I.H.C. bulletins Volume 4

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...The housewife who sets before her family more than the family can or should eat, or who neglects to make over into palatable food that which may be left from the meat, is equally wasteful; and to over-eat is not only wasteful and unhealthful, but extravagant. All Europe is living on half rations and the people are much more healthy for it. We must practice household economy--we must double our available food supply by saving the half we now waste, and we will. The American People are not asked to starve themselves. They should eat plenty--but wisely and without waste. NO FOOD TO BUY FARMERS WASTE TEN TIMES AS MUCH POTASH AS WE IMPORT THE fertility of our soil must be preserved. In many sections of the country it must be improved. This means fertilizer, one of the important elements of which is potash. For many years the farmers of this country have been made to believe that the only suitable form of potash for this purpose is that obtained from the deposits of Germany. As a matter of fact we are not dependent upon Germany for potash, nor need we have been for many years past. The trouble is we have thrown away millions of tons of potash every year. Wood ashes should be carefully saved and applied to the land. They contain from 4 to 6 per cent of potash. Dead leaves should not be burned, but plowed under, as every ton contains six pounds of potash. Different varieties of straw and hay contain from 16 to 54 pounds to the ton and this litter, in moderate amounts, adds to the fertilizing value of stable manure. It Is Not What We Buy. It Iii What We Produce That Means Prosperity--We Must Not Waste What We Have. Conservative estimates show that there were approximately 6,652,376 tons of potash in the farm, stable and barnyard manure produced in this country in 19...