The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 31, No. 52, Ed. 2, Thursday, December 26, 1940 Page: 20
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boston butts and jowls were not
treated again as they had received
enough salt in the first
rubbing to cure them sufficiently
Soaking Helps
Snyder says the thin pieces like
the loins should be cured within
10 days and the bacon in about
two weeks allowing one and one
half days to the pound per piece
The hams and shoulders to keep
through hot weather without refrigeration
should bo in cure
Uiree days for each pound or
specifically a 15pound ham
should cure 45 days
To make ham or bacon milder
in salt flavor Snyder says soaking
thin pieces one hour and
thicker pieces like hams three
hours in cold water is helpful
After soaking the pieces should
be hung to dry preferably overl
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The number of things that can
easily be made by hand in the
j home and used for Christmas
Hams and shoulders can always
1 unlimited said Miss Ruby
smoke than1 3 ar
stand a little more
bacon and loins
Snyder cautions that if the
weather this winter gets quite
warm before the salt has penetrated
to the center of the meat
it may be necessary to put it
in cold storage
Bulletins on curing pork ore
available at the county agricultural
or home demonstration
agents office
If You Can t Cook
Vension Tender
Try This Recipe
Wood home demonstration agent
today These gifts arc just as important
as bought gifts Miss Wood
explained and represent a personal
touch in contrast to the ordinary
run of Christmas presents
Gifts which may adequately
serve for this yuletide are listed
below
Dairy Products one pound of
good country butter attractively
wrapped in gold cellophane one
pint of rich cream one pint of
cottage cheese card containers a
recipe for salad
Poultry Products one specially
fed fat hen dressed one spocialy
fed fat turkey dressed one specially
fed fat fryer dressed one
dozen eggs specially selected and
attractively wrapped
Pork one home grown home
do not know how to properly spare ribs two pounds good coun
er
prcpare venison The results of try
their attempts are often soggy
greasy pieces of meat which are
as tough as the hide of a long Shorn
Thus the following recipes
tested and approved by members
of the Game department may be
of some help
Venison is a dry meat The
Fernandez family recipe which
is famous in the Rio Grande Valley
overcomes this dryness A
roast or an entire leg is prepared
for roasting by making
numerous deep slits in it Into
these are thrust pieces of ham
or bacon which have been rolled
in pepper and salt The meat is
then seared and placed in a roast
Let It Simmer
A bay leaf or two and cloves
are placed on top The top of the
roast is then well moistened with
orange juice or a combination of
citrus fruit juices and juice is
added as needed in quantities suf
ficicnt to keep the roast from
drying out It is simmered in a
slow oven until tender The juice >
imparts a decidedly different and
delicious flavor to the venison
Venison steaks are best when
fried rare The Tucker recipe
calls for the steaks to be cooked
in very hot fat deep enough to
cover the steaks Too many steaks
should not be cooked at once because
that will cool the grease
and cause the steaks to become
sodden Sear a half minute on
both sides and remove to hot
platter r
The Skell recipe for roasting
venison calls for covering the
meat with sour wine and leaving
it stand four or five days in the
refrigerator Then place bay leaves
and cloves on top of the roast
and place it in slow oven If the
venison has absorbed all the
wine add more and continue to
baste the roast with wine until
tender
Recently the farm security ad
ministration has broadened its
jehabiltation program by making
Joans to children of its borrow
er families In order that they
may take part In activities of
4H clubs and future farmer or
fanzations
At holiday times music in the
home creates a warm family bond
and adds much to the spirit of
the day Whether at Christmns
New Years Day or Easter the
presence of a piano or electric
organ in the parlor is sure to
lead to happy group singing and
to pleasant homey sentiments
Relatives and friends enjoy such
informal musicfests and the harmony
which results is spiritual
as well as musical
A basic holidaymusic repertoire
which every home should
have on hand has been selected
by Virginia Carrington Thomas
director of tho Hammond Organ
School For Christmas Mrs
Thomas suggests Come All Ye
Faithful It Cnm > Upon A Mid
night Clear and Deck the Hall
With Houghs of Holly as representative
of the traditional lyric
and merry aspects of the holiday
At New Years time let the
mellow spirit of Auld Lang Sync
pervade the atmosphere and look
backwards to popular song favorites
of former years Youll
be surprised Mr3 Thomas advises
at the memories that old
soncs can revive At Easter tho
Hallelujah Chorus from Handels
Messiah Christ the Lord la
Risen Today and The World
Is Full of Joy Today arc highly
appropriate
The practice of accenting tho
holidays with music not only climaxes
the day but also makes
for a richer and more satisfying
family life
ThingsThatCan Be Taken From Farm
mgw and Or Made By Hand Suitable For Gifts
or and taste
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on two consecutive days and
not too much fire will make tho
meat a bright lustrous brown
cneese
Jellies one to three containers
different varieties one jar sweet
pickles one jar preserves one
container canned fruits or vegetablesWool Battings two to four
pounds
Pot Plants home grown of all
kinds
Cuttings and roots from your
choice shrubs
Native shrubs balled and bur
lapped ready to set out
Beads of homegrown yellovr or
red corn kernels shellaced
Christmas tree decorations
strings of yellow red white corn
strings of popcorn strings of red
peppers cotton burs pine cones
yucca burs gourds many other
wild things painted in bright
colors and suspended by a string
make unusual Christmas gifts
Wrappings for gifts cotton ma
Tens of thousands of Texas deer cured ham backbones with quart terial in dress lengths or apron
hunters arc bringing home yellow meal and a recipe for
son this season and many wives making corn meal dumplings
