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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1935
Page
19
The article notes cod liver oil rich in Vitamin A and later vitamin D and argues it should be a daily food for children under two. It cites costs of fifteen to twenty cents for small regular amounts and recommends including cod liver oil in relief food rations for families with babies.
The State Home Demonstration Department announced 1934 canning budget contest prize winners. Top prize of 25 dollars went to Mrs Louise A Rawle for highest scoring pantry. Second prizes of 10 dollars each went to Mrs Horace Clark and Miss Lottie Smith. Third prizes of 7 50 each to two more winners. Fourth prizes 5 dollars to two more. Honorable mentions 5 dollars and 3 dollars to several more. Container awards went to county agents with totals of 45, 35 and 30 dozens canned, and the Leona Club of Holmes County received the cooperative effort award.
The Growers and Shippers League of Florida held its eleventh annual meeting in Orlando. R B Woolfolk was re elected president and J Curtis Robinson re elected secretary and executive vice president. Robinson reported gains for Florida agriculture from reduced transportation rates and praised cooperative efforts with shipping groups to cut citrus and vegetable transport costs. Woolfolk urged lower rates to inland destinations and noted the shift of tonnage to water routes for leading markets.
The text notes peppers suffer from root-knot nematodes and advises against planting in nematode-infested soil. It mentions a proposed double treatment using sodium cyanide and ammonium sulfate to eradicate root-knot nematodes, typically costing over $100 per acre but leaving soil rich in plant nutrients, reducing future nitrogen needs.
Citrus season brings desserts and salads with orange and grapefruit. Recipes include a orange and pineapple molded salad with fruit juice mayonnaise, fruit juice mayonnaise, and a grapefruit and orange salad topped with a whipped cream mayonnaise blend. Servings range from 6 to 12.
The Nigrette rose, developed by Max Krause in northern Europe from Chateau de Clos Vougeot and Lord Castlereagh, wowed Sangerhausen showgoers and European rosarians with its dark maroon, velvety blooms. It is a prolific, long blooming plant with varying shades and a refined fragrance, expected to gain popularity in the United States.
The guide explains cooking peel in sugar until transparent and testing by rolling in granulated sugar. It notes adding corn syrup to keep products soft, slower crystallization, and methods for lemon orange grapefruit peels. It covers removing bitterness, grating oily rinds, and candying orange slices in a heavy syrup.
About 10 000 girls and boys participate in 4-H clubs across Florida under guidance of county and home demonstration agents, showing strong community outreach and youth development.
The text lists symbolic designations for a wedding scheme. It assigns First Cotton, Second Paper, Third Leather, Fourth Fruit and Flowers, Fifth Wooden, Sixth Sugar, Seventh Woollen, Eighth India Rubber, Ninth Willow, Tenth Tin, Eleventh Steel, Twelfth Silk and Fine Linen, Thirteenth Lace, Fourteenth Ivory, Fifteenth Crystal, Twentieth Chira, Twenty-Fifth Silver, Thirtieth Pearl, Fortieth Ruby, Fiftieth Golden, Seventy-Fifth Diamond as symbolic ranks for wedding items or statuses.
The article suggests using a cup of applesauce with a teaspoon baking soda when fresh milk, buttermilk, molasses, and sour milk are unavailable. It notes applesauce spice cake works without eggs, and gives tricks for cereals in a double boiler, frosting gloss, and softening coconut by steaming in a cloth over boiling water.
Introducing Goofis a well behaved dog pattern with a harness idea. Includes a 32 page Needlework Book showing over 90 new needle work novelties in color. Pattern No 32 W offered free with each order for the 25 cent Book. Single patterns are 10 cents each.
The article argues farmers should cut cotton, corn, tobacco and peanut acreage under contract to 25 or 30 percent and focus on high grade seeds, proper fertilization and tillage, careful harvesting and handling to improve quality. Better quality fruits higher prices and largely adds profit without major increase in costs of land prep, fertilization, or cultivation.
R. M. Fulghum, assistant editor with the College of Agriculture for five years, resigns to accept a post with the Radio Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. In Florida he developed farm radio programs to a nationally recognized level, according to Dean Newell.
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