CHOUSEHOLD
HINTS!
i-icver put food in paper bags in
the refrigerator. Air should cir
culate freely around the food if it
is to be preserved at a safe tem
perature.
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If needles are scarce, open up
one of the old pin cushions and
doubtlessly you will find a num
ber of needles embedded there.
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Do you have an old eye-glass
case around that isn’t in use?
Employ it as a red and blue ra
tion token holder.
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Adjust the cover of the ironing
board onto the board while it is
still wet after washing. It will
then fit tight.
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A clean tea towel, pinned
smoothly over my rolling pin, sub
stitutes for a sleeve-board very
satisfactorily. Both large and
^ small sleeves can be ironed nicely
f and quickly on it.
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An easy way to coat doughnuts
with sugar is to place them in a
paper sack with powdered sugar.
Shaking the bag will do the rest.
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If a small article has fallen into
some hard-to-get-at place, use a
wad of chewing gum stuck on the
end of a long stick to get at it.
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Use the corn popper to toast
odd bits of stale bread.
If, when you decide to make a
cake or spread sandwiches, the
butter is hard as a rock, invert a
warm bowl over the butter plate,
and this will soften but not melt
the butter. If you haven’t a warm
bowl, pour some very hot water
into the bowl for a few minutes.
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If that rinse-and-risk policy has
been carried to an extreme in
cleaning the coffee pot, and you
have sour milk you can’t use, put
it in the coffeepot, leaving the
gadgets in place. Allow to stand
a day or two, then pour out, and
that awful brown will drain away
with it. Wash the pot well with
soapy water, scald thoroughly and
allow to air. It’s good as new!
Directions in Sections
Should Not Confuse Him
' The salesman asked a farmer
/ the way to the nearest hotel.
“You turn left at the school
house,” the farmer advised.
“Then go straight ahead till you
come to Gad Shor’s house. Tnen
take the left fork in the road and
keep on for five miles.”
“That’s clear,” the man said.
“Where does that bring me?”
“Wal,” the farmer announced,
“that brings you right back here.”
“Right here!” the salesman
shouted, “why should I come back
here?”
“To get the rest of the direc
tions,” the farmer explained. “If
I told you them all at once, you
might get confused.”
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Tight er Competition After War Demands
Soil Fertility Be Maintained at High 1 x*vel
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ElementsTakenFroin
Soil by Bumper Crops
Should Be Replaced
What will the coming transi
tion from war to peacetime
economy mean to American
agriculture?
That question has been
raised with increasing fre
quency not only by dirt farm
ers but by so-called agricul
tural economists, too, as Un
cle Sam’s armies and fleets
have won smashing victories
overseas and as prayed-for
peace becomes a closer possi
bility.
One thing is clear. When the war
ends, the farmer’s situation will be
w
pluses — will not be troublesome so
long as the war lasts. Food needs of
our Allies and liberated regions may
keep it quiescent for a while even
after Germany cracks up. But in
some future day it will become a
worrisome reality.
Reports from liberated countries
indicate that the food supply situ
ation there is less acute than had
been anticipated. France, the Bal
kans, Poland and even eventually
Germany may require less food
from our supply than we had been
counting on. Stocks of goods in Great
Britain are reported to be 5,500,000
tons, against a normal 1,500,000 tons.
These reserves have been built up
substantially from lend-lease ship
ments out of this country. If these
were reduced to say, 2,000,000 tons
when the war ends, there would be
left about 3,500,000 for relief. Sur
veys by the Stanford Food Re
search institute support the belief
a good deal different from that "of
the manufacturer or industrialist.
The farmer’s peak production job
will be completed. Vast stocks of
food and fiber will be in storage;
competition for markets will be
keen. Industry, on the other hand,
will be reconverting from war pro
duction to the greatest peacetime
output in history. The backlog of de
mand for virtually every commodity
used in civilian life — automobiles,
machinery, building materials, re
frigerators, radios, heating equip
ment, household furnishings — will
be big enough to require years of
high-geared industrial activity.
