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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1920
Page
13
An advertisement-style health note warns Americans to guard against kidney trouble from rich foods. It promotes Jad Salts, claiming four ounces daily in water cleanses kidneys, neutralizes urine acids, and prevents bladder issues. It cites the product as inexpensive and safe for home use, with a joke at the end.
The dairy division experts ask why a boys and girls calf club should stop at calves. They propose expanding to dairy farming lessons, record keeping, and interpreting production data, teaching both youth and adults through extended projects.
Blotters printed for dairy education were distributed by a U S department of agriculture agent and the Utah Agricultural College to promote gentle handling of cows.
An exhortation promoting humane dairy farming practices and cleanliness to improve animal welfare and profits. It argues milking is improved by gentle treatment of cows horses hogs and sheep and links safety to earnings and peace of mind.
The article argues that the key benefit of purebred bulls is higher milk and butterfat production in daughters from high producing families, surpassing breed type improvements. It notes that purebred bulls introduced into scrub herds yield daughters with greater milk output and fat content than their mothers.
The article notes high quality cows command strong value and that wintering cows well improves farm profits and soil fertility. It suggests top cows are scarce and costly while raising them remains the best path, and hints at forage choices beyond silage that dairy farmers may discover.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture warns of serious injury to winter wheat from the Hessian fly in 1920 with rapid infestation in the Mississippi basin and Piedmont regions east of the Appalachians. Experts urge coordinated control, early spring plowing, crop rotation, destruction of volunteer wheat, and planting during fly-free periods to mitigate losses and prevent wider outbreaks.
The U S Department of Agriculture is developing a key to positively identify all true sweet potato varieties by color size and shape of stems leaves and tubers. Early results are promising with work at Acington Farm Virginia and Pee Dee Experiment Station Florence South Carolina. Investigations include curing and storage showing minimal decay possible into April.
The United States Department of Agriculture through its bureaus of Plant Industry and Crop Estimates, in cooperation, announces a nationwide survey to map wheat varieties. About 65,000 crop reporters received schedules to identify variety distribution, origins, introduction dates, and acreage shares, with a thousand letters sent for further information and samples.
Lloyd P. Ayer of New London county Connecticut has kept registered sires for 89 years as he applies to the U S Department of Agriculture for enrollment in the Netter Sires Better Stock campaign. Ayer, a breeder of Holstein cattle Percheron horses Berkshire swine and poultry, notes his record since 1880 and says the emblem of official recognition is the first issued in the new year.
Advertisement proclaims Danderine stops hair loss and thickens hair by stimulating roots. It asserts scalp becomes soft and hair appears more vigorous with few applications and flakes reduced. The copy ends with a brief punch about cost and availability at drug or toilet counters.
A collage of ad blurbs and jokes shows Diamond Dyes promising rich fadeless color for fabrics with a direction book. Other items tout Garfield Tea as a health pick and Cuticura products for baby rashes with price mentions and light humor about press agents and bank ruptcy.
In a case at the railway station magistrate, a man accused of loitering faces a witness who admits a misidentification. The woman testifies she did not want to prosecute, noting anyone could have mistaken him for someone else. The defendant explains he sought his wife’s young niece, described fancifully by the witness.
A woman expresses melancholy as she rides an elevator with a friend. She jokes about skipping lunch, laments eating habits, and remarks boiled cabbage can taste oddly good, ending with a sigh of “Oh, dear.”
Conneaut Ohio and Bryan Ohio women report relief from back pain, bearing down sensations, varicose veins, and nervous weakness after using Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. They praise its effects during motherhood and general health, urging other weak or run-down women to try it, with contact for free medical advice.
The Spanish town of San Luis in Costilla County Colorado will open the State Bank of San Luis as its first bank. San Luis, over a century old, grew from Spanish outpost roots near Fort Garland with a prosperous, Spanish speaking community and deep valley history. The piece notes local wealth and values as it describes a milestone for the town.
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