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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1915
Page
6
A guide explains how to value dairy cream by butterfat percentage and gallon price. It details formulas to calculate price per gallon from fat percentage and price per pound, and price per pound of fat from price per gallon, with example figures such as 20 to 40 percent cream and prices ranging from 4 cents to 1 dollar per gallon.
A vintage guide explains a simple milk stool using three candy pads, a lard tub or similar, and a keyhole saw. It details cutting a top hole, removing the hoop, and shaping the bottom openings to form a sturdy, properly elevated stool for an average person.
The dairy tanner notes a comfortable cow yields the most profit and stresses caring for all cattle. He advises thorough cleaning of dairy pails and close attention to ears and teats to prevent dirt and taint in milk.
Fragmentary text references an unprofitable cow and mentions Hatbeck tent and Reales with unclear notes about delivering goods and whether excuses exist.
The note stresses clean milking, daily curry combing, and individual feeding for profitable dairying. It advises good cows as essential, proper patting, and timely ripening of cream. Emphasizes keeping cream free from contamination and covering the cane to prevent spoilage.
Guide on selecting foundation stock and managing a flock for egg and meat production. Covers culling, feeding, cleanliness, comfort, pest control, pride in work, market alignment, and show bird selection with emphasis on quality stock and proper housing. Includes specific practices for hens, roosters, and disease avoidance.
Agricultural notes warn shade is essential for poultry and ducks to prevent heat stress, improve growth, and reduce deaths. Bricks under house feet keep chicks shaded. sunflowers and cornfields aid meat yield and egg production. Emphasizes clean coops, vermin control, dust baths, balanced rations, and ample space for healthy birds.
A brief note describes young wild turkeys remaining with their mothers after hatching and tending to be mischievous. As they grow, they tend to run away, and keeping their wings short is said to reduce ire.
Feed for goslings should prioritize grass as the main part of their diet from eight to ten weeks old. Meat and cracked corn are unnecessary. Geese are easily raised when properly fed with high quality forage and good care.
The local poultry association, especially with an annual show, strengthens the community stock by providing direct breeding guidance and expanding the market for breeding stock. Fathers of poultry are urged to form groups to gain these benefits.
Good winter feeding method notes curing lawn clippings for storage in the poultry yard. After curing, pack in bags or barrels and mix into bran mash with scalding water to draw out flavor and stimulate production during cold months.
A historical guide warns on keeping poultry yards dry and clean to prevent deaths among ducklings. It covers crowding, yard cleanliness, water access, feed balance, damp quarters, shade in heat, and rat considerations, noting drowning, blocked nostrils, and giddiness from overfeeding.
Reading fragment on egg quality stresses that freshly laid eggs depend on nutritious feed. It warns against scavenging and poor rations, noting protein and shell strength affect yolk quality, shell integrity, and chick vitality. Proper wheat bran clover oyster shell and clean conditions yield better, protein rich eggs.
A poultry note advises that male birds kept together risk fighting when females are absent. Methods include separating males, introducing a new male, or letting them become acquainted with a soft cloth tugging exercise. After initial contact they tire and settle, while restraint may be used if they try to bite once released.
A lively roundup of pickle recipes and methods, presenting Ohio Mixed Pickles Variety Pickles Type Cucumber Pickles Baltimore Pickle and Shit Sauce. Each entry outlines ingredients and steps for flavorful preserves, including vegetables like peppers onions cucumbers tomatoes and beans, with vinegar sugar and spices.
Thrifty cooks can value green pepper leftovers by stuffing peppers with rice, chopped meat, tomato, onions, olives, bacon, potatoes, or corn. Bake slowly. peppers boost conversation with a guessing game about ingredients. Also bake layered sweet potatoes with brown sugar and butter, then finish in covered and uncovered stages.
A recipe describes forming mashed or leftover potatoes into small nests in a buttered baking dish. Each nest holds a small piece of butter, an egg breaks into it, then seasoned with salt and pepper. Bake briefly until set. Serve hot with cold meat for supper.
A new transparent fabric Bealander organdie features stripes and checks in a light weave. It remains sheer after laundering and suits summer dresses. Also includes a clam broth recipe with salt pepper celery salt and whipped cream for serving.
A brief cooking note details making chicken patties from white meat seasoned with lemon peel nutmeg salt pepper cream and butter then thickened with flour. The mixture is formed into patty shells and served once cooled.
Dr BT Imma warns Oregon hog raisers to guard against the spread of hog cholera. The piece lists transmission routes including direct contact with infected hogs, carrier animals, humans handling infected animals, scavengers, stock yards, infected water, and contaminated swill. Germs persist through curing and packing, so prevention is essential.
A brief description by Ernest Hever in Farmers' Review outlines constructing a concrete stock tank. It details a 1 by 6 inch form with two inch debris spacing, an eight inch base of cinders, wet concrete for bottom, richer 11 2 3 mix for arches, hog wire No 9 with six inch stays, top reinforced with square twisted half inch rods, form removal after two days, and final cement wash to seal holes and uneven spots.
A Arizona Experiment Station piece by G W Barnes argues that hogs thrive on alfalfa pastures, even when confined hogs are used briefly, if pastures are clean and rotated. Rotating pastures keeps hogs on fresh forage, aids cultivation and disinfection, and reduces intestinal worm exposure by avoiding contaminated ground.
A brief lament notes lambs often starve despite wool hides tears. A moment with shears could prevent trouble by exposing needs and aiding mothers and offspring.
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