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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1919
Page
2
How Sweet Cider Will Stay Sweet describes methods to prevent fermentation and preserve cider. It notes cold storage at 30 to 32 degrees F extends sweetness, and canning, while common, may impart a cooked taste. Ginger added to cider slows fermentation, and a cream separator followed by heat sterilization preserves a bright, long lasting product.
A Mason City Globe-Gazette note recounts a farmer near the city who wore a vest on a fence post seven years ago. A calf chewed the vest and a pocket watch, later found inside a butchered milk cow, had its stem winding mechanism wound by the lungs, causing the watch to lose only four minutes.
Store machinery indoors during the winter months to protect it from weather damage, preserving longevity and usefulness for farmers and their operations.
Farmers learn methods for storing parsnips horseradish salsify rutabagas beets carrots kohlrabi leeks turnips and celery. Keep cool and moist not harmed by frost harvest late spring or early summer tops twisted rather than cut dig roots set in moist sand or soil in trenches or hot beds blanch celery by shallow soil layers and dark storage. A gasoline powered trench system may serve several farmers profitability.
Farmers can convert fallen timber into fuel for winter using power operated wood sawing equipment. High coal prices push thrifty farmers to invest in a wood sawing machine to utilize on land timber and reduce labor.
A Kipling couplet emphasizes that victory rests not on weapons funds or soldiers alone but on the steady teamwork of every soul involved. The verse highlights collective effort as the decisive factor in winning.
James Stucky recounts a rat causing $125 plumbing charges after a clogged toilet and drains. A rat's nest in the basement choked pipes and floors were torn up. RAT SNAP cleaned the rodents out. Sold by Raleigh Hardware Co. and Beckley Hardware & Supply Co.
Clarkson Phipps of Mt Tabor sustained several bad bruises last Thursday after he fell from a wagon he was driving when the team started unexpectedly near his home.
Dr H B Hall economics sociology professor at West Virginia University resigned last week because he could not locate a suitable home in Morgantown. He is replaced by Prof Roderick D McKenzie of Ohio State University.
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