Experiment on Lamb Feeding Rations at Wyoming Station
Wyoming Experiment Station concludes a year long lamb feeding study to identify the best ration. Pea hay performed poorly with gains of 16.9 and 5.8 pounds per head in 14 weeks, needing about 1,472 pounds of hay per 100 pounds gain, and is unsatisfactory for fattening. Native hay with oats and oil meal produced better gains, while alfalfa with corn outperformed pea hay, and spelt lagged behind barley varieties.
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Wyoming
Nebrasa
Laramie
Barley Yields At Ontario Station In 1907
The Ontario experiment station reports the 1907 highest six row barley yield from a Mansbury-origin strain. Two row varieties Jarman and Chevalier led among six-row types, with yields around 64 to 69 bushels per acre. Hulless Guy Mayla tops hulless varieties at 48.3 bushels. Winter barley averaged 56.5 bushels with 1.3 tons of straw per sow. Durability and past performance noted for several lines.
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Ontario Experiment Station
The
College
Manshury
Jarman
New Zealand
Chevalier
Guy Mayla
Ontario
Careful care for a boy s sailor suit and ironing rules
Time and trouble yield best results for a boy s sailor suit and blue linen outfits. Use careful washing, avoid ironing gloss on navy blue or scarlet fabrics, starch while wet, and iron jackets with attention to collars sleeves and seams. Drying should expose the wrong side, and folding directions protect color and texture.
Broiled Quail with Bacon and Toast
A historic recipe instructs wiping quail without washing, splitting and broiling six minutes per side. Arrange on buttered toast, baste with butter cream, parsley, lemon juice, and optional nutmeg, then garnish with bacon and watercress.
Sweet Lemon Gelatine Salad With Cherries and Bananas
A gelatin dessert made by soaking gelatine in cold water, then dissolving in hot water with lemon juice sugar sherry and cinnamon. When set add maraschino cherries walnuts and banana slices, chill overnight and serve with whipped cream.
Dumplings That Always Are Light for Chicken Roasts
The method bakes dumplings in gravy instead of boiling. For a small family use two teacups flour half teaspoon salt half teaspoon soda three quarters cup buttermilk dissolve soda in the milk. baking powder can substitute. These dumplings pair well with any roast.
Chopped Beef Bake Recipe Tip Provided
A simple economical dish combines two pounds chopped beef with three tomatoes and three onions. Season with pepper and salt, flour the meat, bake in the oven for forty five minutes, then serve. described as cheap and wholesome.
Stuffed Tenderloin Roast From Historic Recipe Method
Procure a pork loin roast. Leave the tenderloin in place and stuff the roast with a dry dressing made from stale crumb and seasoned heavily with salt pepper and sage. Roast in the usual manner. Serve with pan roasted potatoes, brown gravy, and apple sauce.
Pot Sugar Trick To Preserve Tea Freshness
A teapot storage tip suggests placing a lump of sugar inside when putting away a teapot that will not be used soon. The sugar absorbs moisture and helps prevent a musty taste in tea brewed from pots not dried thoroughly.
Family Recipe For Preserving Meats From War Era
A traditional method describes curing sugar cured hams and shoulders for six weeks, smoking, then boiling a red pepper decoction with saltpeter, drying in sun, and coating with molasses and pepper paste. Pieces are wrapped in brown paper, placed in cotton sacks, whitewashed, and hung to preserve for years. Breakfast bacon can be prepared the same way.
Roasted Leg of Mutton with Tomato and Mushroom Garnish
Roast a leg of mutton about eight pounds wrapped in greased paper if the fire is fierce for two and a half to three hours. Garnish with tomatoes and mushrooms, sauce the joint with their gravy, bake tomatoes with paprika, baste mushrooms in stock, and finish with chopped parsley.
Breaded Chicken with Tomatoes by Mary Foster Snider
Two small chickens cut into pieces are rolled in bread crumbs, dipped in beaten eggs, and crumbed again. Fry in butter until tender, then prepare a parsley butter sauce with milk and corn starch. Thicken slightly, season, pour over chicken, garnish with fried tomatoes, and serve at once.
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Mary ‘Foster
Egg Sauce for Fish Preparation Method
A historic sauce recipe details boiling four eggs seven minutes then using yolks strained with butter flour and hot water. Butter and flour whisked until smooth, lemon juice cream red pepper and galt added, yolks folded in, strained, and served in a sauceboat for eight portions.
Hog Head Cheese Prep Instructions
Take a medium hogs head clean and boil it with salt until the meat falls from the bones. Chop the meat fine with brains and rinds, drain grease, then mix in black pepper mustard and vinegar. Press in a cheese cloth under a plate overnight to set before serving.
Scotch Broth Recipe Steps and Variations
A recipe for Scotch broth describes boiling four quarts of lean mutton in water, adding Scotch barley, skimming, and simmering. Vegetables include carrots, turnip, onion, green peas, parsley, and pepper and galt. The note states beef or veal may substitute.
Onion chopping tip to ease tearing for housekeepers
A historic home remedy notes that mixing red pepper with onions while chopping can prevent eye irritation. It advises holding the onions under the flowing water while peeling to reduce discomfort.
Farm Tips From Willem Saef on Cleanliness and Pest Control
Practical notes urged on open hen houses and dairy hygiene, manure management, and early spring preparations. Advice covers incubator upkeep, use of manure gutters, calf and hog care, lice control, disinfection, and building a resilient farm routine to boost yields and keep families engaged in farming.
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West
G. E
Anny
Pwbrook
Willem Saef
Plang
Hess
Ohio
Wisconsin and
Nichols
Madison
Urbana
Illnois
Wisconsin
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