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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1917
Page
6
A USDA Farmers Bulletin explains European practice of drying fruits and vegetables to conserve scarce foods. It covers methods, equipment, advantages for farms and households, blanching, slicing, storage, and best practices to ensure quality and longevity.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the notice urges farmers to provide themselves with insect poisons and vigilantly monitor fields for first outbreaks. It stresses timely action using approved remedies and to report outbreaks to county agents or federal stations, listing locations in Missouri Virginia Utah and other states with field stations for cereal and forage pests.
From the United States Department of Agriculture shippers are urged to exercise unusual care in packing and loading perishable products. They should grade by maturity, use nearby markets for ripened goods, distant markets for longer transit, and study weather reports to avoid sending warm weather staples to cool markets. Cooperation with carriers is stressed to ensure proper refrigeration, ventilation, and prompt loading and notification of consignees to prevent deterioration.
The United States Department of Agriculture states no seed is available free or for sale. Through its Seed Stocks Committee it monitors daily seed supplies for late planting and helps locate stocks for shortages. The committee coordinates with state, local, and commercial agencies to improve distribution and encourage plantings. inquiries should be addressed to A. Oakley, Chairman.
J G Fuller from the University of Wisconsin explains supplementing native pasture with rape or other forages. He details sowing rape in three successive plots, drill spacing, and planting rates, plus alternative broadcasting with oats and clover for less intensive feeding. An acre with good stand can supply 15 spring pigs with forage for the season.
A. C. Smith of Minnesota Experiment Station urges expanding small-scale poultry keeping to bolster wartime food supplies. Hens convert waste into edible eggs, suitable for city and village lots, while being manageable for women, children, and even invalids. Other poultry like ducks and geese deserve attention as part of the plan.
Alfalfa can be grown on almost any well drained soil free of weeds and reasonably fertile. Ensure drainage and seedless weed control, apply ample plant food via manure or fertilizer rich in phosphorus and potash, lime sour soils, and inoculate the soil as needed for best results.
An agricultural note urges farmers to rotate crops and replenish humus in soil. It recommends plowing under good sods of clover or legumes and using stable manure mixed with straw and corn stalks to restore humus, warning that neglect will lessen fertility and make farming harder.
A new skin vaccination method to detect white diarrhea carriers among breeding stock shows early promise. Infected birds form a doughy swelling at the wattle within about 24 hours, offering a simple, inexpensive field test versus more complex laboratory blood tests.
The article stresses selecting breeding quality in male chickens over mere health. It urges breeders to choose sires that will improve the flock, using appearance plus potential as guiding indicators. It notes difficulty in evaluating young cockerels and compares selection challenges to other livestock.
Onions chopped fine and scattered in the litter make fine healthful green food for chicks. They scramble and fight for the juicy bits and it seems to waken them up and keep them scratching when it is too stormy for outdoor exercise. With chick feed high there is an increased risk to feeding inferior grains.
A brief note notes sunshine boosts fowl activity and helps disease suppression, yet cautions that excessive sun exposure can injure birds. The sun is praised for value and harm depending on use.
A poultry expert notes that a hen's egg output hinges on body condition, which the poultry keeper can influence. Digestive capacity is limited and directly affects production potential.
Ground marrow bones provide nourishing feed for poultry. Brooder equipment required, with incubators costing about 200 cents each. Reliable suppliers and equipment details read with care.
A fragment from an old advertorial features a woman describing seven months of illness cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's treatment. It references unsolicited testimonials on file at the Pinkham Lab and invites others to write for advice. The tone mirrors early 20th century marketing for female health remedies. Also included is a light joke about Blanche marrying an optician.
Time to Get Rid of Freckles promotes ethine-double strength as a guaranteed treatment. An ounce from your druggist claimed to fade spots and clear skin, with a money back guarantee if it fails to remove freckles.
General Allenby recalls a camp tale about a colonel whose breakfast attire caused a recruit to question saluting. The recruit, in pajamas and raincoat, explains soldiers should not salute when improperly dressed. The colonel responds that the recruit is fully dressed, while the colonel is not.
A boy told a girl he loved her and the teacher forced him to write I love Bessie on the blackboard a hundred times. The teacher later said the punishment did not deter him, noting he would cheerfully write it a thousand times.
A quarrel over words features an emphatic man declaring he means what he says and Miss Cayenne suggesting that such insistence worsens motives. The dialogue notes the tongue as a fault prone to repair by nature more swiftly than other body parts.
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