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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1915
Page
6
An article warns constipation as a leading cause of illness in cows and reduced milk flow. It links prolonged dry bulk feeding and poor diet to abdominal distress, fever, and lower production. Treatment emphasizes removing the cause, using laxatives, and cautious, repeated small doses for chronic cases.
The article lists principal factors in butter quality including flavor texture color and packaging appearance. It notes many defects such as rancid cheesy weedy acid and stable flavors and cites causes like unripened cream fat oxidation and poor milking and sanitation practices.
Inventor proposes a two can system for milk transport during the heated season. An inner can fits inside a larger can with a gap between them filled to act as a primitive refrigerator.
In severe testing under practical road conditions milk in these cans showed a temperature rise to 18 celsius in 34 hours when kept at 92 degrees. A special neck form with a spherical inner segment ensures the bowl of the cover fits closely, even if tilted to either side.
Study notes stress that cows differ and require separate observation. It discusses evaluating milk-yielding cows and allocating grain between herds, with emphasis on responsive feeding and body condition to maximize milk production.
Farmers often neglect timely attention to dairy cattle. Proper development requires funds for feed, shelter, and consistent care to maximize each cow's productive quality. Continuous management ensures profitability and proper animal welfare.
The article warns beginners about breeding homers for squabs. It notes typical prices for a mated pair, cautions against unreliable breeders and guarantees, and stresses careful budgeting. It emphasizes diligent work, proper loft conditions, and constant feeding to achieve steady returns.
Guidelines on fencing for poultry yards cover costs, land use, and fence construction. Recommendations include 6 to 7 foot high fences, inward leaning upper wire for leghorns, barbed wire tops, inward posts set every 10 feet, corner posts about 4 feet in ground, and treated posts with cement bracing.
Instructions advise planting sunflowers in rows like corn with spacing for head development. Each stalk yields seven to eight striped seeds, tolerates dry weather, grows on poor soil, and provides shade when placed near poultry yards. Seeds are oily in content.
Advice urges regular chicken feeding times to prevent hens from wandering to the hog pen. It warns of losses amounting to many dollars yearly and suggests following the schedule named by the town poultry keeper to keep poultry steady and underfoot.
Marketing pullets are sold before laying onset after a period of steady demand. Prices for fowls are reported as steady to firm depending on weight and size with buyers noting good quality stock available from regional farms.
The article argues for White Wyandotte as the best all purpose breed for beginners and markets. It highlights laying superiority with a grand annual average of 190 eggs, large brown birds, hardy fast-growing chicks, attractive dressed appearance, favorable weights, early October egg production, cold-weather reliability, and strong mothering traits.
Last year many young chicks were lost to rats and hens eggs were taken. The author describes rat proof pens with a ground stake and two feet wide wire fencing around the coop area. A board extends underground to deter digging and a wire apron encloses the structure.
A partial OCR fragment describes an enclosure with hens in a house and mentions a method for killing rats or mice by spreading cabiel on bread and butter for them to find. The text is incomplete and lacks names, dates, or locations.
Practical kitchen tips for turning pantry staples into ready made meals. From omelets and sandwiches to desserts and whipped cream, the piece guides turning cold meat, eggs, fruit, and leftovers into an appealing luncheon or dessert when guests arrive unexpectedly.
Soak pare and slice lamb kidneys and sprinkle with salt and pepper. In a hot pan melt two tablespoons butter, add kidneys and cook five minutes. Dredge with flour, add two thirds cup boiling water or hot stock, cook five minutes more, adjust salt and pepper, then finish with lemon juice cider juice or Madeira. Overcooking makes them tough. brief cooking preserves tenderness.
A simple fruit bouillon recipe soaks prunes and rice in water then simmers with sugar diced apple and lemon juice. Thicken with cornstarch dissolved in water and serve in bouillon cups for a pleasant result.
As weather warms, ensure the brooder does not become too hot for young chicks. Proper heat is essential for brooding chicks and avoidable mistakes in warm conditions can harm the flock.
Recipe notes for a Brownstone Front Cake mix describe two squares of chocolate grated half cup milk egg yolk cooked to custard texture with constant stirring. Add butter then when cool add sugar milk soda, sifted flour vanilla salt. Fold in egg whites and powdered sugar, flavor to finish.
Dry bran given before the chicks after they hatch helps prepare them for a heavier dry mash. Start the heavier mash around the seventh to tenth day when the chicks can handle higher ush and protein.
A recipe fragment instructs dissolving one cup granulated sugar and two cupfuls of brown sugar in one cup of boiling water, then heating and stirring until it boils rapidly for five minutes. It indicates the mixture is to be eaten on a serving plate or as part of a dish.
A plain cloth dipped in hot water and this saucer of bran will clean white paint without injuring it. The bran acts like a suspensor for the paint.
A writer argues hogs adapt to dirty water but need clean drinking sources. An Indiana farmer tried a hog fountain after disease on the farm prompted cleaner water. hogs followed, tested the fountain, and drank as water was turned on, illustrating their preference and risk.
A Wisconsin experiment station report details brood sows fed a mixture of one third corn one third wheat middlings and one third wheat bran or alfalfa. The bulky slop diet yields steady weight gain during pregnancy and can be maintained at about 1.50 per month for sows weighing 300 to 850 pounds. Sugar beets or mangels may replace beans for bulky feed and dried vines with beans provide winter fodder.
The Minnesota Experiment Burton advises farmers to raise or buy hogs only from nearby uninfected areas to avoid cholera. Shipping hogs in stock cars or through stockyards risks infection, and so called doctored or vaccine-treated viruses offer no real immunity.
The item highlights small details that matter as Bayo and care await the lambda moment. The phrasing emphasizes precision over flash and the patience before a crucial event.
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