Methods for Making Bread from USDA Bulletin 1450-F
Basic bread making steps from USDA guidance. Uses hard or soft wheat flour with yeast sugar and fat, notes temperatures around 82 F for dough, 80–85 F for rising, and baking at 400–415 F then lowering after 20 minutes, with timing 45 minutes to 1 hour. Includes method details and notes on liquid choices and fermentation control.
Peaches Apricots Peeled With Lye Caution Advised
United States Department of Agriculture warns against peeling peaches or apricots with lye unless processing a large batch. The method risks serious accidents, especially around children, and requires careful handling with specific measurements and steps to remove skin and residue.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Fried Hominy Grits How To Prepare And Serve
Leftover fried hominy grits are molded when cold and sliced thickly then fried to a brown crust. Serve hot for breakfast or with meat or as a dessert with honey preserves or sugar and cinnamon. The USDA notes fat must be hot for crust formation while the inside stays soft.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Spanish Sauce A Flavored Blend for Omelets
The sauce relies on pimento or green pepper, tomato, celery, and onion with minced onion cooked in butter until tender. Add seasonings and bay leaf, simmer thirty minutes, then finish with a butter and flour mixture. Serve poured over omelets for a rich, substantial coating.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Essential Foods: USDA Outlines Daily Nutrient Needs
The United States Department of Agriculture explains essential nutrients in foods and lists daily targets for children. A child aged one and a half or older should have milk, meat, whole grain or bread, potatoes, vegetables, and fruit across meals, plus butter with each.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Cottage Cheese From Skim Milk
Cottage cheese made from skim milk supplies the same food principles as milk except for the butterfat. Cream may be added to compensate. It can be served cooked or in its original form, with many preparation methods.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Profit gaps show poultry farming efficiency in Illinois
Illinois farmers who kept poultry records with the extension service posted total cash receipts of 148 593 97 and feed costs of 78 276 20 for 39 126 chickens and 4 164 503 eggs. Best one third farms outperformed poorest on egg production 118 vs 100 per hen and earned 2 45 profit per hen versus 0 006.
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Ccollege of Agriculture
University of Ilnois
John Vandervort
Flack Record Project
Kent
Vandervert
Vandervort
Sivere
Ground Kafir vs Ground Corn in Dairy Feed Trial
Kansas Agricultural College tests show a very slight advantage for ground corn over ground kafir in milk and butterfat, with minimal difference in body weight. Cows fed alfalfa hay, silage, and a grain ration of four parts grain, two parts wheat bran, and one part linseed meal were used.
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Kansas Agricultural College
Grease Cures Lice in Chicks Says Rural Advice
Advice from a historical health note urges examining chicks for head lice, then applying lard as a remedy to affected birds, with a repeat treatment a week later. It warns against using grease directly and stresses verification before treatment.
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Berlin
Hogs Use Farm By-Products for Efficient Feeding
Hogs utilize animal by products such as milk dairy waste and meat from farm animals. They also consume garden waste non market grains and seeds from slaughter by products. Hogs multiply rapidly and can be prepared for market quicker than other farm animals.
Booklet on Salt Use in Range Management Issued
The United States Department of Agriculture releases circular 379-D “The Use of Salt in Range Management” by W. R. Chaptine and M. W. Talbot. It covers salt allowances, containers, and practices for cattle horses sheep and goats to improve grazing, with free copies available while supplies last and 10 cents after.
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United States Department of Agriculture
W. R. Chaptine
M. W. Talbot
Forest Service
Superintendent of Public Documents
Washington, D. G
Notion Seed Runs Out Debunked By Wisconsin Farm Effort
The article explains farmers no longer rely on reused seed or trading with neighbors. Instead they grow pure-bred, clean seed on their own farms by using fanning mills to remove weak kernels and foreign seed. The Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Association has advanced this education, making Wisconsin a leading seed grain supplier.
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Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Association
Feeding for a Young Calf Unit Guidelines
The calf aged about one month should receive four to six pounds of feed daily with milk in morning and evening. Some feed three or four times daily if weak. By six weeks the milk amount can rise to ten to fifteen pounds per day with gradual increases.
Turkey Is Dainty Eater and Free Range Philosophy
The article discusses turkeys being dainty eaters requiring clean food, fire meat, and fresh air. It argues turkeys thrive when given free range conditions for air, cleanliness, and food, though it notes confinement may also support thriving flocks under proper care.
Vintage Agricultural Adage Deck Aims at Farm News
A mosaic of farm tips and marketing slogans appears, urging readers to advertise, thrift, and improve farming practices. It emphasizes self-sustaining advertising, family-friendly farm life, thinning fruit to improve yield, alfalfa seeding timing, and dairy horse collar care while noting farm bureau and college testing support.
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State Agricultural College
Girls Learn Valuable Health Lesson From Lydia Pinkham Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for schoolgirls facing fatigue and illness. Mothers praise the product for helping daughters return to class after staying home due to sickness and overexertion.
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Lydia B. Pickham
Tanlac Restores Health for Denver Woman
Mrs. Stanley Evans of 4S Penn sylvania St Denver describes years of pain indigestion and dizziness before Tanlac therapy. After one bottle she reports better sleep strength and renewed vitality and urges others to try Tanlac as a life changing remedy.
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Mrs. Evans
Government to Use Army Plane for Weevil Poisoning
An army aircraft will be deployed this season to disperse poison over infested land aimed at controlling the alfalfa weevil, under government authority and sanitary program plans.
Well Matched Pair in Odd Exchange
In a curt exchange two speakers note a good match. One quips with a snort about the other being deaf, ending the brief dialogue on a playful, teasing note.
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