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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1931
Page
7
Velvet hats emerge as the defining accessory for the season with diverse styles from green and brown velvets to black velvet chapeaus. Paris trends favor osprey and paradise feathers while American milliners favor simpler velvet bows and self velvet twists.
Baron de Meyer coins junoesque for plus sized women and argues that Juno and Venus are both admired. He recommends a bolero jacket to flatter the figure, noting an ill cut bolero can blur lines between Juno and Venus in fashion.
Fashion notes predict short jackets returning this fall with figure-hugging shapes and belts. Descriptions include astrakhan or ponyskin coats with large fur collars, summer ermine striped coats by Lelong, leopard fur sports jackets by Worth, and fur pellerines with curved backs to suggest broad shoulders.
The article outlines a practical uniform for older schoolgirls featuring a dark wool skirt in brown green or tile and two blouses in white jersey and beige wool. Each blouse uses overblouse styling with narrow belts for a neat, functional look.
U S Department of Agriculture warns that pasture plants such as sorghum velvet grass Sudan grass and Johnson grass can form prussic acid when growth is stunted by drought frost wilting or trampling. Preventive steps include feeding a grain ration before turning stock into suspect pastures mowing and drying hay, and avoiding consumption of immature or frozen flaxseed.
The Oquawka experiment farm in Henderson County Illinois reports yield and per acre profit gains from treating blow sand land with limestone and manure. Average yearly profit rose about 18.75 dollars per acre over five years compared with untreated land.
An Ohio station reports white rats fed only milk developed anemia but adding cane molasses to the diet restored blood hemoglobin levels. Beet molasses failed to produce the same effect. Analysis shows cane molasses contains higher iron and copper, likely driving the improved results in the feeding trial.
O C Axtell Castro county demonstrator in Sunny side Community reports feeding 71 hogs on a self feeder with tankage and cotton seed meal to market 884 bushels of ground wheat. Hogs gained 14 pounds in 140 days. initial cost for 40 pound pigs was 378.20 dollars. Cotton seed meal and tankage cost 42.20 dollars. final selling price was 1,299 dollars leaving 888.60 for wheat and labor.
Colorado and New Mexico pinto bean growers announce an advertising campaign to raise consumer awareness of pintos as a food. Production has risen rapidly in the last two years and a small deduction from each bag will fund the effort, per the Colorado State College Bulletin.
A study cited in Farmers' Bulletin 1669-F shows a 40 bushel per acre oat yield on virgin land with terraces versus 10 bushels on eroded ground previously cultivated for 80 years. The USDA bulletin by C. H. Ramser explains Mangum and level terrace types, construction steps, care, and cost under typical conditions. Copies are free from the Office of Information, USDA, Washington.
Discussion on adding green forage to silos favors second cutting clover mixed with corn ensilage. Clover increases protein and palatability, should be cut to align with corn, and kept under 40 percent. An example used clover between corn bundles to produce visible green in the final feed. Uncured clover preferred to avoid overly dry silage. add water if moisture loss occurs.
A winter lice treatment for cattle uses a dry mix of equal parts sabadilla seed powder and flowers of sulfur. Sprinkle over the neck and tail head to reduce lice for four to six weeks, repeating as needed. Five pounds each of sabadilla seed and sulfur treats about 100 cattle.
The National Farm Journal stresses weed control as the top farm task. It recommends cutting burning dousing with chemicals and mowing with weed-killing implements or grazing with sheep. It also notes a half day with a scythe can motivate planting clean seed next spring.
Agricultural hints discuss profitable wheat fertilization and clover yields. Poultry on range benefit from occasional movement to clean areas. Mulches cool plants to prevent budding in warmth. Hancock county pig club work allegedly spurred 50 farms to adopt pure bred hogs. South Carolina farmers shift feed strategy to oats for hogs and reduce corn use. Hog rations should limit oats to 25 percent. ground grain should not be too fine. Farrowing on fresh land yields larger pigs than on prior land. County Agent Neill Smith cited Onslow, N. C. research.
The Baroness Wrangel told a New York reporter that the Bolshevik government pretends to be ideal yet grows furious at criticism and proves itself guilty of kidnapping murder or counterfeiting. She compared it to a boarding house landlady who warned a new boarder not to polish his knife and fork so carefully.
The ad touts Bayer Aspirin as handy relief for headaches, colds, nerve tension, and various pains. It claims genuine Bayer tablets are safe for heart and stomach, suitable for use in daily routines like shopping or theatregoing, with directions included in every package.
The French magnate Coty, famed as possibly the richest man in France, says Americans live too fast to enjoy life. He notes they waste as they buy his perfumes, while a friend quips that even a man tying a shoe on a New York street corner was once seen as a landmark.
An advertisement urges immediate cough and cold control with B and M The Penetrating Germicide kept in the medicine chest for chest and throat symptoms External use likened to a mustard plaster Order from druggist or send $1 25 to F B Rollins Co 583 Beverly St Boston Mass Ad.
Mrs. J H Harlan of New York sponsors camel races in the Sahara to develop superior camels. The inaugural 300 mile Ghardaia to El Golea event ran last year, with two similar races held last spring. The current record for the distance stands at a day and a night.
When both spouses want a divorce, incompatibility can still be grounds if their marriage has broken down. Proving ongoing incompatibility may involve showing a breakdown of trust, mutual loss of respect, or living apart with irreconcilable differences, documented in filings. Courts often accept mutual consent divorces with settlement agreements.
An advertisement extols California Fig Syrup as a trusted laxative for children. A Nebraska mother recalls her daughter Roma Lucile’s constipation relief and improved mood after using the product. The copy warns shoppers to seek the genuine California Fig Syrup on the carton.
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