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FARM FACTS 


POTATO SOUP 
An Easy-to-Fix Main Lunch 
Dish For Cold Days 
Potato soup is easy to prepare, economical and 
it hits the spot these cold days. Practically 
everything you need always will be on hand. | 
Here’s a recipe for a delicious main dish to serve | 
at lunch some day soon: 
POTATO SOUP 
2 cups of hot riced or 
mashed potatoes 
1 quart of milk 
114 teaspoons of salt 
celery salt 
pepper 
2 slices of onion cayenne 
3 tablespoons of butter 1 teaspoon of chopped 
2 tablespoons of flour parsley 
Seald the milk with the onion; remove the 
onion and add the milk slowly to the potatoes. 
Melt the butter and add it to the dry ingredi- 
ents, stirring until the mixture is well blended. 
Add this to the liquid mixture, stirring it con- 
stantly, and boil the soup for one minute. Strain 


it if necessary; then add the parsley, and serve. 
Suggested lunch or supper menu: Potato soup 
with whole-wheat croutons, scrambled eggs, 
celery and carrot strips graham muffins, apple- 
sauce and oatmeal cookies, milk for the children 
and tea, coffee or milk for the adults. 

EROSION IS DANGEROUS “‘FIFTH COLUMNIST” 
Every time you see a muddy 
stream, you are looking upon 
the work of a dangerous “‘fifth 
columnist”? who is stealing the 
soil — our greatest national 
asset. Every time you look up- 
on a field scarred by deep gul- 
lies, you see erosion’s destruc- 
tion nearing completion for 
most of the top soil has washed 
away before gullies appear. 
The problem of erosion can 
be solved only by long-range 
planning. It requires a lot of 
hard work, but most of the 
labor may be done during sea- 
sons when crops do not require 
attention. 
Strip cropping is one of the 
most effective ways of prevent- 
ing erosion. By this method, 
fields are arranged in long, nar- 
row strips which follow the level 
of the land. Hence, even though 
a farm is hilly, the cultivated 
fields are nearly level. Often 
diversion terraces are needed to 
hold the soil during heavy rains 
and spring thaws. 
Some fields that are subject 
to heavy erosion, should be 
used for permanent pasture. 
Gullies may be stopped by sod- 
ding during the early stages or 
by planting young locust trees 
after the damage is farther 
advanced. 
BEMIS EROSIONET HELPS GROW GRASS 
AND PUT STOP TO RAVAGES OF EROSION 
Erosionet, an open-mesh fab- 
ric developed by Bemis Bro. 
Bag Co. of St. Louis, Missouri, 
helps grass get a good start on 
slopes from which seeds. are 
washed when rains come before 
the seed gets a stand. The ma- 
terial is used widely by farmers, 
landseape gardeners, highway 
departments and others. 
Strands cf the material act as 
tiny dams, retaining seeds and 
soil during rain storms. And, 
since the mesh is about a 
quarter-inch square, plenty of 
warm sunshine reaches the 
seeds to cause quicker and more 
thorough germination. Material 
from which the fabric is made 
holds moisture to help seeds 
sprout. 
The material is easy to apply. 
After grass is up, the fabric may 
be removed for future use cr 
may be left to disintegrate. 
Your seedsman can give you 
full details on Bemis Erosionet. 

A convenient food-prepara- 
tion center in the kitchen has 
all the supplies and equipment 
used for commonly-cooked 
foods, and has a work center 
large enough and of the correct 
height for the worker. 


Farin Facts for Your 
RATE OF SEEDING AND WEIGHT 
PER BUSHEL OF, FARM CROPS 

Rate of Weight 
CROP seeding per 
per acre | bushel 
AE alia eee 10-12 Ibs. 60 lbs. 
Barley...... na 7-10 pecks 48 lbs. 
Beans (field)...... 2-5 pecks 60 lbs. 
Bestsyen ian See ten, Bena ee 60 Ibs. 
Buckwheat........ 3-5 pecks 50 Lbs. 
Chulaat teeerccn 4-5 pecks 40 lbs. 
Carrotshae: aaeecnillcsdotsee 50 lbs. 
Clover; teda=, cee. 8-10 lbs 60 lbs. 
Clover, alsike..... 4-6 lbs. 69 Ibs. 
Clover, mammoth..| 8-19 lbs. 60 Ibs. 
Clover, sweet...... 10 lbs. 60 lbs. 
Corn, broom....... 4-6 lbs. 45 lbs. 
Corn, shelled. ..... 6-10 Ibs. 56 lbs. 
Cottonseaaeee te 1-3 bu. 32 lbs. 
Cowpeas.........- 6-8 pks. 60 Ibs. 
Cucumbers®.- sntauligemee tts tea 48 lbs. 
Emmer;..........-} 8-10 pks. 40 lbs. 
Grass, orchard... .. 15-25 lbs. | 14-24 Ibs. 
Grass, red top..... 10-15 lbs. | 14-40 lbs. 
Grass, timothy.....| 4-19 lbs. 45 lbs. 
Kafir (drills)... ... 3-6 lbs. |50-69 Ibs. 
Kafir (for fodder)...| 10-12 lbs. |50-60 lbs. 
Lespedeza........ 20-25 lbs. 25 lbs. 
Millet, for hay.....} 40-50 lbs. 50 lbs. 
Millet, for seed.....| 20-25 lbs. 50 Ibs. 
NWitlormerentc eras A 5 lbs. 30-60 lbs. 
Oats sty sereaie 8-10 pks. 32 lbs. 
Onion seed...... ’. 5-6 lbs. 56 lbs. 
PSFanips Meees: oUt a home ese 50 Ibs. 
Peanuteren nner pastes: «+ plas 22 Ibs. 
Peas, alone....... 8-12 pks. 60 lbs. 
Peas and Oats...../6 pecks each |........ 
Potatoes..........| 10-15 bu. 60 lbs 
Potatoes, Sweetiye o aljetescusiete- are 50 lbs 
Rape, solid. ...... 5-8 lbs. 60 lbs 
Rye: ettiersontoke 6-8 pks 56 lbs 
Sorghum...... 8-15 Ibs. 50 lbs 
Soy beans, drild solid 6-8 pks 60 lbs 
Soy beans, in rows. 2-3 pks 60 lbs 
Sudan Grass (drills)} 15-30 lbs. |........ 
Sugar Beets....... 6-8. lbar |) eee 
FLOMMALOCS eR tet hase amie see 56 lbs. 
Jn) Bios Bob onenl SRE ceen pee 55 lbs. 
Wiheatsianssit sae 6-8 pks 60 lbs. 



