Butchering Time and Home Canning Tips for Meat and Gardens
This article advises canning meat for stock and meals, detailing prep, preheating, and pressure canning times with 10 pounds versus 15 pounds of pressure and hot water bath alternatives. It also covers safe handling, boiling before tasting, and pantry planning for beef, pork, and soup stock, plus guidance on forcing winter rhubarb and protecting strawberries with straw mulch to endure cold.
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Iowa
United States Department of Agriculture
Victory Gardens Contour Plowing Warned For Sloped Lots
The Soil Conservation Service advises that slopes on gardens require contour plowing and planting to retain soil and moisture. Vegetables demand more fertility than field crops, and plowing up and down slopes can waste soil up to 80 tons per acre in heavy rain. The 1943 Family War Garden aims to build on lessons from 1942 to improve practice and reduce losses.
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Soil Conservation Service
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Iowa Farm Kernels and Hog Market Trends in 1943
The report notes Iowa farm kernel butter production holding steady versus last year despite higher milk output. Hog marketings are light for the season, barely matching last year. It also states 1943 farm machinery and equipment production restricted to 20 percent of the 1940–41 average, while repair parts output rises to 130 percent of that average. Pallets with old hens are warned as hazardous.
Farmers plan stock moves and crop protection tips
Old affected birds spread disease to young layers while hog markets await cold weather to prevent price drops. Tractors in Iowa show 6 percent replacement this year and 11 percent in three years. A quarter inch hardware cloth protects trees from mice and rabbits, with a Michigan Experiment Station repellant spray for lower limbs. The Iowa farm report forecasts 1942 gains in dressed pork lard poultry milk eggs. Beef supplies tighten with no price drop expected. Iowa 4-H baby beef champions sweep at three river markets Omaha St Joseph Sioux City amid six states in competition. Cheese demand remains steady in August.
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Michigan
Iowa
Baby Beef Club
Ommaha
St. Joseph
Sioux City
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
Notice on feed mix for pullets by Independence Produce Co
Feed 26 percent mash including oats corn and grit for pullets saves time and expense of grinding and mixing. Independence Produce Co C J Mulford manager 12c
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Independence Produce Co
C. J. Mulford
Ward off colds with low-neck dresses says doctors
A fragment notes doctors claim low-neck dresses help women ward off colds and pneumonia. The dialogue also jokes about lumbago and a domestic dispute. An ad mentions complete varnishes and paints for holiday home prep offering casein or enamel finishes.
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