Hogs Harvest Southern Root Crops in Feed Ration
United States Department of Agriculture notes hogs harvest peanuts velvet beans sweet potatoes and chulas as fattening crops in the South. Soft pork from peanut and similar feeds concerns packers but proper rations can harden carcasses. Corn alone is costly for hardening. sweet potatoes offer value when hogs harvest them, but require grain in ration. Velvet beans and chatas provide grazing, with timing from May to November.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Alabama
Tick Eradication Efforts Progress in Deep South 1921
The United States Department of Agriculture and state officials pursue cooperative tick eradication across the Deep South with 1000 inspectors. In August 1921, 522 animals were dipped in 187,230 herds, covering 65,000 square miles in Texas and 53,111 in Florida. State legislatures in Georgia Mississippi Louisiana Texas and Arkansas require compulsory dipping to eradicate fever ticks.
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Allen
Southern Territory
United States Department of Agriculture
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
Development of Young Pigs by W L Blizzard
A guide from Oklahoma A and M College stresses feeding growing pigs to maximize profit. It emphasizes that larger pigs require more care and better bloodlines, arguing that a top breeding selection yields more money for others and that breeders should study the business to raise desirable stock.
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W. L. Blizzard
Department of ‘Animal Husbandry
Oklahoma A
BE. College
Stillwater
A Garden Menu and Recipes From A Turbulent Kitchen
An array of old time kitchen notes and recipes including tomato salad with sour cream dressing, potato dumplings, bread crumbs and a yeast risen roll. The piece interleaves culinary tips with a moral line about women keeping trouble to themselves and smiling through.
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Graham
Stall
Potatoes and thrift guide from Ellen Richards
A historical piece extols potatoes as versatile and economical. It covers cooking methods from baking to hashing and soup, highlights leftovers, and advocates planning meals, reducing waste, and teaching thrift in the home with practical tips and quotes attributed to Ellen Richards on nutrition and cost saving.
Airplane hats and parade humor from Cantonment Talk
American inventors showcase air plane hats accepted by the government, with jokes about a dirt haversack and a parade inspection. The piece also notes a moral line about acting from conscience. A Washington woman converts meat drippings into soap as wartime domestic work for the Food Administration.
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Department of Agriculture
South
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Harriet Whitney Symonds
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Fon
Ellen Richards
Tmmober Turner
Hamburg
Brown
Driver Brown
C. C. van den Berg
Washington
United States Food Administration
Ria
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