Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-02-15
variety; Golden Bantam, Early Cob

variety; Golden Bantam, Early Cob
Cory.
Lettuce-Grand Rapids Oeaf)
Hanson Improved Chead).
Cantaloupes-Netted Gem. They
do not produce well in this locality
though a few succeed.
Watermelons are not a great sue
cess; best variety is Early Sweets.
Onions-Yellow Danvers, Red
Weatherfield, White Queen (for
pickling).
Potatoes Early Ohio DIETER than
Early Rose), Melted Gem.
Parsnips Hollow Crown.
Peas-Alaska, Dwarf Telephone,
Gradus.
Pumpkins or sugar pump
kins.
Squash-Hubbard
Turnips Egg, Late Flat
Dutch.
Cauliflower-Early SNOWFALL
Carrots-Earlest Short Horn,
Chantenay.
Celery-Golden Yellow, self
bleaching
Burpee's Stringless Green
Pod Ca green bush beam, Black Wax
and Red Valentine.
Beets-EXtra Early Egyptian
Cabbage-Early Jersey Wakefield,
Danish Ball Head Cbest keeper;
Late Flat Dutch not so good.
Mrs. Helen Dow Whitaker dis
cussed the necessity of raising poul-
try for meat and eggs, and stated
that eggs can be produced to the ex-
tent of twice the cost of the feed
Mrs. Whitaker made the announce
ment that day-old chicks will this
year be sold by the college, and that
types OF homemade breeders for
rearing them will be displayed in the
store windows, enabling any person
to construct breeders of the same
pattern. She cautioned against at
tempting to raise a flock of chickens
on table scraps, calling attention to
the fact that there should be no table
scraps under the Hoover program.
Mrs. Whitaker will be glad to give
any information desired concerning
poultry production and bulletins are
available from the State College
dealing with chicken problems. She
called attention to the urgent need
for eggs in British Columbia for the
returned wounded soldiers, and said
Let us prepare to furnish eggs for
our boys when they need them"
Dr. F. l.. Pickett dealt with rab-
bit production as a war measure,
stating that they are highly valuable
for meat, demand little attention for
care, and entail only a small feed
cost
Work of the Pullman Red Cross
was explained by Mrs E. w Thorpe,
local chairman, whose interesting
figures on the work accomplished
are given elsewhere in this issue.
This union of women for COM
munity conservation is a part of the
plan worked out by the general COM
mittee for conservation of which Mr..
Hebberd is federal chairman for the |
state of Washington. Miss Craig is
state director of home economics and |
Miss Hunt is the local chairman. |
The local committee consists of DR.. |
Colder, Mr.. Goodyear, Mr. Forrest, |
Rev. Harrison, Mrs. Kurtz, Miss
Dodge, Mr.. Emerson, Mrs. Junge, |
Mrs. Barnett and Mrs. George.
The general committee is divided |
into subcommittee to carry on the
different branches OF work. 1t is the
desire of the general committee to |
interest every woman in the work of
conservation.
The subcommittee arranged for
the presidents of the women's soci- |
cites of all of the churches of the
city to meet with it to make out pro-
grams and to plan ways and means |
for community conservation. The
committee wishes TO bring the women |
together to discuss and exchange
ideas and to be helped by the speak
ers who will be chosen for their abil- +
ity to handle the subjects assigned to +
them. Any woman in the commun- /
ity who wishes some particular sub
iect discussed or who can make any /
helpful suggestions will please in
form the president of her church So