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Newspaper

Pocahontas County Sun

Location

Laurens, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1915

Page

6

Real Orator Hanley Lectures Under Redpath-Vanter Management

Hanley has lectured four years under Redpath-Vanter and is kept for his strong qualities. Joe R. Hanley is described as “the modern crusader” for his extensive inquiries into topics of interest and profit to the higuan fits. He travels widely in South America and the West Indies, presenting an encyclopedic knowledge in forceful, convincing oratory.

Hanley Redpath-Vanter Joe R. Hanley Crusader Tle Hunley South America West Indies

Glen Wells Company Brings Chautauqua Sketches and Songs

The Glen Wells Company appears at Chautauqua with sketches from standard plays and original concepts. Glen Wells, a seasoned Lyceum performer, headlines a lively program of musical numbers and clever costume sketches. The gala show promises constant entertainment from start to finish.

Glen Wells Chautauqua Chautauqua and Lyceum Ule Glen Wells Company

Mrs. Roessing Leads Pennsylvania Suffrage Campaign

Mrs. Frank M. Roessing, president of the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association, directs the Keystone State drive for the ballot. A civic worker and philanthropist from Pittsburgh, she champions suffrage as fair play, facing strong opposition as she urges votes for women in Pennsylvania.

Frank M. Roessing Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association Keystone State Roessing Lervie Pittsburgh Voys Twentieth Century Club Pinyground Association Loessing Pennsylvania

The Waking of Pie and Pastry Making Guide

Household chatter explains pastry making with emphasis on light hands and proper dough handling. It covers flour quality, fat blending, chilling, rolling technique, and a step-by-step English recipe for flaky pastry, stressing cold water, light dusting, and hot ovens for best rise.

Skim milk cited as better calf feed than whole milk

A Braalstein breeder says he feeds $2 daily in butter fat to calves. He notes some prefer whole milk, while another breeder shifts from whole milk to skim milk after two weeks and claims better calves from skim milk. Our view supports skim milk for dairy calves in early months. A Massachusetts farm manager states Jersey cows are not small milkers, with tests showing high milk output and butter yields. The Jersey bull is featured.

Braalstein Hoard Massachusetts Jersey

Dairy Wisdom for Better Dairy Farming

Dairy wisdom advises allowing growth before breeding with two years ideal. Emphasizes separator to maximize butter fat, key product virtue. Proper feeding and careful care yield better milk and long term farm land condition through selling butter fat and using skim milk efficiently.

Proper Handling of the Cow's Udder

A long time cow overseer shares methods to prevent udder troubles and mastitis. He urges early drying off two months before freshening, gradual milk removal, light feeding, and clean well bedded box stalls. After freshening he keeps calves off until her udder dries and follows strict milking intervals to avoid infections.

Guernsey Hoard Diairyman Ealf

The Summer Room Fashion for Cretonne and Color

A feature on decorating with black and white wall coverings and bold rose cretonne. It notes economical cretonne prices and the role of color balance in a country house living room. English officers spouses in India favor simple official furnishings and use homecoming fabrics to create warmth.

Cretonnes

The Garbage Bucket Tip for Odorless Use

A housewife can double bucket life by painting the inside black and shellac. It eliminates odors and eases cleaning, reducing scrubbing. A folded newspaper used as a liner in pleats then formed into a circle provides a perfect, easy-emptying bucket.

Washing Summer Dresses Dyeing in Boiling Water

A household tip advises dyeing washed colored linen dresses by boiling water with dye to match the dress shade. Test first, then wash and rinse in salted water to set the color, dip the dress in dye for two minutes, starch, and hang to dry in shade without wringing, then iron while damp.

Gelatine Substitutes for Egg White Cakes

When eggs run high and yolks sit unused, use gelatine as a substitute for egg whites. One tablespoonful of dry gelatine equals three eggs. Dissolve in cold water, add boiling water to make one cup, beat, and mix into cake batter.

