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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1911
Page
4
A classification by Prof. F. J. Woodward of Utah weighs milk quantity, richness, color, size, maturity, and liveliness across Holstein Ayrshire Guernsey and Jersey. It emphasizes individual cow quality over breed with examples like Ferris Golden Winnie, a champion Jersey.
A vivid account describes a rockfish near an Egyptian site that appears lifeless in various poses. Viewers report it sometimes rests on its back or tail, stands upright, or secures its head in a rock cleft, prompting astonishment until movement resumes.
The giant Budde at Kintang im hina stands about 180 feet high and full length. A Mobor of Aeingie priest cut it into the cliff to guard against rapids. The article notes oxen replace horses in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, with around 2,000 yoke used for hauling, suggesting a shift in frontier farming and transport.
The readable fragments mention a looming retirement age around sixty and a question about benefits. No clear names, dates, or places are extractable, leaving a vague policy-like hint of pension timing.
The queer trigger fish with a slender deep body and striking colors draws visitors as it rests upright yet horizontal in the water. Its unusual stance and distinctive appearance fascinate onlookers at the aquarium.
In Hope Indiana a unique Ratless Day celebration was staged by high school girls. Authorities urged students to attend classes without their artificial coiffures, hoping for fewer headaches and better grades. The next day rumors of rats in class sparked concern, but officials remain hopeful.
An altar believed to be that of Ptolemy Auletes XII, Cleopatra's father, was found by Mr. Covington embedded in the Kuft temple in ancient Koptos. It now rests in the Kas Tel Nil Museum in Cairo. Auletes died in 51 B.C. leaving Cleopatra and Ptolemy XVI as joint heirs under Roman senate guardianship.
Popular Mechanics cites a 1898 patent for a milk cart designed as a life size cow. The device stores milk in two resevoirs with covers, uses teats and valves to dole out milk, and holds ice in the body to keep it cool. It sits on a wagon platform and is pulled like a standard milk cart.
The Agriculturist explains homogenizers force milk through tiny openings against a plate to crush fat globules, mixing fat with milk so cream does not rise. It is claimed fat cannot be extracted by centrifugal means, and the milk digests more easily while sterilization remains effective. Cheese can be made from homogenized milk.
A cow weighing 1 200 pounds fed on mountain grasses will produce ten quarts of milk daily for ten months, or about 760 gallons, and will also rear a thrifty calf.
A butter maker describes methods to prevent mold in tubs. He immerses tubs in scalding water for half an hour before use, then sprinkles with salt and leaves them empty overnight. In the morning he steams each tub briefly and cools with cold water before packing.
A note warns against selling subpar butter by attempting to pass it off, urging letting it go to soap grease instead to avoid deceiving a loyal customer and risking trade and personal peace.
Within a year the average price per head for dairy cows rose steadily as buyers and sellers adjust to market demand. Prices show notable gains across parcels and markets, reflecting tighter supply and higher feed costs impacting herd sales.
A Farm and Home writer describes top opening dairy barn windows. Carpenters add a three cornered board and side cleats to block wind when open. In summer the windows stay wide to vent while preventing drafts.
The piece stresses culling cows producing under six pounds daily, avoiding dry and poor cows, and breeding to fit farm goals. It likens profitable dairying to a moving wheel and urges merit-based, sanitary practices guided by the true value of cows to the farm system.
The bronze turkeys are the largest with adult males weighing about 36 pounds and females 20. Narragansetts follow with adult males around 30 pounds and females 18. Buffs Slates and Blacks come next near three pounds lighter. The White Holland is smallest with adult males 26 pounds and females 16. All share the same form. color and plumage distinguish them, bronze being supreme.
The secretary of the American Poultry Association reports Plymouth Rocks led U S poultry shows in 1909 with about 12 000 entries, followed by Wyandottes with 10 000 and Rhode Island Reds Orpingtons with 8 000. These figures likely reflect total kept numbers nationwide.
A guidance style note urges integrating poultry with dairy operations. It stresses timely egg collection for hatching and planning to expand production while noting higher feed costs for laying hens versus idle birds.
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