Easy To Build Patterned Water Box From Pattern No. 20
A simple pattern driven DIY project describes a windable soundbox that can be built with rock lumber and a canvas waterproofing. The guide promises full size outlines and no special tools, enabling quick assembly for outdoor use and even conversion into a wading pool with minimal effort.
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Donald J. Brann
Owngatera ‘Emsoy
Rock Alta
Department W
Pleasantville
N. X
Practical Garden Tips and Bird Migration Notes
Cut violets stay fresher keeping leaves and flowers near water and frequent misting helps. Wax Venetian blinds after washing for a clean look and easy dusting. Pack lunches standing sandwiches on edge to prevent filling from soaking bread. Coleus grow in shade but color deepens with sun exposure. Migratory bird flyways include Atlantic seaboard Mississippi valley Canada to Montana Gulf of Mexico. heredity explains many migrations dating to the Pleistocene era.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Mississippi Valley
Canada
Montana
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Slope
Simple Dehydrator Saves Garden Crops and Uses
A homemade dehydrator heating unit doubles as a five room heater. It is a labor saver for farms and homes. Drying depends on moisture removal at a temperature that preserves texture and color. Sun drying can work in hot dry areas but dehydrating yields better nutritive value. caution with lamp types to avoid bulb damage from liquids.
Minerals To Improve Egg Shell Quality From Diet
The article explains that eggshell quality can be boosted by feeding minerals and vitamins essential for shell production. Since shells are about 90 percent calcium carbonate, supplying calcium rich foods and Vitamin D aids in bone and shell formation. Shell grit provides calcium carbonate but without vitamin D conversion may be limited.
Nests For Turkeys In Breeder Areas
Crowding of turkeys in nests will be reduced if ample space and sufficient nests are provided. An individual turkey nest measures 28 inches wide by 24 inches high by 28 inches deep. Often birds break eggs for others. nests should be placed inside and outdoors during rapidly changing weather.
Proper nutrition fights swine diarrhea and scours
Wise Burroughs of the Ohio station says proper nutrition plays a key role in controlling swine diarrhea and scours, a major loss source for pork producers. Nursing pigs are susceptible, feeder pigs suffer enteritis, and older pigs may scour. Deficiencies in any of five B vitamins may cause the problem.
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Wise Burroughs
Ohio
Burroughs
Sallflower Crop Thrives Without Heavy Rainfall
The Sallflower proves resilient in low rainfall regions with only 12 to 13 inches annually and minimal competition from flax. It performs well under dry land conditions, rivaling wheat yields, and shows strong resistance to diseases and insects.
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Sallflower
Soviets Open Peace Talk Tone in U S Discuss Differences
Weekly analysis notes sudden shift in tone between Washington and Moscow as Bedell Smith and Molotov signal openness to discussing and settling differences. Both sides insist on their policy lines while agreeing to talk, raising questions about whether a substantive accord will follow amid broader European recovery tensions.
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Washington
Moscow
U. S
U.S
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Western
Europe
All Aboard Trains Run as Rail Unions Call Off Strike
Federal action and a 1916 wartime powers law kept U S railroads moving as three unions engineers firemen and switchmen yielded to a court restraining order. President Truman invoked emergency authority to seize the network and avert a nationwide rail crisis. Times and places omitted.
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Booda
Trauman
U. S
Truman
T. Alad Goldsborough
John L
Civil rights clash stirs Southern Democratic tensions
The piece details labor leaders fearing penalties for defying a restraining order during a soft coal strike, while Southern Democrats rally opposition to Truman over civil rights. Thurmond criticizes federal measures as State rights arguments grow, hinting at a potential Dixiecrat split ahead of 1952 elections.
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Harry Truman
Mason-Dixon Line
Alabama
Truman
Jackson
Miss
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
South
Democratic Party
Savas
Thurmond
Americans smoke at record high cigarette output in 1947
The May issue of Business Comment reports 1947 US cigarette production at about 370 billion, up 30 percent from the prior year. Per capita consumption rose steadily since World War I, climbing from 166 in 1914 to about 2,400 in recent decades, indicating wartime gains did not curb postwar demand.
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U. S
Bulletin of Northern Trust Company
IMG
Ohio primary leaves Taft ahead in delegates as Stassen trails
After the Ohio results, Senator Robert Taft secured 44 delegates to the Republican national convention, while Harold Stassen captured nine. The interpretation varied, with many viewing the tally as a setback for Stassen though not a clear Taft landslide. The race remains Taft and Dewey aligned against Stassen, with Vandenberg kept in the wings.
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Ohio
Sen
Robert Taft
Harold Stassen
Taft
Thoreoughly
Philadelphia
Staszen
Minnesota
Stassen
Stoswen
Soi
G.O.P
Dewey
Rar
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Ohie
Harold E. Stassen
Truman Chooses Farm Issue For Campaign Vehicle
President Truman plans a congressionally directed long range farm program message focused on soil conservation and adequate funding. Senate Democratic Leader Barkley recalls budget proposals for 300 million dollars for soil conservation, later cut to 225 million by Congress, a point that resonates with many farmers.
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Truman
Congress
Clinton Anderson
Alben Barkley
Senate
Barkley
Congross
U. S
U S Wheat Forecast Sees Third Largest Crop Despite Cuts
The Department of Agriculture predicted the United States would produce the third largest wheat crop in history this year, despite lowering the winter wheat estimate by 14.5 million bushels from the April forecast. By May 1 prospects stood at 13.7 billion bushels with last year’s crop at 1.36 billion. The average 1936-45 production was 890 million.
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Department of Agriculture
U. S
Department
Great Plains
Plant life tests reveal plants nibble or feast on phosphates
Appeltites atomic scientists report that certain plants, including humans metaphorically, respond differently to radioactive phosphorous influences. Tests on phosphates allow farmers to judge whether fertilizer spending yields a meaningful plant uptake or only minimal consumption, guiding fertilizer decisions.
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Appeltites
Young frock pattern with scooped neck and ruffled slip
Pattern No 1768 offers a youth dress with a scooped neckline and be-ruffled petticoat. It comes in sizes 2, 34, 96, 40, 42, 44, 46 with fabric yardages for 34 and 35 or 29-inch widths. Special fashion tips and a back cover pattern insert price 25 cents. Pattern No 8254 covers sizes 11 to 18 with 4% yards of 35-inch fabric for size 12.
First Aid To Ailing Thouses Advice On Home Storm Sashes
Questions cover reducing window sweating with storm sash, attic insulation installation guidance, building a basement recreation room, and cleaning a white stone mantel. Answers emphasize storm sash to prevent condensation, using quality insulation with proper installation instructions, moisture elimination, and safe cleaning with trisodium phosphate solution followed by rinsing.
Largest Copper Mine in Rocky Mountain Empire
The world's largest open-cut copper mine sits at Bingham Utah about 28 miles from Salt Lake City. It spans about 524 acres as a theater-like quarry. Ore is mined by 27 electric shovels with nine-ton dipper capacity, handling up to 142,185 tons daily and employing 2,600 workers.
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Rocky Mountain Empire
Bingham
Utah
Galt Lake City
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