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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1914
Page
7
A detailed timetable outlines splitting chores across days to avoid one heavy Friday. Bedrooms Thursday, bathrooms Saturday and Wednesday, kitchen Saturday, living room and dining Friday, with Monday for overall tidying. Includes dusting, polishing, furniture rearrangement, and window washing, plus routines for vacuuming and rug care.
Cut a long French milk roll into slices and toast till crepe and brown then arrange in a buttered casserole and brush with warmed butter flavored with lemon. Break fresh eggs onto each slice dust with pepper and a dash of cream of tartar until set. bake with baked tomato accompaniment.
A fragmented text describes lining a salad bowl with lettuce leaves and layering corn, then pouring mayonnaise over the dish. It hints at a caution that corn is best eaten with mayonnaise alone rather than mixed with other vegetables, though the sentence is garbled and partial.
A fragmented cooking note explains washing and picking berries. It prescribes placing one half cup of euahr and one half cup of water per g i r t of berries, cooking until berries are done, then filling hot jars and sealing immediately.
A damaged text suggests cleaning a mincing machine by trying to dry the metal and grinding bread through the device to collect grease and fat. It recommends wiping with a clean cloth to finish.
Boil shelled al' aponds then pour over boiling water and let stand until the skin loosens. Add olive oil and salt, let stand two hours. Transfer to a dripping pan and brown in a moderate oven, stirring often for even color.
Tarnished gold threaded items can be restored by brushing thoroughly with a brush dipped in pulverised putty stock, enabling the threads to resemble new.
The article explains high nitrogen content in poultry droppings makes it a valuable farm manure, but unstable without proper shelter and management. It details use with phosphoric acid and potash, shelter needs, and describes a model Maine state poultry manure shed with 12 by 7 feet footprint, cement walls, trap doors, and a sloped access walk for handling droppings.
Evangelist Nob Jones compares Manhattan to hell in a provocative sermon, saying New Yorkers dance the tango in cabarets and that the only difference is that Manhattan is surrounded by water.
After saying business was poor, 45 year old undertaker William W Simp son committed suicide by inhaling gas in New York. The death was reported as an act of self harm and is being investigated by local authorities.
An farmer guidance piece advises on selecting chicken breeds for eggs or meat, stressing fresh bloodlines, culling dull layers, and using cross breeds to improve yield. It discusses breed choices for layers such as Black and Buff Orpingtons and White Wyandottes and for meat, mixing game breeds with Wyandottes or Plymouth Rocks, plus management tips like split stock for eggs and meat, aging birds under three years, and portable houses to save feed.
Wisconsin dairy expert W. Friekhoff explains fall freshening keeps milk flowing into winter and boosts profits. He notes spring dry-up risks, higher value of winter milk, and the labor shift favoring winter dairying over summer.
A London milkman pricked by a thorn spread germs from his poisoned hand. An outbreak of diphtheria followed nearby, ultimately causing 117 deaths. Doctors traced the source to milk from the farmer where the man worked.
A four foot metal tube lead with a handle and hook at ends houses a spring loaded rod. The rod is anchored by a release ring and clamps over a bull's central wall, enabling safe leading from a distance. In case of aggression it can serve as an effective club.
Readable text notes cows grow nervous and timid after purchase and may drop milk until they adjust to new surroundings. The account highlights the homesick behavior of dairy cows and their initial adaptation period.
Dairymen living near cities find ice cream production doubles profits. The industry has benefited from the pure food law requiring a high grade article of ice cream.
Morton of Colorado Agricultural College advises broad exercise for brood sows in roomy yards to prevent birth injuries. Avoid narrow gates and low doorways, prepare pens with wall guards, keep straw under guards, and use smaller pens for heavy sows. Feed lightly before and after farrowing, ensure dry bedding, and move the sow and litter to a colony hog house within a week or two. Later, group two or three sows with litters after two to three weeks.
The progressive farmer faces choosing a stallion by eliminating the worst, with many areas lacking a good stud. Costs, license quality, and potential offspring value matter. Emphasis on strong feet and legs, plus how a stallion improves mares and colts, guides breeding decisions.
Feeding moldy feeds to hogs risks illness and death. Ground rye and corn make a decent slop for pastured hogs, but for penned hogs the mix is too fattening. use shorts or middlings with higher protein, or add tankage for better growth.
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