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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1915
Page
7
A historical overview of incandescent lamp filaments detailing metals and materials from early vegetable fibers to cellulose and tungsten. It notes tungsten's 1906 discovery for filaments, the 1907 U.S. first tungsten lamp, and the evolution toward strong pressurized tungsten wires capable of high candle power.
A sermon on fickleness of public favor cites Rembrandt as a prime example of shifting taste. The piece notes his career faded then revived, with anecdotes of connoisseur ignorance, vast posthumous purchases, and how future critics praised his universal sympathy across subjects and ages.
A harsh rebuke from an Atchison Globe reader accuses a colleague of deceit, signaling tension in workplace or civic dealings and prompting reader response letters. The line reflects local newspaper voice and sentiment from a published commentary or exchange.
The dairy heifer should be given ample growth before breeding with two years ideal. Butter fat is the true value of milk, the separator extracts it best. Proper handling and feeding this year boost next year’s output. Caring for a cow is a perennial duty, not seasonal. Milk quality comes from breed, quantity from care and feed. Selling butter fat and using skim milk byproduct keeps land in prime condition.
A long time Guernsey herd overseer shares experience on preventing udder trouble. He details a two month drying-off plan, phased milk removals, reduced grain, clean well-bedded stalls, and gradual reintroduction of milking after freshening. He emphasizes keeping udders dry and clean to avoid problems.
The Ayrshire cow weighs about a thousand pounds and shows strong milk producing traits. Bred in Ayrshire Scotland and nearby regions, she is temperamental yet motherly and productive. Her milk quality and quantity compare favorably to others, with a noted butterfat record of 585.8 pounds as a three year old.
The excerpt advises removing pressure for ten hours to ease milk fever, describing hand massage from top to bottom to reduce hardness. It notes avoiding milk fever for twelve years, using milk to soften a caked udder, installing stall partitions to prevent teat injuries, and applying vaseline when teats are sore. It warns against uneven drying up leaving milk in parts of the udder, causing pressure imbalance.
Chronic mammitis usually proves incurable or treatment fails to prove profitable. If one can do for mammitis in the first forty eight hours, milk four times daily, use hot fomentations and udder massage, or oatmeal porridge or hops poultice. Rub with belladonna poke root mixture in warm lard or oil. Give powdered poke foot and saltneter in water twice daily until subsides. Hoard's Dairyman.
A dairy note explains mixing sweet cream with sour cream before churning reduces fat in the buttermilk. It states that sweet cream churns longer than sour cream, and advises mixing at least twelve hours ahead and stirring thoroughly during that period.
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