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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1914
Page
6
The article weighs practical farming tips, urging better cow care to boost milk profits and outlining poultry selection to remove unprofitable hens. It notes that 25 to 30 percent of flock members may be culled without reducing egg yield, and describes traits distinguishing productive birds for breeding.
An apple orchard of fifteen acres in New York state studied by the U S department of agriculture shows that growing apples alongside other crops lowers costs and uses labor year round. Diversified farming, while not always easy, is described as safer and more profitable than single-crop dependence.
The article discusses dairy farming duties for individual farmers, urging proper record keeping and immediate reporting of suspicious cattle or herd diseases. It notes two crests and rising costs, and mentions experiments on water and exter consumption affecting milk power, with dairy processing details and average exter usage per pound of milk.
United States Department of Agriculture guidance notes the risk of contaminated milk spreading foot and mouth disease and urges thorough pasteurization. It cites experiments in Denmark and Germany showing pasteurization effectiveness, recommends heating milk to 145 degrees F for 30 minutes, and notes rare past cases in New England tied to contaminated milk.
A guide for ten acre farms to diversify crops and livestock. Proposes rotating corn, vegetables, orchard trees, poultry, cows, and horses to stabilize income and reduce risk. Outlines planting schemes, double cropping, and budgeted earnings from poultry, garden produce, fruit, and livestock.
An extended feature extols cotton as the basis of high explosives and smokeless powder, noting its global reach and multifaceted uses from clothing to celluloid, cotton duck and enamel manufacturing, with vast consumption by rail, industry, and defense sectors. It mentions C. T. Revere and large contracts for cotton duck in harvesting machinery and aviation components.
Miss Mary Owens of St Joseph Missouri feeds and bonds with tame squirrels in her yard. She tests a box method to hide nuts from bluejays, later sharing nuts as squirrels learn to open a lid. The curious experiment includes a card box tube showing optical illusions.
A reader draws one name of a famous woman and one famous man from two baskets and must write a brief tale using those figures as hero and heroine. The exercise mixes recognizable historical figures to spur quick storytelling, inviting playful satire of fame.
A garbled fragment notes a focus on a chicken fest described as a time of importance for fowl. It mentions meals and celebration but lacks clear names, places, or dates to anchor specifics.
A poem-like snippet describes a supposed motorcar with four wheels and a door that fails to function. The narrator notes the chugging and neighbor’s pain, realizing the device cannot be made to go. The piece captures a whimsical domestic moment.
A humorous Wash ington Star item quotes Mrs Torkips about shrieking at burglars and her husband Charley urging her to stay calm and cheer for the home team. The anecdote plays on household nerves and sports enthusiasm.
A collage of dated jokes and quips on marriage money and manners from various papers. Bits reference rental costs gondolas and bandolier while asking about love and proposals with playful dialgoue and portraits of suitors. The tone is light but notes social pressures and witty misreadings.
An advertisement warns that excessive meat consumption burdens the kidneys and promotes waste buildup in the blood. It promotes Jad Salts, a grape lemon lithia drink, as a remedy to cleanse kidneys, ease back pain, and prevent bladder irritation with daily spoonfuls in water.
A fragment from the Spokesman-Review recounts a quirky scene where a damsel named Trasque Hawaii inspires a new fashion, with a mech girl styling to outdo the latest trend. An overheard chatter cites Tinker noticing an old railroad sign at an entrance while his wife drives a touring car.
Fragmentary text discusses a man devoted to knowledge gaining habitual pleasure and the one security he will not love pain. It references love, anguish, and a changing scene, with obscure lines about a man surviving certain troubles. The passage remains incomplete and cryptic.
The readable items present scattered proper nouns and fragments without a clear single event. Named entities include personal names and places, but the overall meaning is unclear and no coherent action or outcome is identifiable.
A garbled listing of decrees sentences and filings appears, naming individuals such as Jas Wh Je, Pearl Je, Fannie J, Jennie J, and others alongside city entities like Bay City and the Office of the county. The section references judgments changes dissolutions dismissals and appeals across multiple cases and properties with scattered addresses and lot designations.
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