1921 Electrical Output and Power Industry Review
The Electrical World and the National Electrical Association summarize 1921 figures showing total output at 43.1 billion kWh with 26 billion from fuel and 17.1 billion from hydro. Fixed capital reached 4.6 billion, gross revenue 933.05 million, and total generating capacity 14.406 GW. Private firms produced about 47 percent, with 5,654 operating companies in the United States and 1.467 million residential customers.
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Electrical World
National Electrical Association
Lght and
K. W
United States
Electric Light and Power Company
Electric Light and Power
Plowing Deep With Sweet Clover Advocate
Will Ferguson in Nebraska Farm Journal argues that deeper plowing, even when using sweet clover, boosts yields. He recounts old farm plowing depths, contrasts with modern shallow methods, and urges farmers to plow beyond four inches to access subsoil nutrients and improve long term soil fertility.
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Will Ferguson
Nebraska Parm Journal
The Binder After Harvest
A large per cent of binder troubles stem from depreciation while idle in the field. The knotter is delicate and weather exposure causes rust and future failures. Coat knotter parts with axle grease if left idle and cover with canvas. Remove canvases when machine is stopped to prevent damage from insects and mice.
Enemies of Dipping Help Repair Vats in Georgia
The United States Department of Agriculture notes that vandalism of cattle dipping vats in Echols County, Georgia disrupted tick eradication early in summer. By August most cattle were dipped under supervision, as opponents shift to repairing and rebuilding vats near homes. Education plus law enforcement are needed to sustain the program.
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Hehols County
Georgia
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Echols County
Flushing Ewes Increases Lamb Yield for Southdown Breed
In six years, USDA found extra feeding at breeding time raises lamb yield by 198 lambs per 1000 Southdown ewes. Good bluegrass, Timothy and clover, or soy pasture work best. drought may require a grain ration. A cereal mix also helps. Flushing improves ewe condition and twin lambs. extra care at breeding opens next spring.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Busy men who find time to help others
A Forbes Magazine anecdote recounts Marshal Foch proving generous toward a blind veteran seeking the wounded soldiers’ institute. The veteran’s simple request exposes a janitor’s selfishness, while a passerby named Foch shows the duty and desire of the truly busy to assist those in need.
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Paris
Marshal Foch
Forbes Magazine
Prompt Action Saves Heavy Loss From Hog Cholera
The USDA urges quick action to prevent heavy hog losses from cholera. Detect first signs in dogs, isolate high fever hogs, call a vet immediately, and burn or bury carcasses. Antiholg cholera serum is preventive, not curative, and prompt serum use saves most herds.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Department
Free Copy of Reliable Recipes From Calumet Baking Powder Co
Households may obtain a free copy of Reliable Recipes by writing to the Calumet Baking Powder Company Home Economics Department at 4100-28 Fillmore Street Chicago Illinois The 76 page illustrated volume offers recipes and daily menu ideas plus free cooking and equipment advice with no charge for the service
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Calumet Baking Powder Company
Fillmore Street
Chicago
Lllinois
Calumet Bakings Powder Company
First Known Use of Soap Described by Pliny
The earliest known reference to soap appears in Pliny the Elder noting soap made from goat tallow and beech tree ashes. This historic account outlines the simple ingredient mix used in ancient cleansing traditions.
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Pliny
Eggs and Poultry Plentiful This Winter
Eggs and poultry will be plentiful this fall and winter with prices expected to stay low. Storage eggs totaled 4,812,248 cases on August 1, about 35 percent above last three years' seasonal average. Farmers have expanded flocks, but farmers are withholding poultry for better prices, keeping fattening stations only two thirds full.
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H. A. Stover
Telegraph
Sidney Farms Creamer
A. R. Lsueur
A. R. Lesueur
Sidney
Nebr
Rickenbacker Carey
ttMe
Bentley Auto Company
Sidney, Nebraska
Dempster
C. M. Wright
First Ave East
Hartman
Oberfelder & CO
Bentley Land Company
Sidney and Chappell, Nebr
Kansas City
Logan County
Benge
Sterling
Colorado
National Bank
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