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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1917
Page
3
Farm and Home outlines fattening methods for young turkeys ducks and geese to boost weight and value before Christmas markets. Emphasis on confined housing and high feed with creamery byproducts like skim milk urged for meat substitution and kitchen uses.
The article explains cows drop milk when winter feed shifts too abruptly and advises gradual hay and silage adjustments. It distinguishes butterfat from butter, noting butter is only half fat and the overrun profit in butter production.
Missouri experiment station tests show white butter from a Jersey cow with feeds free of coloring matter. They conclude yellow tint in milk and butter derives from feed, not the animal, and that color transfer mirrors butter fat color. Researchers aim to classify seeds by their potential to color butter yellow.
The U S Department of Agriculture urges using every drop of skim milk in nutritious milk-vegetable soup. Combine 2 cups milk with 1 tablespoon flour, a tablespoon butter, 2/3 cup cooked vegetables, salt, and thicken with flour. Any vegetable except tomatoes works. if tomatoes are used add a little soda to prevent curdling.
Practical guide on leather maintenance for harnesses. Emphasizes keeping leather dry and mud free, oiling with Neat-foot oil, timing of washing with warm water and castile soap, and methods to apply oil. Includes ratios for mixtures, cautions about oils, and tips for dry leather to ensure oil penetration.
The article argues sheep provide key wartime clothing fiber as wool prices rise. It advises buying surplus ewes, focusing on young or barren stock, and considering purebred purchases. He discusses feeding, grain choices, shelter, parasite control, pasture use, and the value of salt and clean water.
The Times Co business office will be open tonight from six to nine and this Saturday night schedule will continue in effect every week until further notice for the benefit of its many patrons.
In Wilmington North Carolina the J P L Merring county event proves a cooperative market worthwhile. The market connects local producers with housewives seeking low priced produce and helps farmers by arranging future deliveries. A young manager negotiates daily with farmers and women clubs to stock cabbage beans and beets for preservation and sale.
The USDA reports hog losses from cholera reach millions yearly as pork prices rise. Dr J F Butler from Brunswick Maine cites a new protein based treatment, claiming it boosts white and red cell production to fight the disease. Free ampules cover ten county cases, then treatment costs 3 to 60 cents per hog plus vet fees.
Retail prices for fresh bees cabbage oats wheat cottonseed and other produce listed per dozen bag bushel or pound. Items include potatoes onions lettuce tomatoes lemons bananas and corn products with vague OCR errors but indicating market quotes and retail rates in Bath.
A collage of quips, poems, and social notes mocks wartime shortages and daily life. It lampoons rats, food costs, odd anecdotes, and a folk song about Mary with light satire and period flavor.
The Sagadahoc Pomona Grange met on Wednesday with strong attendance. The group discussed conservation, farming profits, and wartime support for Grange boys, voting to raise 25 dollars for wool purchases and reporting six more dollars for the cause.
The Tuesday gathering at 98 Bedford Street hosted by Alfred R. Pratt featured A. J. Dunton as president. A committee including Dunton and White was formed to plan a future Brotherhood entertainment. Sub-master Timberlake of Morse High School gave an informal Plattsburg camp talk.
Automobilists using the Freeman Farm detour to Brunswick face narrow, soft road beds that sink wheels and crowd vehicles into the gutter. On Tuesday evening two large cars barely passed at a tight stretch. one driver, experienced, narrowly avoided a ditch. Rumors say suits may be filed against Brunswick.
Helen M. Purinton daughter of Mrs J F Purinton Lewiston formerly of Bath departs for Washington D C to work in the Army and Navy Military War Risk Insurance Bureau. A Morse High School 1912 graduate and Farmington Normal School 1914 alumna she taught at the Lewiston Sun and recently passed the Civil Service exam earning an appointment.
The Armory Hall hosted the marriage of Rev. Morris Cohen and Miss Dora Petlock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Petlock. The ceremony was by Rev. Charles Arik with Stevens’ orchestra providing music and a grand banquet for 250 guests. The couple depart for a honeymoon in Boston and New York before settling in Bronewier.
Frank Pasha is the seventh Bath barber to quit the trade for government work at Bath Iron Works. Others joining long list include Alonzo Moore Al Robinson Charles R. Savage Joseph Crane Irving Fowles and Russell Colby. Barber shop owners fear losing customers while talks of raising hair cut prices to 35 cents proceed. Mrs Addie P McFadden of Middle street has tarantitis and Milton Hatch of Rockland has joined the Bath Iron Works.
It explains uric acid as the cause of gout and rheumatism, notes kidney failure to excrete excess uric acid, and urges flushing kidneys by drinking water, taking Anuric, and reducing meat intake to prevent or ease symptoms. Emphasizes winter circulation and progression to heart, kidney, and rheumatic issues. Includes historical claim of 1548 discovery.
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