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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1930
Page
4
A curious guide discusses preserving produce and preparing pastries and dressings for cold storage. It covers waxed crusts, flaky pastry, cheese straws, and meats kept warm while cooking simple, quick meals. It also advises greasing with lard, chilling potatoes, and keeping lettuce parsley and other greens fresh in jars or covered dishes.
A dramatic warehouse fire erupted with five alarms, leaving a smoking ruin after an earlier minor blaze. The owner, who notified the first alarm, later arranged repairs while a curious reporter and others rushed to the scene. The contractor confronted the owner about planned work after the collapse.
An essay in the New York Evening Post clarifies that panacea means a universal remedy for everything, not merely a single cure. It argues observers misapply the term to general remedies for economic ailments, noting the danger of equating suggested fixes with a true panacea.
A summary of studies from European laboratories on child development reports P P Blonsky’s finding that about 20 percent of boys and 4 percent of girls are labeled lazy in a Moscow school. It discusses motor hunger, early memories, self preservation, and the impact of family size and class on contentment, with notes on eidetic imagery and personality typing across nations.
Mrs Dee Carson, forty five, wife of farmer Walter Carson west of McLeanboro, shot herself after writing a letter to Coroner Erwin J Jones announcing her intention to take her life. She had already selected the undertaker and pallbearers and made all funeral arrangements.
Five months into 1930 show 2,008 highway grade crossing accidents, down 250 from 1929 with fatalities 808 and injuries 2,826. May alone had 306 accidents and 165 deaths, as railroads invest in safer crossings and mechanical protections.
In Butte Montana Enoch H Glberson seeks a divorce after 17 years of marriage claiming grounds amid a quarrel over his oatmeal The wife protested the dish saying it was not cooked properly and complained about the serving dish leading to the cross complaint in the case
In Hot Springs Arkansas Dan Ayers wrestled a six pound catfish on a gigging trip with Joe Muse. Ayers leaped into shallow water and wrestled the fish to dry land after failing to land it on the first attempt.
O. Ufford of Colorado Agricultural College details rations for laying hens and commercial flocks. Farm flock uses a grain mix of corn and wheat plus a mash, while the commercial ration includes corn, wheat, cornmeal, barley or oats, bran, meat meal, dried buttermilk, alfalfa leaf meal, steamed bone meal, oyster shell, and salt. Millet may substitute for corn due to high prices, with tests showing millet equals corn for hogs and likely similar for poultry.
The article stresses proper winter care of flocks and the need for a comfortable poultry house. It notes that a well housed flock is more than half the battle to winter success and that a good house leads to higher winter production, proving it a profitable investment. It urges farmers to provide a dedicated poultry headquarters and maximize comfort for the birds.
W. M. Vernon of Iowa State College advises good laying flocks need cod liver oil during dark winter months. Feed one quart per 100 pounds of mash from December 1 to April 1, mixing oil flat with bran or mineral mix into the larger feed. If houses keep hens indoors in winter, noon mash can boost production.
Guidance on turkey egg hatching and breeding emphasizes 28 day hatch, avoiding inbreeding, buying chicks or eggs from a good breeder, and gathering disease information. Proper egg handling includes maintaining about 50 degrees for hatching, frequent egg collection to prevent chilling, and cleaning eggs with care to prevent moisture loss.
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