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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1944
Page
14
Readers of the Things of the Soil column learn about sweet potato farming from an agricultural editor. The piece outlines crop prospects, storage guides, soil types to avoid, manure and fertilizer practices, seedbed prep, and plant timing, with advice to write for free Farmers' Bulletins and to request stored crop handling tips.
Washington reports civilians will receive about 577,000 more cases of high grade salmon pilchards Atlantic sea herring Atlantic mackerel and Pacific mackerel under a government allocation order. The order designates yearly production shares for civilian use with military and lend lease needs. Officials estimate civilians will obtain 2,465,000 cases of salmon plus 2,984,000 cases of pilchards herring and mackerel, up from about 2,401,000 last year.
Local quotations show prices for wheat at mill and barn, bacon, butter, country ham, potatoes, honey, apples, turnips, and heavy hens. The note also explains the word salary derives from Latin salarium meaning a Roman soldier's salt wage.
Codfish recipe yields a creamy fish bake with butter, flour, milk and vegetables. Shred cod, refresh salted cod if used, simmer fresh cod, then make a sauce with onion and flour, add milk, fold in vegetables. Bake in a 400 F oven for 15 to 20 minutes to serve six.
Enten meal planning notes abundant vegetables and fruits with over-supply of potatoes cabbage and spinach. Meat mainly pork and processed products readily available while beef lamb veal and poultry remain scarce. Suggested menu No 1 features hot hearts fried salt pork milk gravy boiled potatoes spinach with sliced hard boiled eggs orange grapefruit salad baked rice pudding coffee or tea.
Baltimore notes mixed price moves across produce and live stock. Apples steady. potatoes dull to steady. poultry receipts moderate with firm market for roasters fryers and broilers. fowl values 23 to 28 percent for colored and leghorn varieties. Butter total 102,137 lbs. Cattle prices show high grade slaughter steers around 15.90 per 100 lbs, with other cuts ranging 14.00 to 15.00, cows 5 to 7.25, dairy cows up to 11.00, calves steady. hogs steady with top barrow gilt prices near 14.35.
President Roosevelt signed legislation increasing pensions for Spanish American War Philippine Insurrection and China Relief Expedition veterans from 60 to 75 dollars per month. The measure extends benefits to veterans aged 65 or older and those who are totally disabled.
The Shepherdstown Woman's Club met in the club room with Mrs. Philip P. Steptoe in charge. Mrs. Freel G. Welshans reported items sent to Newton D. Baker Hospital and a cake sale to raise funds for books and magazines for soldiers there. A Red Cross report and a $30 club contribution followed. The West Virginia Federated Women's Clubs showcased an English wedding dress worn by Mrs. E. W. Brown of Princeton. A Shepherd College WCA banquet at Crawford House featured faculty and guests with a spring flowers centerpiece.
Artistic blue and white hand lettered place cards adorned the stable decorations as candles glowed. The piece notes that gold and diamond prospectors in British Guiana are called pork nockers because salt pork is a staple carried in their bush country packs.
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