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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1922
Page
8
The GOP base rallies with Lodge, Townsend, and Poindexter renominated amid post strike relief. Rail agreements end the 75 day dispute roiling transport. Daugherty seeks injunction while Harding hails revival in industry and warns of coal price profiteering. War in the Balkans looms as Turkey’s advances threaten stability.
New York State College of Agriculture advises buckwheat grows on poor land with nitrogen, phosphorus, and potash. For best yield apply 200 to 400 pounds per acre of acid phosphate, plus 50 to 100 pounds nitrate or ammonium sulfate and 25 to 60 pounds tripotash on thin soils lacking manure. Buckwheat tolerates acidity and may lodge in wet seasons, so careful management is needed.
A neighbor used a four inch green log dropped into the manger to stop a horse from nosing hay out of the manger. Supported by ropes, the log sits over the feed, leaving space for eating while preventing waste. After about four weeks the horse’s bad habit was cured.
After alfalfa is cut for hogs or stock, do not turn in too soon. Crowns may be injured if animals eat the young shoots. Thin dloza feeding can permanently injure or kill the plants. Let it start well if you plan to pasture. provide other crops for pasturage and use alfalfa for later.
Survey by Steuben County Agent T A Parker shows 27 percent bulls, 26 percent cattle, 23 percent poultry purebreds with many grades and scrubs. County-wide organization used USDA posters and meetings to promote purebred sires.
United States Department of Agriculture guidance notes that tick control in quarantined cattle areas hinges on regular dipping. Regular systematic dipping every 14 days across all cattle is the fastest path, as neglect by some can jeopardize neighbors’ progress. The bureau will provide full information on completing eradication promptly when methods are followed.
USDA reports new methods for gumbo soils in Montana's Milk River reclamation project. Frequent small waterings aid derigation and easing seedling start. Regular fall plowing helps crops establish, with clover seeding aiding lamp supply and later grain or alfalfa growth.
Extension agents working with farm women in 1921 gave 11,000 demonstrations in home management and arrangement. Reports to the United States Department of Agriculture show 12,500 homes built or remodeled, 7,000 kitchens rearranged, and 88,000 homes screened according to demonstration suggestions.
Thousands of convalescents and weak patients report Tanlac restoring health and vigor. Mrs. George G Owen of Salem Oregon claims nerves improved weight restored and strength returned after taking Tanlac. The ad asserts Tanlac aids digestion builds blood and bone, purifies the system and returns normal weight. Buy from a druggist.
A French inventor has created four pipe operated scales used to weigh cargo by extending pipes into water. The device measures water displacement corresponding to a vessel’s draft, providing an estimate of cargo weight. The system aims to simplify on board weighing using fluid levels.
Louis, Missouri resident Mrs. Della Senour credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing monthly cramps pains and backache. She says she can work and perform house chores all month and recommends the remedy to friends. The ad touts the product as a fifty year old, plant based medicine prepared with pharmaceutical skill.
A description notes the remedy’s restorative influence and gentle, efficient correction of trouble. Symptoms disappear one after another, implying improved well being and relief through the compound’s use.
A fragmentary dialogue presents Old Man advising John on settling down with a particular girl. The excerpt sounds like a rural or small town scene with colloquial speech and dated tone. The Richmond Times-Dispatch patchwork style appears to imitate a regional newspaper flavor.
A fragment from the Louisville Courier Journal quotes a mountain resort remark about Ita sustainment and a fatherly line to a son. The brief snippet hints at a cultural tone reflecting nostalgia or humor.
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