Poultry Marketing Guidance From Food Administration 1918
The United States Food Administration issues farm guidance to reduce waste and ease transport and freezing limits. It urges marketing only well matured birds, delaying handling of moulting hens until after December 1, and prioritizing egg pallets. Turkeys should reach market in late fall with holding into December as cold storage is scarce.
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Mississippi River
Mississippi
United States Food Administration, Poultry and Eggs
Formula for Killing Trees Inquiries to State Board
Inquiries to the Missouri State Board of Agriculture report a proposed arsenite of soda weed killer formula to kill trees. The method mixes arsenic, water and soda, boils, then is applied into bark gashes. The department has not tested it and warns of poison hazards and restricted access.
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Missouri State Board of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Hoover Urges Continued Food Conservation Prompted by Evacuation Strains
Herbert Hoover in a telegram to F B Mumford Missouri Food Administrator warns against relaxing food conservation. He says European factors stress ongoing effort as evacuation of occupied territories increases demand on the United States to feed additional civilians. He adds uncertainty about quick delivery and a large job ahead.
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Herbert Hoover
F. B. Mumford
Missouri
Wartime food conservation urged for coming year
Mr Mumford urged continued strict economy to feed 120 million fighting nations and 180 million hungry neutrals. He warned that crops will not appear overnight and recovery requires kept supplies, shipping freed after the war, and a program to ship half again as much food as last year while the war lasts.
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Tral
Germany
Poland
Serbia
Armenia
Norway
Sweden
Holland
Rumania
Ukraine
Baltic
America
Call Out The Horses
The article argues against keeping unnecessary horses on farms due to seed costs and limited work hours. E V Trowbridge of the University of Missouri suggests two main revenue ideas: breed mares profitably and use young horses for field work to reduce operating costs.
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E. V. Trowbridge
University of Missouri College of Agriculture
Select Seed Corn Early
Farmers are urged to harvest seed corn before a hard freeze and store it in a well ventilated place with moderate temperature. Early and proper seed care is described as the best insurance for a good corn crop, reducing losses from poor seed which is a major cause of poor yields. Patriotism is linked to timely gathering.
Seed storage urged by agricultural expert
J. B. Lamson of Chicago urges farmers to store two or three times their expected seed corn to prevent a repeat of last spring’s shortages. He stresses acting now while conditions allow, noting progressive farmers know how to pick and store seed before it is too late.
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J. B. Lamson
Agricultural
R.R
Jackson
Chicago
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United States Food Adinistration
Washington, D. C
Gustavus F. Swift
Swift
Swift & Company
Slater Farm
Browning
Purdin
Shropshire
J. B. Fleming
F. R. Duncan
B. H. Slater
United States
W. G. McAdoo
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
J. D. Burwell
Browning City
City
Perty
Browning School
The
State Normals and University
Live Stock Commission Coo
Union Stock Yards
James H. Gooch
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