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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1929
Page
3
The U S Department of Agriculture urges fall and spring plowing with thorough cultivated crops for at least three years to erase wild garlic. Leaflet 43-L outlines the method, plant recognition, and related grazing tips including milking precautions for cows in garlicky pastures. Copies are free from the USDA in Washington, D.C.
Farmers advised to keep a newborn calf with its cow for several days to ease udder inflammation, then wean by withholding food for 12 hours if the calf resists drinking. Warm whole milk should be weighed for accuracy, with daily milk allowance tied to calf weight and breed. Jersey and Guernsey calves get about 1 lb per 10 lb of live weight. Ayrshire Holstein Brown Swiss and Shorthorn calves about 1 lb per 8 lb of live weight.
The skim milk calf should be allowed to eat grain. A good mix is equal parts corn meal, wheat bran, and ground oats. if oats are unavailable, equal parts corn meal and wheat bran suffice. A Jersey calf at three months weighs about 150 pounds and eats one pound of grain. by six months it should weigh around 300 pounds.
The article urges dairy farmers to value silage and legume hay in rations for cows milking ten or more. It notes nonlegume roughages lower protein, recommends adding protein in grain, and reports lower costs with silage in winter. It also mentions dried blood meal mixed with milk aiding sickly calves, starting at one teaspoon and rising to four as needed.
A fragment from 1929 echoes the Western Newspaper Union collection, reflecting on sunlight and space with Emersonian imagery. The text presents a philosophical quotation about rays of light and human interpretation.
A collection of old fashioned baking tips and recipes for uses of a range oven. Includes Steamed Graham Pudding with butter molasses and graham flour, Egg Sauce, Fruit Pork Cake with pork and raisins, Chestnut Salad, Scotch kettle cooking tips, Creole Soup from beef bone, Lamb Haricot with lima beans, and Baked Date Pudding with rice and milk.
Heat and light in the hen house are linked to higher egg production during price spikes. Ohio State university poultry experts advise maintaining normal feed intake, using insulation or larger stoves if feasible, or feeding milk-moistened mash and grain in small, frequent portions. Artificial lighting should total no more than 14 hours daily, with regular water and feed when lights are on to avoid poor results.
Tuberculosis in poultry flocks is more prevalent than thought, reaching about 70 percent in some North Central counties. Disease signs include weakness, lameness, swollen joints, and unthriftiness. Diagnosis by post mortem or tuberculin test. diseased birds must be killed and burned, houses disinfected, and new stock begun on clean ground. Avian tuberculosis harms swine as well as poultry.
The Maine experiment station records show hens developing from 1000 to 3500 elemental eggs, with higher figures found in newer studies. The number is always greater than what a hen can mature, and the speed of development hinges on genetic egg-producing ability and flock feed and management. Profits rely on maximizing egg output in the first years of life.
Poultry hints warn crowding at the feed hopper stunts chick growth and lameness is an early sign of tuberculosis in poultry. Cull birds with yellow beaks and shanks to keep nonlayers out. Indoor hens in winter should get cod liver oil as sun substitute. Buyers shun diseased birds not fit for fattening. Free range in winter boosts hen health and egg hatchability.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger anecdote recalls an old man arraigned for vagrancy who identified himself as John D. Rockefeller. The courtroom erupts as he proclaims the claim with a witty exclamation about his lifelong trial, drawing continued amusement.
A brief exchange shows a mutual moment where one party retrieves a kiss after a slap. The brief interaction emphasizes the back and forth action with no lasting consequences or additional details beyond the quick repercussion.
A short motivational saying encourages perseverance by noting even mighty oaks begin as nuts. It suggests value in humble tasks and reminders that rewards grow from steady effort rather than immediate prominence.
A couple quarrels over paint choices escalate as the wife declares she will leave if her husband remains unsociable. The exchange centers on the wall paper color and a debated paint question.
A jeweler jokes about a customer who dropped a cheap watch and then says the real mistake was picking it up. The London Opinion style quip ends with a wry punchline about responsibility and consequences.
A customer jokes with a poultry dealer about the type of chicks he wants for Sunday dinner. He notes he wants birds with more than just wings, poking fun at flighty stock in a lighthearted exchange.
A classroom exchange contrasts a teacher warning against heavy strokes with a pupil insisting the marks come from a lead pencil. The humorous frame centers on instruction and practice in penmanship.
A quirky note describes happiness as finding a half mince pie with a boy nearby, presenting a light whimsical moment and a playful image. The fragment hints at companionship and simple pleasures in a casual, intimate tone.
Rural dialect note describes Mose Ah Heah and Rastus Dat reacting to a wife’s new secondhand hat and talk of wanting shoes, highlighting social expectations and local humor.
A brief exchange presents a doctor’s blunt stance as a dentist who rejects a utopian view of universal happiness, signaling a skeptical, ironic tone about idealistic social goals and personal achievement.
A debtor tries to settle a $3 delinquent bill using a $2 bill. He pawns the bill for $1.50, sells the pawn ticket for $1.50, and ends with $3 in hand to pay the debt. The puzzle asks who loses in this chain of gimmicks and moves.
A brief exchange shows Toto teasing Mr Smith with a test of intelligence and Mr Smith assuring him he is not dumb. The dialogue mentions a big sister who expected speaking all winter, indicating a domestic conversational vignette.
A terse quotation questions meaning behind a man’s claim that happiness only began after he married. The remark hints at marital happiness as a turning point, inviting interpretation of implied satisfaction and social expectations of union.
Mrs. Extra Ricnards of Pittsburgh writes that after months of fatigue weight loss and poor appetite she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and tablets totaling eight bottles and reports steady improvement and renewed appetite stating it is a medicine every woman should have at home. She offers to answer letters about the remedy.
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