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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1919
Page
9
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture this guide outlines how many fruit varieties can thrive in most regions. It covers suitable fruits, interplanting between trees, orchard location, soil, drainage, and planting timing across climates.
Overview on soil erosion costs and prevention methods in the United States. Notes terracing, deep plowing, cover crops, contour plowing, sod underdraining, and vegetation cover as key controls. Highlights permeability and water absorption to reduce erosion across states and counties.
From Went Virginia extension reports, reading circles with over 1000 members last year focus on farm problems. About 80 clubs with large memberships study difficult farming questions through winter circles, now expanding to 2900 farmers in dozens of communities. County agents organize meetings and local clubs to boost interest in fertility, crops, animal husbandry, horticulture, and farm management.
The text advocates supplementing pastures with manure as the best cheap plant food. It notes that a few common marketable crops yield better profits than many unused varieties, and suggests using window boxes for early plantings where hotbeds are unavailable.
The excerpt blends recipes and reflective verses. It lists Frozen Pudding Cornish a la mode style dishes such as Spiced Cranberry Jelly and Browned Cheese Crackers, plus Roast Hamburg Steak, Potatoes with hollowed centers, and Banana Pie. It includes dish by dish steps, ingredients and methods interspersed with unrelated prose.
A collection of old time recipes includes O'Brien Potatoes Fry potatoes with onion butter pimento and seasonings, Turkish Soup with rice stock tomato and celery flavors, a blended meat and vegetable dish, Southern Rabbit fried with bacon fat and milk, and a Meek Angel Cake using sugar flour baking powder milk egg whites and vanilla.
Color schemes in fruit baskets become a fashion feature in dining room decoration. Bright yellow and black baskets with pale yellow bananas and red checkered apples, plus pale green grapes, are highlighted as a vogue choice ahead of silver or cut-glass receptacles.
Practical guide on brooding chicks and caring for a hen. It covers nesting, heat, post hatch handling, dusting, coop confinement, and feeding regimes for chicks from 36 hours to two months, including milk mash, crumbly feeds, and transitioning to grain diets. It names care steps, timing, and mixing ratios for optimal growth.
Agricultural guidance from the United States Department of Agriculture explains how to feed fowls in cold weather. It recommends deep litter feeding, balanced mash and scratch grain portions, and a mix of cornmeal and bran to sustain egg production. Green feed and beef scrap support winter nutrition, with careful meal timing to encourage exercise and consistent intake.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture, guidance on feeding young chicks three to five times daily based on experience. Warns against overfeeding confined chicks and suggests allowing free access during evening meals while ensuring daytime exercise and minimal food waste.
In a terse local note, observers warn that early chick hatching drives higher prices as producers expect increased output. The report mentions volatile markets and forecasts stable demand, with implications for farmers and retailers.
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