Lace Flounced Dance Frocks Highlight 1926 Fashion Trends
In this 1926 Western Newspaper Union feature by Tula Bottomley, lace flounced dance frocks and pastel gowns are praised for youthfully delicate silhouettes. The piece describes lace usage, flounces, spray bouquets, flowers on hats, light chiffons, and pastel color progressions from periwinkle to lavender, noting accessories and styling cues for evening wear and party dresses.
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Tula Bottomley
Western Newspaper Union
Apple Variety for Every Role in Cooking and Desserts
A Cornell bulletin classifies market apples by dessert suitability and cooking uses. It lists varieties best raw for dessert such as Yellow Transparent and Gravenstein, baking apples like Sweet Bough and McIntosh, and sauces candidates including Red Astrachan and Maiden Blush.
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Cornell University
Chenango
Jonathan
Esopus
Newtown
Mclntosh
Tompkins
King
Hubbardston
Ithode Island
Baldwin
Oldenburg
Roxbury
Gool
Snow
Alexander
Wolf River
McIntosh
Tompkins King
Totman Sweet
Rome
Northern Spy
Primate
Gravenstein
Wagener
Rhode Island
Two Essentials in Producing Good Horses
The article stresses two key needs for good horses: ample quality feed and a superior sire. It argues breeding quality, especially pure bred stallions, outweighs feed alone, and notes state licensing shows whether a stallion is pure bred, grade, or germane breeding.
Reducing Grain Ration for Heavy Milking Cows Before Calving
When a cow yields high milk, cut grain before calving by removing corn and seed meal. Increase bran four to five days prior while supplying all clean roughage. A mix of five parts bran and three parts oats fed sparingly, with moistened beet pulp added to boost bulk and help prevent milk fever.
Sudan Grass Fertilizer Experiments and Recommendations
Limited trials on sudan grass show few tests for best fertilizers. On poorer land a complete fertilizer is advisable, similar to corn. In Kentucky, applying phosphate at 200 pounds per acre increased yields in eight of ten trials. seed can be sown with a grain drill.
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Sudan
Kuch Ag
Kentucky
Practice of planting corn on various soils and equipment
The note discusses corn planting on well drained ground with a Jister and compares it to plowed ground yields. It warns on bottom land that stays wet in spring and notes using a disk furrow opener attached to the corn pluster for wet conditions.
Greenhouse Tomatoes Outshine Outdoor Rivals in Flavor
The United States Department of Agriculture reports greenhouse tomatoes ripen on the vine with superior flavor and market potential in winter and early spring. High initial costs for greenhouses offset by year round supply. distant growers face picking packing and transport costs. Bulletin 1413 notes forced tomato production increasing in importance and offers free copies from Washington.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States Deployment of Agriculture
Potata
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Two New Oat Varieties Keystone and Patterson
Pennsylvania State College experiment station reports Keystone and Patterson oats show higher yields than Sixty Day. Keyst one is earlier by about two days, both proven in demonstration plots with strong grain quality and thin hulls. About eleven hundred acres were grown last year with five to six thousand bushels of seed available for distribution.
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Keystone
Patterson
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State College Experiment Station
C. I. Noll
William Patterson
College Farm
Noll
Kherson
Value of Potatoes as Feed in Farm Crops
The article notes potatoes have higher dry matter and feeding value than other vegetables. It states potatoes average 70 to 80 percent water, with extremes around 65 and 85 percent, per Professor Fraser in The Potato. It argues potatoes hold more dry matter than carrots, mangels, and beets, commonly used for feed.
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Fraser
Carnell
Seed Selection Advice From Ohio State Specialists
Crops extension specialists urge farmers to cull grain seed as they do other livestock. Selecting seed free of weed seed and weed-verified varieties yields consistent dividends and better wheat quality.
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Ohio State University
Repair Pasture Fences and Seed Purchase Advise
Fragmented notice advises repairing pasture fences before busy season, emphasizing disease control and ordering certified seed. It mentions expensive wood, farm equipment, and baby chicks in a farmer’s opportunity context, though details are garbled.
The Rise of Pawnbroking in Europe and England
The passage traces pawnbroking origins from ancient money lending on land to movable pledges in 15th century Europe, noting its regulated growth in England. By 1766 pawnbroking faced formal rules and by 27 years later its business was licensed, marking official licensing of the trade.
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England
Prettier Too in the Bowl with Growing Bulbs
Readers are advised to use large glass beads as a decorative addition with growing bulbs. The beads provide a bright change from ordinary stones and create an eye catching display in planters and bowls.
Tuberculosis Cure Claims Face Investigation
Public health officials report frequent proposals for tuberculosis cures, averaging one new cure per week, most of which fail. Authorities are examining the Mollegaard cure and will announce findings after evaluation.
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Public Health Service
Townsfolk End 80 Year Old Motorist Telephoning Rule
A long standing local statute forbidding travelers from telephoning ahead to warn horse owners has been repealed. The rule ordered traveling motorists to phone ahead to the next town so nervous horses could be warned in advance.
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Mfg. Chemists
Buffalo, I. Y
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Bayer
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Fletcher
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