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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1927
Page
2
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the guide promotes fruit rich picnics with individual fruit portions. It highlights chilled watermelon as a thirst quencher and notes vitamins in orange lemon and berry juices as essential to child health.
A United States Department of Agriculture guide warns against candy and ice cream excess in children. It urges simple meals with milk plus bread and butter, fruit or juice, and minimal sweets to protect appetite and health, suggesting raisins on bread or diluted cocoa as a lunch option.
Government bulletin outlines food selection for health and balance. Emphasizes variety, proper cooking, and moderation while catering to family tastes with planned daily combinations of meat vegetables fruit and dessert. Guidance aims to educate households on nutritious eating and pleasing flavors as aid.
Pears are described as one of the simplest fruits to preserve by canning. The guide covers paring, coring, quartering or halving, cooking in light syrup, and packing hot, with time guidelines for both water bath and pressure canners. It notes USDA recommendations and practical canning steps.
The dessert blends indulgent butter scotch cream with a festive look and easy pantry ingredients. It explains cooking flour and milk thoroughly, waxy butter and brown sugar, then folding in egg yolks and vanilla before baking in a shell and topping with a meringue.
Three worm types common in poultry are large roundworms small roundworms and tapeworms. Heavy infestations lead to disease while lighter infections may be symptomless. Tobacco dust medicated mash has been shown to reduce large roundworms and most small roundworms in experiments.
The article warns that counting pullets before housing them is wiser than counting chickens before hatching. It advises space requirements per hen by breed, 3 square feet for light breeds and 4 for heavier ones, to avoid reduced egg production and disease risk. It concludes that well housed pullets yield higher profits than overcrowded flocks.
The text explains pip as inflammation of the mouth in fowl, a symptom of cold or fever with obstructed nostrils. The mouth and tongue dry and a bony tip may form. treatment is moistening the tongue with glycerin and water. Do not attempt forceful removal.
Minnesota was one of eleven states with reduced auto accident deaths in 1926. Deaths fell from 350 in 1925 to 319 in 1926, an 11.1 percent drop. The nationwide toll rose 5.18 percent to 18,121. Wider highways, hazard removal, and better signaling aided the decrease, with safety education and press cooperation also highlighted.
The article praises nationwide highway construction and maintenance as a historic shift from limited rural travel to coast to coast driving. It notes ongoing programs to build, repave, widen, and straighten roads, with an annual highway outlay of about 1 billion dollars and calls for careful, scientific use of funds. It highlights waterproofing feeder roads and durable bridges as priorities.
The piece notes over 1,000,000 Americans work in road construction and stresses the future demand for good roads. It cites bears blocking county roads in Washington, dangerous jungles in British South Africa, tire wear rates on macadam, 560,000 miles of surfaced highways in the U S, Colorado plans to improve roads around Denver, and Arkansas motorists funding via a five cent per gallon gas tax.
Joseph Michael Montgolfier devised a hot air balloon with a car attached and proved it could be kept aloft by heated air. His brother Jacques Etienne Montgolfier collaborated with him and joined the first experiments in 1783.
To get you a suitable maid. The source presents a dialogue about affluence and etiquette and the pursuit of domestic help. It frames manners as a skill tied to social status and practical tasks.
The article explains the Pacific’s main current as the Kure or Japan current originating from the north equatorial current. It states this current does not significantly branch into the Bering Sea as some believe, and notes the Bering Sea’s northerly current results from local conditions.
A succinct note contrasts past remedies with modern emergency care, noting how when a person was once treated with tonic after injury today they are transported by ambulance for urgent medical response.
An ad warns against calomel for summer ailments and promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a gentler remedy. It claims heat causes dehydration and digestive issues, touting a nightly spoonful to cleanse the system without side effects. Store shelves feature the product for home use.
An all mash ration for chicks is advised in Wisconsin. The mix uses 80 pounds ground yellow corn 20 pounds wheat middlings 5 pounds pearl grits 5 pounds raw bone meal 1 pound salt and skim milk in place of water. Milk should replace water during the first six weeks and may be gradually replaced later by adding meat scraps.
The article argues against homemade crates of rough material and recommends galvanized wire crates with strong bottoms. With proper handling and occasional patching, commercial crates with heavy wire sides and tops can last about a hundred trips and simplify loading and unloading.
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