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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1914
Page
4
The Bowser couple dominates a chaotic afternoon as Mr Bowser attempts to install window screens. A misfit cutting leads to a fall and a slapstick escape, ending with an ambulance and a baffled Mr Bowser asking if Mrs Bowser again tried to murder him.
A collage of overheard shoppers, art critique, and Viking lore appears in a damaged OCR sample. It blends a department store exchange about a wife with lines on Raphael and Hazlitt, then shifts to a vague Viking description and a noisy New York note about ranks and pirates.
A brief note explains that champagne bottles stay clear because machinery cannot shape the glass evenly. Instead, skilled hand processes ensure uniform bottle thickness, relying on manual technique and pressure control.
Uncle Sam's expert dairymen advise the dairy and creamery building be divided to separate milk handling from other work. Emphasize thorough cleanliness with smooth, uncluttered interiors, no rough surfaces, and no unnecessary ledges. Adequate ventilators keep air in the milk room fresh for sanitary operations.
The text outlines a dairy building design to prevent contamination with features like external placement away from the barn, proper ventilation, screened doors and windows, and avoidance of cold water supply. It describes a twenty by ten by eight and a half foot structure with shed roof, interior plaster walls, cement plaster, and metal lathing, plus white washable enamel paint. An elevated water supply is recommended if a regular system is unavailable. Equipment includes a two horsepower boiler, steam sink, galvanized wash sink, milk cooler, milk scales, Babcock testers, a concrete cooling tank, a separator, and a milk room for utensils sterilization using steam or hot water.
This United States Department of Agriculture dairy division guide details procedures from cow milking to cooling, weighing, sampling, and recording milk for composite tests. It prescribes cold running water for initial cooling, proper use of ice in cement tanks, frequent stirring, keeping cans covered, and preventing contamination by dust and insects. It also covers cleaning of equipment, including washing with powder, rinsing, inversion, and sterilization using steam and water jets.
The guide suggests quick dipping of a new pen point in ink and holding it briefly near a lighted flame for a second, followed by wiping with a cloth. The description is informal and includes a garbled term likely meaning wipe with a cloth to finish the process.
Poultry notes advise sheltering chicks in coops during storms and using sour skimmilk to prevent bowel trouble in young poultry. Avoid sloppy feeds, maintain clean houses and nests, and thoroughly disinfect to reduce odor. A two year old cock is preferred to a younger one.
The department urges farm poultry as foundation for success, noting health and vigor as key. It favors using old farm buildings for cheap housing, south-facing exposure, and free range with garden fencing. Emphasizes breeding standard bred fowls for higher egg and meat returns, with clear advantages in uniform products and market value.
A fragment from a newspaper page features a humorous exchange between Incentive and Mrs Crawford, a brief line about Mrs Crabshaw and a judge remarking on a poet’s birthday poem. References to four men of courage appear in a scrambled note, suggesting a miscellany of quirky quotes and editorials.
A comical Arizona Kicker column mocks town life, boasting one hundred acres and twenty city lots while detailing marriage offers to single women, social plans, staff moves, and a Washington journey. It portrays Major Tinkham’s arrival, local aristocracy aims, and the paper's self-styled leadership in Givenham Gulch society.
Most lie stock men are familiar with warbles or grubs appearing in spring. Grubs are just under the skin with small openings to cure air. Squeeze them out and step on them to destroy. Wash the cheeks with antiseptic solution afterward.
The article cites Herbert Quick and farmers across the United States noting dogs as a major threat to sheep and live stock. Shropshire breeder E Cleveland from Brairnomah county Oregon describes heavy losses, with many flocks killed or ruined by dogs. Other farmers from Washington and Franklin counties report repeated dog incursions causing financial losses and deterring new sheep ventures.
A New Yorker style guide extols mules as cheaper and hardier farm labor. With proper stable, feed, water, and rest, mules are ready after work, stay sound in danger, and outperform horses in effort with less risk of injury.
A witty dialogue features a traveler marveling at a rural household’s sparse live stock as a peasant replies that living is easy with a cow a goose a dozen fowls and in summer a couple of tourists. The joke hinges on a play on words about tourists replacing real estate or livestock.
A fragment reflects a man’s saying that speech is silver while silence has value, noting how many young couples fail to grasp the power of quiet restraint in relationships. The brief snippet hints at social advice in a period tone.
To make pork cheaply permanent pasture and forage crop must be maintained. Shade and shelter should be in every sheep pasture. If there are plenty of trees, well and good, otherwise a cheap building should be put up. Never give water or food to swine until they have been in the stable an hour. In the future our beef supply must come from farm stock. Always keep plenty of clean fresh water where the hogs may drink at any time.
A Kansas State experiment compares pasture fed hogs with summer grazing and limited grain to traditional fall finishing. Results indicate 15 to 20 cents per head lower cost when hogs are spring through summer on a rape pasture with dry lot finishing in fall and winter. The bulletin emphasizes the value of abundant pasture, especially alfalfa substitutes, in reducing feed costs and boosting growth.
A historical note cites Professor J G Fuller from Wisconsin College of Agriculture offering practical instructions for horse care. It covers diet, hay types, grain proportions, and daily feeding schedule to maintain health and vigor, recommending oats, bran, corn, and mixed hay with straw for balance, and emphasizing two-thirds of daily feed at night.
Early guidance recommends alfalfa for horses, noting it should be bright and sweet, ideally second cutting. Avoid grain unless work is heavy, and keep hay fat and slick to support condition without overfeeding.
A garbled note warns against delaying manure spreading by one day in the barnyard and stresses timely handling. It suggests regular spreading on fields every one to two weeks to avoid nutrient loss and maintain fertilizing efficiency amid unclear wording.
The text appears garbled with unclear meaning and missing context. No coherent event or entities can be identified to summarize. provide a clearer source excerpt for a precise headline and card.
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