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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
4
A garbled post office notice from Sioux County Herald indicates mail matters in Oraike City and Oranges City as county seat communications. It lists payment terms CASH IN ADVANCE and Cash on delivery with varying subscription durations and directs orders to IS44C HOSPERS.
Miss Beth Pitts returns to Iowa City for Thanksgiving. Alton friends host bridge whist. Shake speare Club forms with about fifteen potential members. Fortnightly Club to discuss literature. Alton beats Sheldon 12 to 0 on Thanksgiving. Several residents travel for visits and visits to relatives. Thanksgiving dinners at Judge Hutchinson home. Several local residents attend Thanksgiving events and travel to nearby towns.
The article argues well distributed hives ease handling and improve temperament, aided by trees or shrubs. It notes that hobbing is rare, aiding bee behavior, but warns excessive honey can cause pollen-rich stores that harm winter viability. Outdoor wintering is favored to avoid dysentery risks seen with cellar winters.
The guide warns against cutting back burdy roses to tidy the garden for winter. Leave growth to harden, then prune in spring. Use soil mounds for protection or cover with manure and netting, leaves, and branches. For tender hybrids, apply manure and white netting protection. standard roses may need wrapping stems or heel-in and sod cover in exposed sites.
Advice from Farm Progress on pruning grapevines in November and December to shape the vine for next season. Emphasizes avoiding sap bleed by pruning before spring, developing horizontal arms, short fruiting spurs, and tying limbs to trellises to withstand winds.
A hopper of bran in the poultry house during winter gives hens a morning bite before the proprietor rises. Pher won’t eat more bran than is good for them.
A fragment suggests relocating seral apples from the barrel to the hog lot area. The terse note implies a preference for placing produce in a barnyard setting rather than central storage. It reflects a logistical quip about farming practices.
Late fruits should be grown for extended harvests and shade trees need occasional deep watering in hot summers. After late vegetables, plow and benefit from fall rains and winter freezes. Keep bees in orchards to aid pollination and honey production, and plant a winter cover crop, preferably a legume, to improve the soil.
The article explains hollow tie fur partitions made from porous and semiporous tiles formed by mixing clay with sawdust. Semiporous tiles use about 20 percent sawdust. porous tiles 25 to 36 percent. Finished blocks can be cut and driven with nails with slight porosity. Solid tires suit outside positions. blocks come in 12x12x4-8 inch sizes, with larger squares installed faster and cheaper.
The article describes collecting poppy juice from heads, drying them to yellow brown, gathering by women and children, threshing, winnowing, and selling the seed for export. It notes the seed contains about 40 to 1 percent of something used similarly to olive oil and widely shipped to France and other continents.
A London company unveils a brass bound footboard for autos to shield wood edges and prevent foot slips. The design features a vertical face channel into which a tubular leather strip is pressed for added grip.
A nostalgic guide to autumn pies offering time saving tips for pumpkins and several pie styles. It favors not peeling pumpkins, describes pumpkin cream custard and a pumpkin sweet potato blend with eggs cream sugar cinnamon and meringue, plus baking guidance.
A guide to repurposing cold turkey into elegant dishes. Recipes include neat turkey slices with aspic, minced turkey in potato cups, turkey gashed with sherry and anchovy sauce, and a savory turkey and ham preparation shaped like corks and fried golden.
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