Windbreak plans urged for Illinois farms next spring
Davis Extension Forester reports it is too late for this year but advises early planning for windbreak plantings. Summer tasks include marking areas digging diversion ditches fencing and fall plowing. Circular No. 27 details planning planting care tree varieties and costs with Urbana supply notes.
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Eggs Need Careful Handling in Warm Weather
A Rural New Yorker advisory warns the high quality egg trade suffers as temperatures rise. Eggs deteriorate above 70 degrees. collect three to four times daily, sort by size, candle, and pack in clean containers. Cool storage below 50 degrees and twice weekly marketing are advised.
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New Yorker
Bitter butter linked to milk quality and salt content
J R Dice head of the North Dakota Agricultural College dairy department says bitter butter may stem from cows in poor condition or late in milking, producing poor texture or churn issues. If cow tests fail to explain bitterness, inspect salt. impure salts with magnesium or calcium chloride can also cause a bitter flavor.
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J. R. Dice
North Dakota Agricultural College Dairy Department
Lambs Benefit From Corn in Fattening Rations
A Four-H Club report from Spencer and Waterloo shows that cutting corn and legume hay in lamb fattening rations doubled the cost per hundred pounds of gain. Experienced livestock men agree the corn rich diet is essential for efficiency.
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Spencer
Waterloo
Segregate Roosters After Hatching Season Ends
To protect interior egg quality roosters must be removed from the breeding pen when hatching season ends. If males stay with hens fertile eggs form and heat above 68 degrees Fahrenheit accelerates germ development. Fertile eggs spoil quickly while infertile eggs resist decay.
Man recalls 1933 Long Beach quake stopping clocks
Bryan Carlock of Bloomington Indiana recounts surviving the Long Beach California earthquake on March 10 1933. He describes clocks stopping at 555 pm the collapse of a brick stairs and a wall a tidal wave scare and escape with his sister and nieces nephews and Lieut Chester Linton. He was injured by a nail in the leg and treated by a local doctor. The group sheltered first in a wrecked building then at Lennox relief dormitory before returning home.
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Slow writing Acta Sanctorum spans centuries of saints lives
Collier's Weekly notes the Acta Sanctorum as one of history’s most slowly written works. Belgian Jesuits began around 1600 and, despite two long interruptions totaling 48 years, aim to finish about 35 000 biographies by 1975. The American Kingbird is bold and modestly clad.
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Collier’s Weekly
Berry desserts and preserves from a family kitchen
A collection of berry based recipes covers cobblers rolls and puddings. It includes meringues with berries, a sponge cake dessert with whipped cream and fruit, fresh fruit puddings, preserves and jams, and a cucumber sandwich variant. Also features coconut cup custard and a gin based apricot cocktail.
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Edith M. Barber
Household Hints of a Practical Home Maker
Betty Wells profiles Helen B. husband Frank whose fire loss spurred a homely makeover. Helen rebuilt a cramped kitchen with cabinets near the sink and fridge, added a wheeled table, and swapped color tones for a bright Swedish blue and yellow scheme. The visit highlights domestic resilience and a well-run home life.
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