Some economists believe that if
peacetime industrial output and em
ployment remain high—say at about
150 billion dollar income level an
nually—the demand for farm prod
ucts would be sufficient to absorb a
total production at about 1943
levels.
But even if the nation’s efforts to
maintain postwar production and
employment succeed, farm economy
must be prepared to withstand some
shocks. The switch from peace to
war will inevitably bring changes in
farm methods to cope with new tech
niques in marketing and production.
In such a setup, the individual
farmer who uses antiquated meth
ods or who fails to maintain the fer
tility level of his soil is doomed to
failure.
Three Big Problems.
Most farm authorities are of the
opinion that postwar agriculture will
face three major problems:
1. Farm acreage, vastly ex
panded to meet wartime food
demands will have to be re
duced. That means more effi
cient farming on fewer acres.
2. Farm surpluses may be
come a peacetime headache.
3. War-spurred farm income
will inevitably decline when the
present abnormal demand for
food slackens.
In 1944 farm crop acreage goals
totaled 371 million acres, compared
with 325 million acre plantings in
prewar years. That is an increase
of 46 million acres. Commenting re
cently on the adjustments that will
be necessary to fit postwar require
ments, Chester Davis, former AAA
administrator and now president of
the Federal Reserve bank of St.
Louis said;
"The farm plant has been ex
panded beyond the capacity needed
to supply abundantly the peace
time domestic market and any nor
mal export market that may be
available. Farmers will face real
need for acreage adjustments and
in some areas shifts may be drastic.”
The second problem — farm sur
that Europe won’t be much of a
market for our food surpluses.
When Germany Surrenders.
Some decline in food prices can
be expected after Germany’s de
feat, for then both military and lend
lease buying of farm commodities
is likely to taper off. This need be
only a gradual movement until some
downward adjustment can be ef
fected in production volume. By the
end of the Japanese war, the re
conversion from war to peacetime
production of civilian goods should
be well under way. Prices, however,
could go to 90 per cent of parity
for the basic crops. The government
is pledged to step in at that level
with support for at least two years
after the war, so no further severe
drop than that may be necessary.
All of the foregoing factors spell
competition in the farmer’s postwar
operations. Farmers can arm them
selves now to meet that competition
and to withstand the economic
shocks that will accompany the
transition period. If they do some
straight thinking they can be strong
er at the war’s end than they were
at its beginning. First of all, they
can safeguard their future by keep
ing their finances in a liquid condi
tion, by buying war bonds, by shun
ning debt and by avoiding the pit
falls of overexpansion through the
purchase of additional farm land.
Secondly, they can take out an "in
surance policy" for long range
farm productivity by undertaking a
soil fertility rebuilding program.
Present high food prices have al
ready lured some farmers into land
speculation and overexpansion. Such
recklessness brought ruin to mil
lions in the wake of World War I.
It can bring disaster again this
time.
"During and immediately after
the last war when food prices were
even higher proportionately than
they are now. many farmers were
foolish enough to mortgage their own
farms in order to buy more land,"
a recent statement of the Middle
West Soil Improvement committee
points out. "The sellers were can
ny operators who preferred to take
their own cold profit on real estate
rather than gamble on the chances
of food prices remaining eternally
high.
"The memory of the crash and
deflation that followed is still pain
fully fresh.
"After the present war, American
farmers will have to compete in
world markets. Because of current
income levels the temptation to ac
quire additional acreage is strong.
Some farmers believe it is a smart
move because with more and, bet
ter machinery available after the
war and their sons coming home
from the army, they will be able to
work more land than hitherto.
Homesteads for Soldiers.
"The government is already plan
ning to give homesteads to service
men. When this is done, the owner
of an expensive farm will be in a
tough spot to produce crops in com
petition with the man who has no
capita] investment in the soil por
tion of his food factory.
