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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1913
Page
3
Recipes describe a wedding cake with two loaves, butter sugar and spices, and desserts like nut cakes and chili con carne. It lists ingredients such as flour, eggs, curvant a, ratalia, nutmeg, mace, and candied lemon peel. Also included are cabbage salad, chestnut dish, and a fruit nuts salad, with baking and cooking steps.
Awnings of farm life note goldfinches as winter residents feeding on weeds and garden seeds. They stay through goldenrod fields, differentiate from a similar species, and migrate in winter flocks. Males show ardent courtship in July, aiding agriculture by consuming noxious weed seeds like the giant thistle.
The piece quotes John Duffy in Thealien Weekly praising Uncle Sam for guiding farm youth. It notes sons of farmers gain courage in diversification, health, wealth, and happiness from scientific farming methods taught by experts. Hundreds of boys attend events to learn practical crop techniques and share experiences with their fathers.
A ten year old California boy named Ralph trains a rooster to aid his widowed mother and younger brother. He uses the rooster to deliver papers and collect money for education, while the bird signals with a loud crow whenever Ralph stops his wheel. The scene highlights a curious rural effort to support a struggling family.
A rustic tale recounts campus life with quirky characters like Belly a four year old maiden and Dally who mispronounces words. Emily announces supper as the family discusses meal routines while Ralph, Bamsay, and others attract crowds selling keepsakes and souvenirs to fund college.
A practical experiment compares sand and clay soils by filling cans with soil, packing them, drying, and pouring measured water over each to observe drainage. The test demonstrates how much water different soils retain, showing sand loses water quickly while clay holds more, illustrating soil texture differences.
A Wisconsin swine breeder attempted early farrowing in February to market pies by fall. Sows and piglets were kept in a warm steam heated barn and fed corn meat before weaning. Lack of exercise and nitrogen deficient feed caused high piglet mortality and only a partial litter survival, suggesting larger pens and exercise would have improved outcomes and reduced losses.
An illustration shows an emergency horse shoe claimed to be an improvement over ordinary rough shod ice shoes. The frame is made from aluminum composition for rigidity and the pins are interchangeable and may be shortened, with drop-forged steel estila for strength.
A degraded text offers rustic farming tips on sheep care, feeding, water, and welfare. It discusses average wool yield, stocking limits to avoid crowding, partial hogging of land, use of grazing area for feeding, cleanliness of hog quarters, and water access. It mentions breeding strategies, flock health, gestation, farrowing considerations, and starting specialized breeding in cattle, swine, sheep, or poultry.
The article reports Dr Charles M Bhelden Brarten urging Protestant unity and establishment of a confessional, addressing a convention in Los Angeles on July 12. The talk touched on Catholic influence, church unity, and the potential social benefits of confession, with comments from Rev D Iral Landrith of Ward Bsimont College and notes on voter apathy and divorce courts affecting policy and civil issues.
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