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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
5
A long list of practical farming tips covers dairy management, herd improvement, soil conservation, feed rations, and proper housing. It urges fencing, staged pasturing, sanitary hen yards, careful machine care, and selecting skilled young farmers while warning against overwork, careless help, and soil erosion.
Superintendent Frank H. Hall showcases a practical dairy barn arrangement with a covered yard. Cows move into stalls, are milked as gates close, then exit to the shed side, remaining until the next milking cycle.
On Superintendent Hall's farm a 35 by 62 foot barn houses 33 dairy cows with a central raised manger and three milking stalls. Cows learn their stall order, gates close at milking, grain fed in stalls, and manure removed daily. Hall says cleaner cows, higher milk yield, and less labor are the main advantages.
An article urges harmonized cream grading across creameries to protect patrons from inconsistent practices. It condemns variable grading, Babcock test abuse, and insufficient price signals, calling for coordinated methods and stronger incentives for quality. The piece adds a veterinary prescription for mare care, including diet and exercise recommendations.
Dr. Shaffer recommends stimulating digestion and liver action through two drains of fluid extract of tararacum and cascara sagrada mixed in syrup or molasses with water, administered three times daily until the bowels loosen slightly. If the bowels fail to loosen, adjust dosage or consider alternatives.
An Ohio correspondent urges strict washing and sterilizing of milk cans before delivery to avoid contamination. Do not use soap containing fat as it taints milk flavor. Articles discuss New York milk demand, long transport distances, and cowpeas as productive for dairies.
After farrowing the sow should not be fed immediately. Excitement from pig production disrupts digestion as the brain draws nerve energy from the stomach. Allow about twelve hours for the sow to regain a normal mental state before feeding.
A French culinary master, Auguste Escoffer noted for Peche Melba, outlines numerous egg dishes from Le Guide Culinaire. Recipes include Eggs Alsatian with sauerkraut and ham, Eggs Argentinil with asparagus tips, Eggs in Cradles using hollowed potatoes and chicken, and several others like Eggs with Black Butter and Eye Rotelle, showcasing elaborate preparations and garnishes.
Take 2 to 3 pounds of thick end pork lean and thin slice three by two inches. Layer pork with parsley onion pepper salt nutmeg, repeat to fill. Add stock or water and catsup. Cover with paste, bake hot until risen then bake two hours at lower heat.
Early fruit juices can be boiled and bottled for winter. Berry juice suits mince pies and sauces. sweeten, boil, and fill hot bottles. Cork and seal with wax, leave one inch covered, and place a heavy wire in the neck to aid cork removal.
The guidance advises rolling plain clothes and placing them at the trunk bottom to compress them firmly. Add dress skirts coats and a wash sofa cushion, fill spaces, stuff sleeves and necks with tissue, lay in second tray, then store small items in the first tray and sew the dress hat to the hat box side.
Prepare one pie with about three large potatoes. Boil until tender and mash. Beat in two eggs, one can be increased to three. Stir in butter grated lemon rind and warm three tablespoons milk. Sweeten with sugar to taste. Preheat oven before serving.
A simple cold salad combines cut string beans in thin strips an onion sliver sliced cucumber and thin potato slices. Toss with French dressing and serve on crisp lettuce leaves for a quick light dish.
The guide urges starting with high yielding local corn adapted to conditions. It covers seed selection by rows and thinning, tassel timing, harvesting before frost, first ear selection of about 200 ears, and scoring by a defined set of traits to choose foundation stock. It notes remote-origin stock may outperform local varieties and emphasizes consistent, objective criteria.
The article quotes Bismarck speaking of his daily country walks and his awe at nature. He notes an “all-seeing Eye” could observe every living atom and reflects on the life found even in a yard, expressing wonder at the world around him.
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