Caring for Florida Lawns in Spring
A Florida lawn benefits from year round green cover using St Augustine and centipede grasses. Spring care includes mowing, fertilizing with potash and phosphate annually, monthly sulphate of ammonia, proper watering, and topdressing with soil. Italian rye grass can winter-green the lawn but dies in heat. Gainesville Experiment Station Bulletin 209 offers detailed guidance.
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Florida
St. Augustine
Gainesville
Florida Home Demonstration Club Plans New Planting
Walton county home demonstration club members will plant new vegetable varieties learned last year. Miss Eloise McGriff notes growing interest in canning and canning centers as part of home gardens. Gulf county school board grants St. Joe 4 H girls equipment previously used in domestic science to outfit a club work room. Miss Pearl Jordan says members show rising enthusiasm with a fully equipped room.
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Walton County Home Demonstration Club
Eloise McGriff
Gulf County School Board
St. Joe 4-H Club
Cannery Projects Approved for Suwannee County
Two portable cannery projects have been approved by the FERA and will be available for the coming season in Suwannee County. Miss Eunice Grady, home demonstration agent, reports.
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FERA
Suwannee County
Eunice Grady
Hastings FFA Chapter Shows Strong Work in Potato Projects
Hastings FFA Chapter, guided by Joe Norfleet Jr., reports 17 boys enrolled in an early potato producing vocational course. Projects include potatoes, cabbage, and poultry with total investment of 1131.64 and labor income of 1191.80. Proceeds funded summer camp and state convention costs.
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St. Johns County
Smith- Hughes
Hastings
Joe Norfleet, Jr
Norfleet
Vintage Fish Sauces and Sweet Bakes from a Historic Menu
A collection of old kitchen instructions for fish sauces and desserts. Recipes include tomato onion sauce for baked or broiled fish, a tangy vinegar mustard sauce, a creamy herb spread, a cucumber cream sauce, horseradish cream, All Bran fudge squares, All Bran honey orange squares, and pineapple griddle cakes with steps and ingredient lists.
Easy to Make frock pattern with pastel or white organdie
This design offers a frock in pastel or white organdie with a vivid sash or tafteta option. Sized 11 18 15 17 19 (bust 29 31 33 35 37) and requiring 5 3 8 yards 39 inch material plus 3 1 4 yards 9 inch sash ribbon for size 15. Send 15 cents coin along with name address and size to Farm and Grove Pattern Service in Brooklyn New York for the pattern.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Hints To Housewives on Measuring Tools and Frosting Technique
Specialists from the State Home Demonstration Department of Florida advise using accurate measuring cups and spoons for reliable baking results. They recommend briefly warming the frosted cake to smooth the glaze without it running and guiding small cakes with toothpicks placed through the cake cooler to avoid touching frosted surfaces.
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State Home Demonstration Department of
Florida
Pineapple Pancakes With Butter and Sauce
Combine dry mix with pineapple juice. Stir in melted fat or oil. Drop spoonfuls onto a hot griddle and turn quickly. Serve hot with butter and pineapple sauce.
Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Pattern No. 710
This notice advertises a Sunbonnet Sue Quilt pattern set 710 featuring 32 9x9 inch blocks. stamps on long cloth offered at $1.25 per set with color chart and instructions. Tracing patterns are available 4 designs per sheet 10c or 8 sheets 50c. complete color chart included. Mail orders to Florida Farm & Grove Set Dept Chicago Ill with coin.
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Florida Farm & Grove
Paulina
Chicago
Ill
Passion Fruit Grows In Florida Shared By Readers
Farm and Grove section reports widespread reader interest in growing passion fruit in Florida. Mrs. Cross of Ft. Myers cites letters from readers about seeds and cuttings, while Mrs. White of Fort Pierce recalls seeds from Australia thriving before a 1917 freeze ended the plants.
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Florida
Frank H. Cross
Ft. Myers
White O Fort Pierce
Sydney N. S. Wales
Australia
New Bagpak Method Could Transform Florida Fertilizer Packing
Florida fertilizer makers and users show strong interest in Bagpak Inc. paper bags and Bagpaker filling and weighing machines. Lee Turner leads demonstrations across Florida with J. E. Worthington and Paul Samon from Lakeland as local representatives. The system features a cushioned stitch, twisted cord seam, creped kraft tape closure, and total sift proofing plus moisture and dirt protection, promising cost savings. For details, contact Farm & Grove Information Bureau in Orlando or Bagpak, Inc. in New York.
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Florida
Bagpak, Inc
New York
Bagpaker
Lee Turner
Bagpak Organization
J. E. Worthington
Paul Samon
Lakeland
Farm & Grove
Farm & Grove Information Bureau
Orlando
Samon
42Nd St
Florida Farm & Grove
Groveland Tops History An Acreage For Watermelons And Tomatoes
Groveland reports its largest ever planted acreage for watermelons and tomatoes despite repeated cold snaps. Growers anticipate good prices as yields are hindered slightly by weather but prospects remain favorable. Oviedo celery harvest leads Sanford shipments with little Sarasota competition. Texas cold wipes out celery there aiding Oviedo prices. Some growers try escarole with returns near celery. Charles Lee nets about 500 dollars per acre. Oviedo boasts no residents on government relief programs.
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Oviedo
Sanford
Sarasota
Texas
Escarole
Charles Lee
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