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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1925
Page
6
An ad urges every weak man and woman to buy Tanlac, take it for a week, and feel rapid improvement. It touts 190000 praise letters and presents Tanlac as a natural tonic made from roots and herbs, claiming it cleanses the blood and restores appetite and energy.
Billy Senday speaks in Rochester about a hustling world while a French court sets freshness rules for eggs. Eggs will bear red ink dates marking when laid, with freshness defined as not more than two weeks old in summer or three weeks in winter.
U S Department of Agriculture promotes Bulletin 3288 on tomato leaf-spot control. It urges early stocky plants, careful southern stock certification, field practices to curb over-wintering, and removal of infected vines and dead plant material to reduce losses of up to 250,000 tons annually. Copies free while supplies last.
A 1925 farming note urges monthly poultry culling, maintaining five good dairy cows for a family, and prioritizing reading and thinking. It stresses sensible feed costs, high laying hen performance, and selling nonproductive birds to avoid losses, with sunlight as key to strong animals and dairy profitability through careful herd culling.
The article reports U.S. Department of Agriculture tests on nicotine dusts showing instability in common packaging. It states canvas bags, pasteboard, and paint‑fined boxes are unsatisfactory, and air tight metal or glass containers should be used for commercial packing. Bulletin 1812 is available on request from the department.
Missouri study and farms urge early spring plowing for soy beans to secure a clean seedbed. Weeds must be reduced before emergence, so ground should be worked twice before planting and once ahead of the planter. Planting should occur late May to early June in favorable soils, with weed pressure a key risk.
Hens work hardest to lay eggs in winter requiring warmth and proper nutrients. Dried buttermilk added to laying mash supplies key elements for whites yolks and shells. A sample ration of 235 lb wheat bran 25 lb middlings 30 lb cornmeal 5 lb bonemeal 15 lb dried buttermilk produced fine results. Keep laying mash before flock and supplement with scratch grain twice daily.
The article argues clover thrives on well managed soil with ample lime and phosphorus. It notes long-term cropping drains lime and phosphorus, making clover a limiting crop unless fertility is restored. Older farmers recall past natural clover growth, but modern conditions require soil restoration for success.
The author urges avoiding weedy grassy patches for gardens as they carry grubs worms and pests. In dry years weed control may work but wet seasons reveal the folly as weeds rebound and overwhelm a garden.
Two largest flawless crystal spheres were shown in New York. One is nine inches in diameter and the other fifteen-sixteenths of an inch, valued at about 50 thousand dollars. They were brought from China, cut from Burma crystal with a metal hatchet, a process requiring immense patience. Ancient lore linked crystals to ice and dragons in Far East and Europe.
The ad touts Cuticura Talcum Powder as an antiseptic and fragrance for face skin and babies. It links it to the Cuticura Soap and Ointment trio and claims economical use. It positions the powder as a superior perfume and skin product.
An elephant discovers a lonely pheasant nest with fledglings motherless and sits beside it in a sentimental moment, expressing pity for the young birds. The scene underscores a gentle moral about concern for others even without direct kinship.
Warns buyers to look for the Bayer name on packaging or tablets to ensure genuine Aspirin proven safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 23 years. Advises saying Bayer when buying and cautions that imitations may be dangerous.
A terse headline notes a student matter involving a waitress order described as sounding familiar. An EF entity is said to be not making any noise, implying a quiet dispute or unresolved issue.
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