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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1917
Page
9
A quirky collection of kitchen tips and recipes for peanut butter dishes including Peanut Butter Soup and Biscuits, plus a long reflective poem urging calm and resolve. The text blends practical cooking guidance with philosophical reflections on peace and fear.
A pasted list of household tips covers repairs and clever workarounds. It suggests emery paper for shine removal on clothing and suede, sharpening needles, securing plackets with a hook and eye and tack, camphor with silver to prevent tarnish, and quick fixes like gum camphor against tarnish, a weathered fin for arch adjustment, and simple funnels from paper. It also notes about stairs hinges to store items, avoiding fires from mops, using a uteracker as a wrench, repurposing an evershell, painting screens, and patching wall paper patches.
The USDA urges farmers to plant only sound, clean seed for wheat and rye next year to boost yields. Use a mill to clean seed, treat to prevent smut and scab, and store well. Buy from neighbors or seedsmen near your area to ensure local adaptation and lower disease risk.
A large share of colts are fouled in spring but fall foals present benefits. September born colts gain an early start before pasture scarcity, then receive ample winter feeding. Weaning in spring aligns with fresh pasture, aiding growth and condition.
Hens fed a balanced ration produce more eggs, while those on an unbalanced diet yield only a third to half as many. Unbalanced feeds waste between one-half and two-thirds of the feed, so ensure the ration is properly balanced.
Pests including corn root louse rootworm grubworm and wireworm attack cornfields. Effective control relies on fall and winter plowing along with clean culture and crop rotation. Root louse eggs nest with cornfield ants and winter plowing disrupts nests and eggs. Northern rootworm eggs are laid in fall and hatch next spring, making crop rotation largely effective. Some grubs and wireworms need two to three years to mature and winter in soil.
The blackberry is described as the most prolific berry, capable of supplying a family with fresh fruit for canning preserving and making cordial wine and other treats. A few plants can meet a family's fruit needs.
The article notes insects destroy crops and advises farmers to plow sod in late fall for corn fields. If dry weather occurs before frost, winter plowing reduces insect populations that would damage corn in spring.
A historic note recommends a fattening diet for ducks using three parts cornmeal one part wheat bran and one part high grade beef scraps mixed with milk or water fed at morning and noon. Evening meals should be cracked corn. Do not overfeed per meal. remove troughs after they finish.
In calf rearing, hand fed calves are commonly nourished with skimmed milk. The note highlights a standard method where skimmed milk supports early growth and health for young calves.
Ezra prepares his heart to study and teach the law as he leads a return from Babylon. The royal commission grants Ezra authority, tax exemptions for Levites, and offerings from the king. The journey faces Bedouin danger, prompting a fast and reliance on God for protection and guidance.
Mme Joffre reportedly told friends in Paris that Marshal Joffre's body servant kept no pay but returned a personal fortune of about 25,000 francs after accompanying him to the United States. The servant claimed he helped at autographs and viewing chambers, while doing favors for visitors and correspondents.
A rubber heel that slips over the high heel of a woman's shoe has been invented. Turks are working on the roads at Tiverton in Devon, England.
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