Muscadine grapes may prosper across southern coasts
Department specialists state Muscadine grapes can be grown widely from James River to Texas and along the Mississippi River, with 250 million acres suitable and many tillable lands idle. Varieties include Suppernong and Eden, with cross pollination required by male vines for fruit set. Continuous care, soil management, pruning, and breeding aim to improve yields and quality.
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United States
Farmers’ Bulletin No
Atlantic Coast
Gulf Coast
Eden
James
Memory
Thomas
Atlantic
James River
Florida
Texas
Mississippi River
Missouri
Tennessee River
Self feeder fattening pigs proves economical at Beltsville
An experiment at the Bureau of Animal Industry experimental farm in Beltsville Md compares self feeding with hand feeding pigs. Fifty-seven day trial shows self-fed pigs gaining faster and at lower cost per hundred pounds of gain than hand-fed pigs, with higher final weights.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
Beltsville
Vinegar Bees Clarified by Department Experts
Department scientists warn against buying Vinegar Bees or similar names advertising wild yeast for vinegar or alcohol. They say such products may contain harmful organisms and are not as effective as ordinary yeast for fermentation. They caution against claims of health benefits and urge caution in preparation and use. John L. Woodbury, Cornish, Me.
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California
Tennessee
Kentucky
A Hot Weather Pirate Red Mite in Poultry Yards
The article warns that red mites pose a serious threat in hot weather to late hatched chicks. They multiply rapidly and attack nocturnally, weakening youngsters and often go unnoticed as they destroy entire flocks before suspected. Breeders inspect for lice but find none and may alter feed in vain.
Glycerin proves versatile in cleaning and softening tasks
The New York Sun lists glycerin as useful for wound care and quick healing. It also aids laundry by making water softer, improves wash boiler results, softens leather with nightly application, prevents sugar crystallization in preserves, aids fruit stewing with salt and less sugar, and softens scrubbing water while whitening wood and benefiting hands.
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New York Sun
Directions From a Stable Camp for Mule Work
Instructions from a Southern state camp of 1 200 mules explain daily grooming. Wash shoulders and saddle backs with cold water at noon and rub dry. For new animals add alum or salt. Scrape collars at noon and remove all dirt. For fresh sores apply elder leaves boiled in lard.
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Country Life In America
Grape Juice Preservation From Grapes For Winter Use
Instructions for making grape juice to store for winter. Use 2 1/2 pounds grapes and 1 pint water, cook until soft, strain through a jelly bag, add 1 pound sugar, boil five minutes, bottle hot. Juice keeps indefinitely and can be diluted for serving.
Canning Fruits Without Sugar Told by Specialists
Canning experts advise that boiling water can replace sugar syrup for fruit packed for pies salads or stews. They note sugar improves flavor but offer sterile water packs as an option when sugar is unaffordable and provide steps for packing sterilizing and processing in hot water or steam canners.
Well Fed Babies Resist Paralysis
Infantile paralysis is less frequent among babies fed on mother's milk than in artificial formulas. Breast fed babies show greater disease resistance, reducing exposure to infantile paralysis germs and other infections. If paralysis is suspected, call a physician promptly for early treatment to prevent death or permanent paralysis. State health rules require isolation and disinfection of discharges and prevention of fly access.
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Unyless
State Board of Health
Water for Cows All Animals Require Plenty of Good
Farmers caution that cattle need ample water to stay healthy with hot weather. Hydration supports milk production, digestion, and overall livestock well being as pastures dry and supplies run low.
Man Finds Lengthy Potato Vines in Bath Area
Lewiston readers report potato vines in Bath area reaching five and a half feet, with Rev W H Varney of Lisbon Falls measuring vines at five feet eleven inches and six feet three inches. Varney notes the vines are still growing and readable by anyone.
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Lewiston
W. H. Varney
Lisbon Falls
Bath
Keystone Beauty Plum Johanna Sets Fat Production Record
The cow Keystone Beauty Plum Johanna 161646 broke the senior four year class fat-production record for tests begun at least 240 days from freshening. In seven consecutive days she yielded 19.584 pounds of fat from 491.7 pounds of milk. Bred by C. A. Pratt of Le Raysville, Pa., she is now owned by George E. Stevenson of Waverly, Pa.
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C. A. Pratt
le Raysville
George E. Stevenson
Waverly
Express Train Hurried On Without Stopping
A professor studying a local timetable notes an express due at four. He sees it pass the station at fifty miles per hour and wonders why it did not stop. A porter replies with a cheerful joke that the train didn’t even hesitate.
Two Drummers Dine as Fryers Stir Laughs
Two drummers on a brief layover dine at a village hotel and note fryers on the menu. A playful exchange with a pretty waitress ends with a flirtatious joke about being all right and asking how the other is, in light humor.
China Population Density and Settlement Pattern
About 95 percent of China’s people live in one third of the area with a density of 200 per square mile. Five percent inhabit 65 percent of the land area with a density of ten to the square mile. Limited transport and protection explain sparse settlement in outlying dependencies.
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China
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