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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1923
Page
3
Kansas City reader May Urnpquist recalls a serious post childbirth and Change of Life illness. After doctors failed, she used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and recovered, praising the remedy and recommending it to others.
American Consul Leon Dominian reports that over six thousand acres south of Rome have been reclaimed by filling and drainage. The lands yield seven tons of rice per hectare on average and grow wheat barley beets alfalfa tomatoes and flax. A tomato cannery processes about 120 tons daily on formerly worthless marshes.
Do Your Feet Hurt Get a package of Alien Foot Ease powder to shake into shoes and ease corns bunions and callouses. It soothes smarting aching and swollen feet and can be used in a foot bath at night. Over 1 500 000 pounds used by the Army and Navy during the war. Sold everywhere.
The piece notes ducks lay more eggs than chickens and weigh six pounds by nine to ten weeks. It cites low-cost housing, a case of Indiana woman selling over 1100 dollars of ducks yearly, and stresses clean straw, well drained sites, gradual scaling, and cautious flock growth with drake to five to seven ducks producing 60 to 100 offspring.
Instructions on feeding poult chicks from hatching to two weeks, starting with stale bread milk mix and eggs, then transitioning to ground grain and grain mash. Recommends frequent feedings, grit, and occasional charcoal for poults to aid digestion.
A USDA Beltsville study shows hens achieve peak egg production when allowed to pick their own mash. Leghorns favored a 66 cornmeal 26 meat scrap 4 wheat bran 4 middlings blend, while general purpose breeds performed better on a softer mash with more bran and oats and less meat scrap.
Early sale of light breed cockerels is advised as feeding to maturity rarely pays. If broilers mature early, sell fowls at two to three pounds rather than keeping them heavier. When sexes cannot be separated and runs are small, space and green feed become scarce.
Do not use weak birds for breeding. Ducks prefer sandy soil, turkeys need high and dry land. Hatch bantams in July and August. Small birds are preferable. Prevention costs little labor. Inspect birds for quality. Avoid marketing large fowls bred from inferior stock. Ducks fed bran mash oats and corn. Eggs from pullets are small. use mature flocks for hatching. Market demand strongest for chickens and hens eggs, less for ducks.
An USDA guidance urges watermelon growers to prevent transit losses by selecting sound fruit and proper handling. It cites stem end rot control progress in Georgia and Florida from 1920 to 1922 and lists practical harvest and shipment practices to avoid bruises, cuts, and improper stem handling.
The article describes sprays to clear moss from fruit trees. A strong Bordeaux mix, or lime sulfur and salt at 15 pounds to 50 gallons, are effective. It also recommends common lye, used straight or with lime sulfur, about one can (pound) of lye per six to seven gallons of spray.
The article argues that bird numbers decline because nesting sites are lacking and vermin attack nests. It recommends building birdhouses on poles or leaving small thickets across farm areas to provide shelter and encourage birds, citing the role of birds in controlling insects.
Droopy dull chicks with long wings and short bodies result from feeding too soon overfeeding and spoiled on the floor or ground. Overheating chilling damp floors lice and mites contribute. If chicks are droopy correct the cause.
U S Department of Agriculture notes flaxseed production has fallen behind demand since 1909, turning the US from exporter to importer. Prices rose as imports grew, with 1907 surplus exports and 1908 balance. Local marketing varies, suggesting growers could boost value by pooling deliveries for carload sales.
W H McPheeters, Extension Farm Engineer at Oklahoma A and M College, argues that farmers waste value by leaving tools exposed to weather. He notes rust and decay from rain and sun, and explains cleaning, greasing, and painting saves time and preserves metal and wood. He urges proper storage to extend life of plows cultivators binders and other implements.
Reports to the USDA show the pea aphis infesting cannery peas in Stanislaus County and extending into the Santa Clara valley, with damage to alfalfa near Topeka. Spinach canneries halted due to heavy aphid numbers and syrphid larvae present in washing processes.
Soy beans provide good hay for dairy cows and sheep. Yields run about 1 to 1.5 tons per acre with high quality and better weathering than most hays. Cut when leaf color begins to turn yellow. Top varieties include Peking Wilson and Manchu, with Manchu nearly as productive.
Animals fed rich nutritious food show a strong desire for salt. The form of salt supply is a matter of convenience. It is best to keep salt before cattle at all times, though some herds do well with salt once or twice weekly.
Tourist travel data from 1922 shows 3.45 persons per car on motor tours to national parks. With roadsters limited to two passengers, the typical touring automobile approached a full capacity load.
The Castoria remedy long trusted for babies and kids relieves constipation flatulence wind colic and diarrhea while calming feverish symptoms. It regulates stomach and bowels aiding digestion and natural sleep without opiates. The genuine product bears a signature.
The Dominion game conservation board endorses a Bowron game refuge in British Columbia to serve as a refuge and breeding ground for a wide variety of wild game, potentially more diverse than in Canada or the United States.
Professor William Harkins of the University of Chicago claims to have invented a camera capable of photographing atoms. This device is described as the first tool to visualize the smallest units of matter, marking a breakthrough in atomic science.
Advertisement extols Red Cross Ball Blue for laundry to make baby dresses dazzle. Claims good livings come from satisfaction, and humorously notes Marvin Cooley's fortune telling as a bank teller.
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