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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1918
Page
5
The article outlines how purebred sheep carry breed type features such as size color and horn status, and stresses using breed score cards from associations. It covers market demands for wool and mutton, and explains sex characters and conformation for ewes and rams to ensure prepotency, vigor, and good mothering.
The article notes leguminous pastures as a cheap protein source for hogs, supplying ash for bone making and adding bulk to the ration. It describes millet varieties, including Japanese millet, as strong options for hay and selling, with growth to six or seven feet in fertile soil and heavy yields.
Wartime household guide advises conserving meat by using poultry rabbits fish and seafood while urging every American to save one pound of food daily. It includes Baltimore Chicken Potato Soup and Biscuit and Oleo-topped pastry recipes with step by step quantities and directions.
Poultry authorities at the New York State College of Agriculture stress ventilation in poultry houses during the first quarter to avoid damp walls and low winter egg production. They warn against tight closures, advise removable windows for storm days, and recommend angled openings to maximize air movement while preventing drafts and rain intrusion.
Practical home tests to uncover adulterated or misrepresented fabrics. Methods include moisture tests on cotton linen blends, glycerine transparency on linen, crushing to reveal wrinkle differences, and fiber analysis by end ends. Burning tests differentiate cotton linen wool silk with specific odors and residues.
The Christian Science Monitor notes 20000 Portuguese in Hawaii and argues the question is who brought the ukulele to the United States. It recalls the instrument was first familiar in Hawaii with the guitar or mandolin and asks who introduced it beyond Hawaii.
The article notes a typewriter attachment feeding paper into the machine, plus a tea wagon with an electric heater for keeping edibles hot. It cites wartime supply figures of about 23 million spoons and forks and 11 million spoons to allies in France since the war began.
The University of Wisconsin reports honey has comparable food value to meat and promotes beekeeping as a profitable state pursuit. It notes Wisconsin yields about 1,500 tons of honey annually and urges expansion of apiculture as a distinct agricultural branch using unused land as bee pasture.
Merete Magnell outlines guidelines for heating plant installation and operation. Emphasis on airtight base connections, tight chimney joints, straight smoke pipes, asbestos insulation, dampers and draft regulators for efficiency and safety. Recommendations include tight doors and windows and proper shut off devices in chimneys and fire doors.
Poem emphasizes perseverance despite possible failure and missing recognition. Ella Wheeler Wilcox expresses belief that remaining steadfast is more vital than visible triumph. The speaker vows to be worthy even if the golden glory of success never shines upon the path.
Anita North, an English teacher in Carterville, grows lonely in the dusty town. She meets Carlton Davis, a well mannered stranger, who comforts her during a walk and they end up walking back to town arm in arm, offering mutual loneliness a shared hope.
The Pennsylvania Grit urges workers to prove talent at present tasks. A ten dollar man doing a three dollar job wastes time and earns doubt about advancement. Show reliability and focus to earn bigger duties before a boss risks you.
Fruits ripen by releasing carbon. without carbon loss ripening halts and fruit may die. Enclosed shells allow gas exchange, so internal atmosphere supports ripening. In deoxygenated air ripening stops unless carbon is removed, then activity resumes briefly before permanent loss of ripening power.
Apple storage can be kept free of scald by renewing the room air occasionally. Apples breathe like living organisms and require ventilation to prevent carbon dioxide buildup and moisture deposition. Fresh air reduces scald, keeps fruit firm and flavorful, and lowers susceptibility to storage rots.
A big fruit crop risks injured trees from limbs breaking and splitting under the load. Propped-up limbs are common in young orchards during picking. A time-honored method uses lag screws with a chain and rods and a turnbuckle to prevent splitting. A swivel in the chain allows tightening the weakened limb. the device can stay in place as a permanent aid.
Do not discard all infected fruit by feeding to livestock. Dried diseased fruit clinging to branches after harvest can harbor spores that survive winter and spread via wind insects and birds. Prevention is as important as cure.
The method widely used to prevent peach leaf curl involves spraying trees while dormant. Boiled wine sulfur is commonly applied and provides near perfect control and also tackles the San Jose scale.
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