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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1944
Page
6
Wartime home cooking memories from Lynn Chambers feature old favorites like apple cheese pie and One Egg Chocolate Cake. Recipes include Apple Muffins with bran and a yeast dough for rolls, all suited for limited pantry basics and ready in familiar kitchen routines.
A fragmented passage discusses keeping foods fresh in the refrigerator with parchment or waxed paper. It warns about wrapping strong favored foods and mentions strange flavor tricks like ginger with chocolate and pimento from a can.
Farmers are urged by WEA to invest in sturdy farm buildings as essential tools alongside machinery and barns. War Food Administration notes many losses start with leaks and poor insulation, with 30 to 40 percent of livestock failing to mature due to inadequate shelter. Roofing materials available, including easy to apply asphalt options, help prevent weather damage and losses.
Government requisition shifts all elder duck down and geese feathers to military use leaving chicken and turkey feathers for civilian needs. Europe and China supplied most feather materials before the war, but domestic sources expanded to meet wartime demand. Over 10 million pounds of feathers are produced yearly in the United States, with chicken feathers about 5 percent of the total. Feathers now aid medical sutures through chemical treatment, provide insulation for soldiers, and support new cushioning and textile applications. Prices to poultry operators roughly two cents per pound for feathers and about one dollar per pound for down.
The article explains seed budgeting for carrots noting a half ounce yields about 32 000 seeds. With 90 percent germination, roughly 11 000 plants emerge in a five 100 foot row, equating to about 106 to 110 carrot plants per foot. It suggests about 25 seeds per foot as a practical target.
A young preacher tried to illustrate his sermon to seamen by describing a captain struggling in a twisting channel with rocks and swift currents. In the end the captain’s ship runs aground and the preacher cries What shall we do now, while an old listener blurts Goodness knows and notes the crew’s stern foremast drift.
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