Farm wagon design and crop export trends from early 20th century article
The piece describes a low wagon with a full size wheel configuration and construction notes. It also presents Dr. H C Price's farm cost studies showing profits per acre across corn, clover hay, wheat, oats, and potatoes, and then surveys U S farm product exports rising from 1851 55 to 1908 with per capita values and trade balance figures.
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H. C. Price
Ohio Agricultural College
United States
Department of Agriculture
New York Chamber of Commerce
Feeding quality drives cheese press results and feed gains
Properly cured corn fodder hay and mold-free grain yield better gains at lower cost than poorer feeds. Feeding rules by weight are unreliable. higher intake helps production only if the food is nutritious.
Outdoor Kettle Heater Drives Simple Tile Furnace
An open air kettle heats water or boils maple sap with wasted heat unless a furnace is built. A drum tile furnace is proposed using a sewer tile with the bottom cut away to fit the fire. A hole beneath the tile creates the draft and feeding opening for efficient heating.
Combination Hog House Provides Summer Shade
A farmer describes a plan using four hinged sides on movable breeding houses to create shade for hogs in two sunlit pastures. In winter the same structures are stored as shelters, and in summer they are opened to form shade for a large number of hogs.
Beaty on Yearround Warmth for Pigs in Farm and Home
John Y. Beaty notes in Farm and Home that summer and winter use keeps pigs warm, showing practical benefits of yearround warmth. The statement highlights simple, effective farming methods for pig housing and comfort.
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John Y. Beaty
Dairying in Holland: efficient cows and clean stables
The article notes Dutch dairying as principal occupation with land valued 500 to 1000 dollars per acre. Rent is paid from butter and cheese sold in European markets, competing with American products on land one fifth the value. Keys are efficient cows, good care, cooperation, and superior dairy products. Cow stables in Holland are pristine, unlike typical American barns.
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Holland
America
Notes on Farm Dairy Practices for Better Cows
The best cows and butter come from careful private dairies. The silo allows more stock, while minimizing disturbances boosts milk output. Early care of calves and heifers is critical, and inherited quality sets the potential for high production.
Ingenious Texan introduces rocking chair ironing board
A Texas woman patents a combined rocking chair and ironing board. The chair is designed with hinged seat and back which, when folded, form a long flat ironing surface extendable across the front legs for ironing and then fold back to function as a chair.
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Texas
Mince Pie Receipt From London Chef
A receipt listing ingredients for a mince pie from a renowned London chef includes four pounds of apples pared and minced, one and a half pounds of raisins, four pounds of dried currants, two pounds of beef suet, one pound of sugar, a quarter ounce mixed spice, a quarter ounce salt, minced lemon rinds with juice from two lemons, and one third pint each of sweet wine and brandy.
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London
Potage from Carrots or Potatoes with Meat Stock
Slice carrots finely and simmer in a pot with a small raw beef piece or roast mutton bone plus onions turnip pepper and salt for three hours then strain. Make a day ahead and rewarm. For potato soup substitute potatoes for carrots and add one extra carrot.
Preserving butter without ice using cloths and shells
When no ice box is available, place butter in a saucer set in a larger dish and cover with an inverted coarse flower pot. Add a wet cloth cooled in ice water or salt water, renewing as it evaporates. Wrap butter in borax solution cloths to keep it fairly hard.
Preserving Rhubarb: Slow Cook For Tender Pieces
Peel and cut rhubarb into small pieces. Place in a preserving kettle with half a cup of water and generously cover with sugar. Cook slowly until tender, as rapid cooking makes the pieces lose their form. Rhubarb’s high water content means only a small amount of water is needed to prevent burning.
Stuffed Roasted Green Peppers
Preparing peppers by cutting tops and removing seeds. Mix minced chicken with rice, salt, onion juice, and melted butter. Stuff peppers, arrange in a dish, add gravy or stock, cover and bake, then uncover to brown for about an hour.
