The Consumer's Fancy Warrants the Shipper in Packing Extra Fruit
A discussion on taste and color influencing food choices from butter to eggs and fruit. The article notes regional preferences in color and flavor, cites English dislike of sweet potatoes, and details butter and egg color biases in New York Boston Chicago and Washington. It highlights a Minnesota Agricultural College ploughing contest as a field day feature with a freshman winning first prize and a sophomore third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Agriculture
Boston
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Isngiana
Philadelphia
Washington
New Orleans
Minnesota Agricultural College
Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer
A R
Pioneer Press of
St. Paul
Food Frauds and Deceptions in Market Meats and Produce
The article warns that artificial coloring of meats such as corn beef and sausages deceives buyers with bright red hues. It notes expensive porterhouse cuts and cheaper neck cuts, and describes spoilage risks from decomposed game meat stored improperly. It highlights advertising’s influence on consumer choices and critiques the shift to pale oysters and yellow-skinned chickens amid market temptations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Tong Istana
Uvon
Experimental orange tree aims to bridge citrus climates
Department of Agriculture botanists pursue a hardier orange by crossing northern edible varieties with southern bitter types. The goal is a tree that bears in cold winters and thrives from Virginia to Kansas, enabling orange groves in mid latitude regions. After ten years of pollen transfer, the mixed fruit shows improving sweetness and table quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Norfolk
Richmond
Lynchburg
Lexington
Tonnsville
Cairo
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Kansas City
Department of Agriculture
The Orange Hybrid and the Trifoliate Citrus
The article explains methods of orange hybridization or pollination, noting citrus trifoliata as a hardy ornamental shrub reaching Massachusetts. It describes the plant in Japan where the fruit is used as conserve, and mentions three eighteen-foot trees at the Department of Agriculture. A botanist monitors flowering, clips stamens, and collects pollen for fertilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Massachusetts
Japan
Department of Agriculture
Orangery
An Adopted English Knight in New York Tale
A British traveler, claiming a long list of knighthoods, meets Pat Flannigan of Hoboken in New York. The Irish guide counters with a boastful self introduction, then delivers a comic slang reply about his own wake and nightly appearances. Also noted are a reference to Senator Beveridge’s book and Kentucky tobacco prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Erin
Pat
John Kenidgerton
London
Bath
St. John
Royal Legion
Pathrick
Timothy Flannigan
Hoboken
Suburban Co Operation Prompts Local Utility Coop Idea
In Kensington Maryland a government employee shares a gasoline engine water pump with neighbors, supplying several families with water and plans to drive an electric generator for neighborhood lighting. The article suggests broader cooperative schemes for telephones sewer water and electric systems in rural settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kensington
Maryland
Washington
Doughnut Punchline: Larger Holes Improve Flavor
A witty exchange suggests increasing hole size to enhance doughnuts. The quip frames a simple humor about texture and bite, implying more pastry per bite and a playful critique of standard ring doughnuts.
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Guy Elliott Mitchell
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Caine
England
Scotland
Hodgins Automobile
Hodgins
Aia
Florida
Beveridee
Neastly
Safety Reid
Geer Manufacturing CO
Exchange Place
Maxwell Homemaker
RICHE
Maxwell’s Homemaker Magazine
Fisher Building
Chicago, Ill
HAY Press
Sandwich Mfg. CO
Main Street
Sandwich
William Bros
Ithaca, N.Y
Kirk
James S. Kirk & Company
Western Wheeled Scraper Co
Aurora, Ill
A.J. Root Co
Medina, Ohio
International Harvester Co
I. H.C
International Harvester Co. of America
Monroe Street
U.S. A
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