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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1919
Page
6
United States Department of Agriculture bulletin warns weevils severely cut bean and pea production. Harvest promptly, store seeds, and fumigate with carbon disulphide or carbon tetrachloride to kill pests before they multiply. Heating or boiling water treatment also effective. Cold storage at 32 to 43 degrees Fahrenheit prevents damage.
A U S Department of Agriculture representative toured gulf coast fisheries to promote fish meal as a substitute for tankage in hog feed and to spark greater interest in its production across the region.
Department tests indicate fish meal, about 57 percent protein, matches feeding value of tankage. Made from dried nonedible fish ground fine, it is being used at Beltsville Maryland government farm to substitute tankage. Atlantic coast fisheries annually yield 10,000 tons of menhaden. gulf and Mississippi fisheries waste or divert nonedible fish to fertilizer and other uses.
Bermuda grass is described as a valuable perennial for pastures and lawns yet a major weed in intertilled crops. It spreads quickly, tolerates mowing poorly, and can be controlled by summer shade crops, winter cover, and hog grazing while exposing root stocks to sun. Frost can kill it in northern areas, while southern regions resist freezing.
A farmer focused note urges soil fertility as a supreme farming aim and cites soil washing as the most universal loss. It advocates establishing a good system to prevent erosion and preserve nutrients for lasting yields.
The article urges broad-bage terraces as part of a well-planned cropping system to maintain and increase soil fertility. Terracing can be done any time lands are free of growing crops, with mild winter weather in cotton states aiding the work. County agents offer advice and assistance to farmers new to terraces.
The article asserts that well fed cows stay productive into old age, while overfed cows burn out by age ten or twelve. Cows never fed to reach full milk capacity end up with low production habits and lose value as they age, often needing disposal to the butcher years earlier.
Des Moines reports the Thirty eighth Iowa General Assembly convened at the state house with prayers and swearing in. Democratic caucuses backed Arch McFarlane for speaker as special session plans emerge for governor and lieutenant governor canvass and reinauguration. debate over primary laws, foreign language printing, and prohibition measures flags lively organizing and committee work.
Paris dispatch reports President Wilson considers a speaking tour of the United States after returning from Paris. The plan aims to inform the nation of Paris proceedings and sound public sentiment for peace principles, possibly touching the Pacific coast. Wilson weighs timing before a potential extraordinary session and continuation of league of nations talks.
More than 2000 Ukrainian delegates in the United States and Canada gathered in New York to plot American izing 1,000,000 Ukrainians and curb Bolshevist influence. Rev N Pidhorecki warned of alarming Bolshevism spread and urged English learning to undermine Bolshevist agents in the Ukrainian community. He stressed Ukrainians are here to stay and must become better Americans.
Geneva dispatch reports two thousand people killed at Przemysl Ga Hel a by Ukrainian forces. The city has endured days of bombardment by land and air with conditions described as terrible.
Madrid reports grave turmoil in Portugal with Oporto occupied by democrats and guerrilla bands. Troops deployed to restore order. many killed and wounded as the situation grows more serious.
The sweeping message lauds Canada's wartime resolve and postwar gains. It highlights victory bond success totaling 175 million, doubled agricultural output, railway earnings up 84 percent from a decade ago, and bank deposits at 1.733 billion. It notes 60,000 soldiers buried in Europe, triple wounded, while praising self-financing and credit to other nations.
In old France Christmas centers on nativity tableaux in churches from village chapels to cathedrals. Families visit after work to view la Sainte Vierge and Le Petit Jesus, with grandparents, parents, and children, including Pierret who doze through the procession.
The state land board has withdrawn government land under a proposed United States reclamation project to build a dam in the Snake river near American Falls. Officials report favorable reception by Reclamation officials and indicate the project would create a vast reservoir, covering lands westward about 300 miles from the site along the river.
In a fragmentary exchange, Mrs Torkins asks Charley to explain phrases about an “engue of rations” and “freedom of the seas.” The dialogue hints at wartime labor demand and unemployment in Scotland, noting that joblessness has diminished as labor demand rises.
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