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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1916
Page
3
dairymen weigh whether to ship whole milk for sale or skim milk for calves. city codes mandate sanitary barns and testing. gradual shift to calf meal lowers costs and TB risk, with some dairies reporting no losses and healthy heifers raised on milk substitute.
A housewife urges using a bright new pair of kitchen shears to save time. She lists tasks from trimming fish to cutting fruit and shaping bread, noting safer quicker work than a knife and the habit of keeping shears handy in the kitchen.
Experienced horsemen explain brood mares can perform a full season’s work with careful planning. Six mares raise four colts yearly and form two efficient farm work teams, while rest and rotation prevent overwork. Foals stay indoors, fed a staged grain ration. heated milk is avoided to prevent colic. Proper sharing of mares and extra teams boosts efficiency and offsets labor costs.
A farmer describes winter chores feeding animals. The animals receive hay and straw at noon plus a few ears of corn. In the stable they are fed mixed hay with a grain ration of oats corn and wheat bran by day and night.
The article explains how to grow early cabbage with well drained soil, from cold frames to transplanting, and spacing of 14 to 18 inches in rows and 24 inches between rows. It covers soil prep, fertilizing, weed control, mulching, and care to ensure rapid growth and quality for a home garden.
Story details a farmer’s direct to consumer potato sale experiment. By prebooking orders, sampling with cards attached to potatoes, and efficient three man delivery, 1500 bushels cost 0.3 cents per bushel and yielded 750 dollars. R. S. Wilcox signs.
The Netherlands, famed for agriculture and flood reclamation, faces vast losses as the Zuyder Zee floods 100000 acres and leaves 60000 homeless. Dutch engineers plan a monumental embankment project expanding arable land by 8150000000000000000? million square miles, demonstrating tenacity and national resolve.
J. E. L. recalls planting thirty acres of apples and peaches in Pennsylvania. Excess crimson clover as cover crop dried soil and caused a poor harvest after a promising start. By the sixth year yields declined. today the orchard is worthless while two others remain productive.
Preserved hominy method using white corn and lye to Hull the grains. Boil five to eight minutes then rinse until no lye remains. Simmer five hours until tender and mashable. Season with salt pepper and butter or bacon fryings before serving.
A note describes hominy that can be preserved for an indefinite period if stored in a cool place. The snippet mentions frying potatoes in bacon drippings as a related tip.
Orphan lambs can be raised on cow milk enriched with pure cream. Feed every hour for the first ten days, keeping portions to two ounces, then gradually extend intervals as the lamb begins grazing. Use a baby bottle and nipple. encourage grain and roots after ten days. The orphan lamb is worth the care.
A spring clipping helps horses shed winter coats, reducing sweating and fatigue during heavy work and lowers cold risk. Quality clippers are available at reasonable prices and can pay for themselves in a season on many farms.
An old note suggests using a clipper to prevent costly loss of work and improve horse comfort. The writer J.B. advocates clipping as a practical measure to reduce expenses and ease the animal’s strain.
A Massachusetts farmer seeks substitutes for potash in a corn and grass mix. Recommend 300 to 400 pounds per acre of a mix with two parts sixteen percent phosphate and one part nitrate of soda, or use dried blood, tankage, or cottonseed meal for nitrogen. Wood ashes can supply potash. apply separately to corn and mix with soil. For grasses, use 300 to 500 pounds per acre and apply ashes after air slaking.
The narrator recalls rides with Dr. Williams and a pivotal mountain cabin encounter from a forests ranger who helped him. The tale centers on kindness to the “Other Man,” a creed formed from gratitude for hospitality and safe passage on the road.
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