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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1918
Page
6
Farmers should store natural ice this winter as a patriotic duty to ease city supply strain and protect farm perishables. Ice houses reduce fuel use, aid dairy and meat preservation, and come in above ground, partly underground, or cellar styles with insulation and drainage crucial for longevity.
A large creamery bought 350000 gallons of milk and cream annually and returned nearly 2700 dollars of product to farmers last year due to souring and off flavors from lack of proper care. Another plant received about 50000 gallons of sour milk in one year. Insufficient cooling caused most losses, a common issue across the country in hot seasons.
Instructions urge all gardeners to save seeds from surplus produce for the next planting season. Choose strong plants and allow beans peas and sweet corn to ripen fully on the plant, or let fruits on tomatoes cucumbers and similar crops fully ripen. Dry thoroughly, store in a vermin proof ventilated container, label each packet, and keep in a dry well ventilated room.
The article urges every boy and girl to preserve surplus vegetables for winter via cellar storage pits or banks. It lists suitable crops and methods including canning drying and storing. It notes U S Department of Agriculture bulletins from Washington D C on canning drying and storing garden products are free and available.
Put Your Pond in Storage. Ask your health officer or dairy inspector for information on ice house construction, including size, material costs, and storage cutting costs. Write to the Dairy Division, U S Department of Agriculture, for details on construction and use of ice on the dairy farm.
A USDA prepared piece notes four men grading current receipts at a city market saved $100 by promptly handling eggs. Fresh eggs perish. heat harms them and cold preserves. Prompt, direct routing from nest to packing house reduces losses, with farmers urged to market eggs often and dealers to ship promptly and properly.
A city friendly guide encourages households with limited space to keep poultry. Ten hens per flock can yield about 100 dozen eggs yearly worth around 25 cents per dozen, while improving food costs and freshness. References Farmers Bulletin 889 and 528 offer practical guidance on housing feeding raising and disease prevention.
To maximize silage quality corn should be cut just as milk stage ends and begins dent. Use short three fourths inch pieces and pack thoroughly to exclude air. A jointed distributor aids even distribution and reduces labor and hazards. Water may be added during cutting to balance moisture. Top layers use heavy green stalks with ears removed for tight packing. Start feeding immediately after filling to prevent spoilage.
Advice on dairy herd management stressing shade for cows, clean feeding pails, refrigeration, proper feeding of calves, and using skim milk for human food. Highlights include importance of good cows, named cows, and cleanliness to prevent calf diseases, plus emphasis on egg production through strong breeding.
Farmers lose many sheep and cattle to poisonous plants like laurel and larkspur and to inorganic hazards such as salt, soap powder, antiseptics, rat poisons, patent pastes, and even fireworks. Protect pastures with fencing and careful selection to reduce deaths and safeguard stock.
The United States Department of Agriculture urges farmers to dedicate full effort to selecting abundant seed corn from standing stalks at harvest. The guidance stresses not to delay seed selection and to preserve the best ears carefully to achieve higher future yields and profit.
The article notes wild mustard and wild oats as the two most common spring wheat field weeds. They spread by maturing seeds that reinfest the land before the wheat can be harvested, enabling continued weed presence each year.
Creosoted wood block flooring is cited as an effective modern improvement for sanitary feed and dairy barns stables and hog houses.
Covington, living in a cluttered desk world, recovers a long‑lost letter to Mabel as she reveals her mission to keep the desk straight. He confesses his mistimed romance while she faces his neglect and they confront truth and forgiveness in a late 1910s moral drama.
Elsa defends kissing a young lieutenant as both duty and privilege to lift fighters in wartime. Mrs Propper-Why expresses shock at the gesture while Hisa remains skeptical.
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