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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
11
Poultry packers receive guidance from the Agricultural Department specialist on proper packing. Instructions emphasize chilling fowls, avoiding killing when crops are full of feed, and providing water only for 24 hours before processing.
Shaping weight and beard decisions affect market appearance and decay. Central to sales are bleeding, hanging both legs, dry picking, chilling below 30 degrees, and avoiding watery or imperfect chilling. Pack in small boxes with parchment, wrap heads, and use clean refrigerators. ensure car temperature stays under 40 degrees after a 24 hour prechill.
Rural Colorado college farm notes advise mating breeding pens for hatching eggs in February, selecting the strongest layers, ensuring high laying rations with protein and greens, feeding surplus cellar vegetables, exercising birds, and preparing operational incubator and equipment. Consider adding ducks geese turkeys or pigeons for potential profit.
An article outlines Toulouse Embden and Chinese goose varieties. It notes Toulouse weight 15-80 pounds with white under plumage, Embden as all white with yellow legs, and two Chinese types brown and white with erect posture. Brown Chinese prized for prolific laying, geese average 12 to 15 pounds, ganders up to 15. Breeders vary in quality and market value.
Missouri College of Agriculture reports that proper feeding can double egg production. It notes hens averaging 70 to 80 pounds of feed yearly when well fed, warns against underfeeding during summer, and advises dry ground food, milk, and oyster shell to improve laying.
Fragmentary wartime style note discusses preparing chickens for market by starving before killing to avoid spoilage and maintain flavor. It mentions timing and the supposed steps to ensure proper slaughter and processing, with references to feeding and handling before browling.
Farmers told to provide hens with eye-catching feeds and ample water to induce the sound of cackling. The article notes past abundance of worms and green feed as well as high egg production when hens received proper nutrition.
The article discusses egg production in hens, noting typical averages around 140 eggs per year and the rarity of hens with higher records. It emphasizes selecting pullets with high laying records and mating them with quality cockerels, warning that progress will be slow and some will still produce poorly.
The guide describes methods to choose hens with good mother lines and similar pullet body formation. A key indicator is a full well developed breast and crop, showing capacity to store and convert food into body tissue and egg production.
Persistent hogs break fences and roam pastures when not properly contained or fed. Loose fences enable breaches, while inadequate feeding drives hogs to seek nourishment beyond boundaries, testing the patience of handlers as they try to keep them secure.
A historical remedy describes expelling hog worms with a specific powdering of Saptonin five grains elnemel two grape arveo nut two grains sodium bicarbanate one dram plus a 12 hour fast. Feed a middling mash next evening to flush bowels and burn worms. Warns that worms foretell disease and notes signs of infestation like poor hair and appetite. Also advises salt sulfur and charcoal in pigpens for prevention.
A historical note discusses feeding weanling colts for growth, citing French Percheron breeders who feed up to ten pounds daily of bran and oats. It argues for a balanced diet of bran, meal, corn, and high quality hay to form a strong frame and heavy musculature, preferring clover or alfalfa over timothy.
The article describes a feeding mixture for hay including five parts corn three parts oats two parts bran and one part oil meal. It estimates draft costs and notes feeding five pounds of moisture during winter with possible increases to seven ten pounds as winter progresses.
Instructional note describes fattening poultry by placing them in a crate for a day without food then feeding a ration of seven parts cornmeal three parts middlings and one part bran with butter milk to a thin pancake consistency for 10 to 14 days. Expected gains range from 15 to 23 percent in weight and improved flavor.
A care tips note explains feeding alfalfa to hogs requires a fixed rack with ends boarded and sides spaced for the hogs to pull hay through. The rack should be sturdy enough to lift by hand and stay in place, or hogs may overturn it. Practical guidance aims to prevent feed waste and preserve the owner's peace of mind.
Advised by Adile D. Kent of the Missouri College of Agriculture, the piece details yeast handling, dough texture, kneading, and rising. It covers air incorporation, temperature ranges from 75 to 95 degrees F, and baking at 300 degrees F, stressing even rising and even browning for light crumb.
Rived Oyster Soup combines drained oysters with hot milk and oyster liquor. A batter and butter are whisked in, then the mixture is brought to a boil and the oysters added to curl at the edges. Parsley, salt, pepper, and butter finish the serving tureen.
Roil one quart of milk with Indian meal for even cooking. Cook twelve minutes then add butter. Beat eggs with salt sugar ginger and vanilla. Fold into milk and bake slowly for one hour. Serve with whipped cream and sugared augur. This is very delicate.
A fragment of a recipe describes mixing sugar with spices and butter, then creaming with cream, adding soda to soured milk and combining with flour to make a batter. The text ends with a stray name Norgy and several garbled ingredient amounts.
Recipe fragment describes assembling a Pond Lily Salad with cold remote shells and halved eggs. Instructions include arranging lettuce, positioning yolk centers, shredding leaves, placing radishes, and drizzling dressing, with references to a tatty old style presentation.
Instructions describe cutting wotton lore strips three inches long and one and a half inches wide. They are seasoned with reason and salt, rolled and skewered, baked half an hour with water barely covering, served with mashed potato and thickened gravy. Also notes cleaning knives with soda and brick.
An old advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a remedy for constipation in children and adults with directions for use. The piece also notes a Minnesota regents proposal for a real estate campus time similar to Pittsburgh and recounts Father Hennepin as an early explorer involved in estate matters and a visit to the Atlantic Napoli.
The notice urges mothers to cut food costs by serving macaroni and spaghetti two or three times weekly. It claims the dish is healthy and loved by children and offers a free cookbook from Skinner Mfg. Co. Omaha Neb for tenable menu ideas.
A garbled dialogue fragment satirically questions boastfulness. The speaker mocks a figure by noting how a bee sting or minor insult leads to exaggerated claims. The exchange hints at vanity and misdirection without clear context or complete names.
An early advertising snippet touts Grove's The Old Standard tonic as a general tonic with quine iron. It claims liver action malaria reduction blood enrichment and strength building benefits.
The article argues that changing movement habits will affect public health as people adopt automobiles and machinery. It warns of softer bodies, less physical labor, and reliance on engines, questioning whether this ease truly benefits society in the long run.
A swollen head reportedly triggered an incident resulting in eight people capsizing. Authorities investigated the cause and ensured no serious injuries were reported. Local rescue services responded and coordinated with shoreline responders.
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