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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1917
Page
8
A Missouri College of Agriculture advisory promotes kaffir sorghum as an earlier maturing, heat tolerant alternative to dent corn. It notes yields of 20–75 bushels per acre and 8–12 tons per acre for silage, with feeding value 100 pounds of kaffir equal to 80–90 pounds of corn.
James A. Storm of St Joseph Missouri testifies that after twenty years of poor health Tanlac the Master Medicine improved his kidney function back pain appetite and sleep He credits Tanlac with ending his misery and notes its introduction at Browning Crain's Drug Store in the area.
Missouri farmers are advised to grow navy beans as a war crop. Beans tolerate poorer soils, require less cultivation than corn, and yield 10 to 25 bushels per acre with average care. Plant between June 15 and July 15, 1 inch deep, 3 inches apart in 20 to 36 inch rows, harvest when fully ripe, and use proper threshing methods. For storage keep weevils out with carbon disulphide fumigation in tight bins for 24 hours.
Burlington Route promotes a 3 in 1 National Park Tour visiting Glacier Yellowstone Cody Road and Rocky Mountain Estes Park with direct through trains to each park. The package promises flexible lodging from city comforts to roughing it, with fishing golf and scenic views and free descriptive literature. Miss Hazel Fields graduates Linneus High School and joins work in a sister city.
Davis and Burwell advertise daily milling exchange for corn meal corn chop graham flour and general mill goods. Mill in creamery building offers meal chop and chicken feed at fair prices. Browning Missouri phone 190.
Garlan Dell of Milan was arrested on a state warrant for intoxicated driving. Prosecuting Attorney H. J. West appeared with Justice J. E. Marvin who sentenced Dell to $25 fine plus costs. Dell was taken to Linneus under sheriff custody for several days as a warning against drunk driving.
The Duncan township board met in the city to conduct the usual business. They appointed Clyde Warren J E Brown and Grover Maggart as road overseers but have not chosen a supervisor for the northwest section. With funds on hand they plan substantial road work, including possibly buying a cement mixer and installing concrete culverts by overseers.
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