The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-03
Says the State Marketing
bureau

Baking in the Home is the title
! of Farmers Bulletin No. 1870, issued
free by the U. S. department Of agri-
culture, Washington. D. C. It contains
a large number of well tested recipes
for baking breads, cakes, etc, from
different kinds of flour. The house
wife who gives attention to her kitch-
/ en- will find this bulletin of real value
! In Japan the persimnon5 where it
| is known as Khaki. is among the
leading fruits. There is little doubt
that persimmon culture could be made
an important industry in Florida. 1t
is attractive fruit in appearance ships
WELL the tree is easily grown and is
free from pests as any known. The
| Florida experiment station as long
ago as 1904 issued a bulletin on the
subject, by H. H. Hume who has writ
| ten extensively on it's value as a fruit.
A shipment of oranges from Los An
geles was made in January via the
Panama canal to New York, being the
first attempt; the railroad rates to
; the east are prohibitive, and if fruit
and truck shipments can be made by
water the farming industry of Cali
fornia can be saved
A pure-bred Toggenberg milk goat,
owned by the California experiment
station, has record of producing
2941 IL pounds of milk in 365 days,
having given as high as quarts a
day and at the end of the 365 days
was giving liz quarts a day. Her
mother gave 2268 pounds of milk in
315 days, and her grand mother gave
215S pounds in S12 days. The fat
globules in goats milk is much smaller
than in cows milk and very much cas-
Ter to digest. That is why it is adapt
ed to sick babies.
During 1920 the United States i'm
ported 96,S6S,S5S pounds OF tea. The
teas came from the following coun-
tries: Ceylon and India, $4,000, 142
pounds; China, 12,985,40 pounds;
Japan and Formosa, 39,134.952 pounds;
Dutch East Indies Java and Sunla-
tra), 6,13S,274 pounds.
1t is the opinion of experts of the
u. S. department of agriculture that
cowpea hay should be substituted in
the southern states for much of the
hay which is now being purchased in
the north and west. The greater use
of this crop for hay and pasturage in
creases the production of livestock, an
essential factor in securing the maxi
mum returns in any system of agriclll-
ture. Il also aids much IN keeping
the soil in good filth and maintain
ing it's productiveness.
The flea. IS not very big, but for its
size is perhaps one of the most an
noying of insect pests. The u. S. de-
partment of agriculture has two pub
LEGATIONS devoted to the flea, one be-
ing Farmers Bulletin No. S97, and
Agricultural Bulletin No. 24S. The U.
S. bureau of public health also has
a bulletin, No. SO, devoted to fleas.
During the year 1920. 20,338 settlers
entered Canada from the United
States through the ports of the west
ern provinces, according to a state
ment issued by the Canadian immigra-
ton officer at Winnipeg. These set
tiers were possessed Of wealth
amounting to S7,759,0S3 and brought
with them effects valued at 81, 323745.
Sufficient attention has not been
called to the great Importance of re-
moving shade and forest trees from
the near proximity of fruit trees on
account of the injury that the former
may do to the latter, say tree experts.
The taller forest trees shade the fruit
tree and take food from the air and
from the soil that otherwise would
so to the smaller trees.
Exports from Hongkong, China, to |
the United States for the nine months
including September, 1920, we're valued
at $65, 940,O54 as against s14.o12, $40 |
for the corresponding period of 1919. |
The largest shipm ents included sugar, !
rice, camphor, peanut oil. fruits and
nuts. Human hair to the value of
$427,650 was sent to the United |
States. !
Moon farming originated with the |
monks in past ages. In early times |
there were no calendars and farmers |
relied on lunar signs to guide them in |
planting. The monks made a study |
of astronomy and planting by moon |
signs became general and was hand !
ed down through the generations. 1t |
took on supernatural power and the
original purpose was lost in conflict |
ing superstitions which extended to
all kinds of practices. The moon has
no general influence on crops.
The Z. S. weather bureau reports
less snow and ice in the north than |
for several winters. The ice in the |
rivers and lakes of New England does
not exceed IL inches, but in the north
west it is as high as 20. There is
not enough ice in the great lakes to
interfere much with navigation.
Cowpea seed. if good, can be stored
for some length of time without much
danger of loss of vitality. say experts
of the U. s. department of agricul-
ture. II the peas are sufficiently cur
ed in the field, NOW, or stack before
tlra shing, there is little danger Of
f4r rod mr.