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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1921
Page
8
The notice lists pricing for advertising in the newspaper. Display ads are 25 cents per single column inch per week while locals are 10 cents per line per week. Obituaries and entertainment cards are charged the same as other ads when admission is charged or profit is realized.
A Loveland Colorado dispatch reports the beet sugar factory paid its men on Thursday, totaling $35,000 in earnings. It is anticipated that nearly all beets will soon be harvested from the fields.
The Wyoming Tribune notes land in the Poudre valley and south to Loveland will be valued by crop returns with a payroll of 35 000 dollars and nearly two million dollars from a single crop. Undeveloped Wyoming land is rich, with sugar beets thriving at Wheatland and in North Platte valley, and production exceeding consumption threefold, implying lasting profit and no overproduction danger.
The article explains removing warts on calves and other common sites. It details snipping with sharp scissors or tying and pulling with a thread or horsehair to sever the wart at the base. After removal, cauterization with tincture or caustic is advised.
Article notes start at home to prune unprofitable producers and treats the cow as the dairyman’s machine. It mentions Mr and Mrs J W Woods moving to town for winter, occupying the Iver Strand residence, and that Platte Valley Lodge No 34 I O O F holds a regular meeting tonight with important business for all members.
USDA reports from Montana indicate sunflowers, especially Mammoth Russian, show promise as silage for irrigated lands in the Northwest. Trials used 1 pound per acre on irrigated ground, rows 20 inches apart, sown mid May, with yields of 3 to 40 tons per acre. Cows fed sunflower silage maintained milk flow. some Holsteins consumed up to 90 pounds daily without flavor issues. Results remain preliminary but positive for regional silage use.
A series of 26 dairy feeding schools ran in spring across six New Hampshire counties led by county agents with the USDA and State Agricultural College. Seven more are planned. Attendees sit at tables to compute ration compositions and costs, replacing lectures. Farmers report substantial savings and greater understanding of feed value and costs through hands on calculation.
Calves die from white scours or enteritis. Treat with polyvalent medicines and sulphate tablets as directed, provide a clean pen, and manage naval care at birth. Apply antiseptics to the navel, keep the calf dry, and continue wound care daily for ten days if nursing continues.
A historic note explains silage feeding rules based on live weight. For 60 pounds of weight, need 3 pounds of silage. a 1000 pound cow should receive about 80 pounds daily. Cattle over 1000 pounds require about 45 pounds per day. Silage fed twice daily after milking, in morning and evening.
The ad markets a range of warm wear for boys girls men and women in various sizes. Prices run from 65 cents to 2 dollars 50 cents with extra heavy cotton gloves 20 cents per pair.
A poem from The Continent urges daily focus on kindness gladness goodness and truth. It argues that staying busy with positive actions leaves little time to notice unkindness blame or criticism and promotes fair-minded empathy toward others’ efforts.
Market prices show turnedish goods from Encampment stores with weekly corrections and butter at a set per pound. Royce Boyd tops the forest ranger exam held in Encampment by Forest Supervisor James Blackhall. Notice: John Thomas Finch of Encampment, holding homestead entry No. 015057, seeks three year final proof for land in Section 28, Township 15 N Range 83 W, before James R. Little on November 11, 1921. witnesses listed.
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