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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1929
Page
3
New Jersey Agricultural College poultry experts urge February hatched Leghorn chicks to receive rapid growth rations after eight to ten weeks, shifting to mineral-rich laying feeds to maximize early egg production and body growth, noting February birds moult late and differ from later hatchlings.
Farmers should balance winter rations using equal parts corn wheat and oats and limit corn to avoid fattening. Include cull vegetables alfalfa or clover and offer laying mash and oyster shells. Feed on clean soil to prevent disease and keep grain and mash in separate hoppers to reduce contamination risks.
Advice on poultry management including water fountains for chicks, brooders, and the use of cod liver oil to supplement lack of sunshine. Warns against bacillary white diarrhea, stresses safe cooking of eggs, suggests warm water and proper ventilation, and notes nesting with alfalfa bay to deter mites. Emphasizes feeding value of animal protein over plant proteins.
The article describes Mrs. Roop of Montgomery County Virginia remodeling a living room by removing a boxed-in stairway and a hall partition. It covers fireplace restoration refinishing of walls floor and woodwork. crochet rug making. redoing a parlor into a daytime sitting room. converting a porch to sunroom. creating a nursery bathroom and sleeping porch upstairs. and installing a rain-fed water tank for bathrooms.
The onion, from southern Asia to the Mediterranean coast, has long been a valued staple. Egyptian cultivation predated modern agriculture, and onions tolerate salty soils. In the United States favorable conditions exist. price highs spur acreage and local home gardens. Average yields run about 290 bushels per acre with fertile soils producing 400 to 600 bushels.
After heavy courses, a fig pudding recipe from the bureau of home economics offers a lighter dessert option. It pairs with a baked meat dish and salad, uses butter sugar eggs flour figs vanilla and milk, bakes about an hour at 875 degrees, and serves hot with lemon sauce or lemon-flavored hard sauce.
Many home accessories such as lamps, desk sets, and magazine racks are made of wrought iron. The piece notes the scroll work can collect dust and soot and recommends occasional washing with soft warm water and soap, followed by thorough drying to preserve the finish.
A barber pressures a customer to buy a hair restorer with a boastful pitch. The barber implies success if hair grows and termination if it does not, framing the sale as a high stakes wager. The exchange ends with confusion and a reluctant buy request.
A Los Angeles mother recounts how California Fig Syrup helped her son Leroy Young with weak digestion constipation and bilious spells. She says the syrup calmed his stomach and bowels and that physicians endorse the product which has served mothers for over decades.
A reflective line from George MacDonald urging light in freedom from care toward others. It emphasizes fearless tenderness courtesy and graciousness as guiding values.
Lettuce is a valuable food used as the main dish or garnish. Fresh green leaves brighten meals and a plain lettuce salad is especially tempting in hot weather. Rich in vitamins, lettuce supports healthy meals. Head lettuce is common for salads while leaf lettuce can be chopped or shredded.
A cake stock formula from Dunwoody Institute describes boiling 4.75 pounds water with 1.75 pounds sugar then cooling to 180 degrees. It adds 1 ounce cornstarch and 0.5 pound dry skim milk, with a rule that for every pound of sugar in the formula one pound of stock is added and one pound of water omitted.
Prepare as many banana puffs as guests. Peel and sugar the bananas with cinnamon, roll each in thin pastry, and bake in a hot oven for ten minutes. Serve warm with whipped cream or lemon sauce.
A playful serving idea for winter tables. Hollowed oranges are filled with a fruit salad mixed with dressing and presented in crisp lettuce cups. Each orange is prepared by washing trimming removing the center and carving facial features in the rind for a decorative touch.
The article cautions that a weak economy drives people to wear garments until they wear out quickly rather than replace them, highlighting frugality as a response to financial hardship and limited resources.
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