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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1915
Page
3
A detailed guide to constructing a standard dairy barn with 36 by 60 feet floor plan for 22 to 30 cows, including concrete floors, elevated cow stable, ventilation flues, fresh air ducts, and the role of cow body heat in air circulation. Notes on foundations, footings, and the option to combine horse stables temporarily.
A fragment of a homemaking column offers simple recipes for a grapefruit jelly salad with cheese, spring onion soup, Melba sandwiches, creamed sardines, and a note on rain and a gilded vane from Longfellow, reflecting period kitchen tips and seasonal musings.
A varied vintage recipe collection describes baked sausage stuffed potatoes and pota to rice with sausage, plus beef scrapple, potato pancakes and seafood dishes. It includes timing, proportions, and techniques, with notes on substitutions and serving ideas for salmon tuna crab and halibut dishes.
A vintage recipe excerpt describes Pecan Cookies Tea Cakes Oatmeal Drop Cookies and Ginger Snaps. Details include eggs shortening brown sugar flour oats raisins walnuts and spices with baking instructions and yields. The text preserves period cooking methods and measurements.
The group met recently until 1915 and defined the perfect man's measurements as 38 inches chest, 34 inches waist, and 40 inches seat. They note a woman's form remains steadier, while a man's waist can vary without corsets, suggesting the ideal man is typically a young fellow.
Colorado expert Alvin Keyser notes Sudan grass thrives on dry lands up to about 5 000 feet, best as a warm weather annual hay crop. It yields 1 2 tons per acre on good seasons with 300 to 2 000 pounds seed per acre, planted in 3 to 3½ foot rows or broadcast at 10 to 15 pounds per acre. not ideal for irrigated or high altitude areas.
West farms with rocky or damp land can transform waste areas by sowing common sweet clover. Hogs thrive on it and gain nearly as well as alfalfa when pastured young. Sheep pasture benefits arise, and some farmers use sweet clover for dairy stock or other animals. If not pastured, cut young for hay or harvest seed fetching high prices.
North Dakota experiment station findings show leaving every fourth corn row standing holds snow, adding surface moisture and reducing wind erosion. The practice could aid soil stability for the next crop, suggesting farmers try a few rows to test benefits.
Farmers who rear ducks often let them fend for shelter, but well bred ducks, with modest extra care and a simple duck house, stay healthier and more profitable. A neat shelter improves appearance and vitality of the flock without extra feed.
The passage observes that such cattle are rarely good cows, highlighting their thin frames and meager condition and suggesting recurring poor prospects for breeding and meat.
Portable hog houses offer flexible housing for different classes of swine, especially in summer or after farrowing, while a central hog house serves winter shelter. A shed roof design aids ventilation, with top front doors preventing drafts, and practical dimensions for durable sunlit buildings with movable partitions for up to 20 farrowing pens.
Wrong feeding causes hens to eat eggs. The article details housing plans for small and large poultry buildings, plus feeding guidance. It notes summer free range reduces egg eating, recommends meat scraps green bone or skim milk, and stresses lime and grit. It lists values for major crops in 1914.
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