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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1912
Page
8
Practical notes on dairy cows, sheep, hogs, poultry, and crops. Emphasizes persistency in dairy cows, early docking of lambs, careful spraying, silo building, proper hog water, garden fencing, and timely feeding. Warns against pear blight, promotes milk house care, and advocates silage, crop rotation, and market-ready butter.
W. B. Olin of the Agricultural College outlines seven key potato culture proverbs. Emphasizing soil quality, subsoil drainage, air in the soil, available plant food, even texture with moistures, deep plowing, seed selection, and crop rotation to prevent diseases and boost yield.
A Country Life in America writer explains good soil texture as the right physical condition for crops. It emphasizes how texture relates to how plant food and water are delivered to crops and how the soil works up, not merely its nutrient richness.
Instructions describe methods to destroy cutworms and cabbage worms by using poisoned shorts or bran in ground piles and by deploying a tin can filled with shorts to mist the cabbage during morning dew. The guidance claims effectiveness without danger to cabbage or people.
Prof Intmea W. Glover of the University of Michigan shows policyholders with a $10 000 whole life policy could save about 20 a year on premiums if tuberculosis and typhoid fever were eliminated. Tuberculosia alone costs a policyholder 16.70 to 17.50 in lost value by age 60 and shortens life expectancy by about two years at age twenty. The TB death rate appears to decline but the national group urges total effort to reduce life insurance rates.
An advertisement urges care for skin and hair, claiming neglect causes suffering. It promotes Catlgu ra Beap and Ointment for complexions, hands, and hair, noting low cost and urging a postal sample offer of Cuttourn Soap and Ointment with an 82 page booklet.
A teacher boasts his students are quick read, then presents a math problem: a rich man leaves 1 900 000 with fractions for wife son daughter brother and missions. The youngest pupil answers simply that the remaining recipient is a lawyer. The quip reflects on clever classroom humor and legal satire.
A collection of odd phrases and humorous lines mentioning reading, wine, unhealthy conditions, Garflcld Toa, Lot a wife, pepper, Bmokers and LEWIS, and a boast about a single binder for tiger cigars. The text ends with a remark about snoring.
The draft horses emerge as a dominant farm product outpacing rivals Bulla and Beara in market demand. Analysts note horses hold steady prices amid competitive bidding, with farmers embracing steady demand and broader distribution channels.
The San Jose scale pest invades trees, appearing as a tiny insect under magnification. It is elusive to detect early, often mistaken for other pests like Palmer acala, and requires careful scouting to prevent spread. Farmers are urged to monitor trees closely for signs and implement control if symptoms appear.
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