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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1913
Page
7
A Farm, Stock and Home writer urges farmers to fatten cull ewes and sell them before September. Early fattening yields higher prices, while late fall sales bring lower value and more waste. Separate unwanted ewes, feed well, and monitor prices to maximize profits.
A Farmers' Mail and Breeze reader from Wellington Kansas describes a simple trough add on a fence panel. Cut off the lower panel to create an opening that lets the trough extend about a foot outside the fence. The design is convenient, reliable, and requires no moving parts.
After slaughter and cooling the ham surface is dusted with saltpeter until white. Saltpeter about three to four pounds per thousand pounds of ham. Rub with fine salt and pack in bulk no deeper than three feet for several days at least three. Break bulk, reseal with fine salt, and pack at least one day per pound of weight. Hang and smoke thirty to forty days with hickory or red oak bark. Repepper and bag to guard against vermin. Smithfield hams improve with age and are considered near perfect.
The article notes the mineral composition of foods, highlighting lime and phosphoric acid as key elements for strong bones. It states corn is deficient and that alfalfa, clover, and other forage crops provide these nutrients cheaply and effectively.
Advice from Oregon Agricultural College on preparing horses for county and state fairs. Emphasizes colt behavior, quietness, proper stance, bridling, leading, and synchronization with an attendant to showcase the horse’s best movement and prevent poor presentation.
The article explains market maturity for pigs, noting pigs reach maturity 6 to 12 months depending on feed. It warns that excess non nitrogenous foods or rapid shifts from nitrogenous to non nitrogenous diets cause early maturity and higher costs. After two weeks old pigs may be housed together for feeding without sows.
Lawrence Hodges explains in the Chicago Record Herald that a baby two feet tall would weigh about one sixteenth a five foot man and have far more surface area per weight, causing quicker cooling and higher heat needs. He notes a dress for the two foot child uses one sixth the cloth of the five foot mother.
The New York Commercial notes the limits of ship strength in large vessels, citing that bigger ships weaken structurally and even strong models fail when scaled. An American in Manchuria introduces a bean industry, describing Dairen mills producing 62 million pounds of bean oil annually and Japan importing large portions of beans and bean products.
A wife in Cleveland complains her husband is harsh about some things and deaf to calls. A neighbor suggests she speak into the one good ear, but the wife does not know which ear is usable. The tale airs the husband’s stubbornness in a humorous exchange.
A Pitts burgh Post fragment sketches a streetwise boy praised by a pretty teacher who offers a kiss as a reward. The boy, claiming honesty, reveals his older brother did the math, shaping a moral vignette about clever deception and fairness.
A fragment from Washington Terminal and Chicago News jokes recalls a doorway encounter involving a girl at a window and a playful bickering about trains. It includes quips about Higgins Whitwire and lingering literary talk, ending with a proverb about becoming a greater circumstance.
A note on feeding young growing pigs, stating they crave variety and respond best to a diverse diet offered as slops rather than other methods.
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