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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1923
Page
3
A New York Times fashion note describes spring gowns built from simple one piece patterns enhanced by embroidery ribbons and varied trims. Handwork and meticulous stitching elevate plain cuts into elegant ensembles with diverse embroidery from Egyptian Indian and Viennese sources.
A United States Department of Agriculture study analyzes tractor operating costs. Depreciation, fuel and oil, repairs, and interest drive costs, with larger three-plow outfits doing more work yet yielding similar cost per unit of work to two-plow machines overall.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports Silvermine, a midseason white oat, is the most extensively grown variety in the United States, occupying about 6,304,000 acres or one sixth of total oat acreage based on 1919 census data. Red Rustproof ranks second with 15.8 percent, Swedish Select 3,632,000 acres, and Kherson with Sixty Day accounts for 8,350,000 acres among others.
W E Jackson of the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station outlines a four spray schedule to combat the cooling moth in apples. The calyx spray, using lead arsenate mixed with water or paste, targets young larvae entering fruit through the calyx. Timing, equipment, and repeated applications over four weeks are emphasized to ensure effectiveness.
A guide from the Cornell experiment station details wing clipping for fowls that stray. It recommends removing feathers near the second joint and cutting a ligament beneath the outer edge to prevent cartilage regrowth, noting no major arteries are involved and the procedure is simple and nearly bloodless.
Red raspberries grown in the Middle West show few diseases and pests but require careful cultural methods. Weather extremes in summer and winter can injure canes, yet attentive cultivation helps secure good crops and a healthy fruit garden.
A Floyd county census by County Agent Watson in 1921 counted 6177 milk cows, only 90 purebred and registered, with 100 dairy bulls, 19 registered. It showed 381 cows bred to purebred bulls in the prior year. The figures supported a county drive to improve stock breeding, leading to eight purebred bulls purchased and five scrub bulls sold for slaughter.
A six page summary compiled by the Bureau of Animal Industry USDA outlines plans used across the country to raise the quality of breeding stock on farms. Distributed under the Better Sires Better Stock campaign and available on request from the bureau.
Weed seeds persist in soil for decades, enabling future outbreaks when crops are planted. The Bureau of Plant Industry notes most weed seeds survive seasons and life is extended 10, 20 or 30 years or longer, ready to grow when conditions allow.
The article advises choosing a deep, unobstructed garden spot for an asparagus bed since it is permanent. It recommends thorough soil preparation with deeply dug, well mixed manure to build humus, then planting two year old roots evenly with five to six inches of soil covering.
The article explains two main raspberry types and a hybrid. Red raspberries spread by suckers and need training like blackberries, while black raspberries propagate from tips similar to dewberries. The purple raspberry is a red black hybrid, grows from tips, and combines traits of both parents.
When potatoes are grown under straw they are planted and covered as for cultivation, but the straw should be applied only when vines emerge. Apply straw four to six inches deep to protect and insulate the developing tubers.
In 1918 only 329 of 1257 bulls in service in Winnebago county Wisconsin were purebred according to USDA reports. After two years of better work the purebred sire count grew to 645, and by the end of the third year T77 purebred bulls were listed. The county began 1922 with over half of service bulls purebred.
Orchardists warn against using manure in planting holes for trees. They report manure trials failed and advise spreading manure on the surface around trees, scraping it away before fall to avoid creating mouse nests.
Dry mix sulphur lime is recommended as a substitute for self boiled lime sulfur as a summer fungicide for tree fruits.
Control of sucking insects is achievable only when every individual is hit by the mixture, ensuring uniform effectiveness across the affected area.
To improve rat control results from spraying, thin green fruits in June so they do not touch each other. This practice reduces humidity and improves spray effectiveness, aiding plant health and pest management.
Mrs Gussie E Hansen of 916 West 52nd Street testifies Tanlac reversed her stomach troubles nervousness and run down condition She says she now eats well sleeps soundly and no longer suffers back pain The advertisement notes Tanlac is sold by all good druggists with over 37 million bottles sold.
The era's iron and steel production totaled about 660 million tons over 60 years, with annual output near 81 million tons and yearly rust wastage around 11 million tons. Depreciation due to rust exceeded one third of yearly output, highlighting massive material loss.
An old advertisement argues against laxatives and promotes Nujol as a natural lubricant for constipation. It claims Nujol prevents permanent injury, acts like natural lubrication, is not a medicine, does not gripe, is harmless, and is used in leading hospitals. It urges readers to obtain a bottle from a druggist.
Little Holland has more than two and a half million savings accounts representing over a third of the population, indicating widespread thrift. By contrast in the United States the proportion is about one in nine.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura soap and ointment for sore hands. It suggests soaking hands in hot suds, drying, rubbing in Cuticura ointment, and removing excess with tissue paper. It promotes using Soap, Ointment, and Talcum for all toilet purposes.
In a Boston Evening Transcript snippet a superintendent asks what the prodigal son story teaches and a boy replies it shows how to get the fatter calf. The exchange captures a light moment in a school group discussing parables and moral lessons.
Catarrh treated by a two part remedy with an ointment for local relief and an internal tonic claimed to affect the mucous membranes. Endorsed as a long time product by J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio and sold by druggists for over 40 years.
A clipped, idiolectal line contrasts two figures, one who Erreves constantly and one who seelds continually, highlighting a minor conflict or linguistic variation without clear attribution or context. The fragment hints at a dialect or idiolect choice rather than a full event.
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