Sunlit playwear: USDA guide to children sun suits
The United States Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Home Economics presents sun suits for children to maximize skin exposure to beneficial ultra violet rays. Designs include a loose jumper-like suit with wide straps and a matching sun bonnet, plus a boyish white-trouser set with a net waist to allow rays to reach more skin. Gradual exposure to temperatures above 80 degrees is advised to build a tan.
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Club Girls Like Orderly Closets
A 4-H club girl improves her room under USDA guidance, painting woodwork, refinishing floors, and updating furniture. She creates an orderly closet with a broomstick pole and ample hangers to keep garments wrinkle free, modeling tidiness to curb untidy habits and ease daily routines.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Strawberry Shortcake Breakfast Idea Lures Children
A breakfast or lunch idea features strawberry shortcake served with plain cream or milk and optional cheese. Suggested for children and Sunday meals, offering a satisfying change with several variants.
Orange sherbet recipe from bureau of home economies
An old recipe explains making orange sherbet with orange juice sugar salt and lemon juice. Beat egg white and fold after partial freezing to create a fluffy texture and less icy feel. Freeze with ice and salt, then ripen before serving.
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Bureau of Home Economies
Curried Chicken With Coconut From the Bureau Test
A tested recipe for curry chicken blends coconut and Indian spices. Simmer fowl in salted water until tender, thicken broth with flour and fat, then stir in curry and additional salt. Remove skin, add meat to sauce, heat through, and serve with flaky boiled rice.
Blend of Greens Cooked Entirely Without Water
Recipe guidance from the bureau of home economics to cook a greens blend without water. Use equal parts spinach and kale with half as much dandelion greens, chopped and sautéed in butter for eight minutes to preserve minerals and vitamins.
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Bureau of Home Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Poultry Egg Production Shows Increase Across Seasons
Rob Kt Slocum of the USDA bureau of agricultural economics notes shifts in management extend the production season. He says egg and broiler outputs rise in fall and early winter, potentially altering cold storage needs while overall volumes remain strong with population growth.
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United States
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Summer Poultry Feeding Plan Calls for Mash Increase
Ohio specialist P. B. Zumbro outlines a summer feeding schedule for laying hens stressing less grain and more mash. He advises feeding grain in the evening to prompt daytime mash consumption and using confinement and ventilated housing to boost mash intake while allowing green feed.
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Poultry care tips for chicks and hens
Poultry notes stress cleanliness and shaded, well water for chicks. Nesting boxes should face away from doors in dark hen houses. Rotate fowl with two-field division, use alfalfa or clover, skim milk and yellow corn meal for feed, and monitor sun exposure to eggs. Add manganese dust bath and potash to water, plant rye for fall feed as it ripens to six inches before turning birds out.
Carrier Pigeons Race Airplane Over New York Sky
Report describes three carrier pigeons launched from Hammondport New York at 1:00 AM racing an airplane toward Auburn New York fifty miles away. The first bird arrived at 9:49 AM, a near mile per minute pace, missing by three minutes. The story cites modern tests showing birds can reach speeds from fifty to two hundred miles per hour, comparable to elite aircraft.
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Nature Best in July Splendor and Insect Behavior
July offers rich natural observations with a digger wasp paralyzing prey, a warble fly disturbing cattle, and lady beetles consuming plant lice. It also notes insect defenses such as camouflaging canker worms and pear slugs, highlighting July as a month of lush natural splendor.
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Nature Magazine
The Money-Maker anticlimax about a mint employee salary
A brief item notes a humorous anticlimax involving a mint employee and the question What’s an anticlimax It comments on the employee drawing his salary in a light, vignette style.
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