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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1900
Page
11
A naval escape tale recounts Clark the Yankee engineer on La Chiquita in a Chilean blockade. When two German torpedo boats close in, Clark fires a rifle shot that caps a torpedo and sinks the pursuer, allowing La Chiquita to reach harbor in triumph.
An English coast voyage recounts the Peruvian torpedo boat La Chiquita attacking Chilean and British ships in fog shrouded waters. The Little One maneuvered near the Chilean frigate, triggering a chaotic chase as Peruvian and Chilean boats engage with gunfire and staccato maneuvering amid heavy smoke and mist.
Brooklyn Hagle argues for setting aside Crater Lake region in Oregon as a public park. He notes its world class beauty, compares it to Yosemite, and urges protection from vandalism and private development, asserting parks belong to the people and should be expanded nationwide.
A Baltimore inventor, Thomas A. Howard, unveils a feed bag design with a rear hopper to reduce grain loss. The device supplies feed to a front pouch as the horse lowers its head, using a cheek rein to raise the pouch for easy access.
Description of a husking horse built from light material. The cut shows a rung of one and a quarter inches and shoulders reduced to one inch where passing through the legs.
The piece notes corn husking causes back strain and sore hands. It cites a horse helping the back and offers a hand balm recipe from the Ohio Farmer: white wax one fourth ounce, spermaceti one fourth ounce, almond oil one ounce, glycerin two ounces, melted wax stirred with oil and glycerin.
The illustration from the American Agriculturist shows how to build a straw stack ice house. Use a trench drain for meltage, a tightly boarded enclosure, leveled floor, and a long passage with locks to cut air currents. Keep hogs out to prevent burrowing and air ingress.
Grange members can access a broad range of agricultural books at low cost. Each member paying the price of one book per year gains access to volumes from farming departments boards and experiment stations. Essays and lectures can be read or delivered using these resources to support member talks.
A vintage baking note describes harvest cakes made by creaming butter and sugar, folding in eggs, and adding flour and milk with soda. Butter patty tins hold the batter, baked until done, then topped with a chocolate icing made from corn starch milk grated chocolate and vanilla.
The American Cultivator notes rising demand for cattle for breeding across breeds. An embargo on European cattle is in place due to foot and mouth disease prevalent in most of Europe, with Norway, Sweden, and Holland exempt. The U S requires special permits for entry of cattle from affected countries and has denied applications from Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, and Switzerland.
The American Cultivator praises George M. Clark for practical grass farming results. It notes thorough land preparation, liberal use of manure and fertilizers, and seeding with ample seed. Clark’s measured yields and documented records set him apart from others who merely theorized.
Experiments at the Abilene Texas grass station show disk tilling loosens surface soil and traps grass seeds, reducing wind loss and improving water retention. Deep furrow plowing every ten to twenty feet also catches seeds and rainfall, promoting soil soaking and minimizing runoff. Continuous experimentation reveals practical farm and stock-raising benefits. A London writer notes England wastes about 7.5 million dollars yearly on flour imports instead of wheat, risking lost labor, poorer flour, and lost soil fertility.
Kerosene emulsion per American Agriculturist year book formula appears to destroy cabbage worms and lice. It will kill any insect but must not be strong enough to harm plants. A sprayer is best for application.
Instructions describe baking six good cooking apples with a little water and moist sugar to form syrup. Top with lemon peel as strips, bake in a moderate oven about an hour, basting with syrup, and serve hot or cold with clotted cream.
Instructions describe cucumber pickling with salt brine then five days soaking. A separate recipe for Old Fashioned Molasses Cookies uses butter syrup ginger and cloves, with flour to form dough and baking in a steady oven for children with constipation.
A woman testifies that rugs not touching the baseboard within a half yard resist moth damage. All over carpets require alum water around the edges before laying. She also praises sweeping carpets with coarse dry salt at least monthly.
Wash and quarter parsnips then parboil twenty minutes. Place a young chicken in a dripping pan with parsnips around it. Add salt pepper and butter. Add water to prevent burning. Bake until tender. Serve chicken separately and pour gravy over parsnips.
Cream a tablespoonful of butter with two of powdered sugar, then gradually work in the beaten eggs. Add two cups of milk, and when you have a smooth mixture, two cups of cold boiled rice. Beat until free from lumps, add a pinch of salt. Set in the oven in a pan of boiling water and bake, covered until the custard is set. Uncover and brown. Eat cold with sugar and cream.
Salt mackerel should be soaked for forty eight hours before use. Broil over a clear fire and serve with melted butter and cream for a spring breakfast dish. Use only the best mackerel and cut off the head and tail before soaking. Freshen with the skin side up to draw out the salt.
A recipe for French pancakes uses two eggs two ounces flour butter sugar and milk beaten and baked twenty minutes served with jam. Also details fried corn and potatoes diced and stirred in butter frying ten minutes.
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