The Ocala banner., 1922-03-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO THE FARMER
- AND STOCK GROWER ==


ture, washington, ID. c.
There has been a marked Interest
in standard grades for vegetables in
the trucking sections of the country
particularly in districts which are fa1
removed from the large markets. Grow
ers and shippers realize that it is
Improbable to ship a product which
may not pay the charges for freight
and distribution. They are also in
terested in putting the industry on a
permanent basis by securing the con.
fidence of the consuming public in
their product. !.
Rules for Care of the Baby
1. No drug or patent medicine
should be used without a doctors
orders.
2. Soothing syrup, fennel tea or
paregoric will not help baby to cut
its teeth, and should never be used.
3. For convulsions give a dose of
castor oil or an injection of warm
water, and place the child in a warm
bath. =.
4. Babies need regular feeding
times
5. Give babies regular sleeping
hours
6. Babies need water air and sun
shine.
z. Babies need to be kept warm
s. Babies need clean milk.
8. Babies under nine months should
have no other food than milk, and
no beer, pickles, meat or fruit, ex-
cept orange juice, should be given tc
them.
10. Castor oil is the safest medicine
for diarrhoea
IL. If possible, avoid bringing a
young child to the table.
II. Contagious diseases are not
common in children under a year old,
if they are breast-fed.
Is. No pacifiers should be used
ID. Heated milk should be supple.
mented by protective food, as orange
juice or tomato juice.
Is. Patent foods and condensed
milk are not sufficient to keep tn?
baby we'll.
16. For a cold give castor oil, aaa
rub yaseline or albelene into the nose
The foregoing rules are clipped frorn
bulletin 3S of the home demonstra-
/ tion branch of the Agricultural Exten-
sion Division. This bulletin was wri~-
ten by Juanita E. Darrah research
specialist in nutrition of this depart
ment. A copy of the bulletin may be
secured free by addressing Home Dc
monstration Office, State College, Tai
Iahassee.
| Luther Burbank's latest addition to
] the plant world is a new blackber-
ry known as the "thornless blackber-
ry" The cane has no thorns and
the fruit is larger and more delicious
than the ordinary blackberry.
The cow and the hen, always de-
pendable stand-bys of our agriculture.
have demonstrated their work as re-
liable sources of income during periods
or depression and returned good
profits according to the secretary of
the Kansas state board of agriculture
How To Do 1t
Do you want practical suggestions
on how TO build silo, hog house,
poultry house, a potato-storage
house, or how to make a freless cook
er, or some other farm convenience?
Are you seeking ideas ON how to
prepare vegetables for the table, how
to care for food in the home, how to
bake bread and cake and other appe-
tizing foods in an efficient and eco
nomical manner?
Is there some practical question
about your corn or oranges or lettuce
or other crops. or about your poultry
or livestock, to which you are seeking
an answer?
] The answers to thousands of such
questions and practical suggestions
/ for doing thosands of things about
the farm and home are contained
in several hundred bulletins published
by the United States Department OF
Agriculture, Washington. the College
of Agriculture, Gainesville, or the
Home Demonstration Department OF
the State College for Women, Talla-
hassee. Write to any of these offices
and state your wants.
/, The cow and the hen, always depend
able stand-bys of our agriculture, have
demonstrated their worth as reliable
sources of income during periods OF
depression and returned good profits
according to the secretary of the
Kansas state board of agriculture.