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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1917
Page
8
Poultry is praised as an economical, reliable food crop needing little capital. It yields meat or eggs at four pounds of grain per two pounds of protein rich concentrate, with pullets laying at 6 to 8 months and cockerels marketable at 12 to 16 weeks. Proper management, not fancy equipment, is key.
A regional notice advises careful wood lot management to conserve leaves humus and soil. It urges removing only undesirable trees while preserving chest nuts hickories oaks and white pines, and to avoid injuring valuable trees during thinning. It recommends selective cutting and studying tree characteristics for informed decisions.
B W Lehmann of the University of Missouri College of Agriculture urges farmers to protect stored grain from rats and mice. Concrete floors and basements can deter rodent entry, new corn cribs and granaries should use concrete, and small mesh wire netting in walls. Old cribs, granaries, chicken coops, and poultry houses should also be rodentproofed.
Each year stored wheat suffers losses from grain-infesting insects such as hogoumols grain moth and grain weevils. Clean bins thoroughly, sweep out refuse, then spray with kerosene emulsion to reach cracks and crevices. Let dry a week or more before restocking.
A study shows irrigated alfalfa yields 10 000 pounds of hay per acre, far surpassing enclosed pasture at 500 pounds and range at 250. Irrigated alfalfa can sustain one steer for 400 days, pasture 20 days, range 10 days. For sheep, 160 irrigated acres support 1 800 sheep annually, 160 in pasture 80, and 160 in range 40 respective sheep.
Illustration shows a fence with posts made of iron pipe braced by a bent piece of the same pipe to resist tension from stretched wire. The brace and posts are cement filled, a ring of heavy flat wrought iron fits the pipe, and post bases are set first with subsequent concrete work to allow crack checks.
A Missouri College of Agriculture test fed sixteen two year old steers for 180 days using corn silage, alfalfa hay, and cotton seed meal. No external corn was given. Each steer gained 8.22 pounds on average, showing beef can be produced cheaply with silage and suggesting three steers can be fattened per acre of good corn.
A grower of staple crops who does not use a systematic rotation including clover or another legume is slowly nearing bankruptcy. Land that yields sorrel and red top instead will benefit from applying lime.
N C Essary a driller from Bills Oklahoma descended an uncased 28 inch oil well 600 feet below surface through tight 18 inch sections into vast caverns. He made eight trips retrieving a lost drill bit while enduring falling rocks thunderous noise and damp air. He prayed and shielded himself, finally recovering the bit and allowing drilling to resume.
John Conover an escaped inmate from Elgin Hospital and a wealthy farmer in the Aurora Batavia district was shot and killed by a posse in his own barn after threatening to slaughter his family. His body was riddled with bullets after a ten hour gun fight.
In Lansdate Pa the sight of circus elephants frightened a horse owned by W Stetson, causing the animal to collapse and die on the scene. No other injuries reported.
An ad touts Boschee's German Syrup as a remedy for coughs inflammation of the throat and lungs and bronchial irritation. It claims a good night's rest and easy morning expectoration and notes fifty two years of American sales and usefulness in lung troubles asthma croup bronchitis.
A fragment notes a promotion of a Scripture class teacher tied to a scene with children and Nero ordering a centurion to reward a boy named Mabel whose father is in camp. The line hints at a lordly approval and a blooming colonel status for the boy.
An old advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root for weak kidneys liver and bladder. It claims long tested cures and urges readers to buy from druggists or mail ten cents for a sample to Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY, noting to mention the newspaper.
A brief cartoon caption shows a maid apologetically confirming that the last family she served were Germans and were sterilized when the war began, with a snappy caption style.
A collage of advices and quips including Cuticura Soap and Ointment claims and a hit on wartime humor. References to Dr. Pierce pills and a Pittsburgh banquet with 100 orators appear among snippets. The piece blends ads with jokes and brief anecdotes.
In Gowland, the year looks grim for farm life with talk of hardship and conflict. A fault-finding husband’s wife hints at distrust of the promised rewards after death. The tone suggests social tension and domestic strain.
Land offers fertile farming stock raising dairy fruits vegetables pecans and coconuts with ample rainfall water schools churches railroads and markets. Prospective buyers are urged to contact J B Clark Land Commissioner Live Oak Florida for details amid a regional ad collage including a light hearted dialogue and Kansas City street crossing rule note.
A fragment discusses parental praise and hardship, quotes judge and Wordsworth, and notes Cleveland night schools charging a $50 tuition per person. The jumbled remarks touch on generosity, hurt, and a doctor’s impact on feelings while hinting at local education costs.
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