Farm and Home Vegetable Planting Guide for Frost Risk
The USDA experts group vegetables by frost tolerance to guide outdoor planting. Group 1 includes cabbage potatoes peas and greens. group 2 lists lettuce radish parsnips carrots beets and early sweet corn. group 3 covers beans and late corn with some early tomatoes. group 4 requires no frost danger and warm soil such as cucumbers melons squashes pumpkins Lima beans tomatoes eggplant and peppers. Plant succession every 3 4 weeks and limit crops on small plots. consider early varieties like Golden Bantam corn and early potatoes.
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United States Department of Agriculture
California
Pliny the Elder
Corn Meal In The Diet And Its Cost Benefits
USDA specialists advocate corn meal to cut family food costs. Corn meal costs about half as much per pound as wheat flour and less than oats or rice, with bolted meal offering good nutrition though less protein. Unbolted whole-grain meal is richer in tissue-building material and favored for corn bread. grinding at home or buying by the bushel are practical options.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Private Sale of 100 War Horses at Yarmouth Junction
100 head of rejected war horses weighing 1000 to 400 pounds in acclimated, broke condition ready for immediate use. Horses and prices to suit everybody. Apply to Patrick Ward, Manager, Stock Yards, Yarmouth Junction, Maine.
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Patrick Ward
Yarmouth Junction
What a Real Farmer Thinks of the H C S
A Maine farmer writes to a Boston paper in 1917 about farm costs and real conditions. He details losses from weather and wildlife, high costs of hay and labor, and low prices for crops while noting milk and butter gains. He argues profits lie between producer and consumer and urges farmer voices be printed.
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Boston Post
Boston
Maine
Profit with hens shows poultry income in Maine
A Lisbon Falls man reports net earnings of 104 from six pallets of poultry in under 15 months after feed costs. The article promotes University of Maine Extension School courses to share practical poultry-keeping knowledge.
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George M. Jesseman
Lisbon Falls
Food Safety and Home Garden Tips From Early 20th Century Advice
The article urges cooling perishable foods in refrigerators or cool places to prevent spoilage, warns against flies and vermin, and stresses keeping food covered. It also covers storing produce, canning surplus vegetables and fruits, and encourages home gardening for health and property value with practical cultivation notes and a Pliny the Elder quote.
Tips On Gardening From United States Department Of Agriculture
Garden specialists classify vegetables as warm and cold temperature types. Plant cool season crops when fruit trees bloom and warm season crops after apple blossoms. Late seasoned peas rot in cool soil. smooth varieties fare better. The quickest crop to mature is mentioned but not completed.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Pig prices rise in Bowdoinham spark debate
In Bowdoinham prices for pigs have climbed to eight dollars, and beans go for ten dollars a bushel. Despite high figures, supply remains tight as farmers lack goods to sell. The writer expects a hopeful future as planting and sowing begins.
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Bowdoinham
Cabbage pests and clubroot control tips
Describes cabbage maggots and green cabbage worm control with tar paper discs arsenate of lead Paris Green nicotine soap spray. Recommends crop rotation lime and use of clean seed to combat clubroot or finger and toe disease and cautions against infected manure and acid soils.
Timely Hints For Home Garden Fertilizers
The USDA advises backyard soils are often heavy for vegetables and should be improved with coal ash or well rotted manure, the latter preferred for added plant food. If soil is sour apply 1000 pounds burnt lime or 1500 pounds slaked lime per acre, or use 800-1000 pounds per acre of complete fertilizer with 2-4% nitrogen 8% phosphoric acid and 1-2% potash.
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United States Department of Agriculture
How to Select Foods for Growth Energy and Digestion
A guide from the Office of Home Economics recommends Farmers Bulletin 808 How to Select Foods What the Body Needs for housewives seeking economical, balanced meals. It notes nutrition basics, root vegetables like turnips carrots and radishes, cooking effects on nutrients, and the value of succulent vegetables for digestion and minerals.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Madras
Office of Home Economics
Canning Industry Faces High Demand and Short Supply
War boosts demand for canned foods as factories sell out of last year’s products. Poor yields and strong domestic and export demand drive higher prices to growers under contract, making canning crops highly profitable when labor is available.
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America
Spring greens beat Old Reliable tonic for spring
Country upbringing recalls old habit of using sulphur and molasses as a spring tonic. The modern household favours home grown greens like cabbage beets turnips dandelions and spinach for cheaper more nourishing appetizing relief.
Enemies That Destroy Cabbage
Cabbage is frequently attacked by pests and pests management notes focus on identifying common enemies. Biological control and cultural practices are suggested to protect crops and improve yields.
Keep Off the Grass Editorial Advised by Breeder’s Gazette
The Breeder’s Gazette argues that a sign keep off the grass would protect early spring pastures. Grass leaves digest food, and early growth is mostly water with little nutrition, so stock should be kept off until growth strengthens. Topdress with manure or fertilizer and sow extra seed if grass stands are light.
Helping the Crops in the Garden Patch
Celery lettuce and chard are listed among vegetables in a gardener’s notes. The entry also mentions corn and tomatoes and a few other vegetables.
Fertilizers Help Vegetable Growth In Garden Beds
Albert F. Wilkinson explains that vegetables often benefit from side applications of fertilizers or manures during the growing season to hasten growth and reach early maturity. When crops show stunted growth or pale color, causes include disease insects poor soil preparation or lack of cultivation and sometimes insufficient food. side dressing can overcome these limits.
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Albert F. Wilkinson
New York State College of Agriculture
Cornell University
One Horse Farm Could Yield profits Under Boll Weevil
An Alabama agricultural expert argues a self supporting one horse farm can earn at least 500 dollars yearly under boll weevil conditions. He prescribes diversification: garden year round, twenty five hens, two milk cows, two sow litters, Bermuda grass pastures, half acre each potatoes sugar cane ribbon cane, four acres oats, twelve acres corn with peanuts and velvet beans, eight acres running peanuts, five acres cotton, and businesslike farm methods. The plan stresses home supply needs and market crops with emphasis on efficient, year round production.
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Alabama
W. BB
Farm Notes Highlight Maine Livestock And Seeds
Elmhurst Farm Bath under Llewellyn Rogers shows a trio of Percheron horses from Illinois, including a 1825 two year old stallion. Two mares are in foal and Hampshire sheep shine on the Elmhurst stock. George W. Weeks of Canaan reports an Oxford Down ewe with lambs worth 185 dollars. Mrs. Andrew Tarr of Bowdoin mourns Margaret Russell shot by her son in Aroostook. Pine Tree State Seed Co. 1917 catalog released. W. R. Kimball praised for service and seed business impact.
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Maine
Elmhurst Farm
Bath
Llewellyn Rogers
Illinois
Hampshire
Elmhurst
Geo. W. Weeks
Canaan
Oxford
Margaret Russell
Aroostook
Pine Tree State Seed Co
W. R. Kimball
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural College
Kimball Bros.Co
Eid
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