Five-Room English Cottage Home For Modern Living
A one story five room English cottage design emphasizes permanence and versatility. The plan features a front terrace porch, reception hall, living and dining rooms with bay window seats, a rear kitchen with built in cupboards, a bath between two bedrooms, and potential upper space for a servant’s room or recreation area. The house prioritizes electric appliances and practical layout with a back porch exit.
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Lina
Planning a Sunny Simple Nursery for Little Ones
The article advises careful nursery planning with ample daylight and simple decor. It favors light painted furniture washable rugs and natural colors to create a soothing mood, warns against strong wallpaper, and recommends a small, uncluttered space for one to two children kept spotless and easy to wash.
Enclosed Porch Adds Another Room to Home
An old porches design describes converting an open porch into a sheltered room. It covers framing two by fours between posts, adding screens, and wiring a drop cord. It notes summer ironing and breakfast use with a toaster and percolator, and winter heating possibilities.
Porch Designs Spark Cozy Home Upgrades
A charming kitchen porch enhances modem homes with inviting outdoor living space. The feature highlights practical, low maintenance finishes and the appeal of integrating outdoor and indoor areas for entertaining and daily use.
Long Corn Shuck Gives Protection
A United States Department of Agriculture report explains corn-ear worm behavior and a research path to create long-tipped husks that deter pests. Scientists seek a self protecting corn variety with husks extending beyond the ear tip to reduce damage from weevils and worms, while maintaining good yields.
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United States Department Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Cocklebur Poisoning Declared Hazard to Pigs
Colorado Agricultural College notes that cocklebur burs are definitely toxic, with young pigs most at risk while cattle are rarely poisoned. Mechanical injury is secondary. acute cases may respond to fats and milk or linseed treatment.
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George H. Glover
Colorado Agricultural College
Sell Old Fowls in Fall to Save Winter Feeding
A rural advice note urges selling old hens in fall to reduce winter costs and keep pullets for strong egg layers. It cautions against over-wintering spent birds and suggests selling cockerels as soon as marketable to maintain flock productivity.
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Thia
Quality of Silage and Harvest Timing
For high quality silage the crop must be harvested at the right stage. Sorghum makes excellent silage when not too green, corn goes in when kernels are glazed and denting, and sorghum heads should be practically mature and not crushable by fingers.
Rye Pasture Benefits for Hogs in Fall to Spring
Rye pasture provides a splendid forage for hogs across fall winter and early spring. Fall plows with access to rye pasture during winter improve feed efficiency and pig strength compared to plots without rye. Plant rye for pasture as early as moisture allows.
Spring Lamb Profits Move Farmers to Breed Early
The article highlights spring lamb as the most profitable farm product in recent years. It stresses early birth and good feeding to maximize earnings and urges breeders to mate within the next four weeks to optimize profits.
Why Clover Cannot Be Spared on Farm
Clover stands as a mark of a thriving farm due to its high protein content and soil benefits. Experiments show clover hay delivers more protein and can cut milk production costs by about 26 percent versus timothy. Lime and hardy imported or home grown seeds improve stand establishment and yields. red clover responds quickly to lime, while alsike benefits less.
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Connecticut
Immature Blue Grass Best for Pasture, Study Finds
Investigators at Pennsylvania State College report immature Kentucky blue grass and other eastern pasture grasses plus legumes grown for hay. The blue grass shows 50 percent more digestible crude protein than the 44 eastern grasses. Climate supports growth across Pennsylvania, with best results on limed soil and full fertilizer.
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Pennsylvania State College
Pennsylvania
Greene
Washington
Thistle Eradication Tip Aids Next Year’s Fields
To eradicate thistles a timely cut reduces future plants and fertility. Use a sharp hoe or scythe to cut close to the ground. If other noxious weeds are present they can be cut together. After two or three cuts the roots die and regrowth stops. Controlling weeds requires cutting before seeds form several times.
Farm Silage Types and Feed Costs Discussed
The article explains soy bean silage versus corn silage with protein differences and notes high labor costs in farming. It discusses mixing silage with corn, global livestock compares, alfalfa cutting effects, cooperative farming, equipment planning, and feed price implications from purchased versus home-grown feeds.
Remarkable recovery testimonial and international telecom plans
A letter from Mrs Borgelin of Forest City Iowa extols Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound for her recovery after childbirth and daily duties. The piece also notes Japan's plan to install 50000 telephones and 10000 miles of new toll lines in five years and Soviet Russia aiming to raise its telephone system to American standards with over 100 million dollars in investment.
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P. Borgelin
CNTV
Iowa
Firatchitdty
Lydia E. Pinkham
Oscar I
Borgelin
Te No
Forest City
Government of
Japan
Russia
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