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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1918
Page
3
The United States Department of Agriculture promotes keeping backyard hens to provide cheap eggs for city families. A four-hen minimum is advised for a household, with space guidelines of about 20 square feet for four birds and roughly four square feet per hen for a 10 to 15 hen flock. No roosters are needed when hens are kept for egg production.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports egg losses in car load shipments dropped from 8 9 percent to under 1 percent in tests over two years averaging 1 200 miles. With proper packing and insulation eggs can be moved as a solid unit with total damage under 2 percent using new Standard cases and cottonwood fillers.
Selected breeding fowls chosen for superior vigor and vitality often yield higher profits than larger flocks of average stock. Emphasizes the value of quality over quantity in poultry breeding.
Normal eggs are argued to produce chickens likely to lay, while the reverse is suggested as equally possible. The fragment hints at causation between egg normalcy and offspring egglaying propensity, implying a symmetrical outcome debate without concrete data.
A long readable piece blends moral verse with culinary notes about cherries. It extols cherry varieties like Bing and Royal Ann in southern Idaho, shares pickling and canning methods, and offers guidance on serving vegetables and salad dressings. Includes a stanza about tending gardens and several vegetable cooking tips.
A farmers page highlights tips for livestock care, dairy practices, crop health, and garden advice. It features notes for live stock men, dairymen, and gardeners with practical guidance and market observations from the regional farming community.
United States Department of Agriculture drafted a plan to mobilize town organizations and allied groups to recruit farm labor for the wheat harvest. The effort urges businesses to release workers with farm experience, universities and clubs to pledge volunteers, and women to prepare meals, with Kansas City hosting initial planning. Aimed at coordinating city and rural efforts to meet farm labor needs this harvest season.
The article argues transport relief by milling wheat locally to ease railroad congestion and cut carrying costs. It promotes community flour mills to increase farmer earnings and ensure bread for home use and allies. It notes 1917 state actions protecting sheep raisers from dogs and anticipates more similar laws.
Officials from the department of agriculture warn that the average death rate of young pigs is unnecessarily high and largely preventable. They urge immediate action to reduce losses in the next pig crop through proper brood-house facilities at farrowing and improved management and feeding of sows before and after birth.
One point that many farmers overlook in handling sheep is the need for a change of range every few years. After sheep have grazed one pasture for a period, they perform better when moved to fresh range.
County agents from the United States Department of Agriculture and state agricultural colleges number over 2 500 and are backed by county and farm bureaus. When farmers need help, they contact the county agent who coordinates labor from urban areas. Last year agents placed more than 100 000 men on farms and this year promises even greater assistance.
A cheap effective milk strainer uses several thicknesses of cheesecloth to filter impurities. Try layering thin and medium cloths to balance flow and filtration, ensuring clean milk for storage and recipes.
Striped cucumber beetles pose a serious menace to small cucumber and melon plants and may destroy many if not controlled. The most common potato disease is scab, which can be quite serious.
The article discusses feeding garbage to hogs as wartime waste utilization to boost pork production. It notes profitability potential if city garbage is used, but warns of hog cholera risk. Immunization and proper cooking of garbage reduce disease, yet large-scale feeding requires vaccination and vigilant herd health management.
A large number of farms cropped year after year lose productivity. Sheep are uniquely suited to restore soil health, as their droppings enrich fields more effectively and naturally than man or machine can—scattering nutrients across the land.
The text asserts sheep thrive where cattle fail and can clear weeds from fences and corners. It notes earnings depend on providing a certain level of care to maximize profit from keeping sheep.
A detailed old fashioned guide to churning butter using a strainer, including preparation of the churn and tools, washing and cooling steps, controlled cream fill, timing by sound and speed, color addition in different seasons, and signs of proper butter granulation to avoid overchurning and excess buttermilk.
The annual report of the Bureau of Animal Industry, USDA, notes significant milk losses in plant handling. It cites a plant achieving yearly savings of 2836 dollars through simple bottle-checking methods and a streamlined accounting system implemented by bureau investigators.
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