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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1924
Page
2
A study by FE of New Brunswick, N J, shows small top hooded pails reduce dirt and bacteria in milk compared to open pails. Hooded pails may block about 60 percent of dirt, with cleaner interiors, flush seams, and simple use improving milking hygiene.
A vintage method from Popular Science Monthly shows a false bottom for milk pails. A round piece larger than the pail bottom is reinforced with cleats uprights and blocks, with a bicycle trouser-guard spring to hold it in place.
Calves fed skim milk still need water. Watering timing matters. best to offer water at midday after feeds, or in hot weather split into small portions in forenoon and afternoon. Avoid stagnant pools to prevent illness.
Feed for Young Calf Milk should extend to six months old and calves should be eating most feed by then. Continue feeding while milk is tapered off and ensure steady growth after weaning. In summer place on good pasture with ready water and salt available at all times.
A Wisconsin bulletin stresses careful site selection with soil suited to many fruits and near homes. It urges using standard varieties, early pruning, proper planting, and soil management. Regular fertilization, spraying, and cooperative pest control improve fruit quality and orchard productivity.
Insects and diseases attacking fruits are managed by spraying. Sucking insects like San Jose scale and aphids are targeted with contact sprays such as lime sulfur oil emulsions and nicotine sulfate. Chewing insects including plum curculio and cankerworm are controlled by poisoning their food with lead arsenate.
Practical guidance on spray schedules for fruit trees, pollen effects, and third spray substitutions. Emphasizes wind resistance from root development, lime quality for sprays, and the harmony of orchards with bees as blossoms feed pollinators.
USDA urges summer picnics to lighten workloads for mothers by sharing prep and cleanup. Emphasizes using paper ware and a freezer to keep milk butter and perishables cold. Recommends simple picnic foods like cheese tomatoes fruit buns and bottled milk and suggests everyone pitches in.
An article from the United States Department of Agriculture outlines a plan to avert upheaval in spring cleaning. It recommends keeping dirt out by cleaning entryways and screening openings, reducing dust traps, removing dirt regularly, cleaning gradually, stocking reliable cleaners, using cleaning agents sparingly, and enlisting family help. It emphasizes method over frenzy and long-term care of furnishings.
The article outlines how food spoils from bacteria yeasts molds heat and cold moisture loss pests and improper handling. It notes night methods of care can prevent waste and cites a USDA Farmers Bulletin from 1874 titled Care of Food in the Home.
A United States Department of Agriculture recipe for a fast hot potato soup. Ingredients include a quart of milk, two teaspoonfuls, one cup grated potato fat, a few drops of salt, and onion juice. Potatoes are cooked in milk then fat salt and onion juice are added. serve about a cup per child with adjustments for larger portions.
United States Department of Agriculture offers a Cheese and Macaroni Loaf recipe using macaroni or spaghetti pieces, milk, eggs, grated cheese, parsley, onion and green pepper. Mix ingredients fold in stiffly beaten egg whites, bake in a buttered lined dish in a water bath for 30 to 45 minutes and serve with tomato sauce.
Prunes are mashed with nut meats and prune pulp then sweetened with lemon juice and sugar. Serve warm with cream or as a filling in pastry shells or between crackers for a simple dessert advised by the United States Department of Agriculture.
The United States Department of Agriculture advises glazing pie tops with a mixture of three tablespoonfuls of milk to one well beaten egg. For a single pie the glaze may not be worth the effort unless leftovers are reused for pudding or French toast. Brush on with a fork wrapped in muslin.
The article advises placing roosts in sheltered spots such as sheds or near barns with posts and cross poles four to five feet high. Evening feed near the roost reduces losses as young turkeys adapt. With fall, separate males and females, begin light corn feeding in October, and limit range to prevent overgrazing while ensuring exercise and health.
The article advises marketing poultry in live form as the simplest path for many poultrymen unless shipping costs are prohibitive. It stresses fattening birds before killing for higher weight and price, warns against proper feeding and handling challenges, and notes market trends of overstocked poor birds and undersold first class stock.
The article notes feather picking in hens stems from missing dietary ingredients. It recommends adding high grade beef scraps to the ration or supplying fresh meat regularly. It suggests a feeder hung at hen height to ensure proper intake.
Do Not Force Pullets Early hatched pullets should not be forced to quick maturity by heavy feeding of mgsh, lest they begin Ing oing prematurely and go into a winter melt. These pullets destined for breeders should be raised upon free rage and fed largely upon whole grain, that they may develop slowly and well and go into winter quarters in, good firm flesh, with undiminished igor for the coming season's production. Lights should not be used unless it is found necessary early in January to stimulate egg production.
The text stresses strict cleanliness from the poultry keeper to prevent contamination and disease. It notes food spoilage risks and bacteria threaten chicks, urging unusual care to reduce disease and improve outcomes for later-hatched birds.
A stream of witticisms and social observations critiquing economics fashion and technology. The piece riffs on price trends barber culture aviation brilliance and political alibis while weaving playful jabs at education women and military might.
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