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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
2
Officials of the USDA Bureau of Chemistry warn that busy wartime shortages have eroded cleanliness in many grocers. Dirty stores risk food spoilage and disease, while bright, sanitary shops attract customers and cut waste. Programs include colored placards and civic group involvement to boost hygiene.
Women s clubs and other groups can aid in campaigns to improve food store sanitation by patronizing clean establishments, reporting insanitary conditions to authorities, discussing the issue at meetings, forming committees to inspect stores, and urging storekeepers to raise sanitation standards.
The article argues for using leaves as bedding to conserve straw and boost food production during the crisis. It notes leaves are cheap where available and already used in the South, and that leaves contribute humus to soil when land is built up.
Winter laying can succeed with limited exercise though overall yearly performance and survival may suffer. Poor management at other times increases winter losses. Cleaning up yard and garden debris in late fall helps by eliminating insect pests. burn the trash.
United States Department of Agriculture outlines methods for starting hardwoods from seed and cuttings. It covers choosing stock, growing seedlings, using fall cuttings for willows and cottonwood, transplanting priors, and maximizing root health in prepared beds and varied soil conditions.
December is the month to protect strawberries from cold and drying winds. Mulch beds with leaves straw or similar material three to four inches deep after frost. Remove mulch partially in spring at bloom time to keep fruit clean and conserve moisture. Avoid overmulching to prevent plant damage.
Ice storage hinges on insulation and drainage. Earth temperature at six to eight feet remains about 55 degrees year round, making earth heat a major factor. Cellars or half sunk houses offer some advantages. insulation quality and construction cost determine how long ice lasts, with crude stacking and sawdust as temporary methods only.
USDA poultry specialists test cheap vegetable protein feeds with beef scrap in laying hen rations. One mash with 20 percent beef scrap yielded the most eggs. another with 10 percent peanut meal and 10 percent beef scrap averaged 10 eggs less over a 5 month winter period. Soy bean, cottonseed, and velvet bean meals with beef scrap gave fairly satisfactory results.
Government poultrymen urge higher production through nine steps. Keep better standard bred poultry, select healthy breeders, hatch early, preserve eggs for home use, produce infertile eggs for nonhatching purposes, cull unprofitable flocks, maintain a small back-yard flock, grow more poultry feed, and eat more poultry and eggs to conserve meat supplies.
Poultry keepers should assess pullets by weight and age to determine winter laying potential. Five month Plymouth Rock under four pounds, five month Wyandotte or Rhode Island Red under three pounds, and four month Leghorn under two pounds are poor prospects and should be culled. Age misjudgment leads to keeping unsuitable birds and wasted feed.
The piece notes that young turkeys display a wandering spirit, urging that the coop be secured at the bottom to prevent escape and separation from their mother.
An ad promises instant relief from indigestion and gas with Pape s Diapepsin after meals. It claims the tablets end acids and stomach distress quickly and are sold by druggists. A stray line notes Dr Frederick Pridham of Johns Hopkins announces a rheumatism discovery.
Advice promotes staying away from crowds and maintaining cleanliness to fight influenza. It endorses Dr. Pierce products like Pleasant Pellets and Golden Medical Discovery with warnings to rest during illness and use Anuric tablets and hot lemonade for symptoms. It also suggests an herbal tonic or iron tablets to rebuild strength and offers a trial package by mail from Buffalo, New York.
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