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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1921
Page
4
Wintering Bees Outdoors A Practical Option For Beginners
The Farmers Bulletin notes that outdoor wintering, while demanding more prep per colony, offers easier monitoring and greater spring readiness. It suggests novices use double walled hives suited to outdoor wintering, reserving indoor wintering for experienced keepers in cold climates.
Mixing Concrete Best Proportions and Procedures
Mixing concrete for general use with a cement sand gravel ratio of one to three to five yields a solid monolith. Prepare washed gravels on a planking platform, make a thin mortar, spread on gravel, then fill forms in layers tamping each. Keep forms water tight, protect top layer in heat, and let cure four to six days before removing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cement News
Forcing Lettuce in Pots at the New York State Station
Lettuce seed sown in shallow flats and transplanted into pots 2 inches high. Pots plunged 10 inches apart in soil on benches covered with soil and manure. Pots yield compact heads faster than beds. Suggested marketing includes removing plants from pots with roots intact and wrapping pots in oiled paper or selling in pots to local buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State Station
Tying Celery in Banches and Paving Wood Experiments
A simple tying form for celery uses a hollowed top and bottom with a half circle cutout. It measures 10 inches wide by 12 long and 8 to 10 inches high, allowing a worker to tie double the amount. The U S Department of Agriculture is studying wood types for street paving with planned experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
A Fresh Air Child Visits Milking Scene
The Baltimore Sun notes a fresh air child witnessing cow milking for the first time. He asks if that is the milk they drink and learns the farmer uses the milking process before explaining that they keep milk in a refrigerator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sun
Cement Demand Rises As Overproduction Slows
Two years ago cement plants operated at 100 percent, capacity 100 million barrels yearly with 50 million consumed. This year consumption nears 75 million barrels, driving higher prices. Eastern mills sold large volumes south and west at low profits, while farmers and rural buyers boost Portland cement demand amid regional prosperity. Western dealers report 16 barrels per 1000 feet of lumber versus 1 per 1000 feet five years ago.
Daughters Husking Corn In Boyish Attire At Farm
Lena and Vera Flem ming, educated musicians and active workers, helped harvest corn on their family farm by dressing as men and harnessing horses. They toiled from daybreak to dark for a month, averaging eighty bushels a day with a heaviest day of 100 bushels, according to a Hagerstown correspondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena
Vera Flemming
Hagerstown
Indianapolis News
First Cherries From Greece Shaped Cultivated Fruit
The London Globe traces cherry origins to the ancient Greek town Cerasos on the Black Sea. It notes the name evolution from cerasos to cerasus and cherry, and that Pliny records Lucullus bringing cherries from Cerasos to Rome with a fruit laden tree in his triumph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Sea
London Globe
Cerasos
Rome
Holly Wreath Makers Earn Big Money in Sussex County
Holly wreath production reaches peak in Sussex as farmers wives and daughters wrap the greenery for prices from 10 to 15 cents. Holly is scarce with few berries. over 650,000 wreaths have been shipped to Western cities and the enterprise will pay out at least $5,000 to the women workers. Milford correspondence Wilmington Every Evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sussex County
Milford
Wilmington
Mexican Women Customs Contrary to Popular Notions
Jerome S Horner of El Paso challenges stereotypes about Mexican girls. He notes upper class women rarely play the guitar or wear mantillas, seldom smoke, and do not routinely attend bullfights, with mantillas mainly seen on Good Friday and bats replacing them on streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome 8 S. Horner
el Paso
Tex
Washington Herald
Apple grafting on a Berry Bush Yields Fruit in Delta Idaho
In Delta Idaho miners Thomas and Francis Hauck grafted a four year apple tree scion into a service berry root. The grafted limb grew and bloomed the next year producing two yellow apples while the original tree never bloomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta
Idaho
Thomas
Francis Hauck
la Grande Observer
Hats But No Hatpins at Clerkenwell Sessions
Women prisoners appeared in the dock at Clerkenwell Sessions wearing hats with the rule of no hatpins strictly enforced. One prisoner balanced a six foot bat with no anxiety, a feat only a woman could explain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerkenwell
London Chronicle
Yarmouth Bridge Bearings Draw Laughs and Odd Facts
A quirky local note from Yarmouth describes a bridge bearing with balls two lunches of diameter and a joke about a man with a big head lacking a matching heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yarmouth
England
Head of Republic Gets $10 Yearly
A New York Sun profile describes Andorra as the strangest republic, a tiny Pyrenean nation of about 500 people with no railroad, a farmer president, 24 representatives, and a neutral stance. It notes graft risks, a French-taught school system, and a history of minimal national achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Andorra
Pyrenees
France
Spain
Louis ‘de Debonair
Europe
Andorra la Viels
House of Representatives
Seo de Urgel
Andora
Little Republic
Wilson
Pedro Font
Little Flora and the Dentist Prayer Gaffe
A girl Flora visiting a dentist had an aching tooth removed. At bedtime she says forgive us our debts as we forgive our dentists. The story evokes funeral mourners and a quip about love being blind and the dog needing no surgeon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora
Cream Separator on Farm Sparks Mixed Farm Opinion
The Indiana Farmer notes the high initial cost of farm separators but argues long term profits justify it. Some creamery men resist, citing handling and testing needs for small early quantities. Poor butter quality is blamed on improper care rather than the separator, with emphasis on washing the separator bowl to avoid off flavors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Insect Catcher Aimed at Cotton Weevils By Texas Farmer
A Texas farmer unveils an insect catcher to destroy cotton boll weevils. Insects are dislodged from plants then bathed in coal oil or liquid. The device features a sloped end opening for entry, a liquid section above a lattice removal tray, and a waist strapped adjustable handle to aid operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
How Renovated Butter Is Made
The Farmers Bulletin outlines a process for renovating butter by melting, settling, skimming, removing curd and brine, deodorizing, recombining with milk, rapid cooling and granulating in ice water, draining, ripening, salting, and packing. It notes increased revenue from improves but warns against selling renovated fat as genuine butter due to differences in nitrogenous content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer's Bulletin
Notable Cure Reported for Milk Fever in Cow
Agricultural press notes many cures for milk fever with a late example of a fine cow given up to die. A bicycle pump was used to inflate the four quarters of the udder at night, and the next day the cow recovered fully and was ready for milking.
