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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1906
Page
8
A Wisconsin dairyman patents a simple cream separator that uses a sectional skimmer and settling reservoir. No expensive equipment or steam power required. A pump with a weighted hose end sits beneath the cream layer to draw skimmed milk through a stopcock-discharge receptacle into cans.
Guidelines emphasize constant clean water, pure sources, and thorough milking prep. Visible notes cover feed balance with silage limits, root-rich winter rations, and the link between water quality, feed moisture, and milk quality. Milk checks and scales motivate attention to daily variation to improve butter yield and pricing.
A Wisconsin farmer blames a creamery for missing butter fat but a closer audit shows fat lost between cow and pay window. Skim milk and home cream held portions of fat, while separator inefficiencies and handling losses explain further reductions.
The article presents a barn plan diagram from Country Gentleman with a second floor grain area under a barn floor. It argues dairy success depends on better cow owners, notes that whitewash is superior to paint for barns, and stresses keeping dairy barns clean and sanitary for quality milk.
The article advises drying a cow six weeks before freshening to rest the dairy animal and prepare for another lactation. It warns against cheap utensils, noting they wear out and fail to perform, leading to hidden losses. invest in quality tools that do the best work.
Farmers are advised that cows on pasture lose body condition in hot months and require higher feeding to maintain standard. An extra feeding program pays off by preserving health and productivity.
A fragmented 19th century notice parody critiques dyes and whitening products, mentions Allen's Foot-Ease powder for foot comfort, and includes a mock author troubles item about Robert Louis Stevenson. It references a Samoa letter and a translated piece titled The BobletImy, with humorous misreadings of Stevenson works.
The article argues that alum in baking powders is non injurious and fully evaporates during baking. It contends cream of tartar is more volatile and leaves residues, while alum is safe, widely used in water purification, and cheaper. It endorses alum baking powder as superior and economical.
A prisoner, described as a woman of extraordinary nerve, endures a sequence of shocks. They fire signals and explode a distant blast pretending it is an earthquake, yet she remains unmoved. A mouse is liberated and trampled, but she only laughs. A detective later whispers her lair is compromised, and she collapses.
Germany spent about 9.5 million dollars on tuberculosis treatment for workers under the workmen's sickness insurance law during 1901 to 1905. The figure reflects costs borne by social insurance programs for TB care and related services across the period.
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