This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 20 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Roanoke Review
Location
Roanoke, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1922
Page
6
A Kansas ranch wife describes her meat canning routine for the USDA letter, detailing browning and canning 51 pounds into 75 quarts, preparing stock from bones, head cheese and sausage in the canner, and making soap from tallow while managing a large household on a 7000 acre farm.
Numerous household uses for jelly are described from the U S Department of Agriculture guidance. It covers gift jars for holidays, jelly based desserts like muffins and tarts, jelly fillings for apples and pastries, and using under set jelly in punches sauces and frostings. It emphasizes practical tips for stretching jelly through meals and presents ideas for both firm and soft jellies.
USDA approved quick potato soup recipe for school lunches. Ingredients include milk potatoes fat salt onion juice. cook until boiling then add fat and season. Serve hot with or without straining. Yields about six medium portions or one and a half cups for large portions.
Save flour bags to store white clothes for winter. Do not boil water for tea long. Nitric acid spirits on fever blisters checks spread. Cold then boiling water removes chocolate stains. Use water from boiled starches like potatoes and rice as milk substitute in gravies. Roast beef timing: 35 minutes per pound rare, 20 minutes well done. Striped silk shirt can become a blouse. Plant lemon seeds in a pot for quick greenery and kitchen aroma.
A home concrete guide explains using a mixer or hand mix with a 1 2 3 ratio. It covers tools, a 12 by 12 by 12 inch box, a 6 foot square platform, form readiness, and a table of mixtures with intended uses and maximum aggregate sizes.
Herbert A. Shearer explains a graded chute under the wagon box to separate culls from market potatoes. The eight foot device uses one to two inch spaced slats to let tubers roll and slide the full length, reducing hand picking.
Guidance on economical fattening of market fowls using ground mash over grains. A validated mix includes 50 percent corn meal, 25 percent wheat bran, 25 percent ground oats, plus enough sweet milk for a crumbly moist texture. Feed in clean pans several times daily and encourage intake by small frequent meals. Some use cramming devices to boost consumption.
Extension notes from Colorado Agricultural College describe feeding potatoes to pigs with mid dlings, tankage or fish meal in self feeders to ensure protein balance. For sheep, potatoes are given as a succulent feed alongside legume hay with about one to three pounds per mature sheep daily.
A. J. Durant of the Missouri College of Agriculture outlines three forms of roup disease in birds and stresses feeding and housing management as key controls. He advises culling and burning severe cases to prevent spread.
E. J. Maynard of Colorado Agricultural College reports self feeding pigs on alfalfa pasture yields faster, heavier gains. Shelled corn with meat meal in a self feeder balances ration. 20 pigs per acre can gain about a pound daily at feed costs around 38.40 per pig, leaving profits per head and acre even with hay cuttings.
Phil A. Anderson explains morning docking and castration for lambs to improve care and market value. He notes staged timing, methods, and cautions on excessive bleeding, with guidance on where to dock, skin positioning, and tool choices for flock management.
A field of winter rye provides early grazing for hogs and supplies grain feed while other forage crops are sown. This practice aids in keeping hogs in thrifty condition and reduces reliance on other feeds.
Claims that purebreds are essential on every farm to raise returns on time and feed, emphasizing the value of purebred stock for efficiency and productivity.
Sows given good feed about ten days before breeding produce larger litters than those given little feed at that time.
A brief editorial note declares the hog as a supreme consumer of by products with no rival. The remark underscores the animal's efficient use of scraps in agricultural contexts.
After the breeding season the ewes do not require grain until three weeks before lambing if good clover hay and roots are fed.
A short piece emphasizes achieving success with sheep through careful weed control breeding and feeding with extra focus in the fall as a key period for management and health.
Chicago woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring her health after childbirth. She trusted her doctor and reports improved strength and nerves. Her endorsement encourages other women to try the remedy for feminine ailments.
A Philadelphia subscriber decades ago angrily threats to stop the paper. The editor calmly invites him to the office. There the editor pretends the paper is stopped and questions the caller about the falsehood in a mild, pointed exchange.
A witty exchange from the Boston Evening Transcript notes distance can enchant the view and ponders whether beauty or wealth affects admiration. The quip suggests it is easier to admire a well off girl.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.