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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1918
Page
2
United States Department of Agriculture notes stacking wheat with bundle wagons boosts efficiency, cuts labor, and speeds loading. Proper stacking protects grain, aids color and test weight, and can raise market grades and prices.
Prepared by the United States Department warns hay stacks pose fire danger due to spontaneous ignition in clover and alfalfa. Wet or poorly cured hay can ferment, producing heat and potential fire, with signs including a sooty odor and eye irritation.
A government outline for improving farm butter covers clean milk and cream, rapid cooling, sterile utensils, precise ripening and churning temperatures, proper washing, and careful salting. It details steps from straining cream into the churn to packing the finished butter for home use.
United States Department of Agriculture outlines curing hay by cocking to remove surface moisture and preserve color. It describes windrow and swath steps, cock sizes from 50 to 100 pounds, weather effects, and techniques for building a rain-shedding, peak-topped cock to prevent spoilage and heating.
The article explains butter packaging methods highlighting glazed earthenware crocks versus one pound printed blocks. It favors the rectangular one pound print for market, noting it looks better, is easier to handle, and fits cartons. Printing involves pressing the mold into butter and trimming excess before parchment wrapping.
The narrative follows Arthur Guy Empey, an American who joins the British army and witnesses trench life. It describes officers servants, class attitudes, interwar humor, and the diverse composition of units including Irish, Scot, Australian, and New Zealand troops. The piece notes King George and war’s impact on caste and discipline, with vivid anecdotes from frontline experiences.
A historical note discusses a theory that primitive man crossed a land bridge from Asia to America via tablelands, suggesting New World natives may descend from Asiatic Mor gollan. Professor Wissler questions whether the American type diverged into strains that moved back to Asia.
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