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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1918
Page
7
United States Department of Agriculture warns poultry raisers to combat lice and mites as warm weather arrives. Clean and whitewash poultry houses, spray with kerosene emulsion, provide dust boxes, and dust feathers. Use white wash recipe, spraying schedules, and direct bird treatments with dust, paste, or ointment to reduce infestations and protect egg and chick production.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture, the guide gives safe figures for a back yard flock. With ten hens each laying about ten dozen eggs per year, a flock of that size could yield around 100 dozen eggs annually. At 25 cents a dozen, that’s about $25 in annual value, though the sheer production matters more than the money.
The passage argues against the notion that round fees hatch bullets or long ages produce cockerels, claiming the idea is unfounded. It advocates using hens for breeders and suggests avoiding breeding from pullets if hens suffice.
Practical guidance for selecting fresh fish, scaling methods, and cleaning. Step by step tips cover boiling, frying, seasoning, and making fish salads. Includes notes on salt fish preparation and a Cowper quotation contrasting knowledge and wisdom.
Modern inexpensive summer menu features green peas cooked with lettuce and a light onion parsley flavor, then thickened with flour and butter substitute. Rochester Soup blends blanched almonds and chicken stock into a smooth rich broth, finished with butter substitute. Asparagus Salad ties asparagus tips with tomato or red pepper rings on lettuce, served with dressing. Creamed Onions use young green onions in a white butter sauce served on toast, a tasty accompaniment or substitute when asparagus is scarce.
The excerpt from Ho Howe's Weekly ponders a troubled marriage bound by children. It contrasts spouses who must “study” each other, balance agreement and conflict, and avoid separation despite constant talk and strain. The piece reflects social commentary on enduring unions.
United States Department of Agriculture reports pig club work boosts demand for purebred stock across the South. In Arkansas, 42 club members produced 71 litters from scrub sows and 104 purebred pigs, while last year 1,800 purebred gilts were placed with members and 2,200 to 2,400 this year. Mississippi and Georgia show large enrollments and hog population gains, contrasting nationwide decline.
An article urges expanding farm flocks of sheep beyond existing holdings to raise meat and wool supplies. It argues sheep on pasture and forage crops yield profitable, healthful stock with low grain needs, noting faster returns and depleting wool and meat stocks during war.
Fifty one experienced poultrymen are employed as emergency workers to aid the department of agriculture's program for stimulating poultry and egg production. Most have ten years or more in the industry, with several in poultry work for two to three decades. The group includes a nationally renowned poultryman, a vice president of the American Poultry Association, editors of poultry publications, and noted poultry judges. They have practical fowl handling and breeding experience and many are exhibition-standard breeders. In cooperation with 33 state agricultural colleges they urge all capable to keep and manage poultry to achieve maximum results.
Weeds reduce yields in key crops nationwide with estimates showing corn down about 10 percent and spring grain 12 to 15 percent. Tame hay drops 3 to 16 percent, potatoes 6 to 10 percent, winter grain about 5 percent, while tobacco fruit and truck crops range from 0 to 5 percent and pasture from 5 to 50 percent.
The article outlines measures to boost sugar output from cane and beets. It urges expanding cane areas, better cultivation, crop rotation, disease and pest control, by product use, and shifting to cane syrup to conserve sugar. For beets it promotes improved farming methods, rotation, grazing byproducts, maximizing mill runs, irrigation, planting more seed, and developing new beet varieties.
The piece argues that sheep are not hard to manage despite common beliefs. With patience perseverance and good judgment, anyone can handle a flock. It notes dry open winters ample roughage and strong markets give a country a clear advantage in the sheep business.
A buyer of the light horse prefers sound stock with correct feet, smooth action, good quality, proper style, and fast pace. The note emphasizes pes, balance, and overall riding suitability for future use.
A US Department of Agriculture bulletin explains balancing feeds by protein, carbohydrate, and fat, noting palatability and physiological effects matter. It shows that chemical composition alone is insufficient, and that price is not a reliable guide to value, offering tables to compare feeds by nutritive value and determine true cost of feeds like oats, corn, cottonseed meal, and brewers grains.
In the calf club, youth are organized to raise and care for dairy calves. The main goal is to foster interest in livestock husbandry among boys and girls while teaching them practical skills and responsibility in dairy farming.
The article praises thrift through youth calf programs where a child raises a calf before joining the parent herd. It argues that hands on care turns dairy farming into a pleasure, with support from state college extension and the agriculture department helping in the effort.
The article discusses the ongoing shift among breeders between dairy-oriented and beetful tendencies in dual purpose animals, noting a constant tension and wide variation in animal types. It emphasizes that future practice will likely continue showing diverse outcomes in dual purpose breeding.
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