Dairyman urged to rear calves for nation and milk
United States Agriculture guidance urges dairymen to keep healthy calves for milk rather than send promising young stock to slaughter. Emphasizes early care, proper feeding, hygiene, weaning timing, and gradual transition to skim milk with balanced grain and hay for robust growth.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Good Eats to Save Meats from Bean Varieties
A compact guide to beans and soy as meat substitutes. It lists soy beans and varieties like lima, kidney, navy, and black soy for summer gardens, plus recipes for Black Soy Bean Soup, Beans en Casserole, Bean Roast, and Peanut Butter Soup with steps and basic ingredients.
Dairy cows need maintenance rations to stay alive
The text notes a dairy cow’s maintenance needs, stating a healthy cow requires about 60 percent of her ration to maintain body weight, while a poorer cow needs an even larger portion for maintenance.
Ventilation In Stables
Ventilation in our dairy stables is seldom overdone. The note highlights proper airflow as essential for animal comfort and stable health.
Potatoes as cooked dishes and nutrition guidance
The article promotes potato use to save grain and lists recipes including fried potato omelet mashed potato cakes scalloped potatoes and potato salad with variations using onion cucumber celery eggs and cheese. It notes Americans waste excessive protein and fat relative to health needs.
La Dame Indomitable: Village’s Last Inhabitant in France
American headquarters in France report La Dame Indomitable, last resident of a ruined village, who endures daily toil in war debris. She cares for army officers, washes dishes for Salvation Army canteen, and walks miles for bread. She insists she is strong and stays to aid France.
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Brave French Woman Keeps Home as War Rages Around
An elderly French hostess recalls sheltering and feeding wounded soldiers under bombardment near a German front. She housed injured troops, turned her home into a hospital after it was hit, and saved many lives before vowing to stay. A French general later praised her bravery in a personal letter.
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Youth Bravely Fights German Ace Then Is Brought Down
London reports Lieut Arthur Rhys Davids an Eton graduate and one of Britain's bravest airmen. He reportedly downed 22 German aircraft and survived a fierce duel with the famed pilot Voss before his own tragic death last October.
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Fly High and Witty Witch Host Elf Party Adventure
In this tale Fly-High leads elves to Witty Witch's new shingles hut for a woodland supper party. Mr Giant narrates adventures of giants while children learn witches and goblins are friendly. The evening ends with a promise of another story about kindness to boys and girls.
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Y M C A Expenditures and War Work Highlighted
A wartime bulletin reports the Y M C A total outlay around five million dollars monthly and details thousands of workers aiding American forces. It notes 2 200 Y M C A staff with expeditionary forces in France and England and 8 000 in American camps, with Pershing requesting expansion to France and 8 000 volunteers. It cites 29 680 baseballs and 19 000 gloves shipped to troops and describes well established huts along front lines and displaced Russian front workers in Siberia awaiting return.
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Farmer Slays Two Wild Cats Near Feather River
A farmer named Wing killed two large wild cats along the Feather river while hunting jack rabbits. One cat climbed a tree and attacked before Wing shot it down. its mate arrived and was also killed with a second shot.
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