The Higher Jump Then Harder Return Down
A concise saying notes that the greater the height of a jump the more forceful the descent. It emphasizes the inevitability of a heavier fall after a higher ascent.
Protective coops urge safe chick rearing on farms
Agricultural guidance recommends covered coops or yards to raise chicks. Protect against depredations by crows hawks cats and other enemies with enclosed sides and top. Use 1 inch mesh for first three feet and 2 inch mesh above, burying edges to deter skunks. A 20 by 40 area can raise 200 chicks until they mature.
Building a Coop Yard with Center Ridge Pole and Shutter Shade
The guide describes adapting a frame of 1 by 2 inch furring strips 6 to 8 feet long for individual coops. Side coverings use 18 inch high mesh netting with a center ridge pole for board shutters. Half inch boards provide shade and storm protection. The yard is permanently attached to the coops and can be moved daily onto fresh grass after the young birds are capable.
Crop Rotation Explained
Crop rotation offers multiple benefits over continuous single cropping. It reduces insect and fungal pest injury, improves soil fertility use by varying plant needs, allows catch crops that add organic matter and nitrogen, and sustains soil humus by balancing bacterial activity.
Good Dairy Animals Exchange Thought Sparks Better Herds
A discussion notes surplus dairy blood and the mismatch in raising heifer calves. Some dairymen keep every heifer while others with stronger herds discard them, suggesting an exchange to let capable breeders grow the best calves from milk cows.
Proper Cream Ripening and Butter Churning Guidance
The text explains that cream being ripened should be stirred thoroughly several times before churning. Do not fill the churn more than one third to one half. Allow space for agitation. Overworking spoils the grain and makes butter soft. excess water harms keeping qualities. Butter is worked until water is removed and the butter bends without breaking.
Good For Sheep Feed Advice From Pasture Guide
Good for sheeps. Dock the lambs early that are to be kept in the flock. The flock shall be turned to pasture early while there is a short bite. Leave them out only a short time at first. Change from dry feed to pasture gradually to avoid indigestion and scours. A rye field run will benefit both sheep and rye.
Hog Pasture Plans and Rye Patch Highlight Farmer
A farmer notes his hog pasture strategy and sows rye this fall for late and early hog grazing. He positions himself to reap benefits from the winter crop and good pasture, signaling a practical, self-congratulatory plan.
Unsolicited Testimonial in a Grocer’s Shop
A peculiar scene unfolds as a woman with glinty eyes and pink elbows enters a grocer and orders more eggs. She plans to crack the eggs and hide them to avoid paying rent, hoping the landlord will be misled by the drains to think the issue resolved. The shopkeeper's smile fades as the plan is revealed.
Lovers in hall startled by sister claim of height and shade
In the entrance hall two young lovers embrace good night when Edith's elder sister interrupts. The man explains they were testing who is taller. The sister notes he is about ten inches taller than Edith and that Edith is at least ten shades redder than him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith
Everybody’s Magazine
Teacher Receives Mother's Request on Lulu’s Studies
A Burr Oak Herald note quotes a mother who declines grammar instruction for Lulu. She prefers German, drawing, and vocal music and claims she can teach speaking and writing herself after trying two grammars with little benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu
Ingage
Burr Oak Herald
A Deaf Traveler Seeks Morning Wakeup in Scotland
A tourist in rural Scotland sheltering in an old lady's cottage asks to be woken early next day. Deafness leads to a late awakening as the lady slips a note under the door reading, Sir, it's hauf past eicht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
The Price of It in Illustrated Bits
Gibbs and Tomkins discuss an umbrella with a humorous exchange. Tomkins remarks on the umbrella’s looks while Gibbs notes the cost as “Eternal vigilance,” in a light illustrated bits style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomkins
Gibbs
Giibbs
Wasteful coal use and European ash sifting shovel shown
The piece argues against wasteful coal use in the United States noting that stove and furnace ashes discard usable coal. It contrasts U S practices with Europe and details a French shovel design with a perforated half to sift ashes and reclaim coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
France
Care of Woolens by Christine Terhune Herrick
Advice to summer care of woolens and moth prevention using gesoline. Gather, beat, sun or air on chairs, brush and repair before storage. Empty pockets and store clean garments to avoid late winter repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Terhune Herrick
Coffee Leftovers Used For Jelly And Cream Sauce
Drain cooled coffee from breakfast or dinner and chill it overnight for coffee jelly served with whipped cream or as a base for coffee cake or coffee cream. Save any egg white by whipping stiff and folding into creamed butter and confectioners sugar for a pudding sauce.
Jinks Plays Double Or Quits. Jenner Wins
In a brief exchange the judge notes Jinks offered double or nothing. the speaker won and now claims Jinks owes eight Jenner. The line hints at a betting dispute settled by luck or skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jinks
Jenner
Judga
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the Tompson Hat Shop
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