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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1938
Page
10
This feature extols nutrition stressing that food shapes body and mind. It outlines six essential food groups proteins fats carbohydrates minerals vitamins and water and argues proper balance fuels health, vigor and intellect. It cites a lab study on prenatal nutrition and urges homemakers to provide correct meals for family welfare.
The piece discusses varying habits for polishing furniture and argues for a regular, at least twice monthly oil polishing. It notes some households polish weekly or only once a year, while the most common pattern nevertheless is not frequent enough. It emphasizes that oil polish nourishes and protects wood beyond mere shine.
Ad copy touts Pepsodent toothpaste with iodine like ingredient claiming to open eyes wide and reveal gleaming teeth. It hints at removing stubborn surface stains for a glorious natural luster.
John A. Arey explains bovine nutrition emphasizing palatable varied grain mixes, proper bulk, and sufficient pasture or silage. He warns against high crude fiber diets that fill the stomach without delivering nutrients, urging farmers to choose nutrient-rich feeds.
J S Carver of Washington State College notes that withholding water from high producing flocks immediately drops egg output and can halt production in days. Water is crucial for digestion, metabolism, and temperature regulation in hens and makes up a large share of body and egg composition.
Farm fires are hard to halt once started but simple precautions help. A bucket of sand, a fire extinguisher or two, and a portable water sprayer are useful. A man makes fire grenades from salt brine filled bottles wired together to smother flames.
To prevent egg eating avoid feeding broken eggs to flocks. Screen roosts to remove broken eggs from access and keep adequate litter in nests. Use a dark front nest to deter the habit and watch for birds with yolk on the beak indicating egg eating.
The deposits in flues and chimneys called creosote are condensed moisture mixed with smoke and soot. They are sticky with creosotic material but do not pose risks of suffocation or explosion, according to Wallaces' Farmer.
The Barbara Bell Spring and Summer Pattern Book offers 109 designs for women girls and dolls with clear sew charts the patterns priced 15 cents each. Sizes range from child to adult with materials and yardage listed and patterns available from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Room 1020 Chicago Illinois.
Before planting work soil deeply to loosen the top layer. Water the drill before sowing, enough to moisten but not cake. Easiest vegetables to grow include radishes carrots beets Swiss chard and turnips with spinach peas beans and corn for larger gardens. For small gardens try radish leaf lettuce beets carrots peas and beans and replant after harvest. Do not plant seeds too deep and press soil after covering.
The Ferry seeds display signals spring and urges choosing Ferry's tested seeds for better vegetables and flowers. The Ferry-Morse Seed-Breeding Institute develops and tests varieties in experimental gardens, ensuring germination and true-to-type seed. 5c a packet and up, with 1938 novelties from Ferry-Morse Seed Co.
Readers debate the Erasmus aphorism about war noting its grim history yet contrasting appeal to those unfamiliar with conflict. The remark circulates in letters and editorials shaping public sentiment on war and peace.
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