lengths are smart and useful
Homemade toys rag dolls especially
negro mammys that
sausage two pounds head wear bright red bandanas
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND HAPPY NEW YEAR
Just tho same old Merry Christmas but sent to each
in all sincerity We wish or you a very Happy Christmas
Day and may the remaining daysof 1940 and all
of the 365 days of 1941 be filled tvith Joy happiness
and wealth untold
We arc so luippy now when tveve come to the end of
the old year and are standing on thn threshold of the
neio that wo want to express our appreciation for all
of the good things you have done for us all the
kind words the people of the Tulia area our friends
have spoken in our behalf and express tlio hope that
the new year will bring peace happiness health and
wealth in abundance
Wallace Funeral Home
THE TVUA HERALD TVUA TEXAS
Curing Pork For Home Consumption
Explained By Former AM Specialist
Curing pork for homo consump
tion is so simple the lnymnn mayJieYC S MtCSlC tOY tiOllCiayS
practice it with assurance of sue
cess says Roy W Snyder originally
meat specialist of the Texas
AM College Extension service
The recipe is very simple a
mixture of salt sugar and saltpeter
in the ratio of eight pounds
of Salt three pounds of sugar
and three ounces of salt peter
This quantity would provide for
100 pounds of meat Anticipating
inquiries regarding the possible
superiority of brown sugar
Snyder says he used commcrcinl
white granulated and just a little
more than one half of the
mixture in the first rubbing of
the meat A week later he rubbed
the hams bacon and shoulders
a second time The carcass was
thoroughly chilled in cold stor
age before cutting for treatment
The small thin pieces such as1
the loins which had been boned
the top end of the shoulders on
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Mesquite Saps
Soil At High
Rate Growth
Invasion of mesquite into Texas
grasslands has become a nuisance
Robert R Lancaster extension
pasture specialist for Texas AM
college estimates that about 35
million acres of farm posture and
ronchland in the state are in
fested
Such food for animals as the
tree provides especially the rich
ly protein pods is more than offset
by its competition with grass
for moisture and sunlight Growth
of grass requires an average of
about 500 pounds of water to pro
duco one pound of dry matter
while mesquite absorbs 2000
pounds in the same process
Mesquite however is not the
only shrub menace and Lancas
tor estimates that at least 80
per cent of all pasture land in
the state needs to be rid of somci
noxious shrub Problems of coni
trol are seriously acute almost
universally throughout the state I
ho explains adding that Texas
grasslands would bo much im
proved by removal of worthless
shrubs amounting to 10 million
solid acres
Woodland Increases
Analyzing data from the Unit
ed States bureau of the census I
the pasture specialist found thatj
the area of woodland pastures
in the state increased 110 percent
from 1924 to 1934 or from
11V4 million to 23V6 million acres
Woodland pasture includes only
land that has trees suitable for
fuel or posts Examinatoin he
says revealed that only 10 per
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cent of that increase occurred in
tho 50 counties cast of the 59th
meridian Therefore the indictment
covers chiefly the western
range country which originally
was prairie and plains
Considering means of control
Lancaster says that a kill of 75
per cent by the commonly used
kerosene treatment is considered
good but questions tho efficiency
of having to retrace the whole
area to clear up the remainder
The cleanup necessary from trial
and error methods Increases the
cost of work 50 per cent
Long Study Needed
Effective and discriminating
control is a big question because
research has not determined in
what areas and types of soil mesquite
growth is wholly destructive
to grass Moreover the specialist
says it is becoming in
creasingly and urgently important
that wc should learn more than
is now known about shrub con
trol its value and the most eco
Your thoughtfulness
during the past year
the many friendly associations
the splendid
patronage that has been
ours the courtesies
and favors that have been
extended us the spirit
of operation on the
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This points to the need of a long
range study of climate germination
and seed distribution to find
the cause for the spread of mesquiteLancaster endorses a conclusion
of the agricultural experiment
station of the college of agriculture
Uuivcrsity of Arizona that
the expense and labor of eradication
of mesquite or other undesirable
plants on grassland
ranges is justifiable only where
it is quite certain that palatable
grasses and forage plants will
take their places The problem or
rehabilitating deteriorated ranges
must be solved by further experimental
work
Meanwhile the problem of
evolving a broad and effective
method of controlling shrub pests
remains unsolved Lancaster says
Brazils 1937 cotton crop largest
in the countrys history was
only twothirds as largo as Texas
nomlcal means of getting it done7 production for the same year
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THE PAST YEAR
HAS BEEN GOOD TO US
Thats why were wishing good things for you
Bart oi Luck During the Coming Year
BLANCHES BEAUTY SHOP
Operators
Blanche Daniel Alone Crabtree
Phone 188
Greetings
at CktUtma
part of the citizens of this
fine community their
loyalty and belief in progress
all in all we
find many things that
make us happy that this is
our home may we wish
you all thats fine in appreciation
of these delightful
memories
Conner Motor Company
SALES
And Employees
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Tonight allquiet on
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Perhaps within tho hour
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Western Electric supplies
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Spear, Sid. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 31, No. 52, Ed. 2, Thursday, December 26, 1940, newspaper, December 26, 1940; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth42573/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.