Pickle Perfect Tips From Mrs Whetstine On Home Canning
Extension home economist Mrs Sally Whetstine offers guidance for making pickles. Select peak season cucumbers used within 24 hours, trim blossoms, use pure granulated pickling salt, choose vinegar and sugar to affect color, and avoid over or under seasoning. Use soft water and heat process as directed, then store in a cool dark place. For more, visit extension offices or Iowa State publications.
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Sally Whetstine
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Two fertilizer meetings stated Washington County
A pair of fertilizer testing meetings will be held September 30 and October 7 for Washington County farmers. County Extension Director Jim Frier says sessions cover soils related to tests, yields, and subsoil fertility, with fertilization methods and fall applications. Extension agronomists Reggis Voss and Vivian Jennings will speak. Sept 30 starts at 8:00 p.m. at the Washington County Fair grounds schoolhouse.
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Vivan Jennings
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Frier
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One-Armed Farming Cavorts Cautionary Advice
A cornfield warning urges strict farm safety with two hands two arms and two legs. It notes grain scooping or operating a combine with one arm is possible but dangerous and discouraged, stressing vigilant daily safety rules.
Farming Is A Two-Handed Job
Secretary of Agriculture Orville L Freeman urges farm families to make safe practices a minute by minute act. he notes farming kills more than any industry with a resident dying every 45 minutes and a disabling injury every 32 seconds. warns that any farmer could be next. Sorrells Thermogas Company 405 N. 7th.
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