How to Treat the Sting From Summer Insects

Advice describes removing an embedded sting with a needle and pressing the area to draw out poison. It recommends washing the wound and applying a chalk and olive oilointment to a creamy consistency.

Skimmilk Feeding Guidelines For Growing Calves

The article explains that skimmilk can match or exceed whole milk for calves, if warm and fresh. Do not feed cold tainted or excess skimmilk. Weigh calf milk at each feeding and raise allowances gradually. Properly handled skimmilk negates need for added butter fat. Skimmilk is a surprisingly good feed for growing calves.

Feed Roughage Freely Dairy Cattle Grain Balance

A Kansas farmer article shows feeding farm grown silage alfalfa and seeds before grain lowers feed costs and raises milk. The first feeder overfed grain, the second used farm grown seeds to fill capacity, then added grain by work, cutting purchased feed costs from 240 to 28.20 and boosting milk.

Kansas

To Repair Satin Slippers Medallion Embellishment Advice

Instructions advise repairing satin slippers with a split toe by crocheting a silk medallion and sewing it over the worn area. The suggested method promises slippers that look nicer than new.

Briss Cleaning Tip for Tarnished Brasses

A cleaning method uses equal parts vinegar and salt to remove tar from brass. Apply the mixture, rinse with hot soapy water after it dries, then polish with a soft cloth for a bright finish.

To Clean White Painted Furniture Advice

Instructions advise cleaning white painted furniture using clear turpentine on a soft cloth to remove dirt without removing paint. Soap and water are said to be unsuitable, and turpentine is recommended as the better cleaning method.

Gare of the Dairy Bull

Advice on proper care and management of dairy bulls. Emphasizes exercise good feeding and avoiding overtaxing a young sire to prevent poor offspring and ensure continued breeding success.

Gare

Wisconsin Dairy Breeding Associations by Breed Counts

In Wisconsin there are 110 community dairy breeding associations. Of these 48 focus on Holstein stock, 85 on Guernsey, 18 on Jersey, and 9 handle all breeds.

Wisconsin Guernsey Jersey

Stopping Milk Fever and Udder Care in Cattle

Guidance on avoiding milk fever by removing pressure for ten hours, massaging the udder to relieve cakings, and using vaseline for sore teats. Emphasizes drying up cows evenly to prevent unequal pressure and recommends stall partitions to stop cows stepping on each other’s udders.

Treatment For Caked Udder In Forty-Eight Hours

Chronic mammitis usually proves incurable or treatment unprofitable. Early care within forty eight hours can improve outcomes. Milk udders four times daily with hot fomentations or massaging. poultice with oatmeal porridge, spent hops, or plastic dressing. Rub twice daily with belladonna leaf extract and poke root in warm fat or oil. Feed poke root powder and saltpeter twice daily until subsides.

Churning Sweet and Sour Cream Process

A fragment describes mixing sweet and sour cream before churning to reduce fat in the buttermilk. It notes two hours needed to churn and suggests letting the cream rest twelve hours before churning and stirring during processing.

Adler-i-ka Remedy Promises Instant Digestive Relief

Local Morgan & Co. druggists advertise Adler-i-ka a simple bark glycerine remedy claimed to cure appendicitis and relieve sour stomach gas and constipation instantly by draining old foul matter from the body with a single dose.

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R. Hanley Fores Gen Wells Gempanyth THE Mrs. Prank M. Boessing Dairy Wisdom Ayrshire County Scotland Iowa State Fair and Exposition Des Moines, Iowa California San Diego San Francisco Panama Exposition Rock Island Tion Laurensia J. &. Tool F.C. Steele General Laurens P. E. Fagan D. Vv E. S. Greenwood, D. V. M Ass’t. State Veterinarian Iowa Dr. A. Wlorton First National Bank J.M. Carroll Tod Pim J. H. Hovenden M.D F.C. Ninason Physicians and Suececrs First Nations Laurene Gilchrist GAW States U. S Bisoph & Vosen Kremlin Montana P. W. Bishop
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