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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
2
The market shows strong livestock prices while feed costs climb, prompting farmers to consider selling stock and expanding grain sales. Some plan to increase carrying capacity with commercial fertilizers as experiments indicate grain and fodder can fatten more efficiently.
The piece argues that soil and farm type determine postwar price shifts. Cattle and sheep herds recover slowly, unlike grain fields. Fertilized pastures boost capacity, with nine steers or nine sheep possible versus five without fertilizer. Farmers see potential to raise stock while still selling grain.
Across Virginia Maine New Jersey and New York potato yields have fallen and tubers fail to fill as potash deficiency spreads. Experts link the Potash Hunger to new potato diseases like Phoma stem blight noting bronzing of leaves and early plant collapse. Washington specialists urge fertilizers with 2 to 3 percent potash for next year.
The Ohio agricultural experiment station reports corn yields converted to pork output. No fertilizer yields 282 pounds of pork per acre, manure raises to 457 pounds, and fertilizer with manure yields 552 pounds. Since manure is often scarce, many farms should rely on commercial fertilizers and place orders by November due to wartime shortages.
The piece argues fertilizers boost corn yields from 35 to 70 100 bushels per acre, citing Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania experiments. It says fertilizer supplies available plant food, doubles yields with good farming, and urges ordering fertilizer now due to labor and car shortages for next spring.
A dialogue questions Gadspur as a neighbor with no known faults yet hints at him being argumentative. A witty aside compares a retiree who debates politics to a habit of saying yes. The speaker insists one cannot use another for experiments with poison.
The Crimson Gulch manager praises a performer nicknamed Three-Finger Sam for his poker face in a new opry house. He can sit through a poker game and repeatedly say that it’s good with a look that seems to show real enjoyment.
A designer explains ongoing style changes while juggling heavy work due to material cost. Rewriting price tags has become a core task to stay current with rising expenses.
Short humorous exchanges play with luck and money puzzles. A wife jokes a black cat stole her steak while the husband jokes about luck and love. A man recalls lending a dollar while another laments a year of debt.
A witty Exchange as a hostess and visitor debate convincing women at a Yuletide gathering. The vicar is likened to a martyr and jokingly asked about burning at the stake. The Judge remarks on female persuasion during the season.
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