Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-08-07
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

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The great bulk of the country's
poultry always has been produced
not on specialized poultry farms but
in the door-yards and farm lots of
the diversified farms.
Farmers pay a heavy toll to grain
smuts! 1t is estimated by statisti-
clans of the department. OF agricul-
ture that the loss from p~reventable
SHUTS would fill an elevator with a
capacity of 80, 000, 900 bushels of grain
to the top! 1t is a waste of sufi-
Gent wheat to supply our allies with
1000 900 barrels of flour, and oats to
feed 10000 horses for a year. The
simple and inexpensive ~formaldehyde
treatment Of seed will save most of
this loss.
Some cedars in the Rocky Noun
tain region are 1000 years old. Not
far behind them in longevity comes
western larch and Alpine larch. spec
linens of which have been known to
reach the ripe old age of 700 years.
Douglas fir is able to grow through an
exceptionally wide range of condi-
lions, for it is found from sea level
to 1000 feet above. Mountain hem
lock grows from sea level to 5000
feet above, while Alpine larch finds
its limit at 1900 feet. Douglas fir,
next to southern yellow pine, furnish
es more lumber than any other type
OF timber. Except for the Sequoias,
it is the most gigantic of all our west
ern trees, though in exposed situa-
tons high in the Rocky Mountains it
may be only a 3-foot dwarf.
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War conditions have forced Ameri-
can farmers to depend upon home
supply for thousands of tons of seed
formerly shipped in from Europe.
Our farmers plant upwards of 7,000,-
600 tons (not bushels) Of seeds every
year. Economic necessity has forced
us to produce the seeds at home as the
foreign markets were cut off just as
we have had to produce dies and all
sorts of manufactured articles here.
1t can readily be seen that the wal
has brought a great deal of good to
in making it self-supporting.
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The department of agriculture has
issued a recipe for a "~wheatless'
loaf! While the Herald agricultural
expert does not pretend to know much
about bread making he is some bread
tester. Our housewives can try this,
and if it is good-pass it along:
All of. these
/. IL cups liquid.
1 tablespoon corn strip.
II cake yeast.
2 teaspoons salt.
1 whole egg.
With either n of these
2. 3as cups barley.
"a cups ground rolled oats.
And either n Of these
3. 2h cups corn flour.
2B cups rice -four.
"a cups sweet potato flour.
rs cups ~(scant) tapioca -four.
Make a sponge of materials under i
Except egg and one-half of ingred-
inets used from 2 and 3. Sponge
should stand in warm place until very
light, at least two hours. Work in
balance of substitute mixture when
sponge is light. Work in egg, beaten
slightly. Shape into loaf. Place in
pan. Brush top of loaf with melted
fat. Let rise to double bulk and bake
in loaf pan in hot oven for one hour.
A funny incident happened in Mis-
souri, the other day. 1t is similar to-
many such going on all over the
country not to say right here in Lam
caster. The highest authority vouch-
es for the verify of the following:
It seems that a number of mer-
chants at Nevada, Missouri, saw the
farmers wheat going down because
there was no labor to harvest it. The
merchants organized and offered their
services but, 10 and behold We! the
farmers refused the aid. They told
the agricultural representative kindly
but plainly that 'town dudes were no
That they hadn't tried them
was the obvious answer and to this the
farmer said, mot goner try 'em. No
good and we know it." In the mean
time the wheat kept on ~ripening and
the volunteers chafed. They knew
something had to be done. To cut a
long story short they went by moon
light to an old farmers field where
the grain was cut but not shocked.
They worked all night and shocked
that field. The old man was some
stunned the next morning when ne
went out next morning and saw his
wheat in frst-class order! Then the
took courage and COM
menced shocking every field in sight.
Pretty soon the farmers began call
ing for help and in a day or two the
town of Nevada was deserted-every-
body was shocking-men, women and
children. The volunteers grew and
in a short time the county "a clean
ed up.
The moral to this is plain enough.
While these town people wanted the
farmers wheat shocked up and the in
dividual loss saved the big thing was
to save food for our Cncle Samuel!
Bear this in mind, farmer friend,
when that volunteer comes along. He
is helping you but his main idea is to
help the nation.
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