"The only way the American
farmer can successfully compete
either in domestic or world markets
in postwar years, is by producing
crops at a lower cost per unit. In
such a program, the steady use of
mixed fertiliser containing nitrogen,
phosphorus and potash will be an
enormously important factor. More
bushels per acre can, and will mean
more food from less land. It will
also mean more good food per acre
to help build healthier human beings
and farm animals in the future.”
The need for building up the
soil's productivity is widely recog
nized as a postwar "must.” No less
an authority than Secretary of agri
culture Claude Wickard recently
declared; "Now is the time for
farmers to worry about soil fer
tility."
In answer to any farmer’s state
ment that "My yields are better
than ever," Secretary Wickard
counters with this question:
"Ask yourself how much better
machinery and better plant varieties
have had to do with those increases.
Over much of our best farm land,
better yields are the most pro
nounced cause of accelerated soil
depletion — a steady decline that
most farmers can’t see yet, but
which could bring a nationwide
crisis in soil fertility.
"No great nation can afford to
neglect the productivity of its soil.
The problems of abundance, baf
fling as they seem, are a challenge.
They can be solved; and their solu
tion will be the gateway to a better
way of living. But to the problems
of steadily declining production
there is no answer. That pathway
eventually leads to decline and ruin.
It not only is impossible to pro
duce abundantly on depleted soils;
it is almost impossible to produce
efficiently.
Huge Crops Robbed Soil.
“After four years of record
breaking production for war, farm
ers have special need for checking
up on their soil resources and for
repairing the effects of depletion.”
Such a checking Up would in most
cases reveal that the soil’s fertility
level is lower than it was in prewar
years. Fertility has been one of the
necessary casualties in the battle
to meet wartime food production
goals. Peak-load croppings have
taken a heavy toll of the soil's re
sources of nitrogen, phosphorus and
potash.
Rehabilitation of the soil is thus a
necessity, if the fertility level is to
be built up and the productive
capacity of the land maintained in
the competitive postwar period.
All things considered, the cost of
plowing, seeding and cultivating a
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Get It Early!
"The War Food administration
again calls on farmers to accept
delivery of their fertilizers during
the winter and early spring, when
the manufacturing plants can
make delivery most easily, and
to store it in their barns and
sheds for use when needed,"
P. II. Groggins, chief of the
chemicals and fertilizers branch,
advises.
"The individual farmer can as
sure himself of sufficient fertiliz
er by placing his orders as
far as possible ahead of the sea
son of use. If all farmers will
do this, plants can be kept work
ing at the capacity permitted by
available labor. Continued maxi
mum production and use of fer
tilizers is necessary in support
of the war food program.”
field is the same whether the crop
yield be large or small. Therefore,
the farmer who is able to get big
yields at a relatively low produc
tion cost is the one who will
make money when competition is
keen.
Attention to essentials is, of
course, important in any soil im
provement plan for postwar years.
In addition to good rotation, the
growing of deep-rooted legumes,
contour plowing where necessary,
and the return of manure and crop
refuse to the soil, the use of mixed
fertilizer is a No. 1 necessity. Qual
ity as well as high yield will be
important factors in the postwar
farm market. Experience has dem- !
onstrated that fertilized crops are of
higher quality and yield than unfer- ,
tilized ones.
In these days when farm ma
chinery of all kinds is scarce, out
fits to spread fertilizer may be hard
to obtain. Frequently, however,
companies selling crushed stone and
other soil treating chemicals have
equipment which may be rented at
reasonable rates. When a large
area is to be covered, It is generally
wisest to call on one of these com
panies to help with the Job.
A large dump truck, hauling a
spreader, can cover a big pasture In
remarkably short time.
More Milk and Cream
By Rapid Milking
Method Saves Labor,
Improves Herds’ Health
Fast milking has become the or
der of the day. It is not a war
necessity measure, although it does
aid during time of labor scarcity.