Scallop Shells with Meat and Potatoes
The recipe instructs mincing half a cup of cold meat finely, seasoning with herbs pepper and salt, and mixing with two cups mashed potatoes. Fill buttered scallop shells, top each with a teaspoon of butter and breadcrumbs, then bake in a moderate oven and serve hot.
Wit and wisdom from an old Atchison Globe page
A column of humorous quips and aphorisms on courtcases weddings and social mores. The piece mocks apologizing marriages dining spoons and small-town editors with light satirical observations and dated social mores. It notes brides grooms and the social rituals of weddings and receptions in a playful tone.
Tell Tale Eyes and Their Significance in Love
The text explains eye color meanings in love and temperament. Dark brown signifies ardor, light brown constancy, green deceit, blue affection and purity, pale blue cheerful temper, russet brown gentleness, darker brown stronger passion, blue with greenish tint wisdom, gray greenish gray intellect and impulsive temperament, grey or greenish gray indicate creative natures, while colorless eyes suggest coldness and selfishness.
Batter Cakes for Breakfast Overnight Mixer Tip
The article advises mixing batter the night before for breakfast use. Keep batter thin as it will thicken while standing. In the morning dissolve soda in milk or water, stir well, and bake.
Tomato Sauce With Roast Veal Or Pork Or Beans
A recipe describing a tomato sauce to accompany roast veal or pork or baked beans. It instructs cooking six to eight tomatoes with chopped onion, sieving to remove seeds, then adding to plain white sauce. Canned tomatoes may be used.
Plum Brown Bread Recipe from Old Book
A historic recipe instructs mixing one cup rye meal one cup Indian meal two cups flour one cup molasses one cup raisins and one teaspoonful of soda with sour milk and steaming for three hours.
Germany's Jean Valjean. Millionaire Philanthropist Bruised by Jury
Berlin businessman Charles May labeled by a jury as a former bandit who led a Saxon gang forty years ago. The 70 year old, once a charitable author of religious works, collapsed and was guarded after libel charges by Wilhelm Lebius. The jury found Lebius proved the allegations. May reportedly wrote cheap novels recounting past deeds and is noted as a linguist who spoke Chinese and Choctaw.
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Charles May
Berlin
Jean Valjean
Germany
May
Saxon
Wilhelm Lebius
Lebius
Charlottenburg
Herr May
Mothers Prefer Mrs Winslow Teething Syrup Remedy
Mothers will find Mrs Winslow's Soothing syrup the best remedy to use for their children during the teething period.
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Mrs. Winslow
Not is His Judgment Not Music in Half Columbia
The master of ceremonies declares music next, but the bandleader snarls not music but Half Columbia as the brass noise erupts, scene described by the Chicago Tribune.
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Columbia
Chiecrsen Tribune
Cures While You Walk Allen's Foot-Ease for Foot Pain
Allen's Foot-Ease offers relief for sore feet, corns, and swelling. Sold by druggists for 26 cents with trial packages free. address provided in Olmsted Le Roy New York. Do not accept substitutes.
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Allen
Ahen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Fire drill prompts factory staffing wakeup call
A hoax dialogue frames a late shift as a fire drill. The boss uses the drill to pressure workers to raise work quality or face dismissal.
Marine Eye Remedy Ad Promises Relief for Eye Troubles
An old advertisement promotes Murine Marine Eye Remedy as soothing relief for red weak weary watery eyes. It claims quick comfort and invites readers to try the product from Chicago based Marine Eye Remedy Co. with a 50 cent price at druggists and a free eye book offer.
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Marine Eye Remedy
Marine
Free Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Slim Chance for Her
A missionary traveling through a backwoods region shares a humorous exchange with an old woman outside a cabin. He warns of a day of judgment, she wonders if there will be more than one day, and she decides she cannot go because they only have one mule and John must go first.
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John
New York Sun
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