European dairy practices reveal American edge in stability
Major Alvord of the Dairy Division compares European and American methods after a tour, noting American cattle feeding knowledge, strong factory systems, and clean creameries in Denmark while Paris milk service lags. He finds U S dairying generally ahead in efficiency and sanitation despite European frugality, with notable contrasts in refrigeration and handling.
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Alvord
United States
Great Britain
den Mark
France
America
Europe
Denmark
Paris
Rome
Real cider vinegar versus cheap chemical varieties
The piece warns that cheap "pure cider vinegar" sold at seven to ten cents a gallon is misleading and often harmful, while genuine cider vinegar is a good condiment. It notes real vinegar takes one to three years to make, progressing from alcohol to acetic acid, and that accelerated methods produce lower quality product.
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Department of Agriculture
Congress
Farmers
Briefs From Everywhere Society Notes Curiosities
British Columbia preserves wig wearing judges in a rare English custom. Arizona finds show Indian children catching ants and eating them. Mexico natives seek honey ants as food. Persia is mostly Mahometan. Irish bogs could yield fifty million tons of peat yearly for a millennium. Damascus steel compared with modern band saw blades for toughness. Chinese physicians take a percentage of apothecary fees. Zorene may double metal life in air exposed items. German food adulterators face six months in prison and 1200 marks fine. A man dies after ten days without sleep and five minutes without air. A Laplander travels 150 miles on skis in a day. Cromwell attacked gypsies and ordered expulsion with hanging if not gone by the wind. A bee flies forty miles an hour without load, twelve with honey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Mexico
Spanish Milch Goats Dominate European Milking Herd
Among European milch goats the Spanish goat ranks highest for milk quantity and quality. An illustration from Explorer David G. Fairchild shows the notable udder size common in Spanish goats as he toured Spain studying the industry. Many of these goats yield eight quarts of milk daily.
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Brittany
France
United States
David G. Fairchild
Department of Agricul
Ture
Spain
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Scotland
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Hoorn
Utrecht
Fron
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Persia
Damascus
China
Germany
Cromwel
Khen Alexander
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James
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Chicago, Ill
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Ithaca
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New Haven
Cona
Remington Typewriter
Wygkoff
HAY Press
Main Street
Sandwich
Eagle Tank Co
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Watson-Stillman Co
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Express
Missoula
Missoula, Montana
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