Oven cooking tips for home bakers from a 1930s column
Edith M. Barber guides readers on oven use with regulators and thermometers, outlining temperature ranges for slow to hot ovens and giving specific temps for meats, pastries, cookies, and custards. She emphasizes adjusting after fifteen minutes, and notes many dishes succeed at moderate heat with proper regulation.
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Edith M. Barber
McRo
Temperature Cookery For Camp Bonus Army Food Plans
Readable excerpts present a guide to cooking for the Camp of the Bonus Army at Fort Hunt Virginia. It details temperature controlled methods for cottage ham baked potatoes apricot rice pudding and quick liver and bacon meals with precise times and temperatures and notes on serving suggestions and kitchen routine. The text also includes a society column fragment describing park scenes and New York life.
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Fort Hunt, Virginia
War Department
Fort Hunt
Bonus
Washington
Household hints and kitchen tips from Ssaches Newspapers
A compilation of practical tips on baking, preserving, and cleaning including using leftover cake crumbs for custard, linseed oil on soapstone, lime solution for clouded glass, and gentle washing methods for a jersey dress. Includes notes from the Ssaches Newspapers and WNU Service.
Mall Skating Revival Draws Social Set to Central Park
In New York the Mall scene reawakens with returning society members skating on asphalt while Junior League members, tenements’ youths, Social Register matrons, ice men and stage stars join the trend. Beatrice Lillie and Ethel Barrymore were seen at a recent Sunday outing as band concerts echo the park’s festive past.
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Beatrice Lillie
Ethel Barrymore
Fenton Taylor
Familiarity Breeds Contempt, Cervantes Quote Cited
A reflection on the saying familiarity breeds contempt challenges the idea of keeping others at a distance to gain respect. It notes the tension between intimacy and respect in friendships, cites Cervantes from Don Quixote as an origin, and ends with a J. Bell Syndicate attribution.
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Cervantes
Don Quixote
J. Bell Syndicate
WNU
Ohio herd improvement idea from Danish models
Dairymen in Ohio learned from Denmark’s Kontrol societies to form dairy herd improvement associations. Testers weigh milk and test butterfat, track feed and costs, and cull low producers. Denmark’s system raised average per cow to 8000 pounds milk and 300 pounds butterfat, while Ohio averages about 5000 pounds. Continuous testing and removal of poor cows is seen as essential for better dairy cattle.
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M. Salisbury
Ohio State University
WNU
Ohio
Dairymen of
Denmark
Plant Beach Grass to Check the Blowing Sand in New York
Private effort near Brushton Franklin county plants 5000 clumps of beach grass on a farm to reclaim 5,000 acres of shifting sand. The field, part of nearly 10,000 acres in the county and broader Adirondacks area, harms roads and fails to yield crops. Grass, used in France and at Jones Beach, grows a thick mat and allows tree planting in 2 3 years. The test uses 5000 clumps on about one quarter acre to gauge success.
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New York State
Brushton
Franklin County
Adirondacks
France
Long Island Park Commission
Jones Beach
Erosion Ruins Millions of Acres Across Piedmont
The Department of Agriculture reports five million acres along the Piedmont up to Alabama are essentially ruined for crops due to erosion. More than 13 million additional acres have had surface soil stripped. Farmers struggle to earn a living, with some families in 1924 averaging over five members and only $300 yearly income. Terrace, tree planting, strip cropping, and brush dams are urged to prevent further loss.
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Piedmont
New York City
Alabama
Appalachian Mountains
United States Department of Agriculture
Control of stomach worms by pasture rotation and drenching
Rotating pastures to avoid lambs grazing land used by sheep reduces stomach worm exposure. On permanent pastures, worm control is achieved by drenching with a bluestone or copper sulphate solution. The method is easy to apply and inexpensive.
Agricultural Squibs and Farm Prospects Across States
Agricultural notes show Iowa leading in arable land share while fruit trees and tomatoes forecast crops in Arkansas Ozark hills. Tennessee hay corn and tobacco output falls 10 20 percent from 1931 to 1932 with dairy rising as top farm income source. North Dakota dairy per county exceeds 90 gallons per capita. New York potato growers plan an 8 percent acreage cut for 1933 with 30 leading late potato states totaling a 6 percent reduction.
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Tennessee
New York State
Forced pullets not best producer
Poultry expert O C Ufford cautions against heavy protein feeding to pullets. A growing mash with meat scraps and bone meal is advised for three to four months, then gradually reduced to slow development and build vigor for steady winter production.
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O. C. Ufford
Colorado Agricultural College
Ufford
Too Much Sunshine Is Not Good for Chickens
Missourl Farmer advises on summer chick care stressing shade for hatched chicks to avoid heat stress. It recommends using trees or sunflowers and corn plots with temporary fencing, keeping birds off crops until they start, and rotating yards to suit summer growth.
Feather Pulling in Poultry Flocks Causes and Cures
Overcrowding and the taste of blood trigger feather pulling among hens and roosters. Cannibal birds attack weaker flock members. killing and segregating the aggressors is advised. Outdoor exercise and feed changes help prevent repeats. Montreal Herald.
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Montreal Herald
Scaly Leg in Fowls and Its Treatment
The article describes scaly leg in poultry caused by the mite sarcoptes mutans. It notes the disease irritates the feet, loosens scales, and crust forms under them. Treatment includes dipping feet in equal parts linseed oil and kerosene or applying vaseline.
Rhode Island Red Bantam Gains Popularity in Showrooms
The Rhode Island Red Bantam rises in prominence among small poultry as breeders showcase good specimens. Though not yet in the American Standard, experts foresee eventual recognition. Males weigh about two pounds.
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Rhode Island
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