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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1920
Page
5
The U S department of agriculture finds factory driers costly and urges home built options. It recommends a metal covered unit for stove or furnace and a cheaper lath wire canvas design. Both let gardeners preserve surplus produce for winter and cut food costs.
The article outlines careful feeding for pigeons rearing squabs, stressing steady grain and water, minimal disturbance, and artificial feeding if parents die. It lists a wide mix of grains and supplements including corn, wheat, kafir, Canada peas, millet, hemp, peanuts, oats, buckwheat, milo maize, and bread or canary seed for variety, plus salt, grit, oyster shell, and charcoal kept available.
Public Health Service guidance on nourishing growing children with milk at each meal and a mixed diet. It lists fruits vegetables meats cereals potatoes fats and emphasizes variety and proper preparation to support growth and repair.
The article explains using coffee instead of milk when making cake foundations. It notes coffee lacks milk’s thickening properties so use a tablespoon less per cup of liquid.
Household experts in the US Department of Agriculture experimental kitchen report that one fifth to one quarter less sugar can be used for jelly and jam. They suggest adding a cupful of fruit juice for jelly or pulp for jam and conserves, noting salt enhances flavor after standing.
United States Department of Agriculture canning specialists warn that flat sour can occur in corn peas beans and asparagus even when they look fine. Use vegetables picked within five to six hours blanch cold dip pack one jar at a time place each jar in the canner as packed to avoid overcooking and ensure texture.
Corn beef should be started to boil in cold water. A four pound fish yields six or seven portions. Keep thick holders handy when cooking. Scrambled eggs with asparagus make an excellent dish. Scatter a few whole cloves around ants and they will disappear.
United States Department of Agriculture studies show two mule teams and modern implements cut cultivation costs and time. Texas farms with larger acreages use two or four mile teams while southeastern farms rely on single mules, increasing labor and trips. Alabama studies show contour farming with two-way cultivation lowers total costs from 1.88 to 1.30 dollars per acre, plus reduced hoeing.
United States Department of Agriculture specialists urge cleaning the woodlot to boost future timber and stock the winter fuel. Remove dying tops and crowded trees first, thin carefully, leave salable timber, and cut vines from standing timber to improve Amberland and optimize fuel supply.
Community packing helps cooperative marketing associations present uniform fruit and vegetable products. Competent disinterested leadership promotes uniform quality and attractive labeling. Larger associations advertise members' products at low cost, emphasizing carefully graded goods.
A fragment advises keeping the poultry numbers limited to reduce feed bills, suggesting removing excess birds and storing the rest to realize profit.
An agricultural piece argues that better animal care boosts home quality and farm productivity. It cites training by county breeders associations and 4H clubs, stresses gradual livestock improvement, and promotes Better Sires Better Stock as a national crusade to raise stock quality and eliminate scrub stock.
Farmers face disadvantage selling livestock due to limited market knowledge and stock quality. Buyers visit producers, often paying below market to cover shrinkage and delivery. Underfed stock meets objections and may require favorable handling terms while familiar buyers offer convenience and potential concessions.
County agent in Mercer Pennsylvania helps Sharon area producers establish a curb market. The weekly market, once hindered by poor farmer support and advertising, now attracts both consumers and growers with items like potatoes apples peaches corn honey eggs butter meat and mushrooms. Similar efforts in other regions have also succeeded.
Hog cholera is highly contagious. Keeping scrub stock is a matter of habit. Stock feeders should put up as much silage as possible. Salt should be where the sheep can have access to it at all times.
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