Rural sanitation urged for healthier farms and towns
Mrs. Henrietta W. Calvin of Oregon Agricultural College argues rural families must know more about sanitation than city residents. She says a few informed neighbors can drive public health, while laws enforce cleanliness where needed. Also notes need for educational campaigns and possible future rural health inspectors. O. G. Simpson outlines four main defects in farm butter compared with creamery butter and explains causes of tainted flavor and aroma.
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Henrietta W. Calvin
Oregon Agricultural College
Calvin
Portland
Sedwick
O. G. Simpson
Shows Defects In Farm Butter Making
A dairy expert from the Oregon Agricultural College advises that rich cream with 30 to 35 percent butterfat yields better butter. He notes that rich cream keeps longer and churns more easily, recommends cooling skimmed cream to below 60 degrees, and favors tin containers for temperature control. When combining lots, both should be at the same temperature.
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O. G. Simpson
Oregon Agricultural College Dairy School
His Luck
A clergyman asks a young man if fate will call him before morning and the youth muses that it would be his luck to draw a poor hand after a night of poker.
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Scott
Hewitt
Burns
Mantell and Dunlop Comment on Banks Trust Value
Federal Aid remarks reveal Mantell saying Banks was worth over ten million while Dunlop notes the government dissolved his trust. Both cite implications of value and government action.
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Mantell
Dunlop
Peat Soil Best For Cranberries Says Oregon Expert
Professor C I Lewis of Oregon Agricultural College explains cranberries require peat soil and minimal clay to ensure productivity. He details land preparation including cleaning, leveling, and laying sand, plus keeping water tables low and flooding with living water to reduce pests and frost.
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C. I. Lewis
Oregon Agricultural College
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Madison
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Amherst
Hood River
Ore
C. N. Bennett
Warrenton
Warm Weather Art Courses at Oregon Agricultural College
The Oregon Agricultural College summer session offers outdoor art courses to boost appreciation of nature and daily happiness through art. The program emphasizes composition, beauty and practical use over analytic study, aiming for a friendlier view of art in daily life alongside a home science course for schoolgirls aged 15 or older.
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Oregon Agricultural College
Milking the Kicking Cow Method
Farm advice explains securing a cow during milking with a half inch rope and a large ring. Place the rope around the body with the ring on the right flank to prevent kicking. The ring should be four to five inches in diameter for best effect.
The Beat Music and Egg Breakfast Triumph
A playful verse contrasts the rooster’s crow and hen’s cackle as morning sounds. It argues that a fresh egg at breakfast surpasses any sunrise in delight and humor.
Foxy Ded Sells Circus Sawdust Ring Idea to Son
A playful exchange shows Foxy Ded proposing a circus idea to his son. The father jokes about making a sawdust ring from cordwood cut into stove lengths, offering the surplus sawdust to his child.
His Choice Zebras Or Giraffes For Urchin Debate
A playful exchange between two urchins about which animal to be. The giraffe wins the preference for its view over the fence to watch a ball game, highlighting a light schoolyard moment.
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Tommy
Tomato Horseradish and Variety Sandwiches
A catalog of sandwich recipes including Tomato and Horseradish, Buttered Brown Bread with walnuts and lettuce, Pineapple, Ginger and Walnut, Dream, Hot Preserve, Bacon and Lettuce, Fried Egg, and variations with boiled dressing, sugar, and prunes.
Egg Beater Uses Beyond Beating Eggs
An egg beater can prevent custard from curdling by thorough beating. It also helps lumpy gravy and after boiling salad dressing removed from the double boiler, beating makes it lighter. Use it for cake batter, softening the mixture with hot water before completing the flour and baking powder mix.
Apple Salad Preparation From Readable Notes
A dainty apple salad recipe uses large red apples carved into cups soaked briefly in lemon water. Fillings mix chopped apple with celery grapefruit and mayonnaise, topped with walnut bits and maraschino cherries. Serve on lettuce leaves with wafers and cheese.
Chicken Griddle Cakes Batter Instructions
A recipe describes mixing one egg, two tablespoons melted chicken fat, one cup minced chicken, half a teaspoon salt, one pint milk, and flour with baking powder to make a spreadable batter for griddle cakes.
Saving Wallpaper Tips For Wall Cleaning
While cleaning mopboards a simple card board held at the upper edge of the board protects adjoining wallpaper or painted walls. The cloth can press the card board instead of the paper, reducing streaks often seen on wallpaper.
Wilted stalks prepared with French dressing and radish garnish
If the stalks appear wilted, place them in cold water while keeping leaves dry. Wipe leaves with a damp cloth and blanch them slightly. Pour a French dressing over the dish and garnish with trimmed red radishes.
Orange Tea Flavor Update for Jemon Additions
A note suggests orange enhances tea with jemon flavor. Wash an orange, slice thin, pour hot tea over one or two slices, and add raw sugar.
Parsley Keeps Fresh In Jar For A Week
To keep parsley fresh wash and dry the bunch place in a glass jar screw the lid on tight and store in a cool place This method preserves the herb for about seven days.
Primitive wolf trap diagram puzzle explained
The illustration shows a simple primitive wolf trap. Two circular fences form a concentric enclosure with a gate. A lamb is placed in the center and lamb bleats lure the wolf inside the outer circle where the gate closes by spring, trapping the animal.
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Wolf
Best He Could Do in November Encounter
Mr Raymond confronted a neighbor at dusk in a fit of rage threatening the neighbor's dog Nero. The neighbor explains Nero is Johnny's puppy and hopes his manners improve. Raymond insists the issue is the dog's nature and bites the speaker's leg after jumping on him. Johnny protests that a pup cannot reach his attacker’s neck.
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Mr. Raymond
Nero
Johnny
Raymond
Riddles and Wordplay Puzzles From Classic Jokes
A collection of quips and pun riddles about pastry cooks billstickers and clever wordplay. It puns on pastry and paste puffed up fronts writers and famous names and ends with a visual about two people on stairs.
Glimpse of Virpazar and Montenegrin Roads with King Nicholas
A Cettinje correspondent describes a steamer trip from Virpazar to Plovnitza, spotting Serb officers, a Dalmatian volunteer, and primitive river scenes. The journey climbs into Montenegro, praising the road to the capital, and ends with a dramatic encounter as King Nicholas’s automobile passes and a fatal mountain crash follows nearby.
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Nike
Plovnitza
CettinjJe
Montenegro
Balkans
Italy
France
England
King Nicholas
Nicholas
Cettinje
New Kitchen Tool Adapts For Multiple Uses
A Chicagoan notes an adjustable handle single blade tool could serve as an ankle pruner corn knife and pruning saw and even be used to eat pie. The description suggests a versatile implement from a New Yorker ad.
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