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Newspaper
Yerington Times
Location
Yerington, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1912
Page
3
Instructions from Country Gentleman describe humane and efficient methods for preparing turkeys for the beli day market. Details include handling in a clean airy space, hanging, bleeding, stunning, plucking, feather removal order, and cooling by air to avoid bruising while preserving appearance.
A Western man uses a hollow white egg shaped case with a ticking watch to trick hens into setting out of season. He places the fake egg under a hen’s breast to disrupt her nesting, causing distress and early cessation of laying, claiming the device pays for itself by keeping hens focused on laying instead of idling.
Countrywide deterts in the improvement of public highways are strongest in the Mississippi Valley. A plan to connect Chicago and Milwaukee seeks $60,000 in Kenosha County Wisconsin for ponds and road work with a $1,000 gift from Charles T. Jeffrey on behalf of the Thomas B. Jeffrey Company. The company supports good roads as motorists need better routes from Wisconsin hills to Illinois prairies and the Mississippi at St Louis. Jeffrey cites broad sympathy for improved highways and hopes for a general movement.
The suds from the wash tub are a valuable fertilizer. They can be poured around newly planted trees or sprinkled over lawns and grass plots.
A British writer discusses a tropical shrub Bupatorium recaubum as a potential future mega sugar source. It reportedly yields 20 to 30 times the sweetness of cane or beet sugar and requires far less bulk to achieve the same sweetness.
In Kansas Agricultural College guidance, saving three to four inches of rainfall across seasons could yield about three to four hundred tons of water per acre in subsoil. After harvest, plow promptly to let rains soak in, but avoid heavy dragging to prevent soil blow. The extra cost is modest, about one dollar per acre, with strong long term benefits.
Indian Runner ducks show high feather value during moult saving plumage and preventing spillover. They forage well return home at night making them profitable and ornamental with lively disposition and graceful form appealing to hobbyists and breeders alike.
The Milwaukee Synthesis Company is incorporated to produce a new milk substitute called synthis. It claims to make milk directly from timothy hay via a chemical process, bypassing cows and their stomachs. The product is said to taste like milk and remain sweet, avoiding bacteria that require pasteurization.
The grading of potatoes is as important as fruit grading. Large and small tubers must not mix in one barrel. Pickers should separate large merchantable tubers into one basket and small ones into another, with market receipts clearly marked to reflect grade.
United States Land Office Carson City Nevada November 9 1912. Calaverite Mining Company Nevada corporation by George W Winfield attorney in fact seeks patent for the Wadlou x Lode and Calaverite mining claims in Mountain View Mining District Mineral County Nevada with surface ground 500 feet each side. Description includes claim corners and bearings beginning at corner 1 and includes coordinates and variations. Official survey file on record.
E D Woodruff through agent P B Ellis applies for U S patent covering Coyote No 1 2 3 4 lodes in Mason District Ormsby County Nevada. Description cites survey 4046 with detailed bearings and corners, claiming 118.476 acres exclusive of reserved 0.005 acre, as Homestead entry Watented for Th Martine January 30 1883. Attorney Dickson Ellis Schulder Salt Lake City. Publication dates November 2 1912 to December 28 1912.
Notice of patent application filed by E D Woodruff of Salt Lake City through Tim Ellis and others for the Grey Tail mining claim in Lyon County Nevada. Describes survey numbers 4048 3814 3949 3989 and copper ridge, total 14 451 acres, with detailed bearings distances and magnetic variation. Published by Yerington Times with dates December 21 1912 final publication.
Pacific Time train listings show northbound No. 1 for Waluska daily at 12 20 and No. 7 for Wabuska daily at 2 45 pm. No. 5 for Wabuska mixed at 12 30 pm southbound No. 2 for Ludwig daily 2 15 am. No. 6 for Ludwig daily 2 05 pm and No. 8 for Ludwig daily 33 pm. Rahbar agent Yerington and Fraser traffic manager Mason listed.
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