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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1917
Page
2
West Raleigh August article urges continuous year round gardening to maximize health, variety, and savings. It advises successive plantings of lettuce, spinach, cabbage, beets, kale, celery, onions, and root crops, plus fall and winter crops, to maintain a steady supply and profits. J P Pillsbury horticulturist cites ease of care and year round yields.
A National Emergency Food Garden Commission bulletin urges using surplus summer cabbage to make sauerkraut. It describes shredding cabbage, salting, layering in a keg, and brining for about three weeks, plus canning steps and serving ideas. Manuals on canning and diving are available for a two cent stamp to 210 Maryland Ride Washington D. C.
Early in the month make deep fur rows three feet apart and sow some English peas for fall wae. Nonpareil, Sutton's Excelsior and Thomas Laxton are all good. Use tobacco stems liber ally in the furrows both as manue and to prevent the green aphides. Cover these lightly and gradually work the soil to them so as to get the roots in the deeper moist soil. Spray with Bor deaux mixture to prevent the mildew.
An old advertisement promotes Foley's Sing of Malaria Chill Tonic for malarial symptoms with chills fevers and sweats. It touts quinine flavor without taste and added iron for purifying strength and energy. Mann Drug Co.
The plan allocates 11.3464 million dollars to stimulate production, conserve foods, and survey national food resources. It expands county agents, adds women agents in rural and urban areas, extends farm labor services, and surveys seed supplies, crop estimates, and farm conditions. It also targets animal and plant pest control, dairy production, and perishable fruit and vegetable handling, with a news service to inform producers and consumers.
Washington reports a broad U S Department of Agriculture plan to extend food production and conservation during wartime. New and expanded projects include county agent growth, increased women agents, labor coordination, a national food survey with monthly reports, and intensified work by the Bureau of Animal Industry Entomology Markets Plant Industry and States Relations Service to improve production storage packing and distribution of crops and livestock.
The Bureau of Plant Industry and the Bureau of Animal Industry announce efforts to reduce livestock and egg losses, promote efficient egg handling, and distribute surplus hogs. Field agents will link hog producers with farmers to move surplus stock from high production areas to regions with ample pasturage. The bill also extends other departmental programs.
National Emergency Food Garden Commission bulletin urges citizens to grow and can war garden produce. Free canning and drying manuals offered for two cent postage. Lesson covers fruits including apples pears and quinces with two canning methods and preserves guidance. Commission cites three hundred fifty million dollars in war produce and urges nationwide cooperation with this paper. Send two cent stamp to 210 Maryland Bldg Washington DC.
Washington reports an emergency campaign by the U S Department of Agriculture to preserve perishable fruits and vegetables, stressing sweet potatoes. Instructions cover pit storage, ventilating piles, curing temperatures, and ventilation, plus notes on beans, cabbage, lettuce, and planting schedules for fall supplies.
Pueblo prepared to host hundreds of auto and good roads enthusiasts for the National Old Trails Road association convention. The group promotes a Washington DC to Los Angeles national highway and reports over 10 million spent and 1200 miles of hard surfaced roads built in five years. Also notes farming tips about egg plants and leeks for winter use.
In Charlotte on July 20 1917 a 500 reward is offered by the Southern Railway System for the arrest of the person or persons responsible for derailing train No 36 near Huntersville on July 17 1917. Messages should be sent to J W Connelly chief special to Age Suthers Railway System in Charlotte NC or N W Wallace in Charlotte NC.
Theodore Roosevelt urges farmers to study social organization beyond the farm and consider how institutions serve rural life. He argues farmers should engage with the east west north and south to meet varied needs and give production a broader social direction.
The notice urges planting Ken dalls Giant sugar corn on August first for roasty ears before frost and recommends setting celery for the winter crop. It also references written records on planting and cultivation in the Baltimore bed system.
Maxton August 15 reports varied success among farmers growing melons this year. Some have paid up store accounts and expect cash from cotton sales as clear profit, while others struggle. Rain is badly needed for all crops. Notable moves include H. H. McLean arriving to teach at Maxton High and Miss Sallie Lou McKinnon sailing to a Chinese post with the Southern M E F church.
Winter apples keep best in cool conditions similar to potatoes. In basements store in barrels boxes or crates near a window, in outdoor banks or pits cover them but not as deeply as potatoes. Small quantities belong in basement storage while main supply in outdoor storage banks or pits. See Farmers Bulletins 852 and S7 for details.
Begin early in the month with the first sowing of spinach for fall use. Sow in rows five inches apart, manure the land well, and thin as crowding starts, using the thinnings to improve the remaining growth.
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