Home Economics and Farm Demonstrations Promote Purdue Program
Purdue University and local partners promote home dress farm demonstrations across rural Indiana. A 16 000 farm home survey shows 70 percent own sewing machines and participate in sewing and livestock programs. The effort aims to boost livestock markets and farm income amid a national livestock downturn. Chinch bugs now appear in parts of the U S and may threaten wheat if not controlled through field sanitation and trash removal.
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Home Economic
Purdue University
Te Departisen
Spedia Boca
Cela
Uni- Verenv
Paris
Electrical Power Tests at Indiana Elevator System
The report details experiments at Indiana University on electric drives for elevator machinery. Tests measured motor loading and operation with grain to assess power requirements under varying conditions. Data aim to indicate when maintenance or overhauls are needed and to inform costs as electric power use expands across Indiana elevators.
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Cove
Eunin
Indiana
Farmer S Alert Focuses On Profitable Basis
A farmer can place his enterprise on a more profitable basis by adopting practical farming methods and seeking efficient market channels. This guidance emphasizes cost control, product quality, and strategic pricing to improve earnings.
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Helpful in Van Buren Case
A Van Buren reader reports chronic back pains and frequent kidney secretions eased by Doan's Kidney Pills after buying them at Pexton's Drug Store. The note quotes local booster testimony from EF Beastiman and cites prior word of the pill's effectiveness as proof of the product.
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van Buren
M. Beastiman
E. Elmst
Doan
Pexton
Question on Women and Hens Sparks Court Debate
A brief note cites a Philadelphia Record query on whether women should uncover their hens in court. The item mentions Massachusetts and an editor from Colorado News noting a demurral and the need to draw a line.
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Philadelphia Record
U.ing
Massachusetts
Jude’s
Cco Ee
Jim
Rerling
Colo
Telephone talk on four party lines stirs neighborhood opinions
Duchio of Colorado questions the thrill of listening in on a four party line. The column highlights curiosity about long distance calls and the social dynamics of local phone sharing. The tone is wry and observant about small community tech habits.
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Europe
Duchio
Colo
PORE LOSES $866 ON LAME FEEDING IN LAFAYETTE
In Lafayette on March 9, 220 head of western lambs from Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station were fed and marketed at a loss of over $4 per head due to falling prices. Bought at $12.25 per cwt in Chicago last October and sold at $10.00 in February, total receipts barely cover original cost including feed labor and freight. C M Vestal notes these results reflect typical lamb feeding ventures of the past season.
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Lafayette
C. M. Vestal
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