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Veteran’s Day honors our Veterans who served in all wars and their service to the country.

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National Pollinator Week is June 20-26, 2022. Pollinator week celebrates the importance of birds, bees, bats, ants, butterflies, beetles, and other creatures who maintain valuable ecosystems. It is unfortunate that many pollinators don’t get the respect they deserve. Many people find them to be creepy, crawly, and ugly. Over 180,000 different plant species and more than 1200 crops depend upon these little workers for pollination. The world’s economy depends upon pollinators doing their work to feed the world. There are many species of native bees in the United States, but this is a model of a honeybee. Honeybees alone are responsible for between $1.2 and $5.4 billion dollars in agricultural productivity in the United States. This wire, plaster and wood model was used in biology classes at South ��ֱ���� State University. One side is the outside of the bee, with moveable wings. Turn the model around and it shows the bee’s innards.

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Bells have been used to ornament horses since ca. 800 BCE.  It was believed that the bells attracted good luck and acted as a charm protecting against disease, injury and evil.  Fancy brass bells also provided an opportunity to show off wealth and social status. The practical use of bells on horses, wagons and sleighs is to warn pedestrians and other drivers of on-coming traffic. 

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This round harrow rotates clockwise or counterclockwise to level the ground to smooth seed beds and incorporate chemicals into the soil.

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Crocks and stoneware provided significant benefits in food preservation. Many relatively local companies produced crocks.

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Not all eggs are created by hens. In fact, there are some eggs that help hens lat more eggs. Read to find out more!

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In the 17th and 18th centuries, betty lamps were a readily available lighting source. The name of the lamp is from the German word besser, meaning better. Betty lamps were an improvement over rush lamps in that they provide more, brighter light. They burned oil (fish, ��ֱ����, or vegetable). The wick was a piece of twisted cotton that sat in the oil and was held in place by the spout. The lamps came with wick picks to pull the wick out farther and keep it burning.

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Nineteenth century laundry day was a strenuous chore. Before the scrubbing or agitating of the dirty clothes began, someone hauled water to the wash boiler, heated it on a laundry stove and then added soap. As you can imagine, water and suds slopped out of the boiler creating a mess that had to be later mopped up. For this reason, many women preferred doing laundry outdoors. One woman became fed up with the mess and invented this laundry drainer.

Made of galvanized metal, this device measures 10 inches deep and 18 inches in diameter. A patent was issued Aug. 12, 1902, to Harriet Blenkhorn of Minneapolis for this invention. Harriet had trouble with the drainer toppling over and clean laundry spilling on the floor or ground. She also did not like having her feet or floor get wet while doing laundry. In the specifications of the patent, Harriet describes her drainer, “My invention relates to improvements in drainers, especially adapted for use on domestic wash boilers for the purpose of draining the clothes saturated with hot water, thus obviating the objectionable wetting of the floor.” In addition to this she provided an improved means for supporting the drainer in an inclined position on the boiler by holding it so that the drainer did not tilt backwards or sideways under the weight of the clothes.

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Horses are one of the earliest modes of human transportation and riders have always needed help to communicate with and steer their horse.

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Many children love dolls, however today few children have toys or dolls that aren’t for play like China Dolls. This week’s What’s New Wednesday comes from Neva Whaley Harding. 

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Railroads used many methods to reduce the hazardous conditions. Light became an important safety precaution.

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In the west country of England, cider was a way of life in farming communities. Cider was made on individual farms and kept in 100-gallon kegs. It was drunk from traditional cider mugs that had one to three handles. The extra handle was for passing to mug to another drinker.

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Harmonicas, known also as mouth organs or harps are popular instruments in the US.

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May is National Tourism Month and many visitors will be coming to South ��ֱ���� this season. The South ��ֱ���� Department of Agriculture published this 15-page guide ca. 1930-31. The contents of the guide promote visiting interesting sites around the state, plus several pages of “South ��ֱ���� Facts.” 

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