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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1947
Page
6
Washington debates the idea of the common man’s fitness to govern amid warnings from educators economists and pastors. Canon Bell and Dr Harper stress broad education reading language manners and moral philosophy as essentials for competent leadership.
A sweeping overview links Britain's deepening crisis to U S and global markets. Field Marshal Montgomery returns to advise on cutting costs as Attlee's government weighs coal production boosts. Shortages of dollars coal and labor drive stock declines and a potential wheat crop boost amid inflation fears.
The National Safety Council reports 14,480 highway deaths in the first half of 1947, an 9 percent drop from the prior year despite 11 percent higher travel. June fatalities rose 5 percent year over year, while New York and Los Angeles cut deaths by 15 and 16 percent respectively and Jacksonville, Florida led with a 69 percent decrease.
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration resumes its soil saving program with 265 million dollars earmarked for farmer payments and 18 percent less administrative costs. It provides cash and materials like lime and fertilizer for approved soil and water conservation projects nationwide through over 100000 farmer committeemen. The ad hoc funding battles led to a 150 million dollar 1948 appropriation after earlier cuts.
The USDA identifies nodular worms as a widespread swine parasite causing significant meat losses. Phenothiazine kills over 90 percent of nodular worms and is safely administered through feed, making it the most effective remedy for hog raisers facing nodular worm infections.
A horn-fly trap trial in Australia uses a 33 inch wide by 100 foot long gateway through which cattle pass. The roof glass is coated with DDT, shielded by coarse screen wire. Cattle brush past curtains and weighted strips, dislodging flies that contact the treated surface.
A advice piece urges youths to list liked and disliked fields to identify strengths and weaknesses. It promotes a booklet No 201 from Weekly News Service offering analyses of dozens of career fields with salaries and success odds. Send 25 cents and provide full name and address to receive the guide.
A South African hornbill mates through a male secluding the female in a mud sealed nest. He feeds her through a small opening until the young fledge, then tears away the cement and releases her.
Anaplasmosis is a febrile infectious disease spread by cattle carriers, ticks, and biting insects. Young animals are rarely affected and treatment remains experimental. care includes shade, clean water, green feed, fly protection, with mercurochrome or modified sodium cacodylate used intravenously.
The guidance recommends Bordeaux mixture 44-100 with one pound rosin fish oil soap per 100 gallons. Apply just before bloom, just after bloom, and two weeks after bloom, with a possible fourth application two weeks after the third if rainfall is above normal.
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