NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER HOLIDAYS IN AMERICAN

AGRICULTURAL PUBLICATIONS:

Articles, Reader Contributions, and

Ads From 1902 - 2000

Picture and prayer from Country Place November-December 1974. p. 27

This exhibit spans a little less than an one hundred year period. It contains a holiday

article about being thankful for the family home to articles about Christmas memories from childhood. There is poetry from contributors and recipes for Thanksgiving and Christmas meals. All the publications had either Ads for

holiday gifts or do-it-yourself holiday crafts and gift ideas. These publications can be found in ACDC’s Volume One Number One collection.

THANKSGIVING MEAL“Have you ever heard of cooking your turkey in

a dishwasher? Maybe someone told you to tum theoven off halfway through recommended cookingtime and allow the trapped heat to finish the job.Perhaps you've been tempted to roast poultry in abrown paper bag instead of an oven cooking bag.

Don't give in to the temptation to try theserisky shortcuts, says Dr. Sue Snider, University of

Delaware Cooperative Extension food and nutritionspecialist. Thawing and cooking a large turkey

takes more time than the average cook is used to,but that's no excuse for taking chances with food

safety.” – Outreach November 1992. p. 4.

Thanksgiving Dessert from New Jersey Farm and Garden November 1956. p. 70.

Thanksgiving Dinner Menu from Rural Heritage Winter 1986. p. 21

Saucy holiday secrets and Picture of Turkeys from Farm Profit November-December1968. p. 21.

HOLIDAY ARTICLES• I’m thankful from Farm Journal November 1950. p.

104.• Christmas Time from Old Farm Magazine December

1988. p. 8.• Memories of Holidays Long Ago… from Rural

Heritage Winter 1986. p. 19.

HOLIDAY POETRY

Country Place November-December 1974. p. 32.

CHRISTMAS RECIPES

Recipe on left from Farm Journal November 1950. p. 135.

Recipe on Top right hand corner from Rural Heritage Winter 1986. p. 20.

Recipe on bottom right hand corner from Old Farm Magazine December 1988. p. 16.

HOLIDAY CRAFTS“Let as much of your own self as possible go with your gift. Little pieces of birch bark, collected while you were away during the summer, make real pretty covers for

needlebooks and penwipers, or even pretty picture frames into which you might place one of those remarkable penny copies of masterpieces of art. How much such a gift would brighten a sick room. Your elderly friend would think the

needlebook very nice. Mother would like some useful thing made at your sewing class, girls, even though the

workmanship was not perfect.” – American Agriculturist December 1902. p. 650. Image on left from same publication.

Three images from Country Place November-December 1974, p. 30.

DO-IT-YOURSELF DECORATIONS

Images on left and middle fromRural Heritage Winter 1986. p. 24 & 25.Image on right from New Jersey Farm and Garden November 1956. p. 79.

Country Place November-December 1974. p. 31.

PERSONALIZEDGREETING CARD

“The Country Place editors receivedthis particularly beautiful Christmascard from Mrs. Marjorie Rooney ofBuffalo, Minnesota. Marjorie drew theillustration herself and even wrote thereflective piece inside . This is just oneexample of the personal Christmasgreetings which you can send relativesand friends. And such a card is truly aKeepsake.” –Country Place November-December 1974. p. 33.

HOLIDAY ADS

Ads from Farm Journal November 1950. pgs. 168, 123, & 173.

MORE ADS

Two ADs on the left and middle from American Agriculturist December 1902. Pgs. 654 & 657.Ad on right from Old Farm Magazine December 1988. p. 18.

MORE GIFT IDEAS

Images on left and on right from John Deere Collections Center NewsletterNovember 2000. Pgs. 4 & 9.Images in middle from Outreach November 1992. p. 8.

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