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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1914
Page
7
Sugar beets require four to five months of growing weather and deep soils with clayey loam texture. They tolerate frost at higher elevations but are harmed by hard pans, stony or gravelly soils, and sandy blowing soils. Irrigation aids Western crops while rainfall dominates the East.
A historical recipe describes whitewash preparation using lime, salt, Spanish whiting, glue, and ground rice. The mix is slacked with boiling water, strained, combined with other ingredients, then five gallons of hot water added and stirred. The mixture rests 48 hours before use, best when hot for longer lasting result.
Clean cows and stable conditions lead to clean milking and a healthy herd. A milker should have clean hands and clothes, keep utensils neat and sanitary, and use fresh air for cows. Proper conduct and hygiene are essential in dairy operations.
The average farmer can perform many repairs at home with adequate tools and supplies. While not equal to a trained mechanic, self repair saves time that is crucial during the busy season. Breaking down on the farm often forces trips to distant shops, so on site fixes are valuable. Permanent repairs can be done on the farm, and temporary fixes are common when tools are available.
German farmers report direct benefits from modern potato culture including crop rotation green manuring and fertilizing. Potatoes improve soil structure and aeration aiding yields across crops. profits support liberal fertilizer use and better weed control. potatoes anchor rotations in light soils.
Popular Mechanics details a wagon feed box devised by Vinton V Deturler of Manhattan Kansas to replace nose bags. The device hooks to the wagon box top and sets at a proper height for horses, reducing grain waste and improving noon feeding.
Musty grain will cause disease among pigeons. It is no easy matter to raise squabs and while much can be learned from books the only way is to get right down to the actual work. The young require no care as the old birds look after them until they are ready for the market. Every loft should have a good feed bin, divided into sections for holding different varieties of grains used. The list of pigeon grains might be classed as corn, wheat, kafir corn, Canada peas, hemp and millet. Salt, oyster shell and charcoal are three substances very essential to the health of pigeons.
A reader warns that starting in cattle feeding on a large scale demands experience and good judgment. He notes the venture incurs high costs and that fattening steers for profit requires careful management and practical knowledge.
A dairy writer asserts feeding stock only pays if the herd is the right type. He argues that with suitable cattle, buying feed yields a good return, whereas with unsuitable stock it does not.
The passage warns against inbreeding in poultry and suggests disposing of limited stock. It notes the outcome may be negative for both sides and recommends sourcing males from another breeder to avoid genetic issues.
A detailed guide on sizing a silo diameter for cattle, calculating silage needs, and constructing the foundation with stone brick or concrete. It covers placing the foundation stake, wall thickness, site layout, earth excavation, concrete mixing, forming, and optional concrete floor or tile drain for moisture control.
Instructions describe making cherry morsels and candied cubes. Preparing syrup by boiling, cooling, and rolling sugar coated cubes in warm oven to dry. Cherry morsels mix sugar chocolate cream butter lemon and almond extracts with preserved cherries then form into drops.
Veterinary guidance notes that roup is highly contagious and should be treated at onset. Do not risk delaying care. culls and burns are advised for severely sick birds. Early stage remedies include throat and nasal applications with solutions of creolin, boric acid, hydrogen peroxide, potassium permanganate, or kerosene in minute doses.
Renovated notes mention Hedrich from a New York station at Geneva and describe a Bayshie orchard long in sod for 24 years. The sale values the land at about $1,000 per acre with a ten percent net return on valuation.
Practical kitchen and household hacks offer tips on flavoring cauliflower with milk and water for whiteness, adding salt to blue rinse water for even bluing, softening dry shoe polish with turpentine, and preventing paraffin oil from smoking by dissolving salt in each pint used.
Shape a batter from two eggs one and a half cups flour knead well. Roll thin on a floured board cut oblong strips five inches long. Fry in hot fat or butter until curled. Drain, dust with powdered sugar and serve with fruit sides.
Rice is cooked soft then mixed with milk yolks and sugar flavored with vanilla and nutmeg and baked. A meringue made from egg whites and sugar is spread on top and browned then served with jelly.
Grate a large pineapple and mix with two cupfuls of sugar. Stir in well beaten yolks of three eggs two tablespoons cornstarch and one and a half cupfuls sweet cream. Bake in a rich crust add meringue made from egg whites six tablespoons powdered sugar and pineapple extract. Brown in oven.
A recipe describes cutting round steak into three inch by three to four inch pieces. Mix bread crumbs onion pepper salt and butter for a dressing, roll the steak pieces, secure with toothpicks, and fry in lard until brown. Add boiling water and simmer about two hours, then serve hot.
A recipe lists ingredients and steps for making chili sauce from scratch. It specifies a dozen tomatoes, eight green peppers, two onions, a half dozen small chili peppers, a quart of vegetables finely chopped, salt to taste, and boiling for ninety minutes before bottling without straining. Proportions remain the same for future batches.
A fragment describes making peppermint by boiling a sugar water mixture with peppermint and cream of tartar until a white creamy drop forms. The procedure mentions dropping onto paraffin paper and shaping with a spoon.
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