Look Ahead at Summer Auto Tours From Detroit Club
A Detroit Automobile Club member describes midwinter planning for next summer road trips. Members request maps and tour logs, while couples enjoy mapping routes and reading about cities to visit, then traveling with open eyes for greater pleasure.
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Detroit News
One Minute of Real Work Beats Hours of Talk
A maxim contrasts action with talk, noting that tangible effort yields results faster than long discussion. It compares controlling frowns to forcing smiles, underscoring practical progress over idle chatter.
Poor Shipments Drive Up Livestock Freight Costs
An USDA study shows mixed livestock shipments raise freight. cattle minimums and rates drive high charges. Indiana example with 66 sheep and 6 cattle boosted total from 57.60 to 105.60, 83 percent higher due to cattle minimums.
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Indiana
Layers need oyster shell for laying hens
Do not rely on broken cracks and grit for lime. Oyster shell is an essential necessity for laying hens and they require large quantities, especially during the peak laying season. Keep the shell boxes full at all times.
Dry Bedding Guidance After Sows Farrow
After farrowing a sow for a day or two bedding quantities should not increase. Change bedding as needed to keep the bed dry. The key aim is dryness rather than bulk.
French designer debuts bright coats with rosette hat accent
Leather coats in vivid blues and greens reach waist length and pair with printed fabrics or all white. A decorative rosette of crushed ribbon adorns Peggy's hat for a refined foxed street wear look.
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Peggy
New Shoulder Knots and A Hat Worn In Three Ways
A fragment describes fashion with shoulder knots and a versatile hat. The piece notes ribbon streamers in front and back and a French style chapeau with a tight rib bon band of roman stripe.
Eggs for Hatching Require Good Care and Packing
Poultry specialists describe best shipping methods for hatching eggs. Use market baskets lined with excelsior and wrap each egg in paper before packing tightly, then cover with more excelsior and cloth. Alternative packings include stiff pasteboard cartons with chaff or bran, and egg boxes with handles or bushel baskets for multiple settings. Rest eggs about 12 hours after receipt before incubation.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Kale for Winter Greens
Start a few kale plants for winter greens this spring. A neglected vegetable, kale is handy and can be picked when leaves are frozen stiff all winter. Cultivate and spray it like a cabbage.
Fertilizer Advice for Eggplants
Garden guidance warns against fresh or stable manure in eggplant soil and recommends using a commercial fertilizer high in potash to avoid harming the plants.
Washington rustproof asparagus replaces old strains
The Department of Agriculture in Washington state has developed a rustproof asparagus variety named Washington. It is being planted in areas plagued by rust and is replacing older strains, aiming to protect yields and supply.
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Start Horses Gradually
Horses wintered on heavy grain and little exercise are fat and should begin work gradually. Begin with short, low intensity sessions and monitor response to avoid injury or stress.
Picture Hat Trimmed with Henna Suede and Flowers
A large tan georgette crepe picture hat features trim of flowers and foliage in henna colored suede.
Taffeta Hats Popular In Jersey Tweed Costumes
Corded taffeta makes smart little sport hats that are popular with Jersey and tweed costumes. The concise items highlight fabric choice and fashion appeal in a miniature millinery note.
Regular Course of Events at Clapboard Springs
A Straddle Ridge resident recalls life at Clapboard Springs with casual anecdotes. The day includes reports of Uncle Riley Rickadoo’s new Pipe, a roof accident where someone jammed his head into an iron kettle, ongoing trouble between Clarb Slade and Bud Rucker, and general aging of residents.
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Clarb Slade
Bud Rucker
Kansas City Star
The Call of the Code Telegram to His Wife
A man on a hurried business trip to the South requests lighter clothing as winter weight underthings prove too heavy. He sends a coded telegram to his wife reading S-0-S-B-V-D-P-D-Q.
When a Man Tells How He Has Been Hunkoed
A terse quip notes that a man who describes being hunkoed stirs more curiosity than pity. The remark frames a curious social reaction to a disputed injury or prank.
Sunset Wit Echoes Across an Empire
A humorous exchange recalls the British Empire and its vast reach as Aunt Hannah comments on sunsets here while Uncle Hiram notes the saying the sun never sets on imperial realms, in a Judge cartoon panel.
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Hiram
Aunt Hannah
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