Home Gardens Urged In 1918 War Food Campaign
The U S Department of Agriculture calls every family to expand home gardening and canning in 1918. Those who cannot grow should conserve and save, with emphasis on not overproducing for sale. Focus on self supply, drying canning or storing surplus, and fall crops like potatoes beets and carrots. The department offers free bulletins Farm Garden in the North Home Gardening in the South and City and Suburban Vegetable Garden, with help from garden specialists and the press.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Division of Publications
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Record Year Push Boosted Gardens Across United States
From the 1917 annual report of the U S Secretary of Agriculture the 1918 campaign spurred the planting of two to three hundred percent more gardens than any previous year, aiming to surpass last year’s record.
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United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Salsify Planting Note for Spring Gardeners
Low seeds of salsify sown in spring near the last killing frost like carrots or parsnips. One ounce of Sectlo seeds will plant 100 feet.
How To Grow And Store Salsify For Home Gardens
The guide advises planting and thinning in sequence, keeping plants well spaced. After establishment, cultivate regularly. Salsify may be dug in autumn for storage in banks or pits or left in ground to dig as needed.
War Garden Drive Urges Every Family to Feed Itself
The 1918 United States Department of Agriculture message calls for each family to grow and can fresh vegetables at home to reduce demand on staple foods for troops and allies. It urges war gardens in every suitable backyard and diligent planting to boost the food supply.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Spray for Fruitless Trees
An orchardist warns fruitless apple trees were not sprayed last season and predicts renewed spray plans will be necessary next season to protect trees and yield.
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Proxy Wedding Sparks Romance Amid War Time Choices
In wartime, Phebe plans a Sumatra proxy marriage to a fiance she doubts she loves. Captain Lenton offers as proxy bridegroom, while Franz ends the match via a cable, choosing another woman. Phebe rediscovers love with Seaton as tension yields to romance.
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Not at All Restful Joke Exchange
A humorous dialogue plays on church insomnia as Mrs. Bensonhurst explains her husband endures church attendance reluctantly. The remark about his sleepiness frames a light urban quip about domestic life and faith.
Best Foods for Young Chickens Feed and growing mash guidance
A detailed guide for raising chicks with feeding schedules and recipes. It covers starting at 36 to 48 hours old, five meals daily, baked johnnycake mixtures, bread crumbs with eggs, rolled oats, and transitioning to grain and mash. Advice includes milk or water as moisture, growing mash composition, and green feed on range.
Feeding young chicks without overfeeding guidance
Young chickens should be fed three to five times daily based on experience. Five feeds can grow chicks faster, but overfeeding causes more harm than underfeeding. Feed only enough to satisfy appetite and keep them active, except the last meal of the day when they may eat all they will. confinement increases overfeeding risk and can cause leg weakness.
Heat for Brood Chicks Temperature Guide for Brooders
The best brooder temperature depends on thermometer position hover style chick age and weather. Chicks crowd when cold. heat needs vary by brood. First week 98 to 95 degrees, then down to 85 for ten days, then 70 to 75 as long as needed. Heat from 50 chicks raises the hover temperature more than fewer birds.
College Men Off to War Leave Harvard and Yale Faculty
Only six of 73 Harvard men who earned their H remain in the university as most join the war. More than fifty Yale professors and instructors are in war service.
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Yale
Lucky Strike Cigarettes Send to French Front
Wartime demand boosts toasted Lucky Strike cigarettes for American troops. Thousands shipped to France with green packages and the red circle. Advertisers tout toasted Burley tobacco and a slogan that helped the brand rise quickly. American Tobacco Co. making 15 million Lucky Strikes daily for overseas troops.
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France
American Tobacco Co
On Head Lines Questioned as Brains of Thought
A playful exchange notes that thoughts supposedly run on lines on the head. The quip contrasts belief in brain activity with a literal interpretation of head lines as a pathway for thinking.
Get Rid of Freckles with Ethine Double Strength
A cosmetic ad promotes ethine double strength to remove freckles. Users are told to apply a small amount twice daily with money back guarantee. The copy promises dramatic improvement, noting most need one ounce or less and a clear complexion. The piece ends with an aside and a joke about a farewell tour.
Boschee's German Syrup Ad Promotes Restful Cough Relief
Advertisement extols Boschee's German Syrup for coughs bronchitis and throat colds with fifty one years of use across the United States. It claims relief from nighttime coughing easier morning expectoration and natural healing aided by American manufacturing and long-standing sales.
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United States
Nature
America
Proverbial Wisdom Exchange on Breakage and Poverty
A compact exchange features two proverbs about money and hardship. One says who breaks pays, the other mocks ignorance about being broke, reflecting streetwise humor on financial strain.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad Offers Free Samples
An old ad touts Cuticura Soap to cleanse and purify and Cuticura Ointment to soothe and heal pimply rashy skins. Free samples offered by mail and at druggists with Soap 25 and Ointments 25 and 50 cents. Adv notes patience with the slogan When a man is in the right he can afford to wait his turn.
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Boston
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