Fast milking not only results in a
larger volume of milk but the butter
fat content is often materially in
creased. The last milk is rich in
fat as it represents the milk com
ing from the ruptured cells, which
is less diluted.
The faster the milking, whether
by hand or machine, the less chance
there will be that any milk will be
held up. At the Geneva, N. Y., sta
tion it was found that rapid milking
decreased the amount of mastitis
and udder troubles.
For fast milking, the stimuli must
be right. With some cows this
means feed, with others it might
mean the noise of the milking ma
chine or the milk pails, or it might
be the washing and drying of the
udder.
Whatever the stimuli, different
cows respond to different stimuli,
and the farmer must understand the
Individual reactions of his cows. At
Massachusetts State college it was
found possible to secure an addition
al quart of milk by the application
of hot water to the teats and floor
of the udder.
As a stimulus will last only six to
seven minutes, it is essential that
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milking be started immediately.
With machines it should not take
more than four minutes to the cow.
If the milking is not done immedi
ately the hormone will be dissipat
ed by the time the milking is started
and incomplete milking will result.
Cows should be gradually broken
into the rapid method of milking, as
they should to any other change in
their management. As this method
does away with stripping, it is a
radical change for most cows, but
one to which they will soon respond.
Agriculture
In the News
By W. J, ORYDEN
Nothing Wasted Here
Research work on plastics from
farm wastes has developed new
value in byprod
!ucts of byprod
ucts of the by
products of farm
crops, according
to department of
agriculture re
searchists. These
“three-times re
v's moved” materi
als in many cases
have been found
or ruruier use aner sruay in gov
ernment laboratories.
Typical of such crops having a
wide variety of uses is corn. Peni
cillin uses "steep liquor” from this
graih for its manufacture. But the
cob was a byproduct. So the cob
was ground and the harder parts
sifted out to be used as an air blast
ingredient for cleaning machined
metal parts. The corncob grits take
off grease and loose bits of metal,
but are not hard enough to scratch
or grind down the machined metal.
The cob "flour” left after the sift
ing process closely resembles wood
flour, or finely ground wood, a raw
material used in plastic manufac
ture. Experiments with the cob
flour finally produced an excellent
plastic, superior in some respects
to wood flour plastics. That was
the end of the line, since no waste
remained with which to work.
Crossbreed Cattle
Crossbreeding has long been rec
ognized in the plant world as a defi
nite aid to vigor. Poultrymen have
proven the benefits of crossbreeding
for vigor. The crossbreeding of cat
tle may offer cattlemen a definite
means of increasing beef produc
tion by the breeding of more vigor
into beef cattle. Heavier weight,
fewer digestive disorders, faster fin
ishing of steers, more rapid growth
of calves are some of the benefits to
be secured by crossbreeding.
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Unusual "Bird Cage’ Pot Holders
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'Bird Cage’ Holders
"THESE unusual bird cage pot
holders will add a gay note
to your kitchen. Each one is 7Vi
inches high, and they’re not a bit
complicated to make.
• • •
To obtain crocheting instructions for the
Bluebird and Canary Bird Cage Potholders
(Pattern No. 3799), actual size bird, color
Children’s Hush Newspaper
A copy of Ladybird, Poland’s
underground newspaper for chil
dren, recently brought to London,
contains such material as news of
boy and girl war heroes, a prayer
for freedom and various ways to
frustrate the Nazis.
chart for embroidery send 16 cents In
coin, your name, address and the pattern
number.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions, slightly more time
is required in Ailing orders tor a few of
the most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
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Sousa Wrote First Theme
Song, a Popular March
The Washington Post March by
John Philip Sousa was not only
the first theme song but has
become one of the most popular
marches in musical history, says
Collier’s.
Sousa was commissioned to
write it in 1889 by the Washington
Post, a newspaper of the capital,
and his band introduced it shortly
afterward at a large public gath
ering sponsored by the publica
tion.
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from common colds
That Hang On
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trouble to help loosen and expel
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derstanding you must like the way II
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to have your money back.
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