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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1924
Page
6
Article by William A. Radford advises on cattle feeding infrastructure emphasizing shelter, hay storage, silo proximity, and a 36 by 60 foot frame barn with upper hay storage and lower feeding space. It highlights concrete bases, ample lighting, ventilation, and steel tracks for feed handling, noting regional cost variability and to consult local builders for pricing.
A practical home flooring method uses oak of lower grade in the center and a higher grade on the border to create an appearance of the best floor at lower cost. A ten by twelve room could feature a two foot border of clear oak with a six by eight center of select plain grade, saving 15 to 40 percent versus full clear. Finishing the select grade carefully can mimic the better wood, and this approach is common among builders. The flooring, three-eighths by one and a half or two inches, can be laid over old floors or unfinished subfloors at minimal cost, with a half inch expansion gap left around the perimeter and hidden by quarter-round molding.
Guidance on keeping porch floors and steps in good condition. Emphasizes weather exposure, the need for weatherproof paint, proper prep with cleaning and dryness, thinning first coat with turpentine, then two more coats without turpentine, and allowing days between coats.
The guidance favors a single year coat to keep a face well maintained and avoids light colors. Dark gray or gray brown shades are preferred for permanence and low dust visibility. Do not use house or interior floor paint on the porch and invest in proper porch paint for durability and long lasting results.
Do not shut off the view from the dining room windows. If the outlook is attractive keep curtains light and open to let in brightness. If not, cover the windows but keep interior charming, and consider glass curtains plus hangings to preserve some outdoor view. A morning glimpse of outdoors is refreshing.
Portland cement stucco offers broad design flexibility for any architectural style and color scheme. It can express strength, delicacy, warmth, severity, and other ideals, both in new construction and renovations, and protects existing buildings for many years.
A note on using common salt to clear a chimney described as more effective than other methods. Salt is applied after the fire is well started and should not be used when the wash is on the flame.
The note explains a superstition about starting the day with the right foot first to avoid bad luck. It traces origins to moral right and right-handedness, linking the right side to proper action and the left to lesser worth, in a historical linguistic view.
Legend says Rama of Benares, struck by leprosy before Buddha's time, abdicated to die but healed after eating kalaw tree fruits and leaves. He learned the cure from a princess cast out by her family, married her, and they and their 82 sons founded a city where kalaw trees grew. Seeds of the kalaw tree, known as chaulmonera in Europe, were sold for leprosy across India to Siam for centuries.
London Tit-Bits reports two Swedish engineers Hans Landberg and Harry Nathorst have invented an electrical instrument that locates metallic veins underground by producing audible sounds. Prospectors carry the device and wear telephone receivers to hear when a vein lies beneath.
In Eatonville a question lingered over Deever Spillkins fitness for the school board due to early education lapses. His debut speech, delivered in a grave, interested manner, impressed critics as he noted some duties fall within his province while praising District No. 4 pupils and deferring to the teacher on correctness and the students’ stutter.
Charles Grashem clashes with Clarence Coldfeet over Constance Cuddley in a comic, chaotic scene. Constance blushes as confusion and odd misprints swirl, ending with Charles capitulating amid a church cottage setting in a London Times style notice.
A fragmentary reflection on how great cultural figures diffuse the best ideas across society. It argues they spread knowledge beyond exclusive circles, soften harsh and difficult aspects, and preserve core insight as a source of peace, progress, and enlightenment.
Reports from sheep feeders show strong gains using two quarters of a pound daily linseed meal with corn for lambs in corn fields with low losses. Experts explain protein balance between linseed and corn enhances availability, aided by alfalfa. Colorado and Wisconsin trials indicate mixed proteins boost utilization, with Maynard’s lambs adding three pounds per head and 38 cents profit over alfalfa and corn.
A 1920 Iowa State finding shows pigs fed tankage with corn on rape or blue grass pastures gained more weight per head and used far less corn than pigs fed corn alone. On rape, corn alone yielded 0.67 lb daily against 1.42 lb with tankage, saving 7 lb corn per lb tankage. similar gains and corn savings occurred on blue grass. Even earlier Iowa tests underplayed tankage advantages, suggesting tankage can replace roughly 3 lb corn on rape and 4–6 lb on blue grass.
Market notes that sheep provide a market for salable feeds and also for unsalable material. It cites forage around fences and ditch banks, meadow and stubble field pick ups, and other odds and ends of pasture not large enough for cattle use.
A collection of notes on live stock farming discusses pure bred cattle efficiency, the need for clean shelter for sows, Alfalta and clover pastures as good hog forage, choosing stocks, avoiding Timothy bay in cattle feed, and using legume hay when possible. It warns tuberculosis as a menace to hog businesses and notes contagion risks when dairy by products are fed to hogs. Breeding ewes and lambs are highlighted as contributing to profit under average wool prices.
For four years the People's Natural Gas Company has drilled a well on the Seger Brothers' Chestnut Ridge farm near Ligonier Pennsylvania. More than 114 tons of casing to 7000 feet have been used, yet no gas produced. The Pennsylvania Public Service Information Committee notes the high cost in gas production. The well log records that hole four years old at 6080 feet with tools lost three times and more casing used than any other well.
Chicago mayor Dever argues fares should reflect true operating costs and cites Detroit’s six cent base with a one cent transfer. He asserts municipal or private operation alike must cover costs and warns against selling below cost, linking price to service expense and viability.
A Pennsylvania Public Service Information Committee table shows how leaks raise bills in a town with water at 1.50 per thousand cubic feet. It lists three leak types, volumes, and quarterly costs, from small faucet drips to overflowing flushes, totaling hundreds to thousands in costs. Also advises: to prevent rust on stoves and ovens, open oven doors briefly after lighting burners to vent moisture.
The piece notes Oxford as a famed ancient university town in Hinglish, describing it as a collection of about 20 colleges linked together. It highlights Christ Church as a grand site and mentions Baltor as the oldest college founded around 1260. It also recalls worn stone steps worn smooth by generations of students and the need for replacements.
A London Tit-Bits summary notes Algol in Perseus varies in brightness at regular intervals. It describes two stars, one bright and one dark, about a million miles in diameter and two million miles apart, orbiting each other with eclipses dimming the light we see. It mentions other Algol type stars and the idea of dark, invisible stars detected only by eclipses.
A vintage kitchen feature presents Sauer Braten Savory Potatoes and Apples a la Manhattan with step by step prep. The article notes tender meat simmering, a butter roux gravy, ginger snaps for color, and matching vegetables. It includes a tip to fix scorched cream soups by stirring in peanut butter to mask burnt flavor.
The piece traces spice value from early history with Alsarie the Goth demanding 3,000 pounds of pepper for Rome’s ransom in 410 A D. It notes the rise of trader guilds named pepperers then grocers, Venice and Portugal’s spice trade, Columbus seeking the East, and Vasco da Gama’s voyage for pepper cinnamon and ginger.
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