27 Jun 1918
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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
1
The report surveys wartime drafts and farming efforts across Indiana. Notes include hog cholera control, crop yields, and silos. theft, real estate, and liquor seizures. prisoner reports, German study debates, and school containment measures.
The article outlines lightening grain rations with winter green feeds, including planting a double-yard system for rape rye oil and barley, and storing cabbage mangel wurzels clover and alfalfa. It stresses sprouted oats as a reliable reserve and notes the U S department of agriculture promotes winter greens as essential for healthy flocks.
Hens must have green feed all winter to pay for eggs. Grow green feed at home now to meet the need with little expense. Planting now will save money next winter.
The article notes millions of dollars lost annually in the United States due to improper egg production and handling. It cites one third of losses from fertile eggs that hatch prematurely when incubating conditions occur. It recommends separating hens from roosters after the hatching season, since the male bird has no use in summer, fall, or winter and should be cooked sold or confined after the season.
Extension workers of the poultry division of the United States department of agriculture conduct demonstrations on water glass preservation of eggs in large department stores in Washington Chicago and New Orleans with plans to expand to other cities. Similar sessions have been held in schools and at farmer meetings.
The first commercial truck load of eggs from Vineland and Millville New Jersey to New York City about 140 miles arrived with not one egg broken. The five ton truck carried 150 crates weighing nearly four tons with the rest in aid of the total. The demonstration, arranged by the Bureau of Markets in the U S department of agriculture, delivered to the wholesaler in 16 hours, faster than express shipments.
A laboratory tour describes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and its preparation. It notes large herb quantities gathered in season, extraction with solvents, sterilization of utensils, pasteurization, and sterile bottling. Letters from women attest to health restoration and the remedy's fame.
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