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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1919
Page
7
Agricultural guidance from the US Department of Agriculture outlines terracing methods to maximize stability and efficiency. It covers sequence, equipment, and labor requirements for upper and lower terraces, use of the V drag, plows, slips scraper, and grade testing to prevent washouts and ensure drainage.
Poultry guidance outlines culling older stock and keeping pullets for egg production. Distinguish pullets from hens by banding or foot punches, plan cull of small or poorly developed birds, and favor early hatched pullets for fall and winter laying. Leghorns may produce eggs profitably for three years.
Flax is a good guaranty against crop loss in spring wheat regions and can be sown after wheat becomes unsafe. It resists rust and need not be restricted to new land or wet fields. Do not pay high prices for advertised varieties. buy from reliable seed houses that source from strong districts and offer better cleaning.
The article outlines keeping a small farm flock mainly for egg production. It covers feeding with grain and dry mash, using table scraps, and a scratch ration. It explains space needs, house construction from scraps, and suggests culling heavier breeds after one year while lighter breeds may stay up to three years. It notes renewing part of the flock yearly to maintain balance.
Overfeeding causes chick mortality while small frequent meals aid newly hatched birds. Use fresh eggs for incubation. Protect poul try quarters from rats this season. Ducklings mature for the green market by ten to fourteen weeks. Well regulated incubators improve hatch certainty and cut costs. Feed management prevents brooding trouble. Leg mites on chickens reflect a crude oil treatment and dry underdrained housing improves stability.
The piece argues for federal and state road bonds to fund a massive road-building program. It notes vast U S road mileage with little paved surface, cites large expenditures and an expected three-year timeline, and urges city automobile owners to support bonds for lower costs, improved living, and military efficiency. It highlights benefits to soldiers, civilians, and national security.
Experiments show dipping vats achieve best eradication of hog lice. Medicated wallows and rubbing posts reduce parasites but do not eradicate them. Dips using coal tar creosote, pine tar, crude petroleum, and bland oils vary in effectiveness, with spraying from a can outperforming wallows or posts.
The piece urges fighting weeds early because young ones are easier to eradicate. It notes sweet clover as a substitute for red clover and recommends cutting sweet clover for hay in early June before buds appear. It also claims sweet corn and peas suit canning and drying, and praises tomatoes for their high food value and easy canning.
Dayton Ohio physician Dr John Q Adams with 42 years practice praises Pepgen as a splendid tonic for stomach kidneys liver nerves. He notes personal recovery after overwork and says he prescribes it to patients with satisfactory results and that Pepgen is available at first class drug stores.
Frank P. Goeder of Colorado Agricultural College explains a remedy for leaking fountain pens. Soak in warm water, dry, then oil the spindle and bearings with heavy cylinder oil to restore function. Reassemble, wipe excess oil, and refill. If parts are set, heat gently and twist to loosen while avoiding melting.
Brooklyn manufacturer produced millions of fraudulent Aspirin tablets mainly talcum powder. Genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin bear the Bayer Cross and should be bought in original Bayer packaging with directions. Also promotes Cuticura Soap and Talcum as the complexion trio.
A brief caption noting a humorous exchange on ship gender personification. A speaker questions why vessels are treated as feminine, suggesting sailors trim their sails as a playful remark.
A garbled excerpt shows disjointed lines about someone breaking down and an inquiry into the motive. The phrases suggest emotional distress and financial trouble but lack full context or identities.
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