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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1927
Page
3
A long memory piece follows Mrs. Derrit on Christmas Eve as she recalls a family torn by tragedy and distance. The story shifts to a vision of her son Dave returning with a little David, the Ransom girl, and the farm now restored by kin, warmth, and a new generation.
New Jersey farm kitchen equipped with a modern porcelain sink at an accessible height, a drain board and side shelf, a tea wagon for transporting dishes, a movable castered stool, and a drain basket for quick drying. Utensils hang under a shelf. linoleum floor eases cleaning. Suggested by Gloucester county home demonstration agent.
Wholesome orange drop cake recipe from the bureau of home economics. Cream grated orange rind with butter, beat in sugar and eggs with orange juice, fold in flour and baking powder, drop by teaspoonfuls on a greased sheet and bake in a quick oven.
The United States Bureau of Home Economics offers information to help home sewers fit garments better. It outlines main lines of a well fitted garment, how to correct defects, and common mistakes to avoid. Applications for the guidance are available from the bureau in Washington.
Barouni olives, familiar as green table olives, are usually pickled. The United States Department of Agriculture introduced a ripe pickling Barouni variety from north Africa. California now hosts about 100 acres of Barouni orchards, with production strong as the trees mature. An official Yearbook note details processing methods and a highly regarded ripe product. An eleven year tree in the government garden yielded 328 pounds of fruit.
The article promotes using oats baked into muffins to change breakfast monotony. It cites a Home Economics Bureau recipe and lists ingredients and steps including grinding oats, mixing dry and wet ingredients, and baking muffins for 20 to 25 minutes.
Cranberries in season through fall and winter offer savory uses beyond sauce. A Bureau of Home Economics recipe creates a cranberry pie by simmering berries with sugar water salt then butter, filling a pastry shell, venting steam, and baking until the crust is golden brown.
North Carolina experiment station reports two three year tests show hens gain extra eggs only from November first to April first with daily 14 hour feeding plus electric lighting. Rest period between exposure year is needed to replenish vitamins minerals and vitality. Continuous year round extra hours reduce results and cause molting.
Stockholm scientist Prof. Eric Agudhr reports that continuous cod liver oil in poultry rations risks obesity swelling and organ effects in mice and may be harmful if used long term. While helpful temporarily it should not be a regular diet item for poultry without thorough extended studies.
The article advises using sodium fluoride to destroy parasites on hens. It suggests dipping on a warm day, using one ounce per gallon of lukewarm water, and submerging the bird while ruffling feathers. If dipping isn’t possible, apply powder to the neck back under wings and under the vent.
The article discusses hardy poultry parasites that survive months after hens leave houses, the need for strong feeding to sustain winter egg production, and using tankage meat scraps green bone skim milk or buttermilk. It notes heavy breeds risk fattening and stresses proper poultry house conditions and feeding strategies. It cites Missouri station findings that adding animal food to grain raises egg yield, with each pound adding about a dozen eggs.
Farmers now work with The Peter Fox Sons Company of Chicago to maximize poultry profits. The firm advises on market conditions, prep for shipping, and routes, claiming thousands of successful shippers and a top market price minus 5 percent plus transport costs. A Hinsdale Montana farmer reports earning $20 more from 14 turkeys by shipping to the company.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports a Tulare county California ranch of 6500 acres is being managed from the air. An airplane provides aerial photographs from 9000 feet, letting the manager map the whole operation and assign 500 workers from the ranch house with minimal visits.
Special snow fighting locomotives have been adopted this winter by several Eastern railroad yards to clear switches. Engines carry nine pipes in a V behind the cowcatcher to spurt live steam and melt ice. One railroad has 25 locomotives equipped for this duty. A New York elevated line uses automatic electric heating coils in switch rails that operate when temperatures fall.
Refugees on higher ground watched as a young horse towed an old companion through floodwaters near Burlington Vermont. The older horse weakened then sank, but the young one seized the elder’s mane and pulled him toward shore until both were saved by nearby rescuers.
A tiny balloon launched on a Saturday night by O C Inman of Nashville Tennessee drifted about 300 miles in three days. Inman attached a note asking the finder to write back. Hubert Mitchell of Lavonia Georgia replied after a week that he found the balloon near Lavonia with a hole at the bottom and it appeared melted by heat.
June recalls a past item, noting Mae’s handiwork on a dress and a pink embroidered edge. The exchange emphasizes memory of a handmade garment.
Reporters greet John McCormack on his return from Europe at the pier and learn Deems Taylor is composing another command opera for the Metropolitan. McCormack asks which commercial topic it will cover and privately jokes about Otto Kahn.
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