Calendar of Work for the Farm Garden and Home Grounds
A farmer guidance piece by R M Soule on optimizing farm size for profit, crop yields and efficient labor use. It covers July garden challenges, pest control, soil moisture, and fall preparations. It also offers poultry care tips for summer, feeding, housing ventilation, parasite control, and culling, plus notes on melons market organization and advertising for better price realization.
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R. M. Soule
State College of Agriculture
Baltimore
Watermelons Struggle in Declining Northern Markets
A report on the watermelon glut and price collapse in New York markets shows buyers holding costly melons while sellers face losses. By June, car prices fell from 425–655 to around 150–440 per car, prompting a potential buyers strike and overflow at terminals as Fourth of July demand loomed.
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Florida
Califrnia
New York
Philadelphia
Beason
Cotton Cooperative Seeks Balance Sale of Crop Cotton
The cotton cooperatives plan to settle balances with members soon and aim to turn over all cotton to the stabilization corporation. The organization will hold excess cotton until prices recover to avoid depressing the 1930 crop.
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Stabilization Corporation
Chincherichee Bulb Grows Well In States
South African chincherichee bulb proves promising for American bulb growers. USDA and bulb specialists report easy greenhouse forcing, long flowering period, and superb vase life. Plants bloom Easter when potted in November, with white flowers about three quarters of an inch wide on 8 to 12 inch spikes. Although a lily family member, it bears little resemblance to native flowers.
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South Africa
United States Department of Agriculture
Sv Aeen
David Griffiths
United States
California
Doctor Griffiths
Arlington
Virginia
Doctor Griffith
London
Georgia swine producers hold four statewide meetings
Four meetings of Georgia swine producers were held at strategic points in the state during the week. Sponsored by the state college of agriculture in cooperation with the state swine committee, the events featured open forums with speakers from the federal Department of Agriculture and state agencies.
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State College of Agriculture
Thompson
Jon DT
Moulteie
Jalyavin
Pees
Niberk
Preliag Fates Department Ofgriculture
Future Farmers To Attend Annual Vocational Course
Statham as leader calls all local Future Farmers of America officers to the annual vocational course week. About 200 boys will take part with activities led by the students, featuring a state speaking contest and a vocational livestock team trials for national shows. Prominent educators and editors will lecture, including Paul Chaman and A Cobb, with ceremonies, initiations, and a state president election.
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Turner M
HIER
Billy Bowdoin
Statham
Ia Association of Future Farmers of America
Eee
Wilkins
M. D. Moyey Spevaset
Mobley
Tovhay
Tate
Kansas City
Future Farmer’s of America Congress
Paul W. Chaman
Georgia
American Vocational Association
R. D. Maltby
Washington
A. Cobb
The
Progressive Farmer
Club
Billy, Bowdoin
Lawton Banister
Cummings
Martin T. McGregor
Girard
Fred Thomas
Epworth
Leroy Stalvey
Boys
Staurn
Macon
Derrigood
Cadwell
Lee Martin
Pavo
Banana Butter For Cake Filling From Old Recipe Card
Recipe fragment for banana butter cake filling with bananas lemon juice sugar pectin and butter. Steps include crushing fruit boiling with sugar and butter, adding pectin, returning to boil, cooling briefly and sealing with hot paraffin. Yields about nine eight ounce glasses.
Marmalade Making From Citrus And Carrot Mixture
A historical recipe outlines marmalade from citrus and carrot. It calls for four cups of mixed citrus and carrot, pectin, sugar, and optional spices. Steps include peeling and dicing citrus, mixing with lemon juice, boiling rapidly, adding sugar, and sealing with paraffin for preservation.
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Georgia State College of Agriculture
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