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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1931
Page
2
A White Plains judge told a court audience that attention and sacrifice strengthen marriage. He recalled court cases showing small kindness could avert needless disputes and even a golfer’s regret for neglecting his wife. The judge phoned his wife on their forty second anniversary, illustrating lived advice.
In the 1931 Western Newspaper Union piece, a plea to women to master thrifty feeding during the Depression. It urges better home economics, budgeting, and market skills, noting men earn income while women plan meals, with guidance on a cost effective bone soup menu for large families.
A comic panel prompts with Sue warning Sis against sitting in a rocking chair while playing cards. The gag notes this as bad luck, reflecting a lighthearted superstition from 1931 syndicated by McClure Newspaper Syndicate and WNU Service.
A 1921 McClure Syndicate note explains chowder as a soup like dish with two main classes milk based and milkless varieties. It covers stocks from fish heads and tails, seasonal vegetables, and herbs such as thyme and parsley with onion celery and optional Worcestershire sauce to enhance flavor.
In a playful Children’s Corner tale, a boy and Mr. Jogalong observe the tiny Ruby Throat hummingbird. The bird disappears and reappears on blossoms while feeding, its humming shaping its name. The scene shifts to a pair of tiny chicks in a gray cup nest, then a return home revelation.
A Ohio State University expert argues fencing small irregular fields is costly. J L Falconer says general farms should have fields at least 40 rods long and notes rectangular and small fields need more fencing per acre than square or large fields. Larger fields use less fence per acre and waste less tillable land.
Purdue University and U S Department of Agriculture report that dry inoculation methods are less effective than jelly or moist applications for legume seeds. To inoculate small seeds use a one to two sugar water solution, moisten seeds and soil. Soybean seed should be kept slightly damp to prevent seed coat slip. All noninoculated land should have seed inoculated this year.
Buckhorn duck and pigweed seeds contaminate clover seed and multiply seed output many times. Samuel M L Jordan of the Missouri state board of agriculture warns that one clover seed yields 30 clover seeds but buckhorn yields 2 400, dock 50 000 and pigweed 1 000 000 weed seeds. He advises sowing only scrupulously clean clover seed to avoid weed contamination.
A local observation notes the surprise at fruit scarcity among farmers while milk cream pork poultry bread and pastry are plentiful. The writer urges planting a few rows of strawberry plants to provide daily dessert with cream, predicting they could enjoy fruit three times daily.
Guidance on filling apple barrels and sharpening tools. Notes profit from cucumber pest control and use of grape arbors for home grounds. Advises thinning fruit after June drop to improve quality. Warns against omitting last potato spray and emphasizes spraying to control potato blight while vines stay green.
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