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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1907
Page
9
A collage of agricultural tips urges careful stock management and crop planning. It promotes clean water for cattle, salt for poultry, and varied feed for hens, cows, and horses while stressing housing, selective breeding, and the value of alfalfa as a rotation crop to boost yields.
F M Logan, BC livestock commissioner, designs a cow stable with modern features. It covers wood versus concrete floors, gutter sizing of 10 by 12 inches, waterproof joints, and layout to allow manure removal by cart or wagon, with drives and walks sloped to direct water to the gutter.
Describes several styles of gable barn doors for hay forks, including 11 by 11 or 12 by 12 feet sizes, bottom hinged outward doors with pulleys, window sash like doors with weights, two section rolling doors on outside tracks, and variants for hip roofs or wide barns. Also covers suspension cords, pulleys, and track options for rolling or folding doors.
Weeds, labeled plants out of place, injure cultivated fields by consuming nutrients and water, hindering corn and cotton growth and reducing yields. They choke crops, complicate harvesting, and sow more noxious seeds for autumn spread, risking long term farm prosperity.
Exhibitors showcase top old and young birds at the fair with judging and reserve prizes. The event highlights breeding quality and sport of poultry showing, inviting flock owners to participate and compete for best in show.
The recipe instructs cleaning large fowl to four to five pounds, cutting the breast, and adding veal for gelatin. Simmer with onion juice and celery in water for four hours, until meat falls from bones. Strain, cool to jelly, and reheat to loosen the jelly while keeping the broth clear.
The article advises housewives to stock fresh fruit lettuce cress and a big bowl of mayonnaise for hot weather lunches. It praises cold fish bread with lettuce and iced tea or fresh milk and notes jellied soups cold vegetables and berries as light options. It suggests avoiding heavy hot weather meats and lists breakfast bacon eggs cream cheese and stewed fruits as alternatives.
Practical tips cover cooking, cleaning and storage. Do not mix French dressing until use and avoid burning pastries with a water fog in the oven. Ammonia solution brightens faded carpets while vinegar cleans windows and polishes leather and oils. Dark blue wrapping prevents yellowing for white textiles during long storage.
Cut stalks to within two inches of the tips. The rest is wood and not eaten. Lay asparagus evenly in a holler and cover with cold salted water. Boil gently ten minutes, then remove and pack into jars in orderly rows. Fill with salt water, seal.
The piece discusses a blind nun's diligent labor and the appeal of filet mesh in embroidery across faces, predicting it will stay fashionable beyond the current year. It contrasts conservative, season-spanning styles with new trends, urging readers to read the signs of the times and adopt innovations early with discernment.
A simple formula for French dressing is shared: in a bowl or bottle place half a teaspoon of salt and a saltspoon of pepper. Add four teaspoons of olive oil, mix with a fork or shake. Then add one tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar, mix thoroughly, and pour over the salad.
How to fashion a decorative counterpane by joining two lace curtains with a lace insertion strip. The ruffled ends cascade over bed sides and ends, with a cambric cover chosen to harmonize with the room’s muslin and overall tone.
A fragment of a dairy dessert recipe lists four egg yolks two cups sugar half cup butter one and a half cups flour one teaspoon lemon extract one pint milk and a baked lower crust. The instruction to beat egg whites with a touch of sugar and brown them appears.
John W. Lutkin, the county's wealthiest market gardener, has begun work on Eau Claire County’s first irrigation plant. He believes eight sandy loams suit gardening, and irrigation could greatly boost the area. A large stream on his farm south of the city will be dammed with a concrete structure, feeding a 200 acre network reaching across the farm.
In Fond du Lac a jag ordinance posts portraits of habitual drunkards in saloons with notices to saloonkeepers to deny liquor under penalty of license loss. Mat Dengel requested his photo be included, saying it is the only way to sober up and return to a decent life.
Court No A of the Ancient and Honorable Aggregation of Mar dewed Widowers organized at Halcombe. Officers not yet elected. A literary program featured readings by Peely White, Walter Loiselle, Ray Cleaves, and Graf.
Thomas Casey a well known northern Wisconsin character died in hospital from injuries suffered while scrubbing his jail cell after decades of confinement. A former contractor he became a steady toper, drifting into short sentences and ultimately declining despite grim humor and profane tirades.
Chicago gamblers WO Ralph Flatow and Ralph Levinson were arrested August 4 for operating games of chance. Flatow received a $400 fine or nine months in the house of correction while Levinson must pay $300 or face four months in the work house.
Police initiate crackdown targeting youths under 16 caught smoking tobacco. Orders demand arrest of all young smokers and, if smoking occurs on private property not owned by the parents, the proprietor is to be arrested as well.
In Appleton R Wage offered twenty finishing department workers at Fox River Paper Company an extra 15 cents per day to abstain from marriage as of September 8. The promise to abstain was the subject of the agreement made with the employees in this city.
Milwaukee clairvoyant A P Roberts arrives in Marinette on route to Cedar River Michigan to locate Frank Hayward a wealthy lumberman missing since June Hayward’s brother a New York attorney funds the expedition and Roberts travels at his expense
The first granite consignment arrived from Bethel Vermont for the west wrap of the new capitol. Blocks were hauled from the railroad to Capitol Park, wrapped in heavy paper and stored in wooden crates to prevent chipping. Each block is marked for its place in the walls and construction will begin immediately.
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