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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1922
Page
7
Authorities urge clean airy dust proof milk houses not opening into the barn and placed on well drained sites away from rubbish. Concrete is best for floors due to moisture resistance. use a cement sand stone base five inches thick with a one inch top coat and a smooth finish.
A department bulletin outlines the need for enforceable milk supply laws to safeguard public health. It notes the risk of insanitary taint in milk and urges cities to use the USDA form ordinance to craft practical regulations, with copies available from Washington.
Irregular milking, alternating morning and evening sessions, reduces milk yield and disrupts the animal’s normal functions, preventing maximum lactation.
Gyaundt recommends oats bran and oil meal under six months for young calves. Calves under six months should gain to about 80 pounds on a mix of oats 80 pounds bran 8 pounds and meal 10 pounds fed 3 to 5 pounds daily. Milk flow decline can occur from neglect or poor feed and is hard to restore.
Fragmentary report discusses milk quality linked to cow health. Mentions water intake and stagnant pools as factors. Key phrases note cows, milk, and overall dairy condition without clear dates or sources.
The white Holland turkey is widely raised and highly popular though less common than bronze. Origins are uncertain though likely from white birds from other breeds, not Holland. Weights range 10 to 26 pounds, with larger dressed weights possible. hens can brood variably, and care is essential to prevent disease.
The article advises nests built of smooth matched lumber with few cracks, portable to sun and spray, featuring a rear track for hen entry and a front hinged door to remove eggs. It argues darkened nests reduce egg eating and improve laying health, contrasting with old open nests that invite roosting and egg loss.
The column advises keeping chicks out of wet grass and avoiding boarder hens in the same pen. It emphasizes clean conditions, cement floors in permanent laying houses, and avoiding joint housing with market hens to reduce filth and rats.
The article from the Department of Agriculture suggests versatile uses for plain biscuit dough. It outlines a base recipe and three variations: fruit-filled rollups, a coffee cake version with sugar and egg, and a Dutch Apple Cake with sliced apples, cinnamon, and butter, plus options for other fruits.
A fragment lists home remedies and cooking tips. It mentions lemon with pineapple, double-strength coffee, baking powder in fudge, cabbage leaf for tinware, camphorated chalk for wallpaper, avoiding rapid stews, drying clothes on a new line, washing potatoes in cold воду, raw starch for cuts, and adding vinegar to water for polishing glassware.
In small gardens, trees with 6 to 7 foot high heads aid ground use and shade certain crops. US Department of Agriculture notes English and French nurserymen favor tall bare trunks for gar den culture, suggesting profit in adopting similar styles. For existing trees, cut the stem at six to seven feet, remove lower buds, and leave three to five buds around the trunk to form a balanced head. It is possible to mow a lawn beneath high headed trees.
Federal aid has shifted most highway construction to state highway departments. Before 1916 70 percent of road work was outside state control. By now over 60 percent is supervised by state departments with trained engineers and centralized funding, improving efficiency and reducing waste.
H A Cardinell of the Missouri College of Agriculture advises planting disease resistant raspberry and blackberry varieties. For caterpillars and teat spot control he recommends arsenate of lead spray and burning or plowing under fallen leaves. Currants gooseberries teat spot is hard to control, use hellebore or pyrethrum for imported currant worm thrips and aphids respond to nicotine sulfate.
The article warns of two or three serious raspberry diseases including Cune and Anthracnose that cause die back and scabby canes. It advises Bordeaux mixture spraying if diseases are the cause, but recommends starting a new disease free plantation if the patch is too badly infected.
Do not establish a new strawberry bed beside the old plot if strawberry weevils or any insects are present there. Rotate beds to prevent pest buildup and protect crop health.
A new thornless blackberry variety debuts in California enriching the plant world. Plant enthusiasts await its growth in home gardens and commercial trials.
A rule advocates burning the trimmings from pruning trees and vines immediately. The instruction emphasizes burning rubbish at once to dispose of garden debris.
The Bureau of Public Roads reports federal aid paving costs for 1916 to 1921 totaling 68 million square yards. Costs per square yard vary by material from 18 cents for sand clay to 2.50 dollars for bituminous concrete, with regional differences noted across New England and the Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi Alabama group.
The government will spend more than ever to sustain farm prices this year. States and counties will cooperate to the extent of their financial abilities, alongside the large scale effort to support markets and farmers.
In Washington a biH authorizing 3140,000,000 for good roads over the next five years was sent to the house. The measure passed 239 to 31 with $65,000,000 available by June 30, 1923 and $75,000,000 by June 30, 1924.
In 1921 Quebec constructed 416 miles of new roads and kept over 4 000 miles of highway in near perfect repair. This effort marks a major expansion and maintenance push for provincial transportation infrastructure.
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