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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1909
Page
7
A historical guide explains mixed diets for working horses, balancing heat and muscle without excess fat. It lists feeds like hay oats corn bran carrots and apples, notes oats build muscle and blood, and warns corn can tax digestion. It mentions feeding based on work, use of crushed grains, and balancing with bran or pea-vine hay.
The Agricultural Epitomist notes milk composition varies by breed from Jerseys to Holsteins affecting fat content. It compares feed costs for 40 pounds of beef pork or chicken, finding poultry often yields greater net returns due to waste utilization and poultry by products, despite higher labor costs and home consumption.
The article warns that a horse’s shoulders and neck become tender as spring work begins. With a thick winter coat the animal sweats easily, so monitor collar rubs and ensure a perfect collar fit. Scrape the collar interior each morning, oil harness, bathe shoulders nightly, and remove harness during meals.
A brief passage notes that the feed remains within reach and rejects the need for painful gymnastics commonly observed in similar situations. The tone implies critique of excessive effort when a simple approach suffices.
A Farm and Home note describes building cheap chicken coops from empty barrels. It explains forming halves by cutting hoops and bottom, securing with nails, driving ground stakes, and a movable front door created from the barrel head or a solid board.
Farmers should cultivate land in good order then top dress with 100 pounds nitrate of soda 400 pounds acid phosphate and 400 pounds muriate of potash per acre. Spread along the row sides and cultivate. Mulch between rows next month with pine tags waste hay or other clean vegetable trash to keep berries clean and conserve moisture.
The Bureau of Chemistry of the United States Department of Agriculture declares soaked curd cannot be sold as cheese. It notes that pseudo cheese is made by soaking curd at a certain age in cold water then draining and pressing, a process used solely for fraudulent purposes.
A collage of jokes and quips from various papers includes Mrs Fadd’s wrinkles, the aging complaint, foot pains, wedding refusals, and playful exchanges about money, dresses, insomnia, and social foibles.
A fragmented dialogue contrasts a patent medicine claim with a rent dispute. Mothers urged to use Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children while a couple argue over payment terms and a mistaken marriage reference emerges.
The California Fig Syrup Co. declares that its full statement of ingredients is in every package to gain public trust. It asserts purity and uniformity via a proprietary manufacturing process while noting figs provide taste and medicinal principles come from beneficent plants.
Extensive beds of lobsters are to be planted soon in the waters of British Columbia. It is expected that in four or five years the lobster taking industry will be established on a large scale.
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