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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1921
Page
2
Winter poultry care guidance from the U S Department of Agriculture stresses warm, well ventilated housing, regulated feeding, and exercise for hens. Advice covers drafts avoidance, curtain use, split feeds, green and animal-based supplements, mite control, and vermin prevention to maintain flock health during cold months.
The article notes that much land once planted in red clover now grows alfalfa, yet red clover remains more valuable due to its adaptability to short rotations and its price advantage, influencing farm decision making.
A U S Department of Agriculture guidance notes that packing containers must be durable, sized to fit shipments, and visually appealing. It emphasizes tight weight, avoidance of damage, cost efficiency per pound, and value-based pricing, with cheap splint baskets and improvised containers as feasible options for certain products.
A minute green caterpillar called the red headed leaf roller has attracted attention for attacking vegetables including beans potatoes asparagus corn strawberries and other plants. Entomologists say damage is not large and seldom warrants artificial control. larvae roll leaves in shelter and can be removed by clipping. Arsenate of lead mixture is suggested as a foliage spray when infestation increases.
Promote permanent profitability by protecting woodland from fire and overgrazing. Choose only the defective crowded and inferior trees for cutting, leaving straight thrifty and better trees to grow for a future crop.
Rural youths learn practical trapping techniques for fox, mink, muskrat, skunk, raccoon, rabbit with steel traps No. 1 to No. 7 and bait tips. Guidance covers trap placement, camouflage, handling, skinning, and drying. stresses safety and proper processing for fur and meat as outlined by the United States Department of Agriculture.
A U S Department of Agriculture film narrates the boll weevil as the foe and calcium arsenate as the hero in a dramatized warning to Southern farmers. Scenes depict lab work in Tallulah Louisiana and Washington DC, field tests with arsenic dust, and cotton fields showing savings of hundreds of dollars per acre. The program promotes boll weevil extermination and selling copies to institutions and organizations for demonstration use.
US Department of Agriculture specialists outline three distinct classes of farm equipment. First, buildings fences implements machine tools wagons and appliances for core farming operations. Second, dairy garden tools butchering outfits and general place tools. Third, tools materials and facilities to maintain the first two classes in good working order.
On the farm rats are described as very busy and entering through holes. The advice urges a nightly inspection, sealing holes with powdered grass and cement, and using traps and terriers to remove them.
Feeding tests from the state college show soy bean hay supplemented with corn silage corn and salt makes an excellent winter ration for pregnant ewes. When using soy bean hay lens corn should be used instead of alfalfa and wy benno hay compares favorably on a pound for pound basis.
A mix of kitchen guidance and quotes on life opens with Beecher and Roskin reflections. The text details practical cooking steps for chicken with oysters, chicken baked in milk, and French onions, including seasoning, stock use, noodles, croutons, and cheese melted toppings, ending with a meditation on companionship and conversation.
The article lists pound cake and mysterious Persian Cake methods, crullera and chicken custard recipes. It details creaming butter and sugar, folding in yolks and whites, gradual oven heating, and long bake times. It also describes assembling a layered sponge cake with jam fillings and a pink icing garnish.
In a nighttime woodland visit with Mrs. Wood Elf, two adventurers hear a loud noise and fear ghosts or bogeys. A kindly moonlit creature reveals there are no such beings, urges calm, and reminds them sounds change with wind and leaves. They thank the creature and fall asleep content.
A reflection on unselfish acts that softly seed good deeds and yield a pure harvest. Gentle actions, words of kindness, and sacrifices, though small, are celebrated as fruitful in life’s quiet garden. The idea is illustrated as a moral from a period publication, emphasizing virtue and patience.
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