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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1914
Page
6
Practical advice on watering, soil enrichment, and crop care for cucumbers, turnips, cabbages, tomatoes, beets, celery, radishes, lettuce, and corn. Use poultry droppings between cucumber hills, water deeply, thin seedlings to four inches, harvest cucumbers regularly, and apply Bordeaux mixture to deter beetles and blight.
A Baltimore American writer argues Eastern farmers plant wheat mainly to secure clover or timothy, noting fathers would have grown vast yields if land were more intensely cared for. He says wheat has fallen from tax support and is now a cheap commodity, urging prices near the dollar to keep wheat as a money enterprise.
There is strong support in the agricultural press for drainage as a sound investment for farmers. The author argues that underdrainage on wet land can transform unproductive acres into highly productive soil, often repaying the cost of drainage with the first harvest. For farmers unable to fund full drainage at once, plan ahead and start gradually over several years.
West Virginia Exports Station notes lime improves stiff clay soils by making them open and friable. Burnt lime 2 3 tons per acre enhances aeration, water movement, and root growth, yielding long lasting benefits over many years.
Instructions explain estimating hay weight by measuring mow or stack dimensions in feet. Multiply length by breadth by height, divide by 400 to get the approximate number of tons or units, noting variation with cut timing and quantity.
Practical notes cover feeding pigs and cattle, hay and clover, soil health, water, brood care, and pest control. Topics include pasture management, hog cholera, swine care, poultry nutrition, and tree root packing, with emphasis on sanitation, shading livestock, and crop rotations for profitable farming.
A fragment from Florence Hall Winterburn argues originality alone does not make a hostess. The real gift lies in magnetism and sympathy with humanity, touching hearts and moving audiences. Mme Recamber hosted with grace in poverty yet retained charm in both shabby rooms and grand mansions.
A mother sent her daughter to greet the minister Mr. Black as she dressed. The child shouted at the cat to go out while the kitten dashed ahead, prompting the stunned mother to ask why. The girl replied that Mr Block’s sermons were so dull they might make a cat sick.
A man with a worried look visits a shop advertising a patent slug exterminator and asks for a hundredweight. The astonished shop assistant notes that much would wipe out slugs across Surrey, to which the man replies that all the slugs are in his garden.
A little boy at the door of a spinster asks permission to fetch his arrow from the garden. She asks where it fell and he replies it landed on the side of her cat, prompting a brief exchange.
A woman named A. Neby writes of long experience with Grape-Nuts, praising its economy and nourishment. She notes improvement after quitting tea and coffee, claims her children thrive on it, and says Grape-Nuts saved doctor bills. The letter ends with a promotional line from Postum Co. and a cue to read The Road to Wellville.
Germany emphasizes infant care over milk, especially in Saxony, asserting that supporting newborns through the most dangerous period boosts birth outcomes. Proper nourishment is regarded as the key factor in reducing mortality and improving overall growth.
An old marketing snippet warns that drugs fail to cure stomach issues and promotes Lenfester Hygienio Bran with cream as a breakfast three tablespoons daily. It lists a Chicago address and price of 80 cents for postpaid orders.
The text outlines 76,000 US cancer deaths in 1918 with about 30,000 in stomach and genital organs, 12,000 in uterus and related organs, 7,500 in breast, and roughly 25,500 from other cancers.
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