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Newspaper
Duchesne Courier
Location
Duchesne, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1927
Page
3
A new feature debuts with twenty questions across history science geography literature and more. Readers are invited to search for answers across issues, compare results, and track progress as answers return in the next installment.
A cheese mishap in a plating bath led to superior copper disks for wax phonograph records. An alloying trick with nickel iron in submarine cables sped cables, aided by a salt flux that welded a ribbon. A French electrochemist’s accidental rupture yielded liquid wax type, creating safer, mightier progress than dynamite.
A historic note claims an old Katlr medicine man predicted Lake Chrissie near Ernelo would dry up and Boers lose their independence when British subjugation occurred. The tale ties a prophetic dream to colonial events in eastern Transvaal during Dutch emigration.
Tests by the Illinois College of Agriculture show the combined harvester-thresher cuts losses to 4–10 percent and speeds up harvest by enabling beans to dry faster. Early adoption spread quickly after Garwood Brothers first used one in 1924, with several more sold by 1925. Individual farms vary in acres to justify the machine, but many see it as essential for soy bean seed harvesting.
Ground limestone helps clover where it fails to grow and fits a good farm rotation with no clover, adequate drainage, and thorough soil cultivation to control weeds. Yields from fertilizers depend largely on attention to these factors under farmer control.
Agricultural notes emphasize destroying pest breeding sites, careful cultivation after rain, and water cleanliness to prevent disease. It advises replanting sweet corn, snap beans, and lima beans, explains sunlight as a disinfectant, and recommends laying five years of acid phosphate at once to reduce leaching while urging continuous snap bean and corn plantings for steady roasting ears.
The United States Department of Agriculture notes rapid growth in cooperative livestock marketing. By 1925 there were 1 770 shipping associations mainly in Minnesota Illinois Wisconsin South Dakota Indiana Michigan and Ohio. Central selling agencies emerged with the American Live Stock Commission Company formed in 1889 and later expelled from Chicago yards. Twenty seven cooperative commission firms have formed since 1917 and 1925 trade volume reached over 280 million dollars, largely from local associations.
M. G. Johnson of the University of Minnesota advocates a Rat Killing Week and outlines methods to clear rat colonies. He describes using calcium cyanide dust in burrows and cites a Cottonwood county farm demonstration where 21 rats died. He also notes barium carbonate as a poison for broader infestations with caution.
Repainting farm tools boosts longevity and value. Clean rust with a scraper and wire brush, wash, dry, then remove grease with gasoline. Apply metal paint and a wood paint, repeating coats after 24 hours. wagons, racks, plows, and disks profit from this treatment.
In a woodland tale the vireos stage a secret concert for birds with a mysterious soloist. Whippoorwill finally performs to enthusiastic applause as robins sparrows warblers and others fill the park with song.
A three year old Mary, amid a party of Indies and gentlemen, listens to guests praise the hostess for a fine roast chicken. She asks for more gravy and declares the gravy is nice and tender, following the compliment to the fowl.
A six year old explains an awkward moment with a penny from Mr Brown. The child forgot to say thank you after thinking the giver had no money, prompting a family exchange about manners and surprises. The dialogue reflects domestic humor and moral lessons in a simple exchange.
Mary Lou bursts in while visiting Mother and aunt Mary Lou surveys the room and doors asking for who is not present. She replies with playful mischief that she is looking for someone absent.
An advertisement extols Moone's Emerald Oil as a fast acting treatment for inflammatory foot troubles. It promises relief from soreness and odor, notes safe use with no grease residue, and urges patients to try a two ounce bottle guaranteed to prove effectiveness.
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