur prices fill central western markets.
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Bureau of Publicity
Babsons
New England
Central West
Argentine
Great ‘Central Western
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Potter
A. H. Kuhlman
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Josephine Lacy
Ruth Barker
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Dalton
Nellie Warden
Roy Scott
Chicago
W. J. Braham
B. F. Robinson
G. S. Hutchins
Sonol Music
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R. H. White
Miss Pearl Pope
Red Cross
A. B. Gibbs
Burwell
Gurley
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Anna McFadden
Maredeith
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A. and
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Livoni & Son
Crowley Dray Line
Chesterfield
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co
Kratz Abstract Company
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Hornaday Cafe
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Titan Power
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