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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1928
Page
3
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture explains sun exposure for children. It describes two sun suit designs, one romper style and a boyish cut, both aiming to maximize UV skin exposure. It advises gradual introduction to sun baths starting at 90 degrees Fahrenheit and up until a tan develops.
A 4 H club activity supervised by the USDA and agricultural colleges shows a girl improving her room. She rearranges her closet with a broomstick pole, many hangers, and fresh paint and furniture, promoting tidiness and easier storage. Mothers note the value of home training and orderly routines for daughters.
The article describes an orange sherbet recipe from the bureau of home economies. It details juice ingredients, sugar and salt proportions, and a method using ice and salt for freezing, adding beaten egg white for texture, and a ripening period before serving.
The text promoting strawberry shortcake for breakfast or lunch describes serving it with plain cream or milk or cottage cheese to create a complete meal. It suggests it suits children for breakfast or Sunday night supper as a satisfying dietary change.
A historic bureau tested recipe describes simmering a fowl in salted water, then thickening with a flour and fat blend. The dish includes curry, onion fried in fat, and generous salt, served over flaky boiled rice.
The guide from the bureau of home economics explains cooking a greens blend without water to preserve minerals and vitamins. Use equal quantities of spinach and kale with half as much dandelion greens, cut, then 3 minutes in a buttered pan with about one tablespoon of butter per quart of greens.
Rob R. Slocum of the USDA bureau of agricultural economics reports that changes in poultry management have lengthened the production season. He notes rising fall and early winter egg output and out-of-season broilers raise cold storage concerns, but overall yearly storage will remain strong or grow with population growth. He emphasizes most eggs and poultry come from Middle West general farms, not specialized operations, with spring eggs and fall broilers shifting storage needs to later periods.
Summer feeding for laying hens calls for less grain and more mash. P B Zumbro of Ohio recommends gradually reducing grain, feeding all grain in the evening, and using wet mash mixed with milk.
Practical guidance for poultry keepers covers coop placement for chicks, shading and water needs, dark nesting boxes facing away from doors, rotation of fields for up to 500 chicks, and recommended feeds such as skim milk and yellow corn meal. Tips include early egg collection, dust baths with carbolic acid, and using manganese potash to tint drinking water. Essex rape for fall feed can be planted now with management to protect young plants.
The piece urges consumers to look for Bayer on aspirin boxes and the red word genuine as proof of authenticity before purchase. It notes the drugstore stock and the proven directions included in every box.
Three carrier pigeons lifted at 9 01 in Hammondport New York and flew to Auburn fifty miles away. The first arrived at 9 49 showing a speed near a mile a minute in a race against an airplane. Modern tests with rapid vehicles reveal birds may reach swift speeds much higher than common flyers.
Nature Magazine notes July reveals rich insect activity with a digger wasp paralyzing prey, an ox warble fly spurring cattle into chaos, and a ladybird beetle consuming plant lice. It also surveys insect defenses like camouflaged caterpillars and leafless slugs, marking July as a month of lush natural display.
A quirky item notes an employee of the mint drawing his salary as an anticlimax moment in a money making scheme.
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