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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1918
Page
3
Home demonstration agents promote using substitutes for sugar to reduce waste and improve cooking. Articles cover drying fruits, making fruit juices and butters, syrups from corn sirup honey and sorghum, sugarless candies and jams with detailed recipes like Blackberry Jam Peach Jam and Apple Pulp with corn sirup.
Remnants of cereal breakfast foods can thicken soups or be used to make pala table dishes. Small portions of cooked cereal can be molded in cups and reheated by boiling water. Adding hot water to mush creates a thin base for new batches. Frying leftovers and using them in croquettes or puddings is a long standing practice.
Advice notes children should receive fruit daily and outlines safe forms such as juices pulp cooked fruit baked apples and pears and stewed prunes. It discusses whether to give skins based on age health and prep method and notes tender skins rarely cause trouble with older kids while baked apples with frequent basing tenderize skins.
The article notes unexpected shortages in sugar cane and beet crops due to wartime disruption. It cites ongoing destruction of foreign sugar beet fields and heavy losses at sea from submarine warfare. Government demands a generous supply to meet servicemen’s needs.
United States Department of Agriculture presents sixteen different methods of marking chickens to easily tell age and breeding before transfer to the brooder. The guide warns farmers to mark pullets early to avoid misidentifying hens and pullets after maturation.
A farm guide explains how hens form the core of poultry production while turkeys, guinea fowls, geese, ducks, and pigeons support meat and egg output. It notes that farm size, water resources, and available forage determine which species are profitable, with specifics on feeding, range, and waste utilization.
The article explains using a windbreak of trees to protect buildings and provide future firewood posts and lumber. It lists suitable species for Northern and Southern Plains regions, notes pruning needs, and points to Farmers Bulletin 888 for detailed species data.
The article explains the common cabbage worm as the major pest of cabbage and related crops, urging early and repeated spraying with arsenate formulas, hand picking in small gardens, and community action to spray fields and leave poisoned trap stalks for the final generation. It notes the pest’s life cycle, generations per season, and regional differences.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture urges breeders and farmers to raise higher quality poultry and larger flocks. It promotes standard-bred poultry, healthy breeders, early hatch, egg preservation, infertile eggs for consumption, culling of unprofitable stock, small back-yard flocks, increased poultry feed, and greater consumption of poultry and eggs to bolster meat supplies.
Farmers are urged to preserve eggs for winter and to encourage friends in town to do the same for future fall and winter use.
Readers discuss whether confined hens can thrive with proper feed and handling. Observers note mature birds may lay more eggs in tight spaces when well cared for, challenging assumptions about freedom versus productivity.
Porky Pig leads a barnyard meeting about daylight saving. Animals gather as Pinky Pig and others discuss the idea of shifting clocks for more daylight, with Pig characters weighing pros and cons and declaring the discussion open.
A teacher asked why the boy stood on the burning deck after a discussion of Casablanca. The class’s quick reply noted the boy stood because it was too hot to sit, underscoring the theme of faithfulness.
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