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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1923
Page
3
In a quiet, sunlit moment Ratcliffe and Jude share rare calm as they anchor on a desolate beach. Their talk circles freedom and future schemes while a growing closeness threads between them, hinting at a personal renewal amid the gulls and sea.
In a violet sea scene the narrator recalls Sketon and Jude, imagining a life beyond Time. He notices a distant nantiles fleet and reflections on freedom, then spots Jude approaching on the sandspit carrying a hatful of birds eggs she has dropped, hinting at a looming tragedy.
The text notes elder wood’s bad reputation and beauty amid wild roses. It cites elderberry-wine remedies, old beliefs about cutting or burning elder provoking wrath, and rabbits in the dank woods. It claims sparrowhawks strike at about 150 miles per hour, linking nature’s dangers and charms.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the piece warns that unsterilized cans rapidly multiply bacteria, risking spoilage. Experiments show sterilized cans dramatically reduce counts from millions to under a few dozen, underscoring the need for daily can sterilization especially in hot months.
The optimal time to cut Sudan grass is from heading to fully headed out. Delaying to the soft dough stage allows a single harvest with high forage yield, while earlier cuts reduce per cutting yield. Many tillers extend to late maturity cause minimal injury from standing past the ideal stage.
In a crop rotation of corn oats wheat and clover at the Ohio experiment station eight years of tests show manure yields best on wheat and least on new clover seeding. The station used eight tons per acre and added 60 pounds of acid phosphate per ton, a practice strongly recommended by the station.
Advice notes that giving cows a rest of six to eight weeks prior to freshening increases profitability. Well-conditioned cows require little grain, while underconditioned cows should be fed to gain flesh. A bushel of corn before calving may be worth as much as two bushels after freshening.
Alfalfa seed intended for planting this season should be submitted to a seed analyst to determine purity and germination. Without this simple precaution noxious weeds may spread and cause serious losses due to poor plant establishment.
The United States Department of Agriculture foresters and entomologists report that insect attacks and diseases devastate living trees and forest products, totaling about 180 million dollars annually. Major culprits include the western pine beetle gypsy moth chestnut blight and white pine blister rust, with the latter threatening western and eastern white pines. The bulletin stresses insufficient education and control efforts and notes widespread blister rust in British Columbia and parts of Washington.
Wisconsin experts urge use of a poison mixture to control grasshoppers. C L Fluke of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture cites a formula using hardwood sawdust, middlings, white arsenic, salt, and amyl acetate moistened with water, scattered over infested fields before feeding time.
The best method to treat softer woods for fence posts is to set the butts into hot creosote and soak them for a time suited to the wood type. Jet creosote rises eight to ten inches above ground, then post is removed and given a cold bath to soak the entire length. This preserves the post evenly, preventing the top from giving way before the bottom. The brush method offers limited effectiveness compared with hot and cold treatment.
A vintage remedy suggests using sodium fluoride on chickens to kill lice. The article notes a pair of hens can produce 125000 lice in eight weeks and recommends powder application or dilution in water, advising dosing in small pinches or one ounce per gallon.
Forage yield rises when alfalfa is used as a siloing crop versus grazing. In a Nebraska trial with dairy cows half as much feed was obtained per area from pasture as from cut and fed alfalfa. The article notes a good stand of alfalfa raises a question whether to pasture it or keep it for harvest.
Removing the harness at noon and washing the horse’s shoulder with cold water increases efficiency. A grain ration of corn with bran linseed meal is recommended as a superior work-horse feed.
A collage of recipe fragments describes prune and fruit dishes, bran omelets, breakfast apples with cinnamon, raspberry jam gems, clover sandwiches, Clubhouse sandwiches, a large fruit meat mix, and a sherbet recipe. The text preserves archaic phrasing and measurements, listing ingredients like prunes, bran, apples, butter, cinnamon, lemon, orange, and various fruits, with steps to soak, cook, bake, or freeze.
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