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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1917
Page
9
Northern and western poultry clubs are canning surplus stock for winter. U S Department of Agriculture specialists provide recipes for chicken stock broth gumbo and related preserves with processing times for hot water bath water seal steam pressure and pressure cooker outfits.
Instructions for canning poultry using pressure cookers and water bath methods. Two recipes describe killing and drawing fowl, washing, cooling, portioning, packing in glass jars with brine, adding salt, applying seals, and sterilizing under specific steam pressures and times. Details include rubber and caps placement and post processing with inverted cooling.
Washington reports five reasons from the United States Department of Agriculture urging farmers to double seed corn stocks as crop conditions improve. Scarcity of first class seed each spring an exhausted holdover, drought or early frosts in some areas, need for locally adapted seed for 1918 and holdovers for 1919, and annual losses from storms floods and droughts justify prompt seed delivery for emergency plantings.
Chicago, June 6. State food administrator Harry A. Wheeler urges farmers to feed oats instead of wheat. He says feeding wheat to hogs is a grave mistake, oats are abundant and cheaper, and oats should supply much of hog, cow, and horse rations. He cites European practice, cites high oat yields, and argues oats reduce feed costs while retaining animal productivity.
Chicago dispatch reports Illinois farm land values fall by as much as 25 dollars per acre due to farm hands renters and young farmers being drawn into the national army. District food administrator Harry A Wheeler cites labor shortage across Lake McHenry Du Page Will Kane Kendall and Cook counties with 67 to 75 percent renters in McHenry and many leases ending within a year. He notes farms go on the market and renters are scarce even as crop prices rise and urges boards to fix manpower for next season.
Jefferson City Missouri October 6 The report on staple farm products by F B Mumford dean of the Missouri college of agriculture and chairman of the State Council of Defense shows the Missouri corn crop value this year up by about 410 801 472 from 1916. Corn acreage rises 631 666 Wheat valuation 50 109 840 up 30 898 797 Oats set at 23 322 723 up 11 069 218 over last year.
New York October 6 Duns review notes unmistakable progress toward better business in key sectors. Higher actual transactions and expanded work forces at previously slow plants. Some price recoveries and growing government demand boost optimism amid cautious buyers. Weekly bank clearings total 5 714269 419.
The U S Department of Agriculture Bulletin 560 reports on keeping costs and labor for 316 horses across 27 farms in Illinois Ohio and New York The Illinois sample shows 154 horses with average keep 10065 dollars yearly 1053 hours worked per horse and 956 cents per hour The Ohio sample covers 72 horses with keep 12027 dollars yearly 866 hours per horse and 1309 cents per hour New York data from 90 horses lists keep 14502 dollars yearly 1020 hours per horse and 1422 cents per hour
About 4,000 Adams county families will be listed in a farm directory published by The Prairie Farmer of Chicago. The census style canvass aims to gather farmer names, wives, children, post offices, townships, farm sections, acreage, ownership status, moving-in year, and owner details. A breeders directory and auto/tractor ownership classifications will be included.
Oct 6 Marion County reports progress in home demonstration work as Miss Sarah Pettit visits to plan activities with Miss Pancoast arriving next week. A state university Home Demonstration rep attended Friday night meetings in Philadelphia and will join Todd schoolhouse gathering Saturday. County Schools Superintendent Miss Frankie Connell oversees the efforts. City approves Farmers Elevator building expansion into two feet.
Marion county farmers seek elevator ground and mayor Bernhard pledges cooperation while Sheriff Mefford handles exemption duties. A tele gram from missing quota member Walden Delette places him in Centralia Mo to be sent to the national camp upon arrival. Palmyra football guests Kirksville High as Bross sale reports strong cattle and crop lots. Illinois women mobilize a food conservation pledge at Hoover's request for Oct 21 to 28.
A new paper making material, rice straw, is now available and is already used in significant quantities in Arkansas papermaking.
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