Microwave pasteurization of milk debunked on farm use
A Hoards Dairyman article claiming 15 to 20 seconds in a microwave pasteurizes milk is denied by Mary Mennes who says the news release was in error and a retraction will appear. Experts note microwave heating depends on volume container shape oven power and starting temp, making such pasteurization impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoard’s Dairyman
Kansas State
Mary Mennes
Uw-Madison
Heard’s
Ember days forecast weather long before gadgets
Old timers used Ember days three fasting days before seasonal change as a long range weather predictor. March 11 predicts April May and June weather, with past results showing drier and sunnier conditions in January February and March and below normal precipitation.
Conservation tillage forum set for Ellsworth
A conservation tillage forum will start at 1 p.m. on March 16 at the Pierce-Pepin Electric Co-op building on Ellsworth's west edge. A five farmer panel includes James Green and Wayne Anderson of Hager City, Melvin Nielsen of River Falls, Roger Foley of Ellsworth, and Erling Lestrud of Hammond. The event links to the Energy Fair week as the best local effort to cut energy use while saving soil and labor, sponsored by Pierce County implement dealers and Julian Walsingham Snow Equipment Interstate Implement and Deiss-Nugent Feed Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce-Pepin Electric Co-op
Ellsworth
James Green
Wayne Anderson
Hager City
Melvin Nielsen
River Falls
Roger Foley
Erling Lestrud
Hammond
Pierce County
Pierce County Implement Dealers
Julian Walsingham, Snow Equipment
Interstate Implement
Deiss-Nugent Feed Store
Liquid vs dry fertilizer which is best for plants
Pepin County agent Lee Milligan explains that equal nutrient amounts in liquid 10-10-10 and dry 10-10-10 deliver the same results though liquids cost more per pound of nutrient and have lower analysis. He notes liquids weigh about 10 to 12 pounds per gallon and gives example calculations for a 12 pound gallon. The second line is a joke about a man with a calendar on the wall to remind him when payments are due.
Grandmother's recipes kept in a hidden kitchen drawer
A narrator recalls a grandmother who stored recipes as receipts in a cluttered kitchen drawer. The lesson at school redefines receipts as bill statements, but grandma preferred calling them recipes. She cooked by memory, wrote few notes, and prized heirloom dishes like apple pies, rusks, and molasses cookies, rarely measuring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old P.S. No. 55
Grandma’s receipt drawer Living memories spark a pie recipe
A narrator recalls a receipt drawer as a journal of life through rising coal and rent costs. She traces early jobs and earnings, family moves, and a forgotten Bob Andy pie recipe, pondering its origin while preserving cooking notes in memory and on paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Robert Andrew
Also Mentioned on This Page
M.E. Stalin
Clark County
Jovie Barber
Lee Milligan
Pepin County
Keith Sommerfeld
Dunn County
Charlotte Lanham
Rt. 1
Danbury
Tiny Broughton
Grandma
Hutsonville
Ill
Yesteryear
Arsenal
Grandpa
F.D. Otis
Wisconsin
Barron County
UW Extension
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!