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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 15, 1947

Page

6

Bell Spikes Sheds Light On Team Bedlam

In a Hawks intra club game, Bell crashes into Irishman Pat O'Toole at second base after a bat and ball sequence. O'Toole is injured with concussion and leg artery damage. Bell later wins forgiveness when his hit drives in the winning run against the Cards.

Erry Bell Hawks Pepper Phil Weston Bell Weston Pat O'Toole O'Toole Joe Amble Braves Dodgers Giants Selkirk O’toole Skipper Amble WNU

Hay Curing in Silos Boosted by Electric Motors

The article notes silos replacing barn mows for hay curing as farmers adopt vertical silos with electric air flow. A 5 to 7 HP motor cures hay at about $1 per ton, matching mow costs, while test results show the hay’s feeding value rises by $5 to $10 per ton over sun drying.

Dunloggin Mistress La Princess Sets Illinois Dairy Record

Dunloggin Mistress La Princess sold for a new high price of 23500 at a Cary Illinois sale to Elmwood Farms and later changed hands to Rehder Bros. The cow posted 1047 pounds fat and 27478 pounds milk at 3.8 percent in 365 days with three milkings daily and was named Reserve All American Aged Cow in 1946.

Cary la Princess Elmwood Farms Lake Forest Ill Wern Farms Waukesha Wis Rehder Bros Gladbrook Illinois

King John Fosters Horse Breeding With Flemish Stallions

In 1199 King John of England promoted horse breeding by importing Flemish stallions, a development credited as the origin of the English draft horse.

John of England

Low Heating Prevents Scorching of Utensils

A kitchen guide explains how low even heat and frequent stirring prevent scorching in milk sauces, custards, cheese, eggs, and dense mixtures like soups, beans, and sauces. It notes enamelware risks and recommends double boiler use for milk based recipes to preserve flavor and appearance.

Vitamin C retention in produce and U S steel furnaces

Investigations by the Wisconsin Experiment Station show leafy greens retain most vitamin C when packed in ice and stored cold, with lettuce losing under 10 percent after six days. sprinkling produce offers little benefit and moisture alone without refrigeration helps nothing. The report also details U S steelmaking furnaces: 1,170 total units, including 924 open hearth, 29 Bessemer converters, and 217 electric furnaces, with 92,241,250 net tons annual capacity and blast furnaces at 65,709,200 tons per year across 233 furnaces.

Wisconsin Experiment Station United States Bessemer

Tall Grass Yields to Power Mower With Vertical Blades

A lengthy passage describes tall tough grass yielding to a power mower that uses whirling blades on a vertical axis rather than the traditional horizontal roller type. The account notes the mower’s efficiency in cutting through dense growth.

Internal Structure of Spoon Worms

The spoon worms are described as liquid-filled bags hosting floating yet organized life processes. Echiuroids are mud burrowers with long proboscises that search for food and sometimes inhabit rocks or mollusk shells or rock galleries in bored clam environments.

Scorching Risks With Sweet Baked Goods And Stovetop Cooks

The text explains that molasses and honey baked goods scorch easily, thus require lower oven temps. Chocolate also scorches and benefits from cooler baking. For stovetop cooking a heavy bottom kettle distributes heat. heavy aluminum is preferred while enamelware and stainless steel are poor. An asbestos mat can protect against scorching on unadjustable burners. Boiling foods demands watchful stirring and near dry-kettle risk.

U S Farmer Shows Gains From Breeding And Veterinary Care

Dr Ward L Beebe notes improved breeding yields finer livestock and on farm disease control, a remarkable advance given only one veterinarian per 25 000 farm animals.

Ward L. Beebe

Beet Top Silage Cuts Hay Requirements

The best feeding practices show beet top silage in the ration can halve hay needs for beef, mutton, or milk production. Silage adds succulent value and supplements forage and other feeds, with many feeders rating its value nearly equal to high quality hay on a ton-for-ton basis.

Fount of Knowledge Light Ranked Superior to Other Senses

The Better Vision institute states that light provides more information about the outside world than the other four senses combined, highlighting the pivotal role of vision in perception and understanding.

Better Vision Institute

Vikings of America Explore Caribbean Links

The Vikings of South America are identified as the Caribs of Venezuela and Brazil who migrated by large canoes to the West Indies. The text notes foot and mouth disease affects almost all cloven-footed animals including cattle hogs and sheep.

South America Venezuela Brazil West Indies

Fresh Air Ducts Provide Individual Ventilation in DC-6 cabins

Douglas DC-6 aircraft use ventilation equipment delivering 61 pounds of fresh air per minute or about 20 cubic feet per minute per passenger. The system serves a 20 room house equivalence and allows occupants to adjust ducts at each double seat.

Robin Hood as Ideal Yeoman Knight of English Legend

The article outlines Robin Hood as the virtuous outcast hero who robs the rich to aid the poor with his band in Sherwood Forest. It notes companions like Friar Tuck and Little John, mentions deer and travelers as food sources, and discusses the long-standing question of whether he truly lived. It cites early notices in Piers Plowman around 1337 and ballad origins in the 15th century.

Robin Hood Arthur Friar Tuck Little John Scadlock Sherwood Forest Nottinghamshire Piers Plowman

Fresh Ice Packed Veg Storage Reduces Vitamin C Loss

Freshly harvested vegetables stored in crushed ice maintain moisture and low temperature to slow vitamin C depletion during transport and three days of storage.

Paper’s reflectivity described by Better Vision Institute

The Better Vision Institute states white paper reflects nearly as much light as a mirror. You cannot see a reflection on paper because its surface is not flat and smooth, but full of irregularities that diffuse light.

Better Vision Institute

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