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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1950
Page
2
A home cook guide suggests making fruit cakes and plum puddings four to six weeks ahead for best flavor. Recipes include Dark Fruit Cake and White Fruit Cake with detailed ingredients and baking times, plus Lynn Chambers tips on parboiling searing poaching and marinating for festive dishes.
A non sectarian program to stress spiritual values in personal and community life will concentrate nationwide on religion and religious institutions in America. The program started last year as an outgrowth of the united church canvass and involves churches and synagogues uniting to support local religious activities.
The Air Force introduces a "walking PX" Arctic survival kit attached to the parachute seat. It carries 22 items including a vacuum packed sleeping bag weighing 24 pounds with ten days of food, a .22 revolver, stove, signaling gear, and clothing. The seat doubles as a pilot rest during flight and remains attached in bailout. Field tested in Alaska, the kit aims to enhance national defense in Arctic operations.
The national barrow show held in Austin Minnesota September 12 to 16 drew 2560 hogs from 16 states and Canada. Grand champions include a Poland China barrow from Oklahoma owned by the FFA Stillwater boys, a Hampshire pen from Bi Line Farms Ohio and Indiana, and a Berkshire truckload owned by 14 Pryor Oklahoma state orphans. Carcass honors go to a Hampshire barrow from Bi Line Farms with the top yield and value across 128 carcasses. The judges rank long meat type hogs as best for consumer demand.
A hobby room enhances livability in farm homes offering space for tools, 4-H meetings, and gatherings. Inexpensive furnishings can be built with built in shelves wall seats and hinged toy storage. Creative ideas include a drop leaf table a wall bunk and a sandwich bar for refreshments.
The 1949 sugar beet crop across Michigan Ohio Indiana Illinois and Wisconsin is valued at about 15 million dollars. Nearly 10 000 midwestern farms share a final payment totaling one million dollars with checks sent or mailed by the agriculture department.
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