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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1916
Page
2
Farmers should harvest forage crops at the right maturity for best results. Yield per acre, curing, and feeding value matter. Oats and peas improve with age but should be cut early enough for proper balance. field crops lose protein as heading out, while fiber falls with sugars rise.
A farmer argues against breeding heifers before age two noting delayed development, weaker vitality, and smaller calves. Early breeding can yield underdeveloped teats complicating milking and may result in a stillbirth. Proponents citing calf price are deemed mistaken by the speaker.
A profitable side line of farming is to raise a few nice sheep each year for men willing to pay more to improve their stock. It requires good stock good pastures and barns and a competent keeper of the flocks.
A silo serves as a useful auxiliary in providing for either summer or winter feeding. It supports intensive farming methods that let cattle owners use less land while achieving desired feeding results.
Roup or contagious catarrh appears in fall and winter when chickens are housed and fed with scraps. Symptoms include swollen head discharge from eyes and nose mouth inflammation and drowsiness with weight loss. Treatment focuses on dry well ventilated coops fresh clean food and water and reducing dampness and contamination.
The article explains preserving rhubarb by lifting roots before ground freezes, storing in soil in a box, and placing in a dark cellar. If harvested late November to early December, stalks are ready February. later plantings can extend use, with proper watering and fall lifting to avoid freezing. A single well-developed clump yields enough pie material for a family.
A writer notes many older horses fail to gain fat and nourish properly because dental wear misaligns teeth. As horses age into their teens, teeth tilt and may leave one long tooth preventing proper closure, hindering mastication and causing poor appearance.
Professor K T J Ekblaw argues hogs bring high profits to corn belt farms but are often housed poorly. He contends the hogs' welfare is neglected due to lingering myths about filth and toughness, urging better care and protection for these farm animals.
Farmers are advised that lambs fatten better in autumn if pastures like rape and clover are plentiful. If fall markets are slow or lambs unfinished, feeding into the new year may pay, costing 3 to 5 cents a day depending on local feed prices, with fertility return to the land considered.
Tips to improve kitchen lighting by sink shadow reduction and central lighting, check gas stove force and leaks, keep stoves in repair with cheap maintenance, position refrigerator for easy access, ensure drains seal and linings are intact, place cooking tools within arm’s reach, and provide a comfortable work space with a movable stool and window table for the cook.
The article explains saving kitchen drippings from roast fat, soups, and trims. Collect scraps in cold water then simmer until tender. Cool to form a fat cake, skim and keep, then combine with more drippings and boiling water to cook, salt, and set aside for frying fat.
A recipe combines one half pound flour butter and pot cheese to form a moist dough. Chill overnight then roll, cut into squares, fill with sliced sweetened fruit such as apples strawberries raspberries peaches or apricots and bake in a hot oven.
A historic kitchen instruction details grating 14 pounds of fresh cocoanut simmering in beef broth for 15 minutes then straining. It thickens with ground rice, seasons with salt cayenne and mace and finishes with a cup of thick cream added just before serving.
A historic recipe lists ingredients for a meatless mince including one large lemon with rind and juice, three apples, four ounces beef suet, half a pound currants, four ounces brown sugar, two ounces citron, one ounce candied orange peel, a wineglass of liquor, a wineglass of molasses, and one teaspoon of mixed spices.
A brief note describes repairing damaged celluloid by moistening broken edges with glacial acetic acid and holding them together until the acid dries, restoring the film material.
A succinct note compares whipping cream to the unbeaten white of an egg, highlighting a culinary dilemma about consistency and whipping readiness.
Practical household advice on food handling and cleaning: wash and store potatoes to keep bread fresh, add vinegar to cracked eggs, boil milk promptly, skin tomatoes by blanching, and roast beef portions. Tips cover boiler maintenance, stain removal with ivy leaves, using boiled bones for fuel, and cleaning a meat grinder with stale bread crumbs.
The Dallas News argues kitchens are not merely functional but deserve attractive design. It cites house plans noting care for decor and comfort for cooks, drawing on old Dutch German and New England examples as inspiration.
Fry an onion in dripping until golden. Wash and boil a teaspoonful of rice then drain and mix with the onion. Add two cups stock or water with gravy and two sliced tomatoes. Simmer until tender, stir in two tablespoons grated cheese, season, and pile on a hot dish. Arrange browned small sausages around. No potatoes needed.
Cream sugar with butter, beat in egg, then add milk vanilla and sifted flour with baking powder and salt. Form a soft dough, roll thin, cut rounds, spread raisins between cookies, press gently, and bake in a hot greased pan until browned.
The best way to fry ham sausage bacon and pork is in the oven. Using a frying pan lighter tin or granite pan makes handling easier and washing simpler. Meat browns evenly with less spatter and requires less watching while giving whiter fat and better flavor.
Beat the whites of four eggs with a quarter cup of sugar and a pinch of salt plus a few drops of almond or vanilla flavoring and one pint of scalded milk. Strain into molds and steam or bake until firm. Scald a second pint of milk and add to four beaten egg yolks, cook until thickened, add a quarter cup sugar and strain flavoring when cold.
Dodson's Liver Tone is advertised as a safe, pleasant tasting liver medicine that avoids the salivation and sickness caused by calomel. The ad promises morning relief, regular bowels, and restored energy with a 60 cent bottle guaranteed by the seller.
In Worcester two women rushing through rain leaned umbrellas low. A sharp turn caused the point of one umbrella to strike a passerby on the forehead. The onlookers gasped and joked about future safety.
An advertisement touts La Creole Hair Dressing as the original product that darkens hair naturally without dye. It claims authenticity and notes a price of $1.00. The copy emphasizes imitation as inferior and urges consumers to insist on the genuine brand.
A humorous exchange chronicles a wife asking for yarn for a sweater and complaining her husband brought a yarn about not matching the shade, reflecting a light domestic joke from the Louisville Courier Journal.
A compact Town Topics item lampoons a suave fellow described as untrustworthy and a poor swimmer preferring underhand methods. The quip paints him as the type to resort to anything, mocking his character and abilities.
An ad claims Dead Shot by Dr Peery is effective against worms and tapeworms in adults and children. It states one dose suffices with no purge needed and cites Ady as the source.
A humorous exchange contrasts a finished telephone with an unfinished desk device. One speaker jokes the contraption lacks a mouthpiece, while claiming the receiver is the sole part used to converse with his wife, highlighting wit in a domestic setting.
An advertisement offers Femenina promising relief from female troubles with claims of vanishing pain. Product priced at 50 cents and 1.00. Advertisement credits Adyv.
A Birmingham Age Herold joke notes a cook quits over wanting Saturdays off. The owner recalls willingness to grant weekends but says recovery time for the worker stretched to two or three days.
A terse aphorism notes that a young man who sows wild oats with old rye is likely to provoke trouble. The line hints at youth's reckless behavior leading to social disruption.
A famous banker admits he never learned to read a stock ticker prompting irony about his trusted status. The remark highlights public skepticism toward financiers and the allure of professional credibility in investment decisions.
An advertisement urges kidney care describing signs of trouble and promoting Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remarkable remedy. It claims health benefits for kidneys and bladder and invites readers to obtain a sample by mailing ten cents to Dr Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton New York.
An athletic sophomore praises the college as it enrolls many new students who weigh at least 180 pounds. The optimistic tone highlights strong freshman turnout and positive athletic potential for the year.
Appearing as an advertisement, Tetterine claims to cure eczema boils dandruff and related conditions. Endorsed by physicians and users including I. H. Giddens of Tampa who reports eight weeks of treatment cleared eczema on his ankle. Priced at 50 cents per box, available through local druggists or J. T. Shuptrine in Savannah.
In a gossip filled vignette, Miss Cayenne recalls how a woman wed a fortune hunter. She jokes the bride sought constant flattery until she was hooked by a shark.
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