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Cooling Milk and Cream on the Farm

Description: This bulletin discusses ways for maintaining the cool temperature of milk and cream on the farm in order to prevent bacterial growth. Among the methods discussed are natural ice, surface coolers, cooling tanks, wells and spring water.
Date: 1918
Creator: Gamble, J. A.
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Farm and Home Drying of Fruits and Vegetables

Description: "Imperative necessity demands nation-wide conservation of those portions of our food crops which have heretofore been permitted to go to waste. A considerable portion of this wasted food material is made up of perishable fruits and vegetables produced in home gardens and fruit plats in excess of the immediate needs of the producers and in the absence of accessible markets for the surplus. Drying offers a simple, convenient, and economical method for preserving food materials and permits the car… more
Date: 1918
Creator: Caldwell, Joseph S. (Joseph Stuart)
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Home Canning by the One-Period Cold-Pack Method: Taught to Canning Club Members in the Northern and Western States

Description: "Without previous experience, and with no other equipment than that to be found in almost every home, anyone, adult or child, should be able to can food satisfactorily by the method described in this bulletin. By this method various vegetables, soups, meat, fish, and practically any other foods or combination of foods can be canned, as well as fruits and tomatoes, the products most commonly canned. The few simple, general rules necessary for successful canning, by the one-period, cold-pack meth… more
Date: 1917
Creator: Benson, O. H. (Oscar Herman), 1875-1951
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Drying Fruits and Vegetables in the Home with Recipes for Cooking

Description: "Fruits and vegetables may be dried in the home by simple processes and stored for future use. Especially when canning is not feasible, or cans and jars are too expensive, drying offers a means of saving large quantities of surplus products which go to waste each year in garden and fruit plots. Drying also affords a way of conserving portions of food which are too small for canning. The drying may be done in the sun, over the kitchen stove, or before an electric fan. Manufacturers have placed d… more
Date: 1917
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
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Management of Common Storage Houses for Apples in the Pacific Northwest

Description: "This bulletin deals with the fundamental of construction and the efficient management of common storage houses for apples under the conditions prevailing in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana." -- p. 2. Topics discussed include ventilation, insulation, fruit quality.
Date: 1917
Creator: Ramsey, H. J. & Dennis, S. J.
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Home Canning of Fruits and Vegetables As Taught to Canning Club Members in the Southern States

Description: "This bulletin will deal wholly with methods for canning, preserving, and jelly making. The directions given are chiefly for those products which seem most worth preserving in these ways, and the methods are those which seem best suited to the products." -- p. 3. Topics discussed including canning in glass, canning in tin, jams, fruit butters, marmalades, and jellies. Recipes included.
Date: 1917
Creator: Creswell, Mary E. (Mary Ethel), b. 1878 & Powell, Ola, b. 1889
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Preservation of Vegetables by Fermentation and Salting

Description: "Among the practical methods of conserving surplus food, especially worthy of consideration at this time, are those based on preservation by fermentation and salting or brining.... The object of this bulletin is to describe and explain methods of preservation [of vegetables] by fermenting and salting, to indicate the purposes to which they are especially applicable, and to tell how the preserved products can best be prepared for table use. The methods are not given with the view that they will … more
Date: 1917
Creator: Round, L. A. (Lester Angell) & Lang, H. L.
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Commercial Evaporation and Drying of Fruits

Description: This bulletin gives methods and instructions for drying and evaporating fruits. Among the methods discussed are drying by kiln, artificial heat, and the sun. Details for market preparation are also provided. Apples, peaches, pears, cherries, prunes, apricots, and berries are fruits which may be dried.
Date: 1917
Creator: Beattie, James H. (James Herbert), b. 1882 & Gould, H. P.
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Experiment Station Work, [Volume] 62

Description: Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Water Required for Crops, Burning Lime on the Farm, Tomatoes for Canning, Lime Sulphur as a Fungicide, Market Classes and Grades of Meat, Lie on Poultry, and Neufchatel Cheese.
Date: 1911
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
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