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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1906
Page
6
A detailed guide describes building a complete icehouse with a two foot deep wall trench, a one foot high stone and cement top, a stone floor with a twelve inch sawdust layer, a drain pipe, and an air insulated timber wall with paper and clap boards. The plain illustration covers dimensions and assembly for farm use near freezing water. The feature notes ice storage aids for poultry, milk, fruit and small root crop processing.
Turn sheep to almost any farm area after harvest to consume wasted weeds or feed. Sheep will make satisfactory gains, provide good returns on invested money, and improve the place while reducing weed cover, as they eat weeds and rough feed that other stock will not. Feeder sheep reach strong gains.
A guide details building a sheep feeding rack and grain trough from four scantling pieces FA MB DC EX. Assemble a frame with AB BC and add a long center BC floor. Install slats a b two inches apart and bottom boards AS B nine inches, top FM, with six inch spacing GH. Add hinges to AB and close ends to let sheep feed while waste drops through the floor.
The text predicts agitation for the bacon hog will alter the nation's hog character. The fat hog or lard hog will remain in demand for land, but the bacon hog will gain prominence, gradually overlapping in form with the fat hog.
A simple devices for farmers cuts roots to aid cattle labor. The tool uses a piece of old band saw or cross saw riveted to a fork of steel and fitted with a shovel handle. It costs only a few cents to construct.
The crested breeds like Polish and French varieties lay well but weather affects their crests. Wet conditions trigger feather picking in confined Polish birds, especially among males with large topknots. Separate birds until crests regrow. Shelter during damp spells remains the safer method.
A Canadian farmer named Tats advises that first class hay should not be exposed to sun and air too long. He recommends raking wild hay immediately after cutting and placing it in rocks to let it settle quickly and resist wind. He claims green hay can be raked after mowing in rain and still be bright and sweet, and that farmers often over cure hay reducing substance. the extra work pays off.
The article urges strict culling of pigs for sale both as breeders and for pork. It warns that a worthy specimen serves as walking advertising for the herd, while shipping unworthy stock under false pretenses brings future trouble and hurts the business.
A Practical Warner illustration shows tying a 10 foot Ssineh rope into two loops for hog control. Cut three feet, form loops, and use the remaining seven feet centered between loops to secure hind feet. Pass loops over hind feet, thread the rope over the nose, and pull in a sequence to gain control.
The market favors undrawn poultry due to appearance and condition. Drawn birds sour within 24 to 36 hours, while undrawn can keep for a week or two without spoiling. Birds fed before killing may swell quickly. keep birds from food for about 12 hours prior to killing, but do not remove if already filled.
A farmer advises a basic feeding rule of one pound of grain and one and a half pounds of hay per hundred pounds of horse weight. Alfalfa is preferred and may reduce grain needs, while many farmers overfeed hay. the horse barn is a major farm waste.
A simple substitute hoop is a piece of galvanized wire No 12 to 15. Overlap ends eight inches twist tight with a splicer and drive into place. If hoops slip whitewash the barrel to hold them.
Instructions advise guarding manger edges to stop horses gnawing it. Use an old large tire or iron strap on the outer edges or line the edges with pine to improve appearance and deter chewing.
Head cheese is made by cooking the pig head ears and tongue in salted water until tender. Remove meat from bones, chop, and season with salt pepper sage sweet marjoram powdered cloves and strong vinegar. Pack in molds with tongue shapes, press, weigh, chill two days before turning out.
The passage details a simple baking recipe using meal, salt, baking powder, butter, milk and eggs with steps for mixing heating and baking. It also notes egg set trays with large china tureens for serving eyes or cooking on the table via coddling, describing a white tureen with a cock's head handle and small chicken head bas-relief cups.
A batter combines one and a third cups meal mix with salt and baking powder. Beat two egg yolks with a cup of sweet milk and pour over the meal, then fold in beaten whites. Drop spoonfuls of hot lard and fry canaries about three inches long and three across until browned and served hot.
Wash the spinach well and cook in its own moisture until very tender. Drain chop finely then mix with butter and cream. Beat to a soft green mash return to the pan heat through season to taste and serve on toast garnished platter.
A dated recipe fragment describes boiling sugar and water with lemon rind and juice, cooling, beating in an egg and sparkling water, then serving with ice. It also outlines a curry butter sauce with vegetables, brown sauce, and a batter for cornmeal muffins with milk flour and baking powder.
Stone dates are halved and stuffed with cream cheese, sealed to resemble their original shape, then gently pressed. The prepared pieces are arranged on a plate for serving.
A list of old time home cures and kitchen hacks covers egg whitening with salt burn relief from potato, lemon juice for frosting, clover to deter red ants, alum for ivy poison, roach bait with corn meal red lead and molasses, paraffin on jelly, water in oven to prevent meat scorching, and flouring tins to stop cake sticking.
In the Western News Galway editorial, the writer condemns a sequence of petty robbery followed by abuse and contrasts it with killing a man for not dying quickly enough, calling such actions the height of infamy and noting it would provoke strong, silent anger among Irishmen.
A young girl famed for spelling Deuteronomy and mastering domestic economy moves from a skating rink to study astronomy. The piece plays on quick wit and social exchange as a watch joke appears amid light verse in the Cleveland Leader.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger excerpt depicts a rich man delivering a humble speech at a weekly gathering. He invokes being a worm of the dust and lightly avoids the donation plate while stressing modesty.
A lengthy plea argues for a federal pure food law to let consumers know exactly what is in foods. It cites examples like candy with clay, olive oil from cottonseed, and oleomargarine, urging citizens to write to their Congressmen and join a national movement to protect public health.
Text urges readers to back a Pure Food bill by cutting the notice from multiple publications and mailing signed copies with names and addresses to congressional representatives and senators, encouraging friends to do the same to boost passage.
The proposal mandates that manufacturers print a complete ingredients list on every package shipped across state lines, in plain English and at least eight point type, with maker name and address. It authorizes inspections, penalties, and rules by the Department of Agriculture, and sets effective date October 1, 1906, with support requested from district representatives and state senators.
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