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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1948
Page
7
A Midwestern farmer devised a homemade weighing bin to speed up feed handling. The device, hung by springs from the ceiling, weighs up to 3200 pounds and feeds into a cart via a bottom gate. Grain moves from a two-ton mixer through a blower hammermill and into the weighing bin for controlled delivery.
Professor F B Wright demonstrates a new egg washing machine from Cornell University that can wash dry and pack five cases of eggs per hour by two operators, five times faster than hand work. Poultrymen and wives currently spend two to four evenings weekly on hand cleaning, so the device promises significant time savings.
Dr L E Card explains a method to calculate yearly feed per hen. Multiply weight in pounds by eight then add twenty five. Add the yearly egg total divided by seven to the prior sum. Example: a five pound hen at sixty five plus fifteen equals eighty pounds total feed.
Late fall spading or plowing is advised to thwart garden insect pests before spring planting. Tilling disrupts insects wintering habits by exposing or burying them in moist soil where they cannot survive.
Do not immerse electrical parts in water, especially motors or switches. Glue a small cloth tape to the inside of a knitting bag frame for handy measuring while sewing. A watched kettle may not boil if a spoon rests in the pan. Lettuce loses vitamins when refrigerated too long, with wilting dictating the rate of loss. Finish unlined coats by pressing seams open and stitching along the turned edge, avoiding the right side. neat running stitches look tidy.
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