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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1926
Page
5
William A. Radford offers free advice on building and home design. The feature describes a framed 27 ft 6 in by 50 ft house with seven rooms, a large washroom, two upstairs bathrooms, sewing room, ample closets, wide front porch, dormer, and substantial basement.
The article urges checking toilet tanks for float valve faults and replacing dripping faucets with new disks. It recommends installing modern bathroom fixtures and routing wiring in metal tubes, with new wires fished in place to hide them, to prevent exposed conductors and improve safety.
The article argues that functional use of space matters more than cubic footage, noting that large old ceilings wasted space. It urges compact, well planned rooms to ease housekeeping and reduce cleaning, especially in cities where dust and soot are concerns.
The article advises that easy cleaning surfaces and ample closet space ease housekeeping. It suggests three bedrooms for families with children, downstairs bathroom and bedroom for small children, and a preference for a living room over a formal dining room. It notes small houses may use part of the living room for eating and a sun porch improves value along with good ventilation and sunlight.
Developments in lock design enable a master key system that opens front, side, rear, cellar and garage doors while each door remains individually secured. No one key works on all doors, preserving separate access.
The New Jersey State College of Agriculture concludes dairy herds must receive grain in addition to alfalfa hay for optimal milk production. trials show alfalfa leaves, not stems, supply most protein, and hays plus silage with grain outperform alfalfa hay plus silage alone. Six-year data from Illinois confirm cows fed grain alongside silage and alfalfa stay in better condition.
The article argues for maintaining adequate feed as costs rise, selecting cows with sufficient capacity, and increasing feed only for profitability. It emphasizes fresh, soft, palatable feeds like grass over highly concentrated rations, and recommends mixing hay varieties with grain and minerals for balanced nutrition to aid digestion.
The guide outlines yearly home grown feed for dairy herds. For up to ten cows require 3 tons silage, or 1 ton legume hay plus 15 bushels corn and 10 bushels oats if no silage. With pasture year round, balance entails buying about five bags cottonseed meal and three bags wheat bran to meet ration needs.
Minnesota experiment station tested 47 calves and found dried yeast in normal rations such as milk grain and hay did not speed growth from two weeks to 180 days. Rat studies showed 15 to 20 percent yeast was needed for normal growth, but more yeast did not boost results. Calf ration fed to rats with and without yeast yielded unsatisfactory outcomes likely from excess bulk.
The article traces the thermometer's history from Galileo’s 1592 invention to the air thermometer era. It notes the lack of liquid in early bulbs and explains M. Rey’s 1622 breakthrough using wine as the indicator, and his correspondence with Father Marsenne.
The Boston Transcript quotes G B Shaw on turning seventy, claiming decades of press-dominated belief in his wit and cleverness. He predicts aging without harm to reputation, noting it is built on dogmatic reiteration and public opinion.
A long ago missing watch resurfaces in a vest pocket after years. The humor lies in the finder discovering the hole the watch fell through, not the watch itself, as told in a lighthearted exchange.
A humorous Pathfinder Magazine quote recalls a young suitor asked if he could make his daughter happy and the reply notes the suitor’s memory of proposing, highlighting a lighthearted moment about courtship and marriage.
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