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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1893
Page
5
Health Commissioner Cyrus Edson explains how disease germs relate to bread production. He warns yeast fermentation creates conditions for germs, notes dough warmth, moisture, and flour matter fuel growth, and describes kneading stages that can introduce contaminants from bakers.
A long exposition discusses yeast in dough, its health risks, and germ transmission. It compares yeast bread with Royal baking powder bread, arguing heat and neutral leavening prevent disease. It urges careful baking powder choice and home-baked bread safety amid public health concerns.
Hillside cellar notes discuss refrigeration bolstering meat handling and long distance trade. From 1880 to 1891 Great Britain’s imports of fresh beef and mutton surged to 8.3 million carcasses while US beef exports rose to 101,500 tons. Frozen blocks from Australia reached London markets, with per quart prices around four cents. Butter cheese eggs and fruits also travel vast distances by rail or water preserving quality at low freight costs. Dry cool ventilated cellars aid storage of fruit and vegetables.
A farm note describes placing a cellar into a hillside with a stone wall and double board front. An excavation and earth backing form the structure, with sawdust insulation and a 100 foot deep example costing about 100. It notes large storage for 50 000 celery plants and hundreds of bushels of produce, apples and fruit, plus value during market gluts by preserving crops for higher prices.
The author discusses selecting an apiary site with a gentle slope facing southeast, near forage like sugar maples and apple blossoms, to optimize early brood rearing and fall nectar. He notes the need to balance bee needs with other duties and suggests protective evergreen belts and hive orientation facing east to minimize wind exposure.
Instructions warn against straight sides in ditch design to prevent collapse from water percolation and frost heaving. Prefer sloped sides from a wide top to a narrower bottom, as illustrated in Fig A, to ensure stability and durability.
Hollister Sage advocates seed-to-grass efficiency, noting mower and rake ease on varied terrain. He highlights plowing to pulverize soil for plant food uptake, warns against compacted soil, and suggests manure fermentation to aid pulverization. Rye sowing offers a green spring patch with dietary benefits to poultry and varying seasonal value.
The page compiles kitchen directions from Harper's Bazaar and Prairie Farmer, detailing creamed beef, duck with butter, lemon tartlets, pickled plums, bread rolls, and a floating island. It also includes an article on reclaiming the Zuider Zee with Dutch land recovery methods and two light anecdotes about animals and a hurried romance.
Hailstone accounts from 19th century storms are recounted with figures weighing from ounces to pounds. Jonathan Swift is analyzed as a towering yet paradoxical figure, born poor but shaping literary history and public life.
A user from Allegheny Pa credits August Flower with curing months of dyspepsia and fullness after meals. After two weeks of use the heavy feeling and sickness vanished, they resumed eating normally and gained twenty pounds. The testimonial cites McHenry Druggist in Allegheny as employer.
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