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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1917
Page
2
A Kansas State College chemist notes chemical fire extinguishers cost five to twenty dollars and can prevent farm property loss by smothering flames with a heavier gas or liquid. Hand units need renewal, some last decades, and wide farm use grows with kerosene lamps and gasoline engines.
A Wichita Masonic Home built in 1896 burned in a blaze that froze water plugs hindering firefighting. Five people died and about two dozen residents were injured including three in critical condition. Firefighters rescued many inmates as flames engulfed the $306000 structure and furnishings.
President Waters warned that abolishing the School of Agriculture and the industrial journalism department would hinder state outreach and farm bulletin programs. The economy commission urged cuts, risking short courses that deliver practical farming knowledge to busy residents. Other notices include local obituaries, a physician dying after paying taxes, a cement firm bonus, and Masonic home rebuilding plans. Carl Lee Ferris of McPherson to join Annapolis as a midshipman.
The Ohio State Bulletin advises winter feeding to ensure a strong lamb crop. Ewes in good condition avoid grain until about a month before lambing, with gradual introduction. Poor condition requires one quarter to one half pound grain daily. Preferred rations include six parts corn, three parts wheat bran, one part linseed oil cake or corn oats bran in equal weights. Hay should be clover or alfalfa, supplemented by corn silage or corn stover. Two pounds of silage can replace one pound hay. Avoid exclusive corn stover. provide salt water and a dry clean bedded floor.
A fragment of a home economics column outlines kitchen recipes Nantucket Buns Boiled Cider Pie Colonial Quinces and Breaded Breast of Lamb with steps and ingredients. It links domestic skill to social good and quotes Quarles on self-improvement with an admonition to seek better self mastery.
A 150 pound hog has about 92 000 drops of blood. With 1 000 lice each taking one drop daily, the hog could lose a fraction of its blood daily. The text discusses treatment options including a 1 percent coal tar dip or spray and alternative mixtures such as kerosene and machine oil or crude oil applied carefully to the hogs backs ears and flanks.
The article offers economical kitchen guidance with recipes for baked potatoes with cheese rice and peppers, fried potatoes with cornmeal, jack rabbit dishes, Vienna tomatoes with sausage cakes, and a potato omelet. It emphasizes simple ingredients like milk cheese rice and breading to stretch food budgets.
The article notes corn and livestock farming go together with corn yielding high feed per acre next to alfalfa. It recommends feeding corn with alfalfa for a balanced ration and states corn fodder boosts beef and pork production with firm meat.
The cattleman who raises cattle from birth to finish enjoys better returns than the man who sells half-grown feeders for others to finish. Finishing shifts profits to stockyard men, feed dealers, and railroads, reducing the raiser's share.
An article extols milk as a cheap, value rich food to replace pricier staples, noting fat removal reduces fuel value by half and advising its use in cream soups puddings breads and drinks. It gives recipes for popovers sour milk biscuits Parker House rolls and urges households to double milk usage to cut grocery costs. It ends with a quote on home as an atmosphere shaped by family leadership.
A collection of simple noon meal ideas for children and adults. Recipes include Onion Soupa ta Clermont, Pork Chops With Apples, Ham Croquettes, Stuffed Cabbage, and Baked Sausages With Rice with steps for browning, stuffing, and serving.
The London Chronicle notes renewed zeal for a mid-Scotland ship canal linking the Forth and Clyde, tracing its historical support from Defoe and 18th century Glasgow, and noting potential time savings to Dundee London Hamburg and others, with geologists recalling ancient sea routes through the Kelvin valley.
The clock tower houses a small M I prison with four bedrooms and two sitting rooms where MPs or outsiders jailed for etiquette breaches dine on meals charged to the parliament catering budget. Notable inmates include Mrs Bradlaugh and several public speakers.
A witty exchange contrasts a hunters choice for a sensitive horse with the quickness of offense. The dialogue suggests sensitivity as a strategic trait for hunting, highlighting humor in equine behavior.
General W A Hardy of Oklahoma City reaches his 102nd birthday as neighbors note his long military service and steady health.
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