Reforming Farm Credit and Markets for 1918 Era Agriculture
The speaker notes that farm prices lag behind other commodities by 86 points, eroding farmers’ purchasing power since 1913. Recommendations urge a centralized but departmentalized finance system to expand rural credit for marketing crops, cattle, and productive needs, with warehousing and neutral grading. Emphasizes expanding foreign markets and stable demand to sustain pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture and Labor
Department of Agriculture
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
American Farm Bureau Federation
Signs Right for Liming on Iowa Farms
Lime proves profitable on 80 percent of farms using it under favorable conditions and ample ground limestone. Getting lime onto soil months before needed yields better results, with a 400-farm survey showing profit and higher yields for clover and alfalfa on limed soil. Farmers are urged to trial lime to boost profits and soil fertility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Harry Warner
Extension Service
Iowa State College
Warner
Advertising as the education of the public message
A brief quotation from Elbert Hubbard asserts advertising educates the public about who you are where you are and what you offer in skill talent or commodity. It notes that only someone with nothing to offer should avoid advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Elbert Hubbard
Dalea Makes Dense Growth In Western Iowa
The Iowa State College farm crops department reports that dalea, a new legume, shows rapid, dense growth in western Iowa as a soil builder. It reaches over two feet by mid August after wheat harvest and yields substantial green manure. farmers may inspect growth dates and obtain full particulars from ISU farm crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Experiment Station
Iowa
H. D. Hughes
Hughes
W. H. Wood
Logan
Farm Crops Department of
Iowa State College
Harding conversion and Christian faith of C. R. Osbeck account
The piece portrays Warren G Harding as a devout Christian, baptized at Trinity Baptist Church in Marion Ohio, and a lifelong church member. It highlights his religious devotion, Bible study, and role as a pastor's friend and trustee, noting that his faith persisted from youth to his presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Osbeck
Mead
Nebr
Harding
Warren Gamaliel Harding
Jesus Christ
Trinity Baptist Church
Marion
Ohio
Trinity Church
Astor
United States
Farm Cheese Recipe From Mrs M C James
Mrs M C James of New Virginia Warren county shares a farm kitchen method for making cheese. She recalls learning from her husband’s mother, using ren nett liquid from a drug store, and notes they created a new cheese type that they believed no patent existed for before deciding cheese making is for professionals, not farm women.
Cheese Making On the Farm Bulletin No. 1191
A farmer advises that any farm woman can make cheese using good whole milk and clear directions. The guidance lists equipment like a lard press draining tank adjuncts from cream separators cheese coloring rennet tablets and cheese cloth. Send for bulletin No. 1191 to follow directions and produce cheese that will be very good.
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Bernard M. Baruch
DALEA
W. H. Wood Farm
Kodak Films
Velvetone Kodak
Ideal Pharmacy
Martin Paardekooper
Kuyper Lumber Co
Pella, Iowa
American Fence
Atlas Portland Cement
Winthrop
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