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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1911
Page
6
Practical guidance on butter production from buttermilk and milk ripening in cool weather. Advice covers herd selection to improve butter fat, breeding strategies, calf care, and dairy hygiene. Notes on Guernsey crossbreeding and the Glencoe Bopeep example highlight breed strengths and farm adaptability.
Practical notes on evaluating dairy cows and aging horses. Milk veins and udder conformation relate to milk production. age indicators include teeth wear, rib spacing, tail flesh, and cheek skin. Permanent teeth and cup wear evolve yearly, with full permanent dentition by age five.
The article urges grading hogs by size and condition into two or three lots before feeding for market to increase profits and efficiency. It also stresses trimming sheep feet to prevent foot rot from wet conditions, highlighting early care before winter housing.
The collar should fit the harness and a proper collar prevents boilg. A horse’s level gait shows leg harmony and good form matters across size, style, and class. Cruelty is shown by a check rein and food should match breed, size, and workload. A temperamental man should not handle a horse.
In Stewart Dick’s The Pageant of the Forth the 1765 Pittenweem witchcraft prosecutions show magistrates and ministers pressuring old women into false confessions. Beatrice Layng is singled out after Patrick Morton’s witchcraft claim. She is tortured, confesses, then handed to a mob and died under a ship’s shadowed rope and heavy stones.
The Pennsylvania Bulletin weighs the economics of breeding draft fillies at age two. Individual growth rates vary and management affects maturation. Only well matured draft fillies should be bred young, with emphasis on practical feeding and development. The Boulonnais, second to the Percheron in France, is cited for compact build and strong bone.
The history traces sash windows to a Dutch origin and post 1688 English adoption. The term derives from Dutch sas. In Queen Anne's era they were rare, noted in ads like a 1710 Tatler listing sash lights. France later adopted them, Marshal de Lorge introducing the design from England, cited by Lister in 1699.
A compiled list records Lititz and surrounding area groups meeting weekly or monthly in venues such as Rudy's Hall and the Swan Hotel. Includes Masons, Knights of Pythias, I O O F, G A R, Y M C A, Y W C A, and fire and school boards with specified meeting times and locations.
Schedules list trolley departure times from Lancaster Lititz and Manheim with morning start 5 AM and hourly thereafter to evening, plus additional peak intervals on Saturdays and busy days. Sunday first car from Lancaster 7 AM and Lititz 8 15 AM, with varied later times.
Trains leave Lititz for Reading Philadelphia Lancaster Columbia and Lebanon on weekdays and Sundays with listed departure times. Primary departures include 7 58 A M 1 08 PM and 7 10 3 PM for Reading, 8 19 4 6 20 PM for Lebanon, 8 19 4 PM 7 03 PM for Columbia, and other variations across weekdays and Sundays.
A local firm advertises its commitment to quality by handling only high grade goods. They list available inventory including all sizes of Company Coal Hard Medium and Soft, extensive lumber varieties, slate, Victor Wall Plaster, Calcium Plaster and Pewter Sand, aiming to meet customer needs with reliable stock.
Early breeding is beneficial but the financial return from a three year old is insufficient to offset potential injury. A five year old filly should raise a foal to pay her keep, rather than work. Scotland’s Clyde method breeds at two, works that season, weans, then trains three, not bred again until four. Also notes economical pig feed using pumpkins with apples and meat, or pumpkins with meal when roots are scarce.
The steamship Oregon was lost off Fire Island on March 14, 1886 after being rammed by two coastwise schooners. It stayed afloat for about half an hour and all aboard were saved. Mail recovered from the wreck bore stamps noting its status, a precursor to a practice now used by the International Postal Union. Credit is given to Howard M. Morgan of the New York post office for anticipating that a stamp would reduce complaints.
A fragmentary column discusses historical Turkey’s height and lists famous cities it held, followed by brief quoted witticisms on politics, tailoring and mood. It mixes historical claims with newspaper quips and a note on joyousness in conduct.
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