Rag-Doll Seed Testers Help Rebuild 1918 Corn Supply
An article promotes rag-doll testers made from bleached muslin to test corn seed germination. It explains construction steps from 16 inch by 3-5 foot strips, soaking, rolling, and sealing the tester, plus temperature guidelines and when to discard weak ears.
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Union County
Kentucky
United States Department of Agriculture
Kentucky Extension Organization
Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Experiment Stations
Market Butter by Mail Expands Parcel Post Sales
A farmer's wife found good butter could fetch over half the retail price when shipped by parcel post to a city customer. Demand grew, with buyers paying advance prices and customers saving versus retail butter. Creameries now run extensive parcel post operations, selling directly to consumers or retailers, and one offers weekly price lists.
Parcel post farm ads offer fresh produce direct
Advertisements suggest farmers market parcel post sales for FRESH eggs Butter and vegetables from Fair View Farm in Blank Virginia. Customers send for three dozen eggs two pounds vegetables or a basket of assorted produce prepaid by parcel post with quality guaranteed. Cherries mailed fresh from the tree with quarts priced per sent order.
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Parcel Post
Fair View Farm
Blank
Lice and Mites Eradication Tips for Poultry
USDA guidance recommends free use of sodium fluoride based lice powder applied with the fowl head downward to feed into feathers. A dust bath is essential for lice removal. Kerosene or crude petroleum on roosts and cracks exterminates mites. Whitewash interiors yearly keeps houses sanitary.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Fowls for Breeding Stock
Eggs may be fertile yet hatch unsatisfactorily. The main aim is strong virile germs via careful selection mating and management of breeding stock and proper postlay care. Health and vigor guide selection. discard fowls with serious illness or defects to ensure a sound, well-fed breeding flock.
Chilling Room Benefits Small Poultry Packers
The chill room for poultry and eggs helps small packers ship in small lots to markets without spoilage. Dry chilled poultry arrives in good condition while wet packed fowls spoil. the method uses less ice than traditional ice packing.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Leaves Make Good Litter For Fowls
Leaves provide superior litter for fowls aside from clover and dried grasses. Do not let leaves lie long on floors as birds pick at them, turning them to dust. Store plenty in barrels to save costly scratching material and use leaf sweepings on the garden patch.
Acknowledgment of Motion Picture Aid to Agriculture
The annual report notes cooperation from the motion picture industry in spreading food production and conservation messages. Films produced by the department reached about 500,000 at meetings and fairs and 4,000,000 in theaters, aiding farm labor recruitment and agricultural efforts.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Farm Machinery Maintenance Tips
A list of practical guidance for farm equipment care. Learn each adjustment and its purpose. Oil all bearings gears and shafts. Keep bolts and nuts tight and paint implements every two years. Grease landsides mold boards shares cultivator knives and disks when left unused for more than a day.
Cooperative credit unions urged for small farmers reform
The secretary of agriculture endorses personal credit unions to aid farmers with small operations who lack banking access. He notes some rural folk receive little banker sympathy and stresses education, better farming, markets, health, and cooperative effort as keys to rural salvation and progress.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Rural Credit Unions Grow Under State Guidance
A long range view on farm co operation notes that farmers should develop credit and marketing cooperatives through voluntary effort. States have enacted laws and North Carolina reports 18 rural credit unions under college supervision since 1915 with education and demonstration provisions.
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North Carolina
State College of Agriculture
Prep for Ice Harvest and Team Effort
The article urges preparing ice cutting tools including saws tongs and iron bar, sharpening and repointing handles and bar, cleaning gear, and storing dry insulation like sawdust. It promotes cooperative harvesting with neighbors using shared gear and emphasizes readiness and safety for thick ice.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Poison Plant Kills Stock in New Mexico County
San Juan county stock raisers face hundreds of sheep and cattle losses traced to whorled milkweed. County agent identified the poisonous plant, led meetings, and formed La Plata district committees to inspect 20 000 acres and guide farmers in avoidance.
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San Juan County
New Mexico
United States Department of Agriculture
San Juan
la Plata
Danderine Promises Beautiful Hair With Dandruff Cure
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine as a hair growth and scalp treatment. It claims rapid dandruff removal, itch relief, and new hair growth within weeks, promising soft, lustrous, fluffy hair and easy at home use.
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Knowlton
Widow's Deep Grief Suppresses Hidden Tears
A fragment recalls a widow overwhelmed by grief, with a humorous aside about hiding her powder puff to prevent her from weeping, capturing a tone of melancholy mixed with wry humor. The brief reads as a literary vignette rather than a news item.
No Worms in a Healthy Child Promoted by Tonic Use
The ad claims worms in children cause pale skin and poor blood. Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic is advertised as enriching blood improving digestion and strengthening the body. It suggests regular use for two to three weeks and promises the child will regain health.
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GROVE
Pleasant Pellets and Dr Pierce’s Health Remedy
Weekly Health Talks praises Buffalo physician Dr. Pierce and his Pleasant Pellets. The pills use Mayapple aloe and jalap root, openly disclosed ingredients, and gently move the bowels to cleanse decayed matter, restoring health for constipated individuals. If constipated, visit a druggist for these pellets.
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Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
America
Dr. Pierce
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