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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1920
Page
4
The article explains cheese flavors affect market value and outlines two main taint sources. One from cow diet including leeks and onions. the other from milking and handling conditions. It emphasizes careful feeding and clean milk handling to avoid off flavors.
The article outlines grading as essential to proper earth road construction with a flat surface and shoulders higher than the center to improve drainage, noting a method in use by an unnamed authority. It stresses the importance of proper grading before other improvements.
A Rural New Yorker writer notes how to create a simple road drainage drag from oak sticks and wagon parts. He claims dragging after rain and during thaw cycles can vastly improve a roadbed, comparing its progress to day and night.
The column reviews Kansas City Star views on country roads and auto use, arguing driver responsibility, farmer interests, and future nationwide improvements. It notes horse drawn traffic adapting to new devices and predicts widespread good roads benefiting farms and markets. Also mentions hogs with alfalfa, and a jumbled exchange about a ring and suburban plots.
The piece recounts Dr. Flexner at Rockefeller Institute sacrificing about 20 monkeys to test a serum for cerebrospinal meningitis. It details animals’ reactions, a successful treated case, and a Porteraville California outbreak where serum use cut mortality from 91 percent to 16 percent across 12 cases, with specific patient recoveries.
A Kentucky girl sent to a New York finishing school avoids stigma when asked about her father’s work. She fears loss of caste and blurts out that her father is a Southern planter, revealing a witty misrepresentation in her social ascent.
In a playful exchange, Tommy asks what wood to use for park sliding boards. Jimmy-Say answers slipping elm would be best, noting the wood’s slick surface for kids to ride.
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