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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1910
Page
8
A mixed column blends Uncle Dill style aphorisms about reform and politics with a mock sermon about the hustling politician and campaign tricks. The piece shifts to a Munich statistic note claiming beer consumption fell 29.9 percent since 1908 while milk intake rises, stirring national contrasts in German drinking habits.
The article explains using cement as an excellent nonconductor for root cellars ice houses and fruit houses. It highlights a cost effective method shown in illustrations Fig1 and Fig2 with round roofs suitable for hog houses hay barns and dairy barns. Home labor can perform the work with common rough lumber and no painting or frequent repairs required.
A detailed construction guide explains sill and stud assembly using two by ten timbers, lapped joints, and secure bolting to a cement foundation. It covers edge strips, rough sheathing, multiple paper layers, wire lath, Portland cement plaster, and painting. Doors and windows should be double and tight.
Margaret Sangster offers practical tips for daily cooking and housekeeping. Methods include improving canned tomato flavor with onion, cranberries stewed with apple to mellow flavor and color, oatmeal residue prevention by resting the pot, shelf care for brooms, proper boiling of meat, glossy bread crusts brushed with egg yolk, and oyster prep with bacon on toast.
A promotional prose piece urges self possession and inner poise to meet any experience with faith. It emphasizes that power lies within the soul and that changing attitude directs the forces of being toward serenity and control. Call on us for job printing.
The Iowa State Cow Contest offers nearly 5000 in prizes as farmers enter top dairy cattle. Hon G Klay of Sioux County paid 2000 for a prized cow entering the contest run by Kimballs Dairy Farmer from Waterloo Iowa with Van Pelt heading operations.
The Iowa State Agricultural College at Ames has named a State Dairy Expert to oversee state educational dairy work under the Iowa State Dairy Association. Prof Van Pelt has moved to Waterloo with headquarters in Kimball's Dairy Farmer office. The monthly Cow Contest reports and winning cows are featured, running through August 15, 1910. Kimball's Dairy Farmer awards $25 monthly for the best cow record and claims a paid circulation over 40,000. It is described as the only dairy paper in Iowa and a national dairy magazine with wide coverage.
Readers from multiple states express praise for Kimball's Dairy Farmer, praising its practical dairy guidance, affordability, and usefulness for maintaining dairy herds. Subscriptions are extended or renewed, with readers noting profits, dairy equipment, and the paper as a valuable agricultural text.
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