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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1918
Page
3
Government figures reassure builders that wood will not vanish soon. A Bureau of Standards report argues virgin timber can last for generations, with sustained supply through forest management and reduced waste. Despite shifting production away from population centers, lumber remains affordable to ship across states due to light weight.
The article reports that zoning and building height restrictions, adopted over a year ago, faced initial opposition but now are seen as a key city planning tool. Outsiders praise them, and several large cities including Philadelphia Newark St Louis plan restrictions modeled on New York.
With spring awakening, flowers bloom and bring cheer to homes and landscapes. Greenhouse plants and winter blooms by the window sustain beauty through snow. Each member of the craft should exert greatest effort to promote flowers rather than decry their use.
Government Bulletin urges recreation as a key social service path to health and morals. It argues wrongs stem from idle hours, not work, and calls on communities to make it easy to do right while hindering wrongdoing by expanding wholesome leisure options.
A Boston Herald editorial urges communities to pursue intelligent spending on civic edifices. It argues for selecting well designed, appropriately scaled structures over large but mediocre ones, stressing harmony and model architecture for public credit.
A 1918 national canning campaign seeks one billion five hundred million quarts of home canned produce, following 1917’s estimate of 850 million packs. The plan urges early prep, promotes “Fill every jar in every home” and notes most packs used quart jars produced largely at home or on farms.
The bureau of chemistry of the United States Department of Agriculture warns consumers not to buy table salt from peddlers or others with unverified reliability. Salt recently offered by a peddler raises concerns about quality and safety.
First war emergency food survey by the U S department of agriculture finds per capita sugar consumption at 88.3 pounds in 1917, up from 84.7 pounds the five year 1912–16 average. Increase attributed to higher export production, population rise, greater individual use, and larger consumer stocks.
Collect all used jars and examine each for defects. Discard damaged containers and tops. Clean usable jars and store with tops in a plate. Order extra jars and new rubber rings. Check wash boiler or hot water bath setup for leaks. Test canning equipment. Use a false bottom with slats or bent wire.
Guidance on reducing sugar in cooking suggests using dates or raisins in cereals, serving cereals without added sugar, cooking dried fruits without sugar, and sweetening fruits with honey or maple or corn syrup. Replace sugar in desserts with corn syrup molasses or honey, and for each cup of sugar swapped, reduce liquor by a quarter cup.
The Bronze turkey is described as the largest of all domesticated fowls with cocks around 36 pounds and hens about 20. It notes other varieties Nar ragansett White Holland Black Buff Slate and Bourbon Red, bred with varying profit.
The Bronze turkey is the most popular breed for pleasure or profit. The breeding stock is essential to profitability, and healthier, stronger stock yields better results. Vigorous breeding hens should be over one year old, with two and three year olds offering even greater benefits for breeders.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture. More chickens and more eggs will release more meat for our armies and the allies. Chickens will grow quickly on waste and eat orchard pests. They require little heavy labor and can be managed by women and children. Chickens will help win the war.
With spring arrives, poultryman should wear overalls and jumper and start work. Clean and disinfect houses, whitewash, mend fences, rake yards, spade and sow rye or oats, paint brooders and breeding coops, and prepare colony houses.
Frightened hens lay less than calm birds, so caretakers should calm the flock and keep dogs and strangers away to protect laying.
Sour milk feeding benefits turkey health by reducing the Blackhead organism activity. Free range and careful feeding are crucial to maximize outcomes.
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