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Newspaper
Duchesne Courier
Location
Duchesne, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1929
Page
3
Betty longs for a scarlet bird priced at five dollars. Her grandmother offers to buy the bird for her as a reward for caring for her during illness, making Betty incredibly happy and hopeful.
A fragment describes a fish nest building by rolling its body on sand collecting plant matter to form a nest with a roof and entrance. It mentions a male selecting a mate, adding offspring, and caring for the brood, though text is garbled.
A United States Department of Agriculture survey outlines beekeeping practices and management methods to profitably produce honey. Preliminary apiary reports cover the intermountain Utah to Idaho region with 128 data sources and 24 000 colonies, stressing labor investment and yields as profit determinants. Cooperation from state extensions and beekeeping groups is urged to expand studies, with outreach to local specialists and organizations.
A new inexpensive treatment from the South Dakota Experiment Station’s zoology entomology department uses paradichlorobenzene with paraffin to protect trees from borers. Mix one part paradichlorobenzene to nine parts paraffin and brush a pint per four to five trees on trunks and large branches. The coating hardens, allowing the chemical to penetrate and kill larvae over several days, offering a practical control after two decades of research.
Instructions describe using crystal potash near horn buds on calves two to three days before eruption. Clip hair around the horn area, apply the potash with a stick, and rub the horn button until it reddens. Caution advised to avoid burns from excess potash or contact with skin, and to protect hands with paper.
Cooperative marketing of farm products strengthens bargaining power. The trend toward consolidation helps farmers safeguard interests and build an influential future. Corporations emerge as the most effective vehicle for achieving these goals.
Titan Queen, a Duroc Jersey sow owned by Colorado Agricultural College, grew from 840 pounds to 1128 pounds in eight months under Chief Herdsman Jr. B. Brand. The pig’s measurements include 9 feet 4 inches length, 88 inch chest circumference, 84 inch flank, 46 inch height, and 14g inch hip width.
The University of Mines expert Mr. Young warns that modern combines require more skill and careful operation than old threshers. Operators should study manuals, inspect for loose nuts and wear, and avoid overloading. Regular checks prevent breakdowns and save time during harvest.
Pastures with weeds making up more than a quarter of vegetation suffer from overgrazing or improper management. To improve pasture, address root causes of woody growth. On smooth pastures, mowing weeds when they are flowering before seeds form can effectively eradicate them.
Agricultural notes discuss new sweet corn varieties and feeding practices, warn against overpasturing early sweet clover, and note Hessian fly risks in fall wheat. The piece urges timely wheat hullers and indicates a new cutting machine for straw recovery, including a baler attachment to reduce handling.
In a casual exchange a father asks his son about fixing a leaking garden hose and possibly buying two new ones. They discuss painting the hose with pliable roofing paint to extend its life while the son notes a flooded field at the seaside.
A garbled excerpt reflects on a theater crowd's banter about a play. It mentions Tow and iat new play, a remark about old-fashioned honesty, and a line about a woman’s gown fit. Fragments name Fran Puller and Hank Wille, with mentions of Weet Union high school and social pretenses.
The London Sunday Times notes ancestor worship is waning and the family album fades from favor, inviting reflection on race pride and memory. It cites a pathos in decline and danger that recollections of kin once saved people from moral slips, with quirky anecdotes about Great-Uncle Robert and Aunt Susan.
Archdeacon Mileolay Graham of Stakes by Trent formally displays watercolors in Hogland. His works win praise and mark a shift toward blotting paper as a painting medium in church circles.
The passage cites Alfred Smith and President Hoover praising young men while a graybeard in Parliament during the World War laments inexperience. Hoover counters with a terse remark about the value of weather knowledge from yesterday.
An experimental instrument uses electronic echoes to measure water depth and guide steering. It promises accurate navigation in thickness and fog as well as daylight and clear weather, aiding pilots in plotting safer courses.
First County Agent J T Stallings of Smutl County Texas is noted as America's first county farm demonstration agent, appointed in 1900. His groundwork laid a program now continued by over 2400 county agents nationwide in farm and village development.
A garbled exchange hints at a brief awkward moment as a telephony clerk mistakes a number and leaves the speaker with the wrong contact. The fragment suggests comic or confused social friction in a late 19th century style.
A fragmented note describes local familiarity with points of interest around a hometown. Mention of Esty, Jinks, and robortown Calks appears in garbled text, suggesting a casual conversational piece about exploring familiar locales and shared landmarks.
The Way Today reports a bizarre remark about gifting a rolling pin to the bride to handle her husband and buying her a revolver, reflecting a sensational, tongue in cheek take on domestic life and marital tensions.
In Sacramento, contractor William Purnell cites a belief that people fit certain jobs while recalling a park visit where waitresses, college students, were seen cashing in on seasonal labor. A sharp exchange ensued on taste and propriety, illustrating tensions over labor and ethnicity in the era.
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