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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1916
Page
9
A dairy guide notes cows should have wide sprung ribs and deep abdomens for digestion and capacity. It emphasizes correct cream separator screw adjustment to avoid clogs. Manure carrier is essential to remove waste from the barn and prevent contamination. The bull should be confined with clean surroundings.
The text stresses clean sanitary feeding for calves, gradual changes in cow feed, and the value of better equipment like separators. It notes better by products such as bettermilk and that worn separators can cause losses worth replacing with reputable models. The passage outlines practical dairy management considerations and cost implications.
A historical text advises milking heifers at consistent hours, using clean hands, and keeping a calm, close-contact technique. It warns against rough handling and emphasizes sanitary, rapid milking to preserve milk quality and prevent injury.
The farmer with few animals cannot afford purebred males yet needs them. A solution is for neighbors to club together to secure a purebred sire. This will spread the cost and yield better coats than owning a single sire.
A historical note on manufacturing butter aims to create a product that appears dry yet retains moisture near the elantar. It discusses proper production to ensure butter remains stable in transit and after cutting, avoiding issues from moisture loss.
R W Curtiss of Ransaville New York says duck farming is thriving worth about 30000 ducks yearly with strong profits. He describes breeding selection from a large flock, careful feeding, and movement to pasture to condition birds for market. He explains mating ratios, housing needs, and winter egg production.
Ducks can be raised for meat on dry land with water deep enough to submerge beaks and wash nostrils. Pekin and Rouen are the main meat breeds, with Pekin favored for white feathers and meat. Market distance and buyer prejudice limit profitability, though ducks offer family utility and feather abundance.
William H. Pfeifer of Allenton Missouri argues self supplied feed makes poultry farming cheaper and more efficient. He says on site feed reduces drayage and waste while improving chicken meat and egg output and returning droppings as fertilizer. He urges prospective poultry farmers to consider the savings and advantages of a self feeding operation.
Kegs to be shipped for hatching packed in barkets. Each egg carefully wrapped in excelsior and nested deeply. Basket may be covered with a new cloth edge or held by tacks pushed in. Edge pushed under top strip or outside edge of case kite.
The piece explains why en casserole dishes remain popular in France for rich flavors. It notes three rules: prepare all ingredients before baking, start with moderate oven heat then lower to low, and avoid boiling to allow long slow cooking. It mentions meat casseroles needing about 90 minutes and other dishes several hours, with traditional night slow-cooking in crocks and frugality. It also suggests using cheaper meat and thickening agents, and pairs rice with various proteins and adds fried potatoes only with short cooking.
Four boards inches wide and 42 inches long plus three boards inches wide and 24 inches long are needed with about a dozen screw hooks. The shelf will have spice jars just under the right side and a lid or pan rack below. To the left, one or two rows of screw hooks are screwed into the shelf board.
Mrs. W. E. Mazweil explains practical shelving and hanging solutions for a pantry. Hooks made from No. 9 wire are attached through holes in bottom boards to hold pans and utensils, while back shelves support screws and small items. These simple, compact ideas aim to save space and organize cooking tools effectively.
Poultry experts from Iowa State College warn that flock improvement hinges on breeding stock. Strong vigorous hardy parents yield well born chicks while poor vitality leads to weak hatchlings and high mortality. Use 25 good hens with two strong roosters to produce marketable chicks and winter-ready pullets.
Fetter argues that hatching eggs from pullets produces sturdier chicks by avoiding losses from hens. He notes pullets lay more in winter but are weaker at batching season, leading to more small eggs and higher mortality.
Different vigor among parent stock and egg age affects chick vitality. Stronger chicks crowd weaker ones, take sunniest space, and eat first in the brooder. Grade chicks by size and allow weaker chicks to eat when the stronger prevail.
Soiled towels bag described in Huckaback fabric with a front opening bound in white braid and top draw closure. embroidered Towels beneath the opening and a washable simple design priced at 60 cents. Chicken on Toast instructs to chop cold chicken into morsels, make a thin white sauce, fold in meat, toast bread, top with gravy and rice ring, serve hot.
A recipe describes layering sliced bread half inch thick with butter salt and paprika, then cheese, repeating three times. Beat two eggs add one pint milk and pour over the prepared bread and bake for thirty minutes.
Recipe snippet describes preparing calf liver by frying broiling or baking, then slicing into neat strips served on lettuce or hickory, topped with mayonnaise dressing and a few capers or chopped pickle.
Bonnet frames for vases describe bending a discarded wire bonnet to brace long stemmed flowers in a jardiniere. Bostonian Sandwiches use thin bacon, mayonnaise, and chopped nickel, between white bread and light brown bread.
The article notes that navel disease or joint infections in foals stem from neglecting sanitary mare quarters during foul ing. Germs in dirty poorly ventilated stables enter newborn foals via the navel, with cleaner pastures away from roads reducing risk.
Brief on foal survival times after birth and signs of illness. Recommends clean, disinfected stalls with bedding for the mare days before foaling, floor and wall disinfection with a 5 percent carbolic acid solution or effective germicide, and iodine disinfection of the navel immediately after birth. Antiseptic bandages may aid healing.
A cheap movable board house sized to shelter one sow and her pigs is described. It is built like an A frame eight feet wide and long, using over 225 feet of lumber, with doors on both ends and leather hinges. The north door closes in winter, and a lantern inside the roof keeps newborn pigs warm.
An experienced Wisconsin shepherd warns against late spring shearing. He says weight gains are lower if sheep are left to graze, fences get dirty, and hoof care prevents footrot. Early shearing yields cleaner wood and better growth, with hoof trimming advised when needed.
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