Good Government Recipes for Rice Flour Substitutes
Bulletin outlines wheat-saving recipes using rice flour in breads cakes cookies and desserts tested by the department of agriculture and U S food administration. It provides measurements for shortcake sponge cake nut bread yeast bread and quick breads with tips on mixing rising and baking for best results.
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Department of Agriculture
Office of Home Economics
United States Food Administration
Minister Farms Milk Goats For Infant Health Program
A Virginia minister operates a goat based infant health program. Families rent fresh does to feed sickly children and receive daily milk to reduce infant mortality. Goats are maintained cheaply and fed a mix of oats corn clover and hay. The program aims to substitute cow milk with steady goat milk for eight to ten months yielding two to two and a half pounds of milk daily.
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Virginia
Hves
United States Department of Agriculture
Federal food act enforces accurate package labeling
Food inspectors enforce the federal food and drugs act for items shipped interstate or internationally. Labels must state true quantity by weight measure or count and shipments found short may be prosecuted. Within state sales are protected by separate laws and federal and state officials cooperate to close gaps.
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Bureau of Chemistry
United States Department of Agriculture
District of Columbia
New Silhouette May Be Adopted In War Fashion
A New York fashion column argues for facing a changing silhouette as skirts lengthen and drape. It links economy to style, notes draped, ankle sweeping gowns, possible basque and corset bodices, and hints at revived hats including the Anzac. Strong emphasis on economy during wartime and potential fabric conservation.
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New York
America
France
Ife
McClure Nowas Paper Syndicate
Cattle Tick Eradication Advances in Oklahoma and South
United States Department of Agriculture reports cooperative efforts by stock raisers in Oklahoma to dip cattle and lift quarantine for 22 counties by December 1 1918. May and June dipping activity shows extensive work as state defense urges food conservation and notes improvements in cattle quality and dairy yields.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Livestock Sanitary Board of Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Council of Defense
Mississippi
Gulf
Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture
Union
Louisiana
Louisiania
Square Jet Button Description Hints At Collar to Waistline Design
The text describes Square Jet buttons used from the collar to the waistline in a new design featuring a high collar and fringe. It mentions wire in a peany context and a held up fringe style as part of the garment construction.
European Foulbrood Cause of Bee Losses and Control
European foulbrood is a brood disease affecting bees and causing losses. Strong colonies with resistant stock usually suffer little, while outbreaks require management such as queen removal, colony strengthening, and possible requeening with vigorous stock. The USDA has bulletin 975 detailing control and prevention strategies.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department ‘of Agriculture
Washington
Clear fallen timber for timber salvage
A terse note describes using fallen timber and downed wood as salvage material. It mentions clearing debris and sorting usable logs. The fragment references a person and a location context but lacks complete details.
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Special Information Service
Anzac
Faille
Guy
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