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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1921
Page
8
The United States Department of Agriculture explains how diet and exercise affect poultry flavor and tenderness. Fat distribution, age, and muscle development influence desirability, with exercise toughening muscles and reducing fat. Special feeding can enhance taste, while certain plants like onions or wild garlic impart strong, often objectionable, flavors.
Coal ashes have little value as fertilizer. their use is mainly to loosen heavy clay soil and improve workability. They are valuable on heavy clay soil but should be screened and spread evenly, then thoroughly mixed with the soil. Wood ashes have some value and should be applied before leaching occurs.
The United States Department of Agriculture notes that milk from goats can replace cow milk for drinking and cooking but is less suited for butter. A doe producing two quarts daily is good, three quarts excellent if sustained seven to ten months, with eight to fifteen times weight in milking period. Goats’ milk is widely used for cheese and infant nutrition, though less satisfactory for butter.
USDA bureau of markets specialists warn that potato losses stem from postharvest handling and disease. Cardosa heading during harvest causes serious damage, breaking skins and increasing decay risk, which shippers and growers must curb to protect tubers.
The harvest season draws many traveling workers who move north from the South toward the Canadian border. They are efficient but may abandon crops mid harvest, forcing farmers to pay higher rates for remaining work. Local help is preferred to rovers for reliable coverage.
Guidance on choosing a strong harness for draft animals. Emphasizes heavy reins breeching holdback straps traces belly bands and yoke straps. Warns that a runaway team cannot be controlled with weak reins and inadequately strong straps for heavy work.
United States Department of Agriculture notes factors affecting alfalfa hay pricing including bale size and weight. It describes small, medium, and large bale classifications, typical dimensions, and how bale pressure and moisture affect shipment weight and handling. Variation in inspection services across markets also influences market behavior.
Seven winners will win trips to the English royal stock show. Leaders and members from many states express interest in forming judging teams for the United States agricultural clubs event at Atlanta, October 19 to 21, 1921. Texas leads last year's victory, with teams from Mississippi Louisiana Virginia Oklahoma Florida and others preparing to enter.
Inspectors vary on grading cars with the poorest hay or an average grade. Uniform loading is vital for fair grades. Mixed carloads risk wholesale discounts or rejection. ship only the grade requested and avoid mixing different hay grades or damaged material. Official inspection certificates determine the actual grade when inspectors are stationed at major markets.
Tony Trimble clings to Swami charm while his father Judge Trimble and Mrs. Trimble clash over a supposed spiritual awakening. The family drama escalates as a letter and a planned socially staged coming out collide with real fear of loss of fortune and reputation. Flora Campbell and others watch as the Swami navigates allegiance, money, and a potential betrayal.
Dockage value depends on the material separated from wheat. Some dockage contains nutritious grain or weed seeds and can be used as feed, while others like wild mustard and flaxseed may be harmful if ground with wheat. Under federal standards, dockage is deducted from weight and does not affect the grain’s grade, so price hinges on the dockage free wheat grade.
Good reports reach the Smyth county agent as poultry culling continues. Farmers note strong demand for information on culling. One farmer sold chickens worth 70 dollars without dropping egg production, another sold poultry for 72.50 dollars and now has egg output equal to before.
A. G. Tolaas of University farm issues a warning to all growers who faced dry rot in potatoes to disinfect every tool and bin before reuse. Use a formaldehyde solution in ten gallons of water or a blue stone copper sulfate mixture of one pound in ten gallons of water for sanitation.
A six year old girl Jean and a peer share a playroom after a lunch. When the guest delays going home the mother tones insists and a moral lesson is given. Jean argues softly that Betty should be allowed to stay since the mother is only the maid.
A fragment notes how water puzzled early scholars until Henry Cavendish proved it comprised a mix of gases. It mentions Lavoisier’s 1780s experiment causing water’s decomposition into oxygen and hydrogen, followed by improvements by two British scientists seven years later, Nicholson and Cavendish.
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