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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1924
