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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1908
Page
5
Long list of farming tips and notes on crops livestock and equipment. Advice covers milking machines, pig pasturage, fencing safety, rye pasture, alfalfa shows at Omaha, dairy herd plans, and experimental goals at Kansas and Nebraska stations. Includes tips on barn cleanliness, vermin control, and alcohol use in farming demonstrations.
A DIY guide to constructing a concrete cold storage room with cement and sand, detailing foundation leveling, floor channels, air circulation openings between floors, beveled floor holes, pipe vents, wall form work, and reinforced concrete for long such as ten feet. It explains layering concrete, installing door frames, and dividing large spaces for efficiency.
The piece outlines assembling a concrete ice chamber with staggering steel rods set one inch from wall edges, a temporary floor with wedges, and a five inch thick final floor. It also covers an opening for a stovepipe, venting through the wall, plus farm notes on sheep weed control and encouraging children to tend the place.
A vintage menu item list features Wheat Gems Rice Muffins Cheese Drops Orange Pancakes and Velvet Shortcake with detailed measurements and steps. Ingredients include flour milk eggs butter sugar salt baking powder and orange glaze. Recipes describe batter preparation frying baking and serving notes.
The best method for washing knitted and crocheted woolen items is to seal them in a cheesecloth or mosquito net bag and wash in soft water with white soap. Do not rub soap into the bag, rinse in temperate waters, then remove from the bag and lay flat to dry away from sunlight. Do not wring. gently crush to remove water. Ammonia in water can keep wool soft.
The text lists reasons for bad cakes including rancid butter, inferior sugar, damp flour, and eggs not beaten enough. It notes improper mixing order with flour and oven management creating burnt or pale cakes. It also advises proper cooling and steam release by elevating tins rather than flat placement.
A quirky recipe blends two cups sugar with two cups butter and two tablespoons of sweet milk, adding eggs and flour to form shapes. The dough is baked then topped with a cinnamon cardamom sugar mix for a fragrant, quick bake.
Mix Lucca olive oil and yolk of a hard boiled egg with a wooden spoon. Add salt pepper sugar and mustard then fold in grated cheese. Stir in vinegar and mound in scalloped shells. Decorate with lettuce around each shell for a pretty border.
Advice for ironing lace and embroidered muslin on a board covered with several thicknesses of flannel to make the raised work stand out. The flannel cushions the fabric, allowing the design to lie smoother and look nicer than ironing directly.
Guidance on protein needs for pigs aged two to six months and beyond, highlighting protein sources such as skim milk clover alfalfa and tankage, the roles of corn oats rye barley and rape, and the dangers of excessive protein. Emphasizes mixing feeds for balanced nutrition and digestibility considerations for fattening stages.
An effectual barrier prevents hogs entering cattle pasture. A 2x12 plank is fastened to posts at the opening and two posts set nearby hold another plank with a narrow passage. Hogs must pass straight through since they cannot jump sideways.
Girdled trees can be saved by bridge grafting. Trim bark to sound wood, cut last season's twigs wedge shaped, slit bark above and below the girdle, insert ends of scions, space grafts around the girdle, seal with grafting wax, and ensure cambium union to restore sap flow and heal wounds.
Guidelines for berry harvest and sale advise leaving ripe berries on vines, picking when dry, shading after picking, using clean filled boxes, single use quart boxes, folding boxes acceptable, transporting in a spring wagon to market. Growers should choose selling to dealers or direct to consumers based on best returns.
Farmers store clover during late autumn to feed hens in winter, ensuring hens have forage when snow blocks pasture. The plan emphasizes stockpiling feed and maintaining flock nutrition through colder months.
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