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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1911
Page
7
A guide to profitable fowl breeding emphasizing non show breeds Leghorns Minorcas Andalusians Houdans and Hamburgs. Hatch eggs in incubators or keep a few high quality breeders to gradually improve stock, noting that careful selection and yearly breeding lots boost returns.
A simple poultry feeder made from an 14 inch square oil can with a hinged or covered top. A 2 inch slit near the bottom corner allows grain to feed into the trough while edges are smoothed to prevent injury. The device rests against the coop wall at a height above the floor for easy access by fowls.
Summer care of poultry warns that neglect causes the most harm to flocks. Provide wide range or ample shade and dig ground daily. A 50 foot by 25 fowl plot adapts to 25 birds, with rotation and daily feeding of fresh leaves grass water and proper feed for best returns.
A Farm Stock and Home article argues dry land farmers should adopt irrigation where possible. It urges conserving runoff by damming ravines, storing water for gardens and spring use, and using windmills when irrigation is limited. It notes benefits of a well-kept kitchen garden, livestock, and intensified cropping in irrigated areas.
The guide recommends placing a two pound paper bag over each grape bunch when the fruit is small. This method protects grapes from insect and bird injury and helps ensure extra clusters. Fasten the bag mouth along each stem with a pin wire or string.
Agricultural note discusses soils for alfalfa, arguing many western soils lack lime and organic matter needed for bacteria and root growth. It cites long irrigation and deep lime deposits as problems and suggests testing lime applications, starting with a load of 30 hundredweight per quarter acre, then periodic dressings with ground limestone.
Endive is easy to grow in frames or open ground and can be sown any time in summer though midsummer crops may lack quality. Fall crops should be lifted with soil and stored dry for winter use. Varieties include smooth leaved larger coarse types and finely cut curled types, with whitened leaves often the most tender.
Experiments near Paris over several years show no disease microbes on vegetables watered with sewage. Researchers conclude there is practically no danger in using sewage waters for market garden crops and fodder cultivation.
Analysis shows kaffir corn leaves less of the important plant foods in its ash than corn under similar conditions. The comparison highlights the nutritional differences between kaffir corn and ordinary corn based on ash content.
Guidance for poultry keepers recommends cockerels to ensure fertile eggs and warns infertile eggs should not be sold. Details include coop hygiene with lime and carbolic acid wash, frequent coop cleaning, and feeding dry mash to improve fertility. It notes Barred Rock value and geese grazing benefits.
Fragmentary lines present a cryptic quatrain with archaic phrasing about a hat and tongue. The garbled text resembles a Shakespearean cadence, yet lacks a coherent narrative or clear individuals, places, or events.
The article presents classic pickling methods for dill cucumbers with grape leaves, tomato meat from green tomatoes with onions and celery, and chow chow with peppers and vegetables. It includes quantities for brines, spices, and steps for sterilization, soaking, and cooking to preserve produce.
Mushrooms grow abundantly from September until frost. Pick while buttons form. store in salt brine for winter use and rehydrate in plain water. Creamed mushrooms mix butter flour pepper and cream then serve on buttered toast. broiled mushrooms require careful handling to keep juices.
Paris reports Germany has submitted a counter proposal to France regarding the Moroccan settlement. Foreign Minister De Selves takes the document to Premier Calliaux for cabinet review after expert assessment by Regault. Germany seeks economic guarantees seen as privileges, risking broad opposition.
John Jacob Astor marries Madeline Talmadge Torece in Beechwood Newport a few minutes after 9 am Saturday. The ceremony in the white and gold ballroom drew no attendees from society. Astor plans honeymoon aboard his yacht Noma, then comments on remarriage laws.
Berlin reels as the Moroccan crisis sparks a financial scare. German markets plunge amid rumors of army mobilization and widespread bank runs hit Cologne Aix La Chapelle Berlin and other cities with sinking confidence and selling pressure.
The Rev Joseph Lambert who officiated at the Newport marriage of Colonel John Jacob Astor and Miss Anuelinae T Dorce leaped from obscurity into attention. Parishioners are aroused and he is expected to be summoned before the general conference of the Congregational Church to explain his actions.
A planned Reyes demonstration in Juarez failed and a crowd of about 1000 Maderistas filled the streets with banners bearing likenesses of the former revolutionary chief. They cried Down with Reyes and Death to Reyes, creating a charged scene Sunday morning.
Mrs Larle Samuels shot Miss Willie West in a crowded Nashville matinee over a suspected love affair. The handgun hidden in a handbag produced a fatal wound. Samuels later denounced West’s alleged alienation of her husband. A separate Wisconsin item notes doctors deem Annie Lemberger murdered after being kidnapped from the Lemberger home the prior Tuesday.
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