Proper Handling of Perishable Farm Products
The U S Department of Agriculture photographs show growers facing losses due to poor handling after maturity. Improper picking packing loading and inadequate cooling ruin celery onions potatoes lettuce apples and berries. The report urges shipper education on product specific requirements and invites inquiries to the Bureau of Markets Washington DC.
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Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Waste in Shipping Hurts Florida Fruits
An analysis shows 10 percent of Florida oranges decayed before reaching New York buyers due to careless loading. In 1918 southwestern cantaloupes totalled 4,000,000 crates but over one tenth spoiled before consumption from rough handling and poor timing between picking and loading. Strawberries also suffer decay despite improved practices learned from experience and investigation.
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New York City
Commission
Florida
Olarks
Sudan Grass Proves Valuable Summer Pasture Crop
Kansas experiment results show six Holstein cows on 5.4 acres of Sudan grass produced $47.47 per acre in value above feed costs. Cows yielded $183.09 in butter fat and skim milk, plus 7.33 tons of hay valued at $10 a ton, totaling $256.39 credit. If milk sold at 30 cents per gallon, pasture credit would reach $73.55.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
West
Manhattan
Kan
Sudan
Cream ripening aims for flavor and bhurnability
The text notes cream ripening concentrates on flavor and burnability, and stresses that clean milk and cream depend on tidy cows, stable, utensils, and separators. It also mentions farming practices and the need to feed dogs, plus comments on lumber usage and farm productivity.
Congress set to approve rural recreation and labor service plan
Washington officials say a federal labor service with state subsidies will expand job placement and interstate clearance. The Rural Red Cross outlines rural recreation efforts amid funding, staffing, and public education challenges.
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Washington
Sam
William Wilson
Department of Labor
Congress
Labor Department
Senate
House
Wilson
Federal Service
Federal Office
Federal Department
Federal Employment Service
Reserve Bank
Nut as a Foodstuff in Pletablo and Titchi Per
The fragment notes the nut as a foodstuff in the areas named Pletablo and Titchi Per. It mentions local mentions of nut usage and possible culinary context, but details are sparse and names may be truncated.
Fragmented Local Card Offers Sparse Details
unreadable OCR fragment shows partial names and items with no clear event or location. missing dates and entities prevent definite summary while preserving available words.
Bulletin on preserving life of clothing and repairs
Farmers Bulletin 1089 from the U S Department of Agriculture outlines at home and professional methods to extend wardrobe life. It advises quick repairs, reinforced mends, buttonwork, reworked seams, and preventive darning along with cleaning, brushing, and proper pressing to maintain garments.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Farmers’ Bulletin
Farmers
Caring for clothing and accessories at home advised
Guidance on stain removal for fabrics, silk pressing tips, and home care. Advice covers washing white silk in lukewarm water, air drying shoes to prevent odor, keeping leather from cracking, hat care with brushing and denatured alcohol, resecuring hat trims, and cleaning kid gloves with corn meal and light solvent. The bulletin also notes tips on economizing and testing textiles.
Ways to Make Stale Bread Appealing in Cooking
The article outlines multiple methods to revive stale bread including oven warming to soften crust and crumb, twice baked or rusks, croutons from ends, broken pieces fried as garnish, and breadcrumbs used for sauces and coatings. It notes crust in the pot and uses in soups, gravies, and desserts, plus substitutions for flour in baking.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Mops For Polished Floors From Old Stockings
A Farmers Bulletin from the United States Department of Agriculture outlines a DIY mop for oiled or polished floors. Cut fabric into 1 inch wide strips sewn to heavy cloth foundation, affixed to an old broom handle. Dip finished mop in a paraffin kerosene solution, then dry and store in a paper bag away from heat to keep moist.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Chemical Effects of Food
Different persons are differently constituted with respect to the chemical changes which their food under goes and the effect produced. One man's meat is another man's poison. Every man must learn from his own experience what food agrees with him and what does not. United States department of agriculture.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Experimental Kitchen Notes From A Fragmented Page
Fragmented text describes kitchen tips and vague food ideas. Mentions walnuts salmon salad cakes and apricot tapioca with hints of lemon peel and scrambled eggs. The passage ends abruptly with garbled phrases and incomplete cooking notes.
Sound Qualities of Horse and Buyer Considerations
The article explains that horse soundness is a key buyer concern, with the USDA stressing prepurchase evaluation. It advises thorough, systematic exams to identify desirable and undesirable qualities and to distinguish temporary from permanent unsoundness, listing common blemishes, vices, and conformation faults.
Selection Criteria for Carnegie Type Poultry Keepers
The passage outlines general and specific traits of Carnegie type poultry including conformation, ringbone, side bones, extreme atrophy, contracted tendons, and broken wind. It stresses evaluating final selections by weighing good qualities such as flesh, temperament, quality, color, and age against defects.
Bulsheviks Targeted as Scrub Bulls in Wisconsin Campaign
A Wisconsin farmer coins the term bulsheviks for scrub bulls in the USDA Better Lives Better Stock program. He argues these bovine reform opponents drain milk and butter checks and force farmers to keep cows, framing the issue in a light of international tension.
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Wisconsin
United States Department of Agriculture
Shy at Registered Cattle Bred by Scrub Pedigrees
Farmers resist registry due to influences from registered bulls that perform no better than grade calves. The piece argues breeders should cull inferior pedigrees to improve satisfaction among small and large breeders.
Live Stock Notes on Sheep Worms Pigs and Calves
The sheet discusses stomach worm as a major sheep drawback and warns that unvaccinated pigs should not be on infected premises. It notes foot soreness from prolonged confinement on hard floors and advises keeping calves in clean barns until about three months old for better outcomes.
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Kansas Station
RED Cross
James P. Hornaday
Red Cross Rural Service
American Red Cross
American Country Life Association
United States Treasury
Federal Reserve
Federal Bank
Jefferson
Lincoln
Jackson
Franklin
Marshall
Hamilton
Madison
Chase
Treasury
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Federal Reserve Bank
Bulletin
Ces
Carnegie
Bovine Society
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