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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1920
Page
6
A community program to save surplus fruit and vegetables suggests farmers club together to build small drying houses using a tobacco barn style furnace and Thermos principles. The design includes four drying sections, lattice trays, and a chimney or extended stovepipe, with heat retention via sawdust insulation to dry 4 6 bushels and pay for itself quickly.
The Lee county egg circles sold 12135.40 last year and expect higher totals this year. Circles stamp eggs with member numbers and names to guarantee quality and obtain better prices. Two large circles, Shannon and Baldwyn, led 1919 sales with 5831.10 and 6304.30 respectively, marketing 28746 dozen eggs combined.
Culinary experts outline methods to cook tough meat without boiling. Techniques include searing then simmering on low heat, using simmering gas stoves, double boilers kept at about 200 degrees, fireless cookers, closely covered dishes, and casseroles for long gentle cooking in cast iron or earthenware.
The U S Department of Agriculture notes wool and silk stain removal is harder than cotton or linen. For blends such as silk and cotton, consider effects on all fibers and avoid chemicals that could harm the most delicate fiber present.
Household hints cover cleaning white fur washing oranges and potatoes and avoiding dust in furniture. Practical steps include brushing fur with cornmeal washing quilts soaking handkerchiefs in salt water and removing dust to reduce disease risk.
The article cites the U.S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology advising control of stable flies by scattering straw and plowing under or burning piles in spring. Regular weekly treatments through the season destroy the first generation and avert a plague. A Farmers' Bulletin 1007 outlines the fly’s life history and damage.
The Department of Agriculture notes a rapid rise in farmers cooperatives for marketing crops and woodland products. It cites existing co-op mills and box factories supplying fruit growers, and suggests more can be achieved by expanding cooperative marketing practices.
United States Department of Agriculture specialists urge improved oat production. Success hinges on well prepared, moisture retaining land, clean graded seeds treated for smut, early seeding with a grain drill, timely harvesting, careful shocking and stacking, and clean thrashing as outlined in Farmers' Bulletin 892.
George E. Mead of Escambia county Florida touted a purebred Durco Jersey boar and pledged purebred hogs on his farm within six months while participating in the Better Sires A Better Stock campaign with the United States Department of Agriculture. The notice stresses the high value of purebred sires and the impact of a persuasive suggestion in progressive localities.
Instructions emphasize twice daily egg gathering, marketing at least twice weekly, and cooling in a cellar. Nests should be kept clean with one nest per four hens. Greasing eggs is claimed to gloss the shell and seal pores, but this promotes decay.
A government and agriculture expert note a mare that has produced eleven foals and worked hard deserves special care after foaling. Guidance covers feeding for mare and foal, when to return to work, stable management, and preventing digestive issues in the newborn with emphasis on light work, safe turnout, and maintaining cleanliness and light in the stable.
The U S department of agriculture promotes posting lists of goods for sale and wanted items in rural communities usually at the school. Week by week unsold items are reported to county agents who coordinate cross‑county buyers and sellers and may involve state bulletins to widen the market.
There is growing interest in feeding calves for market. Overheating often kills sheep and causes stiffness. Gilts do not produce pigs as strong as mature sows. Flush the ewes about ten days before turning in the ram. Concrete aids swine raisers for feeding floors hog-wallows dipping vats and house floors.
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