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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1947
Page
7
The article urges using garden fresh produce for canning and recommends pressure cookers for safety and efficiency. It outlines steps like selecting sound vegetables, thorough washing, pre-cooking and hot packing, and boiling canned vegetables 10 to 15 minutes before use, noting tomatoes and red peppers as acidic exceptions.
Common issues in home canning are explained. Cloudiness from insufficient cooking or hard water is corrected by proper pre cooking or distilled water. Pack vegetables near the top but leave headroom. corn peas and lima beans require extra space. Brown corn results from high heat or iron minerals. White beets come from variety or old beets. use dark red young beets. Overprocessing ruins texture. underprocessing risks spoilage. Do in small batches. move from garden to jar quickly. Salt to taste or about one teaspoon per quart. Wipe jar rims before sealing. use manufacturer directions for lids. Western Newspaper Union.
Use the prongs of a fork to flute cucumbers and bananas and shape vegetables in molds for attractive platters. Arrange ring molds with carrots peas and spinach and place a contrasting center veg. Surround salads with olives for color and avoid overcooking to keep crisp visuals. If kids resist vegetables, try fancy cutters and bright linens for porch service.
Authorities advocate leaving built up litter in laying houses for a year or more to cut litter costs and aid disease control. Hydrated lime added to litter improves dryness and temperature, while deeper lime-treated layers boost insulation. Tests at Ohio and Washington State colleges confirm healthier flocks under this system, with maintenance tips for lime amounts and when to add litter. Green manure crops like sweet clover, alfalfa, and red clover show varying organic matter and nitrogen production, with sweet clover offering superior fall growth and spring nitrogen content.
The program proposes blood testing breeding stock and segregating infected animals. It recommends repeated blood tests for gilts and boars, especially during the first pregnancy, and removing reactors while breeding only negative gilts to clean boars.
Poison ivy can be killed with ammate or 2 4 D according to guidance. If using ammate as a spray, dissolve one pound in a gallon of water and spray when ivy is fully leaved. Apply on a cool cloudy day with no rain for 10 hours and soak plants thoroughly.
A report by W L Lea of the Commodity Economic Research Department cites surveys in four leading soybean states. It notes that in 1945 about 1,397,727 acres were needed to grow soybeans for margarine, up over 1.3 million acres since 1936, and about 206,643,000 pounds of soybean oil were used in margarine production.
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