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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1905
Page
3
A short lyric reflecting on light and perception. The speaker contrasts night’s many eyes with day’s single sight and equates a life’s illumination to love, suggesting a heart’s brightness fades when love ends. Written by Francis W. Bourdillon.
Dr Worth, a country physician in Hillsboro, rescues a stray puppy named McGinty and grows close to the dog as they accompany him on rounds. When the doctor is injured in a mudslide, McGinty tracks the Willows road, leads rescuers to the scene, and reunites with his master as help arrives.
The Nobel prizes, the largest monetary awards known, arise from Alfred Nobel's will. Three prizes honor scientific research and invention and two honor other achievements. Awarded annually, each prize totals a little under $40,000 and the grants are not tied to stimulating competition.
German papers report Lombardy Institute prizes for 1904 and announce 1905 themes. Vermot and Reyna win gold for wagon components. Negri and Ceni win for physiology and corn disease cures. Brambilla awards promote Lombardy industry. funds for nutrition prizes from Dr. Henri de Rothschild support Paris society. essays due by December 30 1905 with awards next year.
The article recounts dramatic eagle legends and observed acts from Scotland to South Africa. It notes eagles killing a stag, attacking a fawn, and a roe, plus tales of two eagles flushing quarry. An African farmer allegedly shot a nine foot wingspan eagle carrying a five year old child.
Marshal Van Worley starts a new business shipping cats from Titusville. The venture aims to move feline cargo efficiently, with plans to establish routes and cargo handling.
The article describes using orange boxes as double nest compartments by stacking them end to end and linking them with wood. A darkened alley and a rear access hole allow hens to lay undisturbed while eggs are collected and nests refreshed. An Indianapolis News illustration reportedly clarifies the setup.
The text advises mowing infested alfalfa fields to curb alfalfa rust or Spot disease. It emphasizes feeding bees during bad weather with full combs and 20 to 30 pounds of honey, weighing hives to check stores, and using sugar syrup if needed. It cautions preserving heat and reworking combs as necessary.
Recent evidence from FEF and Wisconsin station head W Woll shows dairy cow food quality drives milk fat content and yield. Nitrogenous feed levels and prices of feed and milk products influence feeding strategies. In Northern States, generally two pounds of digestible protein daily and a nutritive ration not leaner than 1:6.7 suit cows of average capacity.
A reader describes a homemade hog lice killer using a stake in hog housing, rope wound and nailed, saturated with equal parts lard and kerosene twice weekly. The hogs themselves are expected to handle remaining lice.
The article advises starting with a reliable breeding pen or investing in eggs from reputable sources to begin poultry keeping. Grow roosters and hens from each setting, mark them clearly, and next spring you can mate two or three breeding pens of your own.
A discussion advises abandoning weak alfalfa stands in irrigated areas and reseeding. Many growers favor spring disking even for good stands, and some practice disk after each cutting to curb weeds. Eastern fields may show growth checks, yellowing, and sickly conditions.
An overview of nitrogen in foods highlighting protein as essential for muscle and energy. It notes carbohydrates from potatoes and sugar beets, explains corn lacks nitrogen for muscle, and lists protein sources like flax, wheat bran, linseed oil, cottonseed meal, clover, alfalfa, and bran middlings.
The article compares 1904 Russian wheat production 664 608 600 bushels to U S crops and notes rye oats barley and corn outputs. It also discusses nurse crops with spring wheat that aid clover establishment by stabilizing snow cover and shielding plants from heat stress.
Calves should be kept in groups when many cattle are raised for beef. Grouping by size and season helps uniform weight and finish for market carloads. With few cattle two groups per year, spring and fall, aids management.
During April the Massachusetts State Board of Health tested 305 articles for adulteration. Ninety eight were adulterated or failed to meet standards and thirty three convictions were secured for selling adulterated foods. The month saw three milk adulterations four maple syrup or sugar cases and three cider cases with total fines of 900.
The agricultural building at the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland Oregon is described as the largest and one of the handsomest structures on the grounds. It measures 460 by 210 feet and sits on the east side of Columbia Court in the main plaza. The building cost 74659 dollars.
The Gapeworm stays in old yards through winter and surfaces as days warm. He is discouraged by cleaning and lime. A better tactic is to move the poultry yard to a high dry site.
A historical pudding recipe lists ingredients such as beef, bread crumbs, dried fruits, nuts and citrus, with lemon rind and juice, spices, and brandy. Mix dry ingredients, fold in soaked liquids and eggs, then steam in greased molds or cloths for ten to twelve hours.
Cream of fish soup combines rich cold cooked fish with onions milk butter and flour. It uses two cups of water per cup of fish and adds bread dust and a whipped egg to finish before serving.
A thrifty wholesome pudding method uses half a pound of molasses heated, minced suet, one pound flour, salt, cream of tartar, soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, treacle, and raisins. Mix well, add milk, wrap in a floured cloth, and boil three hours.
A recipe details batter and strawberry coating plus a warm sauce. Combine flour milk eggs salt and butter beat then mix with ripe strawberries rolled in sugar. Drop spoonfuls into hot lard and fry. Sauce blends flour butter sugar and boiling water until thick, then poured over hot fritters.
A historic recipe lists Belgian buns using ground rice flour butter or lard sugar baking powder egg and jam. Mix ingredients add egg yolk form balls with jam centers seal and dip in egg white and sugar. Bake on a tin in a hot stove until set.
A newspaper snippet describes coloring lemonade pink using cochineal. Boil twenty minutes one ounce cochineal one ounce cream of tartar one fourth ounce alum and one half pint water to color a small amount without materially changing the taste.
Practical hints cover tender meat with vinegar in the boil water for fowl or meat and smoothing stiff linings with soap on a pencil. Rice sprinkled suet aids chopping, pottery stains fade with sulphuric acid and soapsuds, raw potato and brick dust remove knife stains, soaking bacon before frying prevents fat loss, and silk color marks lift with water ammonia treatment tested on a corner first.
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