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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1922
Page
2
Dr Sylvanus Morey, a longtime explorer of Mayan hieroglyphs, is cited alongside observations on love marriages in France and a remark on tropical crops in Central America. The piece mentions a pearl factory in Jerusalem and a reflection on justice versus injustice in society.
A collage of short items covers science, travel, and society. Topics include a 40 foot wave affecting water 600 feet deep, a mother kangaroo with a newborn in a pouch, brides in England with age over seventy, and university student finances in Wisconsin. Also noted are Chinese brush pens, a New York City Hall reception for Admiral Conz, Greek rail plans, tin imports, Chicago Americanization efforts, concrete paving machinery, Mildred Clemens-Schenk’s Royal Geographical Society fellowship, a blind Toronto operator with Braille indexing, cinema seating limits to prevent eye strain, prickly pear in Australia, and a cryptic political sentence about land and governance.
Dandu war minister of the republic of Mongolia attended a Moscow conference as representatives of the Mongol revolutionary republic signed a pact opening diplomatic relations with the Russian Soviet government.
High grade ore containing four per cent metallic iron is reported found on the shores of Lake Athabasca in Alberta. The piece includes aside bits on wisdom and fables, with quotations from Belated Wisdom and Aesop and the Fox, following a garbled discussion on experience and judgment.
The Agriculture Department outlines methods to heat box cars for winter potato shipments to protect crops. It describes required air passages, lining, false walls, and bulkheads, plus specific materials and setup for ensuring warm airflow from stove to potatoes.
A Department of Agriculture bulletin reports Hessian fly multiplication is higher than once thought. Weather and pests interact to drive rapid outbreaks, explaining sudden infestations and aiding predictions of wheat crop risk.
The U S Department of Agriculture urges corn growers to protect seed quality for next year due to ear worm, root rot and mold damage. Moldy ears render seed or food unusable. moldy portions should be shelled off. Focus on careful selection and testing with the flag-doll germinator to prevent diseased seed from entering next season.
Readable text emphasizes careful winter management of brood sows and colts. Notes that a well wintered animal is half grown and requires extra attention to maintain satisfactory rations and prevent overburdened weight. Mentions brood sow in winter and ensuring fat, wellfed stock.
Farmers urged to weed out the least desirable fowls and keep the best in a well managed house. Emphasizes seed quality, crop storage, and feeding on the farm. Advises inspecting stored crops, keeping roots dry, and supplying greens in winter for thrift and egg production.
The notice advises farmers to discourage mice from damaging orchard trees. It recommends installing voltlis to protect apple trees as a preventative measure ahead of the waiting period for more rotting to girdle the trees.
United States Department of Agriculture experts urge elimination of loose hay selling practices. A May bulletin No 973 advocates stricter grading, weighing, and contract terms by shippers dealers and buyers to reduce suspicions and improve terminal market handling.
The bulletin outlines rice price decline as a sole factor and notes improved car unloading records. It details hay shipping methods, disposal at various cites, and explains common trade practices and faults. It illustrates car loading and selling methods and provides valuable industry information.
Owners of yard flocks rely on table scraps for hen feed. A winter ration blends three pounds corn meal, one pound bran, one pound middlings, and half a pound meat scrap for mash, plus two pounds cracked corn and one pound wheat for scratch. If scraps are unavailable, feed five pounds of cooked vegetables daily to 20 hens.
The article urges more vegetable feed for farm flocks in spring than winter. It notes beet sprouting oats and succulent feeds increase fertility and egg production. Winter eggs rely on feed and care more than breed, with some winter-laying ability tied to proper conditions.
A reader notes a saying about hens while urging keepers to maintain clean coops. The quip hints a hen can produce many eggs or combat vermin, but not both, and stresses lice-free quarters.
A New York Tioga County survey shows higher prosperity in areas with more purebred sires and grades. The USDA study, compiled by Harold B. Fuller, notes about 60 percent of sires in dairy herds are purebreds, with Newark Valley and nearby townships demonstrating the strongest purebred presence. The Tioga County Farm Bureau campaigns to eliminate scrub stock include a recent purebred bull sale and planned community exchanges to boost purebreds on graded farms.
The article explains how much ice is needed to cool milk on farms with ten or more cows. It notes regional differences in Northern states, suggesting half a ton per cow for cream cooling and storage with proper cooling tanks. For whole milk storage and average family needs, up to 1.5 tons per cow and about five tons total are referenced.
The fall pig feed should mirror other seasons with age appropriate growth nutrients. Fall manure should be spread daily to avoid waste. stored manure is costly. Use absorbent material on poultry house floors and roosts in winter to deodorize droppings and ease cleaning.
The notice asserts cleanliness is vital for winter egg production. It states nine out of ten filthy quarters correlate with unhealthy fowls and that lousy hens fail to produce eggs.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura products for skin care and dandruff with instructions to apply the ointment and wash with soap. The snippet also includes unrelated quotes about market speculation and a misquoted line on knowledge and information.
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