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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1916
Page
6
An USDA Beltsville experiment compares self feeding with hand feeding for grade Berkshires. Over 70 days, self fed pigs rose from 92 to 205 pounds, gaining faster and more economically than hand fed pigs, with lower cost per 100 pounds of gain.
Early plowing buries Hessian fly, moistens and compacts soil, and preserves soil nutrients and plant foods. Delaying to September harms weed control and increases winter kill risk, while rapid soil air movement promotes quicker nutrient availability for a strong wheat surge come spring.
The holder for sharp ening farm disks and coulters features a movable frame atop a stationary base with a vertically journaled shaft and a threaded orifice. A crank on the shaft raises and lowers the movable frame while a longitudinal shaft with a ground disk is driven by gearing from a transverse crank shaft.
An Illinois farmer allegedly used car exhaust to kill a rat plague in a chickenhouse. He attached a hose from a running engine under the floor. Twenty rats attempted escape, but were killed by dogs and fourteen hundred rats were found dead or stupefied, with none escaping.
Cut out surplus runners to manage strawberry beds. Remove crowded plants now to prevent a poor crop next June. Careful thinning keeps plants healthy and yields steady.
A terse note derides an ancient barrel on Donway Farm, calling it old sour swill and a disgrace to the property, reflecting farm-stand rift.
If the colt shows colle symptoms or is not doing well, examine his teeth. A sharp tooth cutting tongue or cheek will prevent grinding the food and cause trouble. Sometimes tooth needs extracting.
A Missouri county agent reports an orchard spraying demonstration that produced profits of 1800 in 1915, contrasting with typical yearly profits of about 8500 to 8600 without spray.
Orchard note advises thinning fruit to keep trees from bearing too heavily. Fruit should be spaced between four and ten inches apart to ensure proper growth and yield.
War document attributed to General von Arnim summarizes the Fourth German Corps experience at the Somme. It notes British infantry skill and consolidation, superior air power, and effective artillery. It criticizes German signals, ammunition, maps, and horse supply while reporting adequate food and food transport.
Clara Bischoff, twenty, seeks a husband aged 23 to 30 who earns at least 50 dollars weekly, is gentle, and will provide for her mother. In financial distress she explains the appeal of two living together. She admits she failed to earn a fair living and pledges to carry on for her mother’s sake.
Miss Mabel Chen Fong becomes the first Chinese student at Boston University College of Business Administration. The Boston salesgirl aims to learn modern business methods to return home and teach.
A Boston girl, graduate of the girls high school and daughter of Chen Fong, intends to earn a B B A degree at a university then return to China to teach American business methods to her people.
Harrisburg experts from universities and colleges were asked to explain to the state department of agriculture why strychnine will kill crows but not affect chickens when eaten. The livestock sanitary board issued a notice urging crow extermination and outlining poison use. An experiment described by a reader fed strychnine to brown leghorn chicks with no harm, while crows that fed on the same bait died, and quail appeared unaffected.
The first successful appendectomy at sea was performed aboard the United States transport Sheridan en route from Manila to San Francisco. Major G. A. Denn excised Milton Sineh's appendix after sudden illness three days out. Finch recovered quickly and was sent to the Presidio hospital on arrival.
Rev ZT McCann of Memorial Methodist church St Louis married his first cousin Carrie McCann of Oxford Alabama by long distance telephone. The ceremony was performed with the bride at Alabama and the groom in St Louis. Missouri law bans cousin marriage but Alabama permits it. lawyers say telephone marriage would be legal.
John Summers, seventeen, from Ann Arbor Michigan saved $500 in a year from bellboy tips. He received $10 a month and board. His tips ranged from $10 to $200 weekly. He bought a typewriter with his first savings and rents it to guests as a side line.
Beaverdale man Thomas Mannion of No 6 Beaverdale street owns a hen that is thirty six years old and still lays. The bird hatches out one of two settings of eggs each year and shows no signs of debility.
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