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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1913
Page
7
Practical reasons for pruning many varieties of fruit trees explain how plants conserve energy to improve fruit quality and size. It describes energy loss from excess growth and suckers, and how strict pruning directs energy to fruit, prolonging tree life and boosting yield. It notes propagation methods in strawberries and raspberries and outlines a six foot row spacing with mid-season pruning to promote balanced growth.
A writer notes that turnips and other roots can boost milk production when fed correctly. Feeding two to three hours before milking may taint flavor, while feeding after milking prevents this. A peck per cow daily and chopped root inclusion improve palatability and diet variety, with roots becoming a key winter feed in dairy regions like Wisconsin and Iowa.
Experiments over two seasons show potato scab germs survive digestion in horses and cows fed raw potatoes. Horse manure is likely to carry the germs into the manure pile, while cow manure from moderate potato feeding is less likely to contaminate.
This piece offers two practical iced tea methods for quick serving. One method uses cracked tea, lemon, sugar, and freshly boiled water steeped four to five minutes with spoons for safety. The second method brews tea then chills in a bottle or pitcher, later adding lemon, sugar, and ice for a refreshing, low-cost option.
Advertisers urge housekeepers to invest in glass and silver iced tea service. A tall glass iced teapot with silver mountings, matching lemon and sugar dishes, an ice bucket, and six etched glasses with silver spoons are shown. Prices range from 78.10 to 92 dollars, with variations in Colonial glass and plated silverware.
Mixed with scalded milk butter sugar and yeast in a soft dough. Let rise twice then roll and top with butter and apples pressed into dough. Sprinkle sugar cinnamon and currants, re rise and bake about 80 minutes.
A list of foods for a twelve person picnic includes cold salmon one and a half pounds mayonnaise cucumbers cold roast quarter of lamb mint sauce two chickens trout tarts two custards figs or compote two molds two quarts strawberries one pint cream half pound cheese half pound butter two loaves bread one pound pickles pepper salt mustard and beverages with wine tea or cocoa.
A Mother's Magazine note touts cotton crepe gowns and tailored outfits designed to lighten the load for busy households. The piece highlights versatile, in vogue attire suitable for European trips and daily wear, marketed by exclusive stores to ease franing of busy shoulders.
A concise cabbage soup recipe describes boiling one cup of chopped cabbage in salt and water until gone. It suggests adding any amount of milk pepper and a small piece of butter with crushed crackers folded in for serving.
A note suggests saving vinegar from homemade cucumber pickles to use in salad dressing. This pickle juice is described as uniquely flavorful and not replicable by other means, offering a distinct taste for the dressing.
A historical note on expanding beekeeping as a profitable, low land outlay venture. Emphasizes bee behavior, smoke safety, protective gear, and how to approach hives to minimize stings. Warns that fear and poor handling cause aggression, while calm, smoke-assisted technique allows safe hive inspection.
In the eastern United States many egg farms specialize in poultry production. White Wyandottes occupy first place, used on about twice as many plants as any other breed, followed by Singlecomb White Leghorns Barred Plymouth Rocks and White Plymouth Rocks. Rhode Island Reds Light Brahmas and others round out the list of alternate breeds. Leghorns Minoreas and Rhode Island Reds are used on the egg farms.
A recipe list outlines various cheese preparations and serving ideas. Dishes include Spiced Cheese Salad, Cheese Batlx balls, Cheese Fritters, Cheese and Rice bake, and Cream Toast With Cheese. Instructions mix chopped pimolag or olives, hard cheese blends, eggs, olive oil, mustard, and mayonnaise for flavor and texture.
A recipe describes plum cake with one pound of butter, three eggs, two pounds of flour, one pound of currants, one pound of sugar, five heaped teaspoons baking powder and salt. Mix lightly with lukewarm milk and bake in buttered tins. Cake keeps only a day or two. baking time varies from one to two hours.
Six lemons with juice and grated peel, sugar, gelatine, water, and sherry. Dissolve gelatine in hot water, combine with lemon mix, let stand, then pour boiling water over it. Add wine, strain, and press into wet moulds for setting.
A fragmented OCR recipe lists ingredients and steps for cake making with many garbled words. It mentions sugar flour eggs milk vanilla butter and baking powder, with instruction to cream butter add eggs alternate milk and flour then fold in fruit and nuts. Baking time noted as about 40 minutes.
A recipe advises boiling half a pound of potash with an equal weight of water, then adding one pound of beeswax. The mixture is applied to hot waxed wood to create an excellent finish for floors and other waxed work, including dwellings.
A teaspoonful of ammonia in a cup of water cleans gold or alters jewelry. A few drops on the under side of a diamond will clean it immediately and make it very brilliant while doing no harm to the stone.
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