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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1921
Page
6
USDA reports soil pest control for granulated cutworms at the Woodward Oklahoma dry land experimental farm. Poisoned bran bait is prescribed: 50 lb wheat bran 2 lb Paris green 2 qt molasses 2-4 qt water. mix dry bran with poison, add molasses, broadcast over infested fields. Middlings may replace bran.
A Journal of the American Medical Association report says insanity can be transmitted, with 89 percent of children of 250 parent pairs showing first attacks before age 25. Mothers transmit more often, daughters affected more, and offspring often show onset at about half the parent's age, including congenital imbeciles and adolescent insanity.
In Swanage England two local men who migrated to Lorlon and built fortunes returned home to decorate their native town with a stone globe. The globe measures LI feet in diameter and weighs 40 tons, symbolizing a global map woven from rock.
A brief line from the Tonnsville Courier Journal records a man recounting a woman’s reply about her vote. The exchange highlights local political chatter without further context or names.
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture seeks farmer cooperation to cut weed seed in seed stock. A seed sample showed 13 percent weed seed and after cleaning half of the seed weight consisted of weeds, with each pound sowing 50 000 weed seeds. Cheaper seed often carries weed seed. avoid it to prevent annual losses.
If in doubt about seed quality send a sample with twenty five cents to the Bureau of Pilani Industry, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture for analysis and prompt results. Trucks replace teams as old six and four horse teams vanish, with many areas using one to ten ton capacity automobiles for delivery in Lancaster.
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