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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1912
Page
3
Roy Potts summarizes practical calf-rearing: allow first suckle, then remove and feed skim milk with warm, sweet milk. Start after a week, increase gradually, avoid overfeeding, and use four quarts per feed twice daily for a month. Add flaxseed, corn meal, and balance with skim milk advantages shown in Indiana Bulletin No. 47.
The article outlines Boys Demonstration Work focusing on cotton clubs as a step beyond corn clubs. It advocates practical, farm-based learning through boy-led experiments in cotton, soil improvement, and diversified crops to combat boll weevil threats, with two-acre minimum plots and aims to build wealth and responsible farming among southern youths.
The limit of spread for the Mexican cotton boll weevil in Alabama for 1911 is established. The infested line runs from Columbus Massachusetts through Memphis Pickens, toward Gainesville and Epes, Coatopa Sumter, Myrtlewood Hampton Marengo, east of Wilcox Monroe Repton Conecuh, through Polland Escambia, and to the gulf via Santa Rosa. Alabama quarantine regulations cover the entire infested area and a ninety twenty mile width beyond it. The lag is not ready to move until after August 1, 1912.
An unusual wartime style note describes a wagon brake using an iron shoe chained to a wheel to ride on the shoe. The system avoids brake lever locking and helps on steep grades by letting the wheel drop onto the shoe and hinge on a hook when not in use.
Doctors note grip aftereffects distress kidneys with back and urinary troubles. Local druggists report high Swamp Root sales. Dr Kilmer & Co offer free sample bottle by mail. Regular bottles 60 cents and 1.00. For sale at all druggists. Mention this paper.
A recent arrival in the United States travels through Marion county and encounters a small white skunk called a polecat. He later writes home that the creature had the most offensive breath of any animal he has seen, after noting his travel clothes and impressions.
A collection of observations on proof versus assertion, plus a humorous grocer ham anecdote and a promotion for Hunts Lightning Oil. The snippets mention truth needing evidence, a Kennedy quote, and a joke about ham purchases. It references lumbago and chilblains remedies and a children’s soothing syrup, with playful commentary on shared knowledge in households.
Excerpts praise work over idleness from Darius Ogden Mila and James Allen, with notes on calmness and self restraint. The passage includes a New York letter about true friendship, a comedic misaddressed letter, and a Boston sign about washing and going to work. It underscores discipline, industry, and steady demeanor as drivers of success.
A fragment notes that most men seek wealth while few are skilled marksmen and hints at a man who speaks as a Dlagiarist. The sentence suggests satire on luck and talent, with a focus on character and wit rather than action.
A farmer warns that six bantam hens and a well bred rooster will protect the yard from cats and dogs. The small birds are described as brave and clever, deter ing any threat and keeping the premises safe.
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