Cottage Cheese as Staple Food Demonstration
U S Department of Agriculture dairy division launches nationwide cottage cheese drive to boost skim milk usage. Forty seven women specialists from many states train in Washington to teach cottage cheese making and serving. Demonstrations feature new dishes and lunches for officials, with plans to extend to cities, towns, and rural areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
The
Food Administration
Dairy Division
Department of Agriculture
Carl Vrooman
Raymond A. Pearson
Clarence Ousley
Dean H. L. Russell
Department
Cleveland
States’ Relation Service
Bureau of Markets
Late Market Quotes for Cattle and Hogs
Fat steers vary from 14.50 to 16.40 with grades from good to prime. Cows bring 7.00 to 12.25, veal calves up to 14.25. Feeders and stockers show wide ranges, with good hogs noted at 16.85 to 17.50.
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Chicago
Egg pricing and graded quantities for Denver shipments
The notice lists eggs graded No 1 and No 2 net with F O B Denver and KF Osis MGUY EEs per 32 eggs or per case with misc case counts and commissions. It also shows butter pricing for creamery products at 41 to 39 cents per pound and mentions process items and related market terms.
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F. O. B. Denver
Flint and hides sale prices in old market listing
A fragmented listing shows green salted hides and pelts with prices per pound and per item, including calfskins, kip, lamb and sheep, buck hides, and tallow values. Also notes horse hides and glue, with various weights and batch labels, typical of a 19th century butcher and tanner market catalog.
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Flint
Gale
Owe
Sietsidie Ee
Odin Ee
Csssise Cess
Gach S
Mixed commodity market prices and futures from majors
The report lists bar silver at 95 cents per ounce and copper at 23 12 per unit, with several other metals including lead spelter tungsten and concentrates quoted at various dollars per unit. It also covers New York cotton prices for May July October and December and Chicago hogs cattle and sheep prices with multiple grade breakdowns and new high records. Boston wool market quotations follow with detailed staple and clothing grade values.
Chicago Grain and Provision Prices
Chicago markets report corn futures and cash prices across grades No 2 yellow No 4 yellow and inputs for oats rye barley timothy and clover with bid ask ranges for lard and ribs. Prices show wide spreads and aging commodity values.
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Chicago
Clover
Butter Eggs and Potatoes Chicago Market Brief
Butter creamery prices quoted at 34 42 cents. Eggs firsts 32% 33 cents ordinary firsts 31 34%? 32 cents. Potatoes from Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota bulk $1.10-$1.30 per unit sacks $1.25-$1.35. Market notes indicate current wholesale ranges.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Most Important Way to Conserve and Increase Pork Production
United States Department of Agriculture outlines disease prevention as key to pork production. It categorizes swine ailments into manageable and highly destructive infections requiring farmer and government cooperation, and stresses housing, feeding, water, sanitation, and notably elimination of filthy mudholes.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Feeding the Suckling Pigs
Instructions from the United States Department of Agriculture on feeding piglets from birth to market. It advises shelled corn in a self feeder with a creep, expanding space as pigs grow, and using skim milk or other supplements after four to five weeks. Breeding stock may stay on a self feeder, but overfat pigs lose vigor. The goal is continual growth from farrowing to weighing.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Production of Livestock Principles for Prosperous Farms
The text urges five essentials for economical livestock production: good permanent pastures, leguminous crops, a silo, and pure bred males, with strict hog and sheep-tightery. It notes labor and expense are required but asserts permanent prosperity in livestock sections proves the profit.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Baby Beef Gains Attention Amid Feed Scarcity and Land Value
With feed er cattle scarce and farm lands rising in value the baby beef industry grows in importance. Farmers nationwide focus on this sector as it expands alongside changing agricultural pressures and market demand.
Metal prices and concentrates across markets
Prices quoted for metals include New York lead at 7.07 to 7.12, copper at 23.12, bar silver at 0.95. Spelter in St. Louis at 6.82 to 4.4? Tungsten concentrates at Boulder priced 20 to 22.50 per unit. Crude ores 60 percent 22.00 to 25.00, 25 percent 12.00 to 12.50, 10 percent 9.40.
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Denver
Colo. Upland
Nebr
Upland
Colo
South Park
Gunnison Valley
Ian Eit
Navy
Lima
Boulder
Copper Outlook Improves for April Over March
Arizona copper production shows a brighter April than March. Miami Copper Co reports 1917 profits of 3,204,260 vs 1916 7,336,196. United Eastern March shipments in Kingman district reach 210,000 vs February 180,000. Chino Valley Oil & Mining moves rig near Prescott to start a new well.
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Arizona
Miami Copper Company
United Eastern
Kingman District
Chino
Leadville Area Mines Boost Tungsten and Gold Prospects
Denver Mining and Milling completes mill overhaul at Wortman and will resume milling. Bartlett tunnel yields gold ore 2 to 10 ounces per ton on Sugar Loaf. P O S property on Carbonate hill works old 500-foot level. Teddy Bear claims opened under lease. Red Elephant mountain area gains fame as a silver camp history. Tungsten demand exceeds supply with US output 6000 tons in 1917 and Colorado supplying about half. Boulder district holds large tungsten deposits. Summit county employs about 300 in Wortman Climax and Buffher.
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Leadville
Denver Mining and Milling Company
Wortman
Bartlett Tunnel
Sugar Loaf
Teddy Bear Group of Claims
Red Elephant Mountain
Lawson
United States
Colorado
Boulder
Summit County
Climax
Buffher
Copper output rises modestly for first quarter 1918
The porphyry copper companies report increased operations as shipments to refiners rise. First quarter production totals 103 911 871 pounds versus 104 816 152 pounds for the same period in 1917. Alaska led US production last year. Prospective miners in Montana Arizona Colorado Wyoming Utah or New Mexico are invited to mail chromite samples to Colorado School of Mines for free testing.
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Porphyry Copper
Montana
Arizona
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
New Mexico
Colorado School of Mines
Golden
Alaska
United States
Mill progress at Socorro plant and Mogollon activity
Mill construction accelerates at the Socorro plant. Mogollon Mine Company reports 1,120 tons for the week. a larger hoist goes in at the Deadwood mine. Oaks company crosscuts the Deep Down mine third level. Union County shale yields oil. a Clayton retort extracts oil with a blue flame. Pima Mining and Smelting now owns its plant. payments completed. Tucson site secured for reconstruction. Phelps Dodge withdraws after $360,000 in Organ district work near Las Cruces.
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Socorro
Mogollon Mine Company
Deadwood
Mogollon
Oaks Company
Union County
Clayton
Pima Mining and Smelting Company
Tucson
Torpedo
Stephenson-Bennett
Organ District
Las Cruces
Phelps Dodge
Riverton Valley Well Drilling Financing Reported
Riverton residents finance a new well east of the town in Riverton valley. Fremont county holdings of Rand-Wyoming are now owned by a Denver syndicate. Northern Petroleum, with large stakes in Maverick Springs and Pilot Butte fields, plans a company drilling campaign this summer.
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Riverton
Riverton Valley
Fremont County
Rand-Wyoming Company
Denver
Northern Petroleum Company
Maverick Springs
Pilot Butte
Peruna Tablet Form Promoted by Columbus Company
The Peruna Company of Columbus Ohio markets a tablet form of their popular remedy, advertised for added convenience and ease of use. The promotion emphasizes accessibility and ongoing consumer demand for the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peruna Company
Columbus
Ohio
Not Quite as Good and A Pleasant Pellets Ad
A fragment presents a dialogue about asking for a hand followed by an ad urging Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to regulate liver bowels and stomach. It includes a casual sofa remark and a polite handshake cue.
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Dr. Pierce
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Promote Skin Relief
Itching Burning Skins. For eczemas rashes itchings irritations pimples dandruff sore hands and baby humors Cuticura Soap and Ointment are supremely effective. For free samples address Cuticura Dept. X Boston. At druggists and by mail Soap 25 Ointment 25 and 50.
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Tor
Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
Table Talk Reflections on Sincerity and Anecdotes
Leigh Hunt defends table talk as sincere and agreeable while exploring how anecdotes shape conversation. A French guest at Rogers’ breakfast notes Macaulay’s eloquence and the risk of a talker being interrupted. Quotations from Johnson and De Quincey discuss memory, anecdotes, and the storyteller’s dependence on audience reaction.
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Leigh Hunt
Rogers
Macaulay
Johnson
de Quincey
They Say Males Come Into Their Own in War
A brief exchange notes that men are asserting themselves in wartime and acknowledges mixed feelings about this shift. The dialogue hints at evolving gender roles and public attitudes during conflict.
Poets Write Advertising Jingles for Yeast Maker
A note cites rising poets composing ad jingles for a yeast manufacturer. The snippet hints at creative work linking literature and consumer goods, illustrating cross industry collaboration and marketing approaches.
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Denver Markets
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New York
Texas
Mining and Oil News
St. Louis
Carbonate Hill
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