Speed and Covington Race Challenge Sparks Ranch Antics
The Cowboys of the Flying Heart plot a dramatic race against Centipede cook Skinner with Culver Covington as a likely rival. Helen Blake aims to bring Covington into a high stakes sprint while Speed and his trainer Fresno scramble to stage the event amid fanfare and mischief at the ranch.
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Flying Heart Ranch
Covington
Speed
Fresno
Helen
Larry Glass
Frez
Skinner
Glass
Wally
Blake
Bot Glass
Mariedetta
Larry
Ginnys
Helen Blake
Stover
Mebbe
Fres
Humpy Joe
Miss Blake
Bill
Willie
Freeno
J. Wallingford Speed
Decor to transform the Flying Heart gymnasium startup
Jean and Helen decorate a store room into training quarters for Speed with college flags cushions and a casey corner. Berkeley Fresno and Larry Glass clash with Speed and Miss Blake enjoys the playful rivalries as tension and anticipation build for the room’s reveal.
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Jean
Roberta Keap
Miss Blake
Speed
Flying Heart
Berke Ey Fresno
Helen
Mrs. Keap
Larry Glass
Glass
Berkeley Fresno
Blake
Eggless Cabbage Dressing and Surprise Molasses Cake
A recipe passage describes making an eggless cabbage dressing by melting butter with flour sugar mustard paprika salt and pepper then whisking in water and Worcsestershire sauce until thick for serving hot over cabbage or cold for salads. It also provides a molasses cake method with orange rind baking soda salt lard and flour baked in muffin pans for about 20 minutes.
Apple Pudding Without Eggs and Steamed Chocolate Pudding
A historical recipe item describes two puddings. First, a hot weather apple pudding using beef suet flour water apples rolled in dough, boiled in a cloth, served with cream and sugar. Second, a steamed chocolate pudding with egg milk flour baking powder butter melted chocolate and sugar, steamed in a melon mold and served with vanilla sauce.
Baked Breast of Mutton Recipe
A method for cooking baked mutton involves simmering a cloth wrapped joint in salted water, then baking with mutton dripping fat and flour. Bread crumbs are added near the end, with a brown sauce made from the cooking broth to serve.
German Noodle Soup From Boiled Meat and Noodles
Boil a soup bone with onion pepper and salt until tender. Remove meat and strain liquor. Cut meat into small pieces and add back. Make noodles from eggs flour bread and salt roll thin boil two minutes in salted water. Add noodles to meat and liquor and heat with nutmeg and chopped parsley.
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Ares
Culinary tips for relish, oysters, mushrooms and roquefort
A chef notes celery roots grated and soaked in vinegar and salt make a tasty economical relish for cold meats. Juicy oysters fried in boiling butter and lemon juice improve with dipping. Mushrooms gain flavor when steeped in olive oil before cooking. Roquefort cheese with lettuce hearts makes a course by itself at refined dinners.
Muffin Batter Instructions From Early Kitchen Text
Beat two tablespoons butter with sugar then add two beaten eggs and milk. Stir in flour baking powder and salt. Beat batter and fill greased muffin pans. Bake in a hot oven until done.
Bacon Pie From Leftover Mashed Potatoes and Bacon
Layer mashed potato and thin bacon slices in a buttered dish seasoned with pepper and onion. Top with more potato and pour in milk to moisten. Bake in a hot oven until set and golden.
Baking Potatoes Step Soak Before Baking
To improve texture, potatoes should stand in hot water for 15 minutes before baking. This pre soaking halves baking time and yields a more mealy and palatable result.
Some Excellent Hints for Dairymen
W Milton Kelly advises dairymen to focus on intelligent management and scientific feeding. Emphasizes heredity of purebred cows, regular crop rotations with legumes, and avoiding premature drying off of heifers. Recommends proper bull care, thawing frozen ensilage briefly, preventing teat damage, and avoiding mixed feeds in favor of ground whole grains.
Simple Load Barriers for Barrels in Wagons
A device to prevent rolling uses two 2 by 4 inch boards about 3 1/2 feet long with a concave notch near center and pointed ends. Pieces are pinned together to form notches where a barrel sits. For multiple barrels, remove the wagon box and extend timbers between bolsters, cutting as many notches as barrels hauled.
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J. G. Alishouse
Avonmore
Eradicating Plum Curculio
A Minnesota College bulletin explains the plum curculio or Little Turk is a major plum and apple pest. It overwinters as a beetle and attacks buds and fruit causing crescent egg marks. Arsenate of lead spray, used with lime sulfur or Bordeaux, controls the insect and may also curb leaf diseases.
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Minnesota College
Greenhouse Glass Size Trend Near Boston
Greenhouse glass sizes have grown in recent years with some trying very large panes, but most leading growers near Boston now use six by twenty four inch panels.
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Boston
Few Excellent Farm Notes on Insects and Winter Prep
Practical farm tips urge raking and burning rubbish to destroy insects and protect homes from fires. Inspect chimneys, cut grafts this spring, and mulch strawberries after freeze. Promote turkeys for Christmas, seal hay stacks, and keep paint flowing for implements. Consider silos or horned tubers for dry feed and use a feed cutter and corn shredder to maximize harvest value.
Potash Deposits Found in Prieska South Africa
Nitrate of potash deposits discovered at Prieska in the northern Cape Colony, South Africa. Goods sold in small lots in England at 45 dollars per ton, compared with 95 dollars for German and Indian nitrate of potash. Standard nitrate contains 12 percent nitrogen and 45 percent potash. A 50 percent wholesale price cut would aid global agriculture.
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Prieska
Cape Colony
South Africa
England
Water for the Wheat Arithmetic of irrigation
The article states that an inch of water yields two and a half bushels of wheat per acre and that to average 25 bushels the farmer must provide ten inches of water. It emphasizes simple arithmetic and intelligent planning to secure and place this water for the crop.
Horses Increasing in Number and Value Amid Cars
The text argues that contrary to belief motor cars do not drive horses from the market. Instead horses are rapidly increasing in both numbers and value, indicating the enduring demand for equine work and transport.
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REX Beach
Paul Armstrong
Histrated
Bedgar
Bert Smith
Harper & Brothers
Nix
Wire
Ily
W. Milton Kelly
Greenhouse Glass
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