Unusual Farm Successes Highlight Louisiana Products
Prof S Richardson urges Louisiana press to share remarkable farm outcomes to curb rural exodus. The record cites March 191% profits on steers bought at 3.75 fed 90 days, large hay shipments, 100 acre hay sales, blackstrap molasses feed value, D-74 cane yield gains, rice per acre increases, hog club earnings 257, farm youth corn and tomato yields, and cauliflower sales boosted by state station crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Richardson
Louisianate University
Theuisiana State Press Association
Tate
Phil Connell
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Gibbons
Louisiana Experiment Station
Otis Woods
Hog Club
Louisiana
C. A. Tiebout
Roseland
State Experiment Station
New York
Gas Carets Relieve Sick Sour Stomach Ad
An advertisement touts Cascarets candies as a remedy for sour stomach heartburn belching and foul gases. It claims quick cleansing of the stomach liver and bowels with a 10 cent box and even gentle cleansing for children.
Louisiana Agriculture Report 1912 Production Highlights
The Louisiana Bureau of Agriculture 1912 report lists crops and outputs including 368,217 bales of cotton valued at 18 100 439 dollars and 25 455 086 bushels of corn valued at 15 035 489 dollars. It covers sugar 256 706 740 pounds valued at 10 507 942 dollars and 12 516 400 barrels of oil valued at 9 387 309 dollars. Other items include 4 246 775 gallons of milk valued at 1 293 625 dollars and 799 carloads of cattle valued at 448 760 dollars.
Royalty to Be Duke's Guest in Chatsworth Visit
London reports Chatsworth will host King George and Queen Mary as guests of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. It marks the king’s first visit as monarch to Chatsworth since the late 19th century line. The Cavendish lineage, with ties to royal pasts, is described alongside Chatsworth's famed gardens, art, and historic wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chatsworth
George
Mary
Duchess
Devonshire
England
Prince
Princess of Wales
Edward
Alexander
Duke of
Dat
Lord Hartington
Victor Charles William Cavendish
Frederick Charles Cavendish
Phoenix Pare
Duchess of Devonshire
Evelyn Fitsmaurice
Lord Lansdowne
Queen Victoria
Prince Albert
Duke of Devonshire
Chateworth
Chesterfield
Newrest
Chatsworth Gardens
Versailles
Derwent
Cynova
Thorvaldsen
Europe
Cavendishes
John Cavendish
Wat Tyler
William Walworth
Cavendish
Richard Hf
William
Cardinal Wolsey
Henry VI
Virginia Cured Meats and Home Smoking Methods
A farmer extols Virginia cured meat as highly as a smoke house full of goods. He details hog killing, cooling, salting with saltpeter, packing in a bushel, and a six week cure before smoking, touting quality and market demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eles
Smoking method for cured meat and holiday notices
A historical notice explains smoking meat with wet oak wood and pepper to flavor, advising three to four weeks of smoking and cautioning against overheating. It also mentions Memorial Sunday services and Elks lodge activities with times, plus a small drug store advertisement and a holiday line of dots and toys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Harrison
Nations Stockman and Farmer
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Louisiana Bureau of Agriculture
Sefis F
Wilbeeee
Sefs
Wah
Rod
Canon
Ued
The
Mothers’ Club of
Monroe
G. A Petrie
Washington
Brother Jack
Morris
Monroe Furniture Company, Limited
North Second Street
Elks
le Sure
Sig Haas
Exalted Ruler
F. B. Surgaine
Phoenx
W. C. Church
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