Meat Raised at Low Cost Rabbits Back Yard Food Supply
The United States Department of Agriculture suggests boosting meat supply by raising rabbits among youths and adults not in military or industrial service. Belgian hares mature quickly, cost about six cents per pound, and can reach five to six pounds live weight in three to four months. Rabbits eat hay, grass, lawn cuttings, and various greens, require little space, and breeding tips are provided.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Europe
United States
Department of Agriculture
Maine
Michigan
Virginia
Spray Potatoes To Avoid Late Blight
United States Department of Agriculture urges potato growers from Maine to Virginia to spray with Bordeaux mixture to combat late blight. The advisory covers creation of the mixture, stock preparation, and handling to prevent tuber rot while stressing timely application and thorough stirring.
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Untment of Agriculture
Maine
New Jersey
Virginia
United States Department of Agriculture
Capital for Poultry Keeps Entry Simple and Gradual
The best inducement to enter poultry keeping is that it can start with small capital and be undertaken in a limited scale and gradually enlarged until it provides a good livelihood.
Water access impacts milk yield in cows
A report notes cows may suffer reduced milk production if water is not readily accessible. It claims cows in peak milking require about 60 percent more water than when not pumping milk, underscoring the need for close water availability.
Pork Is Principal Meat Of Americans
The United States Department of Agriculture states the hog is the top meat animal due to low labor, rapid gains, and heavy by-product value. Hog products dominate long shipping and storage markets and about half of meat and meat product value comes from hog slaughter. U.S. leads world in meat production and pork trade, with hog numbers rising from 1910 to 1915 and a slight 1916 decrease projected.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Puck Jers
United States
Protecting Crops and Seeds Versus Butter Defects
The text advises using tin cans as protectors against cut worms for tomatoes and cabbage. It mentions planting rust seeds in fall rains, harvested by farm machinery manufacturers. It notes butter flavor defects arise when cream stands too long before churning.
Pectin as Prime Jelly Maker and Housewife Aid
United States Department guidance on jelly making explains pectin as the key to gelation and describes how fruits like apples, pears, guava and quince supply pectin. It covers juice extraction, testing with alcohol, rapid cooking, skimming, filling sterilized jars, sealing with paraffin, cooling and storage, plus common defects such as cloudiness, crystallization and tough jelly with remedies.
How to Cook Jule Juice With Pectin Guide
The guide explains sugar ratios with three fourths cup sugar per cup Jules and half cup sugar per cup juice when pectin is thin. It covers vessel size to juice ratio four to one, slow heating risks color loss and lower yield, and timing for adding sugar once the juice boils.
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Jules
Jelly making with pectin extracts from fruits
Instructions describe Apple Pectin and Orange Pectin methods with lemon juice sugar and water ratios. Includes pressing pulp, filtering through a jelly bag, testing with alcohol, bottling pectin, and boiling times. Also covers mint and orange or apple jelly blends and strawberry orange pectin mixes with sterilized jars and paraffin sealing.
Blackberry and Apple Jelly Making Instructions
Instructions describe making blackberry jelly using four pounds fruit with one pound water and three pounds ripe fruit with one pound underripe fruit. Stepwise process covers washing, crushing, juicing through a flannel bag, determining sugar by alcohol test, boiling to jelly point, skimming, and sealing in hot sterilized glasses. Also outlines apple jelly from one pound fruit and two pounds water with similar steps and paraffin sealing.
Fragmentary verse on toil and world serving work
A fragment frames labor as born from the land and birds, with wheat and corn toiled for a mighty need. It hints at a place serving the world through toil and harvest but remains incomplete and cryptic.
Trade Union Success In Effort to Shorten the Hours of Labor
This report extols eight hour day gains and shorter workdays as a core union objective. It links wage increases, rest, and opportunity with better homes, food, and personal development, arguing shorter hours create energetic, capable workers and improved life quality nationwide. The piece emphasizes the American Federation of Labor and broader labor progress.
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Workers of America
American Federation of Tahoe
Day for All Labor to Rejoice
A historic note on Labor Day celebrating the dignity of labor for both organized and unorganized workers. It urges a fraternal spirit and a joyful outing for Tollers on the first Monday in September, reflecting broad civic celebration.
United States Designated Nation of Workers
A historic account argues the United States is a nation of workers as depicted through biographical notes of leaders from Mayflower times to modern industry. It praises labor’s role in democracy, cites figures like Vanderlip and Vail, and emphasizes cooperation between labor and capital despite occasional disputes.
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United States
Organized Labor Fights Waste and Immigration Limits
Secretary Frank L. Morrison of the American Federation of Labor outlines labor’s fight against industrial waste caused by long hours and poor conditions. He argues for national preparedness including labor waste, immigration restriction, anti injunctions, and a stronger trade union movement. Oregon is noted for declaring Labor Day a holiday in 1887.
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American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
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