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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1917
Page
3
The article urges testing all seeds before planting and checking bulk roots for decay. It advises indoor starting of corn for home gardens, transplant after frost, and cautions against overplanting apples without proper care. It also suggests ornamental plantings to improve home grounds and notes Minnesota farmers breeding corn scientifically with notable grain results.
Sows should not be overfat at farrowing time to avoid feverishness constipation and pig deaths. A Pennsylvania State College mix of corn mid dlings tankage and bran is recommended with oilmeal as a substitute. Before farrowing move to a dry roomy pen. Feed light for 36 hours and then introduce a gradual cornmeal based ration with tankage and milk or a wheat middlings based mix if milk is unavailable.
The article warns that excess limbs on old orchards drain energy from fruiting. Suckers water sprouts and dead or broken limbs should be cut, piled, and burned. Leaves only essential growth to improve tree health and appearance.
New York soprano Mary Adel Hays will perform with the Royal Venetian Band at the Ellison White Assemblies in Chautauqua. Hays, praised for a three octave range and coloratura ease, will deliver a band soloist set amid strong brass accompaniment.
Philadelphia woman Hannah Dial of Jacobs Creek celebrated her 102nd birthday. Her father Robert Selmons served throughout the Revolutionary War as a scout and Indian fighter, enduring capture and torture for refusing to betray American plans. Dial preserves an Indian tomahawk tied to that history and credits simple living and hard work for her longevity.
In Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Kelley presiding a jury awarded Hilmer J. Carlsen eight years old ten thousand dollars for injuries from January 20 1916 when a five ton munition truck ran over his foot causing the amputation of three toes The boy's father received three thousand dollars for the loss of his services against the E W Bliss company
Ten year old Michael Ravolefe of Second North School East Hartford is to receive a medal from the Connecticut Humane Society for rescuing an imprisoned robin. He climbed an elm eighty feet high to free a robin tangled with a string looped around its leg, then helped it escape and fly away.
Bob Holcombe, a Wyoming rancher, rodeoed by a broken leg after a horse slipped. He crawled a mile on hands and knees using a plank as crutches, fashioned splints from a cracker box, and bound them with flour sacks before a neighbor's car brought him to Laramie for aid.
A Harvard undergraduate did general housework earning 15 dollars in the last year while 61 Harvard men earned a total 85,120.76 dollars from local employment. Occupations listed include furnace man dancing teacher dancing partner pin boy model errand boy scene shifter and conductor. Also notes on starting a sheep business advise flock size around one hundred ewes or one per two acres.
A feed testing trial in Iowa shows silage replacing corn lowers fattening costs. One group fed 17 lb corn 29 lb silage 2 lb oilmeal 1.5 lb alfalfa gained 2.94 lb daily at 9.57 dollars per 100 lb. another group with 8.5 lb corn 51 lb silage 2 lb oilmeal 1.5 lb alfalfa gained 83.04 lb per 100 with 7.67 dollars. Reducing corn and increasing silage cut costs and boosted gains.
A historic remedy recommends mixing glauber salt three pounds, common salt three pounds, charcoal four pounds, sulphur one pound, copper sulfate three pounds, and sodium bicarbonate three pounds. Feed in a self feeder or trough in a dry place for constant access. Worm-free hogs are sturdier and more disease resistant, boosting profitability.
A simple rinse with a solution of pure acetic acid in water removes stains from fruit and vegetables treated with Bordeaux mixture. Use half a cup of acetic acid per two gallons of water, then wash with running water to remove formed acetates.
Experiments in Minnesota during 1914 and 1915 show average potato yields per acre rose by fifty six bushels in sixteen fields through careful seed selection and disinfection. Seven years of spraying raised averages by sixty three bushels per acre for early potatoes treated three times and late potatoes treated four times with Bordeaux mixtures.
The period of usefulness for dairy cows is six years. Dairymen should raise each year enough heifer calves to replace rejected or aged cows or to equal one sixth of the herd size. This ensures a steady turnover and maintains herd productivity.
Vancouver Washington farmer S J Pettit shot an eighteen inch tall horned owl after it snatched a hen from his farm near Orchards. The bird stretched four feet six inches from tip to tip. Pettit had missed several chickens and was relieved to discover the thief. The owl will be mounted.
The text discusses the greenwood tree of England and suggests the holly, evergreen, protected outlaws like Robin Hood by concealing them in Lincoln green, helping them evade Nottingham authorities and municipal scrutiny. It notes the holly’s lasting dress and the legend of protective coloration.
Construction of a new theatre begins this month as Montesana Logging builds a railroad up forks of the Satsop. Labor shortages push women into roles in roundhouses and other transport depots while plans form to pave scenic highways and rush the Pacific highway project between Toledo and Jackson Prairie. Spokane gains a million bushel warehouse and a $125000 flour mill. Port Angeles seeks a tannin plant and Aberdeen reports a North River shingle plant with 120000 daily capacity. Dayton notes Toucher Valley Apple Co plans a new packing plant.
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