New Centrifugal Cotton Gin Promises Planting Revolution
Bridgeport inventor Frank H. Watson and partner Jonesboro Ark. unveil a centrifugal gin claiming fourfold output and bale value gain between five and ten dollars. The device cleans as it gins, rejects dirt and tools, and uses a 3500 to 4000 feet per minute belt to separate fiber from seeds before a continuous air blast. Secretary Wallace inspected a two inch staple demonstration. mass production targeted for spring with 40 000 gins in use and 10 000 gins max needed.
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Bridgeport
Mr. Watson
Whitney
Watson
Alexander Eccles
Liverpool
Eng
Henry A. Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
S. H. McCrory
United States Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
Washington
Henry Z. Gora
Jennings Valve Company
America
Learning to Live in Education Future
Haydn 8 Pearson argues education should shift from job focus to teaching people how to live. He traces schooling’s rise from colonial common schools to academies and junior high, urging educators to spark a civic, democratic ideal beyond earnings. The piece calls for a new want: education as a means to live meaningfully.
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Haydn
Pearson
East
Middle West
Northwest
New England
Massachusetts Bay Colony
United States
China
Gate conversation hints at visitor mystery
A husband questions a long gate chat while the wife identifies the visitor as Mrs. Smith who did not have time to enter, implying a doorstep encounter with an unclear motive or purpose.
Minimum Effort Miss Minnie Hired for Maximum Work
A playful backstage line shows a mistress testing a new maid who introduces herself as Minnie. The mistress jokes that if Minnie does the maximum of work she will suit, cheekily praising efficiency with a pun on minimum and maximum.
Superior Corn Varieties From Texas Experiment Station
Texas agricultural experiment station reports new corn varieties and strains developed by Dr. Menglesdorf and colleagues. Sweet corn strains resist earworms, yellow white hybrids yield highly, with yellow Surecropper and Golden June among offerings. Seed supplies are limited for 1938 and 1939 crop planning. distribution and certification details are available from the State seed and plant board.
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College Station
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Menglesdorf
A. D. Jackson
Texas
Jackson
South
Ferguson
Howe
Texas Experiment Station
Chillicothe
West Texas
Lubbock
Beeville
Thomas
Gulf Coast
Rio Grande Valley
G. W. Vandervort
Edcough
Division of
Field Seed and
State Department of Agriculture
E. P. Humbert
State Seed and Plant Board
Week's Hints For Domestic Kitchen Care
A shallow pan about one inch deep is best for baking biscuits to ensure even browning on all sides. White vinegar removes glue stains. Dissolve sugar in water when washing linoleum or oil cloth to get a brilliant polish. Put fresh doughnuts in a covered dish while warm to keep them fresh longer.
Honeys Make Excellent Sundae Toppings
Extracted honeys provide flavorful toppings for ice cream sundaes, adding sweetness and aroma to dessert servings.
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