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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1914
Page
3
The Aberdeen Herald argues the short ballot is essential to reform in government and elections. Support comes from President Wilson Taft Roosevelt and Governor McBride as lawmakers debate amendments and legislative action in 1916.
A Bridgeport man, a middle aged machinist, bought five acres at city edge and built a cottage. He learns farming, avoids past mistakes, and grows cherries apples grapes currants gooseberries and berries. His fruit brings top prices with $1,500 yearly revenue, and he plans $2,000 once full attention is given.
The Home and Farmstead urges sowing rye, vetch or bur clover as an orchard cover crop to build soil organic matter and moisture retention. Turned under in spring, these crops boost plant food availability for trees, aiding clay soils with drainage and sandy soils with texture, thus improving orchard health.
A reflective note on balancing life through hobbies and regular personal time. It argues that adding a task or dedicating a half hour daily to play or rest can increase overall available time. It asserts mothers and students gain more quality time for duties by protecting personal time.
A religious editorial argues that most people desire peace and that leaders or economic cliques fomenting war must be countered by a strong, peace directed public opinion. It contends governing elites rarely want war, urging collective restraint to prevent conflict.
Mr. Southworth notes the cross is hard to make and continues experiments urging others to investigate similar methods. He adds that germination of hard alfalfa seeds may improve by ten minutes immersion in strong sulphuric acid followed by thorough rinsing, a method by Professor H. H. Love of Cornell.
Prune grapes as soon as foliage appears. Lay them down and cover with earth before the ground freezes to protect from winter.
William Southworth of Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph Canada reports in the Journal of Heredity on alfalfa improvement using black medick as the pollen donor. From crosses starting in 1911 he produced viable seeds and greenhouse plants. about 75 percent reached above average height and 75 percent showed non erect growth, indicating potential for better seed set and grazing yields.
Reports note German export restrictions on potash salts may alarm farmers about fertilizer supply. Chemists say crop yields won’t suffer. soil potash remains and can be made available by nitrate of soda and acid phosphate. A practical plan includes green manuring, barnyard manure, balanced manures, and mixing ash with nitrates to boost available potash.
The plan describes partitions 1 by 12 by 13 inches between nests with a 1 by 4 board for hens to reach an upper section. A 1 by 12 top board forms the first section, while the bottom section hangs about two feet from the floor on wires. The platform A sits against the wall and a burlap curtain darkens the nests, pushable aside when gathering eggs.
Farmers switch dairy cattle diets to roots in fall and early winter as they are digestible and boost milk yield. Reduced grain use follows a careful transition from roots to other feeds, with suggested vermin control and balanced supplementation for optimal health.
A new kettle with a press sealed lid prevents steam loss during cooking. The invention claims quicker cook times and more delicate flavors, aided by a lever mechanism for easy sealing.
Cut and boil one beef heart with bacon parsnips carrots onion and potatoes until tender. Thickened stew baked with crust topping made from flour lard salt cream of tartar soda and milk in a quick oven.
The article advises rinsing dark blue water to preserve Wick stockings color after washing and avoiding ironing brown stockings by passing them through the mangle. It also suggests melting rancid butter and soaking light brown toast to absorb odors, plus boiling baking tins in strong lime water to restore brightness.
Embroidery cotton, the soft finished kind, suits darning table linen hard to mend with twisted sewing cotton. It helps darn fine colored stockings where matching colors is difficult. It is also good for making buttonholes in cotton or linen garments, giving a better effect and quicker work than ordinary sewing cotton.
Cook two cupfuls of raw tomatoes with a chopped up sweet pepper fry the two in a tablespoonful of butter. Add paprika salt and a teaspoonful of finely minced chives and reduce to half the quantity which will take about ten or fifteen minutes. Toast slices of white bread put poached eggs on top and pour over the tomato and pepper sauce. Serve at once. Chop ped onion may be substituted for the chives.
A humorous quip from the New York Times features a child asking what an interior decorator is and a father replying that he suspects it is a cook. The exchange riffs on muddled meanings and household roles.
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