Storing Vegetables for Winter Use From USDA Guidance
The article explains simple home storage methods for winter vegetables including cabbage in shallow trenches with straw and earth, and conical piles for Irish potatoes beets and turnips. It recommends outdoor cellars or caves to avoid smells and notes Farmers Bulletin 879 for full details.
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Farmers
Runts Not Profitable Says USDA Survey
A USDA prepared survey of 1 000 leading farmers and breeders finds about 7 percent of annual US farm livestock production consists of runts and undersized stock. Farmers say removing runts could lift incomes by 13 percent. Experts advocate better feeding breeding purebred sires sanitation and culling stunted stock to rehabilitate stock and improve markets.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Improvement Noted in Wool Marketing
Wool pools report better condition of fleece at concentration points due to USDA demonstrations on proper handling and preparation. Fewer untied fleeces, more box tying, and emphasis on expert grading to price by grade. A Midwestern pool sent 340,000 pounds in 1920 and 400,000 pounds this year. a Northwest cooperative grew members from 1,600 to 1,700 while receiving over 1,500,000 pounds.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Middle West
Northwest
Barberry Cuts Wheat Yield Threat to Bread Costs
Barberry bushes promote wheat rust, endangering yields and bread prices. U.S. inspections found over 4.6 million barberry bushes. about 3.5 million destroyed. Each infected bush can menace acres of wheat, prompting farmers to check farms and adjacent areas for remaining plants.
Paul and Friends Love and Departure in Acts Lessons
Lesson outlines Paul's Greece visit and Ephesian farewell. Key events include the meeting with disciples in Irons, the Eutychus incident, Paul’s charge to elders, and his seven day Tyre stay leading toward Jerusalem with themes of ministry, sacrifice, and faithful teaching.
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Paul
Greece
Miletus
Macedonia
Irons
Eutychus
Jerusalem
Jesus
Paul Tarrying
Tyre
Agabus
Philip
Ptolemais
Caesarea
Meet Enough and Cro Quettish Quip Echoed in Courier Journal
The Louisville Courier Journal surveys a saying that a man's heart is reached through his stomach and quips that a girl should be cro quettish. It notes that novelty performers described as freaks can earn between 25 and 500 dollars weekly.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Record Rainfall in Porto Bello Panama Sets New World Event
Rainfall of 2.47 inches in three minutes at Porto Bello Panama on the night of November 29 1911 is declared the heaviest ever recorded. B C Kadel of the United States weather bureau notes it surpassed the prior world record by 100 percent from Cartena de Arges Roumania July 1889.
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Panama
Porto Bello
Cartena de Arges
Roumania
B. C. Kadel
United States Weather Bureau
United States
Missing recipe notice in diners talk hints at guarded kitchen secrets
Dialogue hints a cook’s jelly was praised yet the admirer declined to share the recipe, suggesting secret methods. The Detroit Free Press caption implies social wit about culinary exchange and secrecy in kitchen knowledge.
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Detroit Free Press
Blessings of This Day Quote by Jeremy Taylor
A reflective passage attributes blessings to the present day and calls for bearing evils patiently. It emphasizes living in the now, being “dead to yesterday” and not torn by tomorrow, attributed to Jeremy Taylor.
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Jeremy Taylor
Near Him and Elis Counsels in Bishop Hall Verse
A compact religious quotation from Bishop Hall contrasts approaching divine counsels with the sun and fire saying come not near. It emphasizes the unattainable Light beyond human reach and contemplation.
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Elis
Birds Do Valuable Work in Insect Control
An estimate puts the U S population of insect eating birds at over 4.5 billion. Each bird can destroy up to 100 insects daily, contributing significantly to pest control.
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United States
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