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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1915
Page
2
A detailed description of a serge tailored street suit emphasizing conservative lines with up to date styling. The design features a wide skirt with side plaits, ankle length, high waist, box coat like jacket, belt at the waist, V vest, small cutaway front, silk collar, turn back cuffs with piping, and brass buttons. Accessories include low shoes with tan spats and a sailor hat with barnyard straw trim.
A hint suggests smoothing a wrinkled tie or ribbon by slightly dampening the creased area and then wrapping it around a clean lighted electric bulb to restore smoothness and freshness. The method relies on heat and moisture to relax fibers without damaging the fabric.
In this feature, Julia Bottomley describes two standout bonnet style ideas for children. The left hat features a sloped crown and upturned brim with white ribbon trim and satin buds, while the right hat shows a mushroom shape with daisies and forget-me-nots forming a wreath. Various materials like point desprit nets and lace brims are noted for summer wear.
Spring fashion highlights grape motifs everywhere from evening gowns to corsage ornaments. A white tulle dance frock with pale grapes at shoulders and waist pairs with a silver green silk, while a black milan turban features green grapes and velvet leaves. A sheer black veil with embroidered leaves completes the look.
The eastern kingbird, a classic orchard lover, nests east of the Rockies and protects poultry by hazarding hawks. Studies of 665 stomachs show few honeybees eaten, while 90 percent of the diet is insects. Kingbirds destroy noxious beetles wasps and grasshoppers, with minimal fruit damage, benefiting apiaries and fruit growers.
A student outlines aims of poultry and garden study, stressing feeding housing and breeding for best profits, soil fertility, and mutual benefits. Proposes separate lots for chickens and garden, rotations yearly, greens grown near coop, and restricting chicken access to a short daily period. The approach links garden produce with poultry feed and manure to sustain soil productivity and family supply.
Kansas State professor R I Throckmorton warns leaching cuts about 50 percent of manure value after six months. Spread manure on ground to let rain wash plant food into soil. Thin top dressing in fall or winter. harrow in spring. Prefer four acres receiving 40 tons over one acre. Use old straw stock as bedding first to boost value.
A new gasoline-driven cultivator has been perfected and performs satisfactorily in tests. The motor is mounted high above the front truck and connected to the rear wheels by a chain drive. The riding seat is suspended at the rear similarly to a standard riding cultivator.
A simple grain starting at milk feeding replaces butterfat loss. Mix two parts cracked corn with one part wheat bran. Sprinkle a small amount in the feed box to teach calves to eat grain, then feed only what they clean up.
The United States Department outlines rape as a valuable, versatile crop for stock and family use. It covers human and animal food uses, pasturing considerations, seeding times by region, varieties, cultivation practices, fertilizer, and projected yields. It notes risks of bloating for cattle, and advises method and timing for sowing in rows, drills, or broadcast, with potential mixed sowings for pasture and grain rotations.
Agricultural College bulletin describes two fungi causing soft rot and black rot in Oklahoma sweet potatoes. Black rot forms dark sunken areas and can spread via slips, while soft rot affects bruised storage potatoes. Prevention focuses on planting slips from disease-free sources and avoiding diseased soils.
Sudan grass should be cut for hay as soon as plants are fully headed. Quick cutting boosts number of possible cuttings per season. Under fair weather it cures like prairie hay or timothy, cut in the morning and stacked that afternoon. Thinner stalks dry faster and yield tender hay. Broadcast at 20 pounds per acre yielded almost two tons per cutting, with rapid regrowth after cutting. Seed harvest favors letting pods mature. first crop best. Harvest methods include wheat binder, mower, or corn harvester for rows. best to cut for seed in bundles for threshing. Seed price averages one dollar per pound but may fall with higher acreage next year. About ten bushels of seed per acre. seed weighs 32 pounds per bushel. Hay yield depends on rainfall and moisture. four crops per year at the station yielded over a ton per cutting. After first cutting, ~30 days pass before second crop. Also notes hogs owners should have a liking for hogs.
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