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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1908
Page
13
The speaker asserts a rule to feed what will eat clean and quickly, aiming for readiness and good condition, with emphasis on ensuring hunger drives eagerness. The wording centers on efficient consumption and the resulting well being.
The New York Evening Post describes a visit to a modern farm highlighting electricity powered by a portable dynamo, a dairy with automatic milking and pasteurizing, and labor saving equipment. It covers a manure spreader, traction engine with plows, potato planter and digger, seed drill, corn planter, mower, windrower, loader, binder, corn picker and husker, thresher, and the efficiency gains from these machines.
The article traces poultry origins from Europe and Asia, noting wild pigeons once common across North America and their decline. It explains domestic turkeys from Spain and Mexico, chickens from India and the Philippines, domestic geese from Europe, and quail and partridges as indigenous or rarely introduced. It also covers breeding behavior and a congress directed import regulations on birds.
Practical poultry tips emphasize grain choices, mixed feeds, roomy housing, lice control, and financial prudence. Key guidance covers breed choice, feeding schedules, brood care, incubator housing, and humane methods to curb egg eating, with a note on improving stock and profits.
Guinea fowl native to west Africa and the Cape Verde islands has spread to Jamaica and the Lesser Antilles. They are hunted as game birds in England and Africa features a striking vulturine royal variety. European writers prize guinea eggs for flavor, and Southern cooks favor them for baking due to lighter whites.
Des Moines April 13 state food and dairy commissioners report trouble from peddlers who roam big cities selling so called good country butter that is renovated butter. They buy cheap grades, disguise as farmers, and sell in residences at high prices claiming authentic country origin.
A dairy complaint in the city reveals 5 percent water in butter beyond 1.6 percent legal limit. The federal license for adulterated butter is $600 yearly, while state fines are $100 per offense. A mislabelled bulk package must have the label on the sold package, not merely on the bulk container.
Soot and Ashes, Work and Worry. The ad urges homeowners to switch to gas for kitchens and baths, offering ranges water heaters instantaneous heaters gas heaters portable fixtures and inverted lamp mantles with piping and wiring services at low prices.
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