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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1917
Page
4
W. H. Sanders of Kansas State Agricultural College argues hard roads are essential for using farm trucks effectively. Trucks save time and labor by reducing trips between town and farm, and better road layouts increase power efficiency on the farm.
The text argues that spending on properly located roads with good grading and drainage is a more enduring public benefit than courthouses. A road laid out by a competent engineer remains serviceable for generations, unlike courthouses that outgrow or require remodeling. It urges foresight to ensure roads improve with national growth.
The first national forest road to be built under the federal aid act will run in the Apache National Forest Arizona. A survey has been authorized by Secretary Houston. The proposed road will be 1 miles long and cost about 542600, shared equally by the federal government and the local community. It aims to open up industrial resources and create a recreation area for tourist travel.
U S Department of Agriculture urges shippers to exercise unusual care in packing and loading perishable goods. They should grade maturity, use nearby markets for ripened items and distant markets for longer transit. Weather reports should guide routing and timing to avoid sending warm weather foods to cool markets.
A midcentury agricultural note urges farmers to rotate crops and plow under a good sod of clover or legumes to build humus in the soil. Stable manure mixed with straw and corn stalks is recommended to return humus to fields and sustain fertility and ease of farming.
Alfalfa can be grown on most soils if weed seeds are removed and fertility is adequate. Ensure good drainage and inoculate seed. manure improves fertility and phosphoric and potash fertilizer help soil with low nutrients. If soil is acidic, lime is needed before establishing alfalfa.
Sickness and death among farm animals may be prevented in a great majority of cases by observing sensible sanitary precautions.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture farmers should vigilantly monitor crops for first insect outbreaks and keep ready supplies of standard insecticides such as Paris green and arsenate of lead. Report serious infestations to state or national authorities. contact local agricultural agents or entomological stations for identification and guidance. Federal entomological stations are listed in Tempe, Martinez, West Lafayette, Sioux City, Wellington, Hagerstown, Charlton, Wakeman, Forest Grove, Columbia, Knoxville, Brownsville, Charlotteville, and Salt Lake City.
The U S Department of Agriculture will not supply seed for free distribution or for dissemination at the disposal of the department. The Seed Stocks Committee is collecting daily reports on available crop seeds for late planting and will help locate stocks in areas with shortages. Contact R A Oakley, Chairman, Seed Stocks Committee, USDA, Washington D C, for shortage or surplus information.
The piece argues against heavy use of the check rein, praising natural head carriage and humane control. It notes drivable horses should have head freedom unless necessary, cites stilt shoulders and weak knees as harms, and condemns long bridle use on colts as a severe punishment.
A Chinese visitor at Evanaville left a telegram for Chicago addressed to Tyan Bennett, signal clerk. Bennett placed it on the hook, but John Black and other operators could not decipher the Chinese script until an interpreter arrived. The incident occurred several days ago and the message awaits translation.
An advertised freckle remedy promotes ethine double strength as a guaranteed method to remove freckles. It claims one ounce, applied nightly and morning, can clear skin, with lighter freckles vanishing entirely and a return guarantee if it fails.
A man, fond of proverbs, jokes eight hours work eight hours rest eight hours recreation. A weary citizen agrees and wonders if Congress will pass a law to secure rest and recreation for workers.
A dialogue fragment questions the purpose of cave dwellers and asks who must have led a hollow life. The exchange centers on the implied introspection of those ancient people.
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