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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1916
Page
3
Kansas State Agricultural College foreman W. P. Blain reports stump pullers clear stumps quickly and safely, with dynamite riskier and dirt loosening best when ground is dry. Old stumps pull easier after cutting. three foot stumps offer greater leverage. stump puller costs range from 75 to 150 dollars.
Article by L D Crain from Colorado Agricultural College describes a rust preventive for idle machinery. A cheap thin paste of flour and common lubricating oil applied with a brush coats surfaces to prevent rust and is removable with cloth or waste oil.
T J Talbert advises on strawberry pests including leaf rollers flea beetles crown borers and white grubs. He recommends lead arsenate sprays crop rotation fall field burning and fall plowing to control larvae and protect crops.
University of Wisconsin entomologist H. F. Wilson discusses arsenate of lead as a spray for potatoes, noting high current cost and questions about viability. Arsenate of lime emerges as a cheaper alternative with similar effectiveness, but Wisconsin tests are lacking and no recommendations are made.
Helen White from the Washington Experiment Station urges constant water for growing chicks and outlines a three week ration. The plan uses equal parts cracked wheat or oats with bran and beef scrap plus granulated bone, noting bone powder provides protein and lime essential for digestion.
A Missouri Agricultural College article explains a garden and field method to control cutworms. Mix 25 pounds bran, ½ pound lead arsenate or Paris green, 1 quart molasses, and 2 gallons water with ground pulp from two lemons or oranges. Apply in the evening to keep moist. citrus flavor attracts worms but may tempt chickens and other animals with fatal results.
The article advises using a 44-50 bordeaux mixture to coat young celery plants in seedbeds and then switch to a nonstaining ammoniacal copper carbonate solution. Well drained half-sand fields show fewer problems, and incidence is highest in early summer.
A Kansas representative urged inserting the word wife into a Hay resolution funding dependent families of National Guardsmen. The House debated the idea amid a noisy scene with mixed views and no clear outcome.
Government dairy experts educate consumers producers and distributors on clean milk practices and safe temperatures. They investigate local supplies visit farms to improve sanitation and emphasize that holding milk in cool conditions prevents spoilage and protects public health.
Washington officers Charles M. Birright and John Maher of the seventh precinct adopt a flock of tramp pigeons at the Georgetown terminus of the Aqueduct Bridge. The birds perch on the crossing, feed with the officers, and avoid traffic while the pair, long stationed there, share crumbs from their umbrellas.
Senator Martine of New Jersey faced a problem for his aging dog in a Washington apartment. He learned of an exclusive dog cemetery and bought a lot there, personally overseeing the funeral. A marble headstone marks the final resting place for the pet.
Fremont Lounsbury describes hatching a peculiar chick from an incubator noted with a half chicken amid a full chick. He links the odd birth to a hen killed earlier by a motorcycle sidecar, arguing prenatal influence affects poultry.
A vintage advertisement notes Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundress happy and clothes whiter than snow with all good grocers selling the product.
Secretary Daniels lauds the American navy for high morale and relentless labor. He recalls asking a boy apprentice whether he had complaints, to which the reply was that they must keep on working with no end in sight.
Bath with Cuticura Soap and hot water Dry the skin and apply Cuticura Ointment to the affected area They stop itching instantly and speed healing often when other treatments fail Free sample by mail with a Book Address postcard Cuticura Dept L Boston Sold everywhere Adv
An amateur poultryman ordered perfume atomizers for holiday sales. After testing them on friends and stocking the shelves he checked his hens at night and found fur in a nest revealed to be a real willow pussy in young vigor. He laments more the mocking from business acquaintances about faunal atomizers than the incident itself.
A circulating anecdote from circuit court friend Jack Zepp recounts a negro funeral sermon. The preacher, in a silk hat and white vest, blesses the corpse, pallbearers, family, mourners, neighbors, and finally asks divine mercy for undertaker Miller's business to prosper.
A father and son discuss the meaning of taking the lion's share. The pup notes it as a polite insinuation that a man is behaving like a hog.
Mrs. Dewitt Lincebaugh of West Danby New York says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her lifelong nervous trouble and helped her four daughters. She notes sleeplessness irritability backache and headaches improved after taking the remedy and keeps it on hand for family use as a tonic for female derangements.
Bishop Conrad chides Newport crowd for leniency toward sin quoting Cal Clay. He recounts a joke about Calhoun and General Douglas accusing him of looting a chicken house and contemplating communion despite the deed.
A man reports returning from a hunting trip with a rabbit he says he bagged. He won a running match last summer. He accidentally stepped on a sunbather’s stomach, prompting the man to pursue him. Friends note the rabbit shows no gunshot marks and he explains he ran it down, dispelling ferret suspicions.
A quip on marriage notes Mr Yeast studied his wife as a book before marriage and now tries to silence her after wedlock by keeping her quiet.
A pithy maxim notes that leadership without self belief yields no impact on followers or troops. The quote underscores the link between confidence and effective influence in groups.
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