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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1925
Page
8
A collage of odd lines and product pitches appears, including a quip about finding love, shaving soap claims, a Monmouth Illinois air mail beacon, SEIDE Soles promotion, and a joke about a widow and her grass widow. The readable bits reference advertising copy and a beacon project alongside humor and footwear ads.
Prepared by the United Department, this guide outlines how to make and regulate a cool, ventilated cellar for winter storage. It covers partitioning a storage room, wall framing, flooring from earth, window use for temperature control, air circulation, and movable shelving to keep produce dry and vermin-free.
Dairy specialists at New York State College of Agriculture Ithaca say a pint does not equal a pound. Milk weighs more than water and a quart averages 2.153 pounds, making a 40 quart can about 88.12 pounds. Some plants credit 40 quarts at 85 pounds, but old adages should not guide milk payments. use weight-based pricing.
Iowa State College expert R L Patty explains frost control in stock barns. Ventilation, proper stock levels, and thorough insulation reduce frost buildup. ventilation alone cannot prevent frost without adequate stock and insulation. He warns against neglecting ventilation as dangerous.
New Jersey ice house studies by B R Gross show that ice loss stems from packing quality rather than house design. Adequate sawdust packing of 12 to 18 inches around all sides and tight fills in ice crevices prevent air channels. Simple frame buildings suffice, but double boarding with tight tops and bottoms yields better dead air. Daily spring maintenance is needed as packing settles.
Asparagus roots are set in spring rather than fall. Spring planting yields more uniform stands. 4 by 2 foot spacing recommended. furrows 8 to 10 inches deep with crown 6 inches below soil. Roots covered by cultivation by fall year one. three years of ordinary cultivation then tops disked in fall and manure applied. first cutting in spring of year four.
The passage urges using home grown seeds as cheapest, prompt storage of apples to prevent scald, and modest pork profits from feeding pigs. It advises garden cleanup to reduce insect crop issues, questions mineral mixes for market pigs, and promotes cooperative farming while urging sowing cover crops for year round land protection and richness.
Many gardeners neglect blanching and market brownish sun burned cauliflower, green celery, and bitter endive. Blanching should be given careful attention by the home gardener who desires only quality vegetables.
Store potatoes in cool places such as caves or cellars kept below 40 degrees F. Ideal range is 34 to 38 degrees F to minimize shrinkage and dry rot.
Big Ela Latham struggles to read while caring for twins. she quits reading and exclaims that twins are naturally too much. An advertisement promotes Cole's Carboli salve claiming instant pain relief and quick healing without a scar, priced 30c or 60c.
A strange zebra like animal with a giraffe horn head was obtained at Irumu in the Belgian Congo with pygmies aid. The note adds a proverb about bulls at the stock exchange being bears at home.
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