Cross Breeding in Dairy Cattle Warned by Expert
Dairy specialist J. Perry of the College of Agriculture in New Brunswick warns against cross breeding dairy cattle. He says each breed was developed by centuries of selection and crossing breeds creates unpredictable offspring with mixed traits. He urges farmers to select a single breed and improve it with superior, registered stock.
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Anys
J. Perry
College of Agriculture
New Brunswick
Mr. Perry
Guernsey
Prevent Ropy Milk by Proper Care of Cow
Summer milk can become stringy and ropy. The ropiness may come from B. viscosum bacteria, thriving in hot weather and stagnant water. Cows touching marshy pools can transfer the organism to udders and milk. Prevent by keeping cows away from marshes or draining pools. milking hygiene helps but does not fully stop the issue.
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G. M. Trout
Tent Canal
More Poor Cows Fattened for Beef Under Dairyman Advice
A passage argues for fattening and selling poor dairy cows for beef. It explains timing during mid lactation or post breeding, and describes a low protein, high carbohydrate ration to promote weight gain while some milk may continue. It lists ingredients such as hominy, corn meal, bran, oats, and linseed meal in specific ratios.
Dairy Squibs on Pasture, Salt, and Cow Care
Dairy tips emphasize supplying protein for milk, keeping pails clean to prevent scours, and giving cows full access to fresh pasture for vitamin D. Salt intake varies with feed and size. calves require clean pails. handling cows without abuse is advised to avoid reducing milk yield.
Heft Your Chickens Aids Poultry Value And Health
The article urges hands on weight assessment of fowl, noting light shanks or beaks signal weakness in pullets. Bright, alert hens show vigor while shy, half sick birds may carry disease. Handling reveals true condition and temperament guides commercial value.
Fattening Turkeys Made Easy for Thanksgiving Markets
A traditional method for fattening turkeys emphasizes free range and ample corn. Early October requires one feed daily, while the final three weeks demand unrestricted access morning and night to maximize flesh and fat.
How to Determine Body Conformation of Fowls
Readers learn to assess fowl form by grasping the bird with both hands and feeling the keel, back, and abdomen. Emphasis is on avoiding harm, noting a heavy producer by a long keel bone and ensuring a lean pelvis and abdomen after a heavy laying season.
Capacity and body measures in laying hens
The article explains that laying capacity depends on digestive room and bone spread. It notes the pelvis and breast bone distance, and warns nonlaying hens have closer pelvic bones. It highlights the importance of body length and breadth for capacity in hens.
Lime for Chicks in Rations Affects Growth
Adequate lime is essential for growing chicks as lime deficiency drains bone reserves and reduces production. Experiments show even mature hens lose egg output without lime. For nature fowls oyster shell suffices, but growing chicks need lime in vegetable foods.
Minerals and Vitamins in Fowl Diets
The article notes laying fowls need three to four pounds of oyster shell per bird yearly. It explains that hens regulate egg production by mineral availability for shells and defines a balanced ration as including minerals and vitamins, not just protein.
Selecting An Electric Washing Machine In Four Basic Types
United States Department of Agriculture guidance explains four operating principles for washing machines: cylinder, dolly, oscillating tub, and vacuum cup. It advises visiting a Bureau of Home Economics exhibit, choosing by capacity, space, and repair access, and notes safety, gearing, and drainage considerations plus the option of a centrifugal dryer.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Home Economics
Veal Timbales Offer Unusual Lunch Dish Ideas
A home economics bureau recipe suggests making timbales from veal using custard cups baked in a water bath. The dish uses eggs breadcrumbs and seasonings, with optional lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce. Chicken or lamb can substitute for veal.
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Bureau of Home Economics
Veal Timbales in Cream Sauce Bake Timbales
Simmer veal until tender then grind finely. Prepare cream sauce with butter flour and the quid. Beat eggs and Bengonings, mix into meat. Grease cups, fill with mixture, bake half an hour in a water bath. Turn timbales out and serve hot.
Good Chowchow Made From Brined Vegetables
A Bureau of Home Economics guide outlines making chowchow from brined, freshened vegetables. After brining and draining, mix with spices and vinegar sugar, boil, seal into jars, then store cool. The recipe yields about three quarts with peppers onions radish and cauliflower listed among ingredients.
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Bureau of Home Economics
Extra Meal Good for Active Boy
A growing boy needs extra calories and wisely chosen foods. The bureau of home economics recommends mid day snacks like a fruit drink milk or a lettuce and whole wheat bread sandwich after active play to top up fuel without diminishing appetite at the next family dinner.
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United_States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Home Economics
Akirchen Cabinet Missive Urges Simple Living
In a Western News cabinet note the author stresses right principles for home life and endorses plain living. It calls for simplicity in entertaining and sharing what one has with friends, without ostentation or apology.
Dainty Dishes for Sunday Lunch and Seasonable Salads
ASelection of fruit and savory dishes for a Sunday luncheon includes tomato soup flavored with pimento and herbs, olives stuffed with anchovies, and a watermelon cocktail. Also offered are banana fluffs, cottage cheese with preserved currants, frozen cheese with figs, muskmelons with lemon sauce, and several seasonable salads and sandwiches featuring peas, nuts, celery roots, and chicken salad on rolls.
Help for sick women in Brooklyn grows from ad
Mrs G Hegsmann of er Street Brooklyn reports relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and related medicines. She says her sleep improved and she can perform housework again. She offers to answer letters from other women seeking information and testimonials. The Pinkham Medicine Company in Lynn Mass invites requests for more names.
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Brooklyn
New York
G. Hegsmann
Er St
Lydia B. Pinkham
Pinkham Medicine Company
Lynn
Mass
Green's August Flower advertised for digestion relief
An old advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a remedy for constipation indigestion and stomach disorders. It claims sixty years of use and urges a trial with bottles priced at 80 cents and 900 bottles available at all druggists G G Green Inc Woodbury New Jersey.
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G. G. Green, Inc
Woodbury, N. J
Fletcher
Popularity Fee Ties to Brains in College Youth
A University of Chicago study reported by Hygela Magazine finds popular college youths often rate lower in brain power, not due to lack of effort but perception of intellect. Yet brains and leadership qualities tend to correlate, challenging the view that larger men are more sociable but less scholarly.
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W. HF. Sheldon
University of Chicago
Hygela Magazine
Humor in a Diet Trend Spreads in Boston
A sharp exchange from the Boston Transcript notes a domestic joke about dieting. The quip suggests a wife joins a diet after learning Mrs Smith is following it, reflecting social banter over health fads in the period.
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Afrs. Smith
Boston Transcript
Limits of a Man's Falsifying Dictate Trust Beyond
A compact reflection notes that understanding a man's bounds in deception allows greater trust beyond those bounds. It argues character is revealed by the edge of falsehood one is willing to cross and the consistency shown afterward.
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