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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1927
Page
7
Agricultural notes urge crop rotation and intertilled small grains to protect soil, warn against a single crop system, and advise timely pullet hatching to exploit peak egg prices from August to January. It also covers feed handling for frozen silage and a 13 month calendar idea with a universal Year Day proposal.
Biological Survey of the U S Department of Agriculture suggests breeding game birds as a profitable venture. With demand exceeding supply, profits could come from selling adult birds to breeders and distributing eggs to farmers, shooting clubs, and restocking preserves. Species include pheasants quail mallard ducks and Canada geese.
Department of Agriculture experts describe swans as monogamous and slow to mate. They advise buyers to acquire guaranteed mated pairs and warn against separating birds from a pair.
The article explains using poisoned wheat with strychnine dropped into gopher tunnels as an efficient method to reduce pocket gopher populations in alfalfa fields. It notes wheat’s ease of use, storage stability, and the labor needed to locate tunnels, with effectiveness estimates of 600 to 700 gophers per bushel and up to 1,000 in some cases, depending on field conditions and season.
Practical tips from a home care column. Mix tomato with thick mayonnaise and half and half for a simple salad dressing. Choose durable, lightfast fabric for living room curtains and coordinate colors with furnishings. Use juices from canned vegetables in soups sauces or as a drinkable accompaniment. Loose sleeves flatter a fuller arm. slim the look with gathers bindings and decorative bands.
The guidance suggests stout women avoid puffed cuffs and favor Tuesday over Monday for wash day. It recommends a house straightening day after Sunday rest to mend clothes, remove stains, and soak whites, followed by an early start on Tuesday work.
Mrs J L Clinton entertained the Friday bridge club at her home on Thirteenth Street. The setup featured Halloween colors black cats witches and spooks with dimmed lights orange glow and three bridge tables. Prizes included an orange crepe handkerchief for a guest and an imported vase for a club member.
Two patrols led by Mr Larry Hackabeil enjoy hikes and mock activities. Last Friday night they gathered at the Hackabeils home for a Halloween surprise party. After games stunts and tricks the boys were served hamburgers hot coffee and cake by Mrs Hackabeil.
Omaha Chamber of Commerce hosted a spelling bee showing businessmen lagging behind stenographers with errors such as breasy accomodate pictreea rituals and extrem highlighting the need for accuracy in word choice.
S¢eetland Yard seeks the world smallest portrait stolen from the Royal Photographic Society exhibition. Created by Professor Goldberg of Dresden the piece needs 150000x enlargement to reach about the size of a half dollar. The longest English word recorded is antidisestablishmentarianism.
An advertisement touts Bowles Red Pepper Rub for rheumatism lumbago neuritis back ache stiff neck sore muscles and sprains. It claims concentrated heat soothes pain within minutes and urges buyers to purchase the genuine Rowles product at drug stores.
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