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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1915
Page
6
Farmers are urged to select purebred sires to improve herd performance. Emphasis on butterfat yield, with targets of 400 pounds or more, and avoidance of unhealthy or diseased bulls. Advocates warn against purchasing inferior stock and stress healthy calves from proven cows and bloodlines.
Practical dairy farming guidance stresses regular feeding and kindness to cows, notes that milk yield and quality depend on surroundings, and warns against milking before calving. Emphasizes choosing cows with strong dam records, proper feeding, fattening efficiency, and cautious handling to avoid disease and losses.
A veteran breeder warns that turkeys need care from day two to six weeks old and should be kept on clean ground away from other fowls. He favors mature hens, large toms, and careful mating to improve size and markings, with focused brooding and daily coop movement. Dry, well drained land is essential, and bronze turkeys are noted as the largest and most popular.
Miller Parvis warns poultry keepers that summer neglect leads to insect pests and poor health. Regular weekly coal oil treatment, whitewash, cleaning, open south facing windows, and proper feeding sustain healthy fowl year round even in heat and farm bustle.
A discussion on White Holland turkeys notes they stay near home, nest in barns or shocks, and return daily. Breeders value confinement suited to small spaces, while birds are described as large, snow white, with soft abundant plumage. The breed is praised for non wandering nature and practical uses of feathers.
The Rhode Island White, developed over ten years from Cochin Wyandotte crosses and a Rhode Island Red, offers strong laying qualities and table attributes. Described as equal to any fowl for household use, it preserves size and type with pure white plumage and favorable temperament.
Advice for raising sitting hens urges feeding the entire corn ration once daily and keeping sitters separate from the main flock. Emphasizes access to clean water, grit, and charcoal, with hens offered fresh air and appropriate rest.
A fragmented recipe fragment describes Orange Delight with gelatin, orange juice, lemon juice, sugar, and orange rind, chilled until firm, then served with custard or whipped cream and ladyfingers. It also outlines an Orange Icing using orange juice, lemon juice, sherry or brandy, yellow rind, confectioners sugar, and eggs, to spread on cake.
A frugal woman uses magnesia to remove oil stains from gowns and preserves lace with imagoes and tissue paper. Advice covers making buttons, crochet, and neat home finishes. A Hungarian muffin recipe adds bacon for flavor, using flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, egg, butter, milk, and chopped crisp bacon.
Instructions for making molasses cookies using lard and butter, two cups molasses, soda dissolved in hot water, two eggs, salt, ginger, cinnamon, soft dough with flour, one hour resting, roll to quarter inch, bake until rich brown.
Cut eight pigeons into pieces and simmer in water and claret with salt pepper mace and onion. Add herbs and patter to flour. Cover and stew until sauce thickens then remove onion and herbs. Beat yolks of three eggs and stir into gravy. Return meat, stir until thick, and serve.
A small baking cup is toasted with mead and butter, filled with oysters, seasoned with salt and pepper, and covered with butter. Cups are baked in a pan for about ten minutes until ready.
A brief note suggests adding a lump of sugar to the teapot while making tea to help prevent spills and protect the table cover from stains. The tip emphasizes practical kitchen care and neat serving.
A Wisconsin Experiment Station note explains raising an orphan foal when the dam dies or lacks milk. Use cow milk with low butterfat, sweetened and diluted, fed hot from a bottle with frequent small amounts, then gradually increase portion size and intervals. For diarrhea, give castor oil mix and temporary milk withdrawal, then reintroduce warm sweetened water, bran, and skim milk as the foal grows, aiming for thrice-daily feeds by three months.
Hogs suffer two mange forms. Pitch mange is an eczema linked to poor health and filthy pens, with crusts forming on skin. cleanliness and better surroundings often cure it. True mange is caused by a skin parasite and is hard to treat, starting on the head or neck and spreading, causing thick, wrinkled skin and shedding bristles.
Guidance on humane horse handling advising gentleness and avoidance of fear. Emphasizes quiet talk, proper tack, and avoiding harsh bits. Stresses protection from cold, balanced feeding, and access to clean water for health and welfare.
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