Cream selling more profitable for farm households says expert
Missouri College of Agriculture economist Rekles argues selling cream is easier for farm women and can yield equal or higher income than butter making. A cream buyer buys any quantity, payments arrive promptly, and a cream separator pays for itself within a year for herds of four to ten cows, with winter and summer markets available.
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Rekles
Missouri College of Agriculture
Miveourt Farm
Crater
Loral
Handy Milk Bottle Holder This new device suspends milk bottles
A concise notice describes a handy milk bottle holder mounted to a convenient support. It uses a curved wire design to hang the bottle out of reach of cats and dogs, replacing old milk pats. The mechanism is shown with ends bent and secured.
Pasteurization Benefits Described for Milk Safety
The article explains pasteurizing milk at 145 F for 20 minutes destroys harmful bacteria and reduces spoilage. It notes low temperature pasteurization preserves nutrition and digestibility, while higher temperatures can cause chemical changes. It predicts widespread pasteurization may come to most markets.
Prevent Growth of Horns on Calves with Caustic Potash
The procedure uses caustic potash applied before a calf is one week old. A moistened stick is rubbed on the spot until slight skin bleeding occurs. Calves should be kept dry for several days to prevent wash-off and eye damage.
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Tate
Poultry Feeding Principles and Rations for Egg Production
Missouri agricultural guide explains economical feeding for laying hens. Key points include balanced grain and ground feed blends, avoiding whole grain rations, and using a mix of corn bran middlings and wheat. Emphasizes protein balance with meat and dairy byproducts and cautions against moldy feed and excessive corn. Beef scrap and sour milk noted as cost-effective egg boosters with proper handling.
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Univerty of
Missouri
Aarleture
Ind
Armer
Department of Poultry
Neescary
Minsouri Agricultural Experiment Station
Bens
Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station
Poultry Breeds Emphasize Strains Over Breed Type
Advice for farmers on choosing poultry stock notes that strain quality matters more than breed. Lists egg, meat, and general purpose breeds such as Leghorns Minorcas Spanish Blue Andalusians and Rhode Island Reds. Encourages buying from established strains that excel in laying and quality.
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Plymouth Rocks
Wyandottes
Dominiques
Rhode Ieland
Dirt Floors Gain in Favor for Poultry Houses
In a debated exchange the writer argues dirt floors are more pleasing to hens than board or concrete. A brick or concrete wall around the hens with soil fill creates a damp and rat resistant enclosure, while dirt floors absorb moisture and require less frequent cleaning.
Plan for movable roosts gains poultry aid
A well known poultry woman presents a method for movable roosts. She notes roosts set three feet apart as shown in the cut, aiding in keeping fowls free from mites.
Old Farm Notes on Roost Structures and Trestle Size
A fragment outlines roosts that disassemble and soak in hot water. Trestles measure 2 by 4 inches. The passage references Wisconsin farmer and construction details.
Poultry Industry in the United States Expands Rapidly
The poultry industry has risen faster than any other agricultural sector. The annual value of poultry produced in the United States is at least one billion dollars. Population growth and reduced beet supply imply strong, ongoing demand and lucrative prices for poultry products for years ahead.
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United States
Water access enriches duck and goose farming at farms
Water for ducks and geese is not essential to raise them but improves well being. Many farms provide ponds or water storage facilities to offer access to water for waterfowl.
Roost Phrase Parody on Chickens and Silver Air
A humorous saying notes that when chickens have a good home they return quickly and implies abundance of silver air as another home to roost. The quip links sturdier coops with more returning birds and more wealth.
Special Fish Dishes Show Ways to Broil and Bake Seafood
A guide to broiling bluefish and mackerel with skin side down first, using a grease pan and double broiler for coal fires. Includes fish pudding recipe from haddock or cod and fried scallops with seasoned flour, eggs, crackers, bacon and tartar sauce, plus lemon garnish.
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Maitre D'‘Hotel
Cheese Algrettes and Fried Walnut Rounds
A recipe item lists ingredients including cheese flour butter water eggs and spices. Instructions describe cooking butter and water until glossy then adding cheese and seasonings, shaping into walnut sized pieces, frying in hot fat until golden brown, and draining.
Paranip Fritters Fry Like Doughnuts In Deep Drippings
Instructions describe using par snipes tender and seasoned with butter malt and pepper. Form balls from par wnip dipped in flour and fried to a delicate brown in boiling lard, then served hot in an uncovered dish to retain crispness.
Balade a V Aliemande Salad In Juli enne Style
A crisp salad mixes washed lettuce or endive torn small with celery beetroot cucumber and cold chicken. It is seasoned with pepper salt shallot tarragon and chervil and dressed with stiff mayonnaise. Garnish includes red chillies gherkin egg yolk and beetroot strips.
Date Muffins Recipe from Mothers' Magazine
A dated recipe blends half cup sugar with two cups chopped dates and two cups milk. Butter, salt, four teaspoons shortening, baking powder, eggs, and flour are creamed and alternately added with milk and dates. Bake in a buttered pan for fresh muffins.
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Mothers
Senana Cream Banana Mixture Instructions
Instructions describe mixing equal parts bananas and sweet cream to one quart, then adding one quarter pound of sugar. Beat the mixture until the cream thickens, using an iron or wooden spoon.
Batter Pudding Recipe Fragments
Fragment of a batter pudding recipe listing one egg one tablespoon flour half cup milk salt plus added notes and a brief instruction to grease with any sweet sauce.
Simple Resinol treatment for itchy skin and rashes
A Baltimore doctor promotes Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap as affordable relief for edema ringworm and itching. Warm water baths soften crusts then a thin ointment layer is applied and covered. repeat twice daily. Most cases improve quickly with this method.
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Baltimors
Andy
Scarce matches push substitutes as prices rise in Shanghai district
Consul reports widespread use of nonmatch ignition aids as flint and steel decline. Retailers in Soochow sell substitutes. peddlers spread them across the district amid price pressures. China imports from abroad, with Japan supplying most of the 1914 matches market.
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Soochow
Shanghai
Sammons
China
Japan
Idle Curiosity Probes Apache Scouts and Villa
A conversation hints that Professor Diegs is a renowned ethnologist in the region. The speaker asks his opinion on whether Apache scouts who pursued Villa while wearing wrist watches can endure as many hardships as their rough predecessors.
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Diegs
Villa
Grape Nuts Credited With Recovering Woman From Illness
A Me town woman recovering from scarlet fever credits Grape-Nuts with restoring her health. After indiscriminate feeding caused relapse, she followed doctor approval to eat Grape-Nuts and promptly improved. She gained weight, returned to duties, and recommended the cereal to friends.
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Battle Creek
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Poultry Industry
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Fletcher
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