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Newspaper
The Clayton Enterprise
Location
Clayton, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1906
Page
2
A Missouri correspondent details fall pig production on a 40 acre farm with four equal sections. The brood sows produced over 100 pigs, many kept for breeding, others marketed. The article outlines pasture layout, hog-tight fencing, crop rotations, feeding regimens, hay and alfalfa use, water access, and crowd management to maintain a balanced, market-ready herd.
Analysis argues grain feeding on grass can add pasture efficiency and residual benefits even when grass is abundant. Advocates cite higher milk and butter fat in some trials, pasture savings, and fertilizer value from grain meal components as sources of net profit despite grain cost.
An illustration shows a roughage feeding rack designed for use with numerous suckers. The caption describes the rack and its application in feeding roughage, noting its construction and potential uses in outdoor settings.
Fragmented text describes a Nebraska experiment with a rack and cornet, mentions $8, illustrated cow peas and their latitudes, and discusses land benefit. It references feeding milk, making chicks grow, and assigns some plan or method, but details are unclear due to OCR damage.
The article cites Lucy Maynard Salmon’s vision of an ideal twentieth century city with clean streets, shade trees, removal of billboards, attractive squares, roadside benches, bright window boxes, and riverfront recreation piers. It warns that neglecting youth leads to crime and argues for social reform and accessible, legitimate leisure to prevent saloon-driven degradation.
This excerpt offers practical guidance: start vegetables in freshly boiling water, add salt when two thirds done, and avoid overcooking to preserve color and flavor. It notes chilling wilted vegetables briefly can restore quality, and discusses effects of hard versus soft water on texture and color. It suggests butter or cream sauces as dressings for older vegetables.
Instructions describe preparing thinly sliced cold roast meat seasoned with wine gravy and butter, stuffed in buttered scallop shells, topped with bread crumbs and mushrooms, then baked until browned. Suitable fillings include cold rabbit sweetbreads poultry calf brain veal and various fish. Serve in shells.
Household notes advise treating polished mahogany with spirits of turpentine diluted in water using a feather to blot out stains and wash with cold water then dry with a handkerchief. Copper utensils should be rubbed with salt and vinegar, rinsed in cold water, then polished vigorously. Brooklyn Eagle.
The article argues longevity comes from outdoor exercise, steady activity without overexertion, and rising early with moderation. It compares balancing the brain and limbs, advising brisk but not hurried effort to sustain health and vigor.
The account describes a day on June 18 near Petersburg Virginia. Comrade Burlingame of the First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery recalls heavy shelling and close-quarters fighting as his unit charged Confederate works. He details staying alive behind a tree and a makeshift breastwork, the toll of casualties, and the late return to his regiment with a companion. He identifies Alvin W. Hurd of Lincoln Penobscot County Maine as a fellow soldier.
A Memphis mother seeking help at General Grant's headquarters is aided by a plain man who later is revealed as Ulysses S. Grant. He hands her a pass to traverse the post, proving Grant’s simple, direct kindness despite high rank. The piece also notes a British phrase on military uniform policy shifting to three shirts instead of two.
In a Baton Rouge moment, General Breckinridge, without aides, greets a solitary vidette from St. Tammany who mistakes him for a passerby. The general plays along, calling the horse a fine mount, then moves on to avoid probing questions about Mrs. Breckinridge.
A fragment from the Milwaukee Sentinel quotes a line about lovers quarrels as a "good thing" and a chance to get caught up with the flavist, illustrating a playful exchange on relationships.
A garbled excerpt reflects a speaker describing nightly routines at home and a club visit. The lines imply a conversation about staying in and going out, with inconsistent spelling and phrasing, including references to times and locations.
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