Neat Appearing Packages Key to Cottage Cheese Trade
U S Department of Agriculture experts urge better packaging for cottage cheese to preserve quality and attract buyers. Options include parchment wrap, tinfoil, paper oyster pails, butter cartons, fiber board, or glass jars, with emphasis on air protection and sanitation. Demonstrations at stores and clubs are recommended to boost use and knowledge of cottage cheese as a meat substitute and dietary staple.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. DC
White Ants Threaten Fruit Orchards and Buildings
The article warns white ants or termites cause serious damage to nurseries young fruit and nut trees and to structures. It describes their wood destroying habits nests underground, and advises prevention including stone brick or concrete foundations or coal tar creosote impregnated timbers to protect buildings.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Florida
Prairie
Kansas
Removing Males From Flock A Guide To Infertile Eggs
The article advises culling the flock by removing roosters to produce infertile eggs for preservation. It urges marketing roosters, storing infertile eggs for winter, and educating readers through agents. Emphasizes proper housing, ventilation, nutrition, and ongoing pest control for healthy birds.
Money Made With Chickens in a Small Tennessee Poultry Project
A Madison county woman notes a five year poultry venture with White Wyandotte eggs costing $2. From 1914 to 1918 she sold hens, cockerels, and eggs totaling profits of $379. Total production costs were $50, aided by feed waste with no cost.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Poultry Club
Madison County
Tenn
Farm Poultry Flocks Prove Worth $1.14 An Hour
A Wabash county Indiana woman shows farm poultry can yield $1.14 per hour of work. After a full season she recorded a net profit of $172.24 and calculated she earned $1.14 hourly for her labor in caring for the flock.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Wabash County
Indiana
Regulation Tightens Interstate Cattle Tuberculosis Controls
U S Department of Agriculture issues regulation seven under bureau of animal industry order 263 to prevent interstate shipment of tubercular cattle for breeding or dairy purposes after July 1 1919. Exceptions cover some cattle moving to public stockyards and certain breeding or feeding animals with certificates and strict identification.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Manure Improves Crops In Rotations Over Years
Agricultural studies show manure provides more value in crop rotations than as plant food alone. WV station reports 12% tons yearly for 15 years yields worth $40 per acre annually, while Ohio station notes $4.69 per ton gain with eight tons per acre in a five year rotation of corn, wheat, oats, clover and timothy. Continuous grain without rotation fails to sustain yields.
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West Virginia
Ohio Experiment Station
Fly Repellant for Cattle from North Dakota Station
The North Dakota experiment station recommends a fly repellant for cattle and other livestock. Dissolve one cake of laundry soap in four gallons of soft water while boiling hot, add one gallon of crude oil slowly and stir ten minutes. Then add four ounces of naphthalene and shake fifteen minutes. Apply with sprayer or moist cloth to the hair only, avoiding skin contact.
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North Dakota Experiment Station
Fresh Water for Chickens
Fresh water is crucial for growing chicks and must be kept clean. As weather warms, change water regularly to ensure it remains fresh and sanitary in all drinking vessels.
Give Alfalfa a Good Start
The article explains alfalfa failures stem mostly from planting and soil prep. It warns against assuming nitrogen from air suffices and notes about one third of legume nitrogen comes from soil while two thirds comes from the air.
Keep Hogs Cool in Summer
A rural tip advises keeping hogs shaded to prevent heat stress and meat loss. Provide straw shelter four feet above pens if natural shade is unavailable and ensure clean water is always available. The guidance comes from the United States Department of Agriculture.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Litter Quality Affects Poultry Scratching and Feeding
Good litter material like straw holds moisture and becomes limp. Damp litter is practically useless for fowls to scratch for grain. Scratching litter in the poultry house is essential but requires frequent cleaning and re spreading.
James L. Smith and the Emmett Monument Legacy in Mount Vernon
Wealthy Ashtabula bachelor James L. Smith died leaving blueprints for a sailors and soldiers memorial and a lasting tribute to Daniel Decatur Emmett. Emmett wrote Dixie and later toured at age eighty with Field, while Smith funded a Mount Vernon grave monument and sparked renewed attention to the song’s origins.
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Ashtabula
Ohio
Daniel Decatur Emmett
Dixie
James Lewis Smith
Emmett
Mount Vernon
Smith
America
United States
England
Dan Bryant
Mechanics’ Hall
New York
Bryant
Susan Denin
New Orleans
South
A. G. Field
Field
Newark
Actors’ Fund of
Mayr. Smith
Mound View
Dixie’s Land
Manhattan Island
New York City
France
A Hit With the Senoritas During the Cuban Occupation
A Marine recounts 1906 1907 service in Cuba at Palmyra and Cienfuegos. He wore a blue uniform to impress senoritas, stepped in ashes, shook trousers on a speeding train, and landed in Cienfuegos wearing fireman’s overalls, as described in the Chicago Journal.
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Cuba
Palmyra
Cienfuegos
Chicago Journal
Boy wonders if the power ever turns off at sea
A child named Robert with a scientific turn of mind visits Atlantic City with his mother. On a breezy day with high waves he stands on the boardwalk surveying the ocean and asks his mother if the power ever turns off.
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Robert
Atlantic City
If He Never Will Leave His Golf Behind
A light quip from the Boston Transcript about husbands who leave their work at the office yet neglect to depart from the golf course, with a humorous twist on domestic perfection.
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Boston Transcript
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Government Farm
Beltsville
Tennessee
North Dakota
Dixie” Rankdé
Rouget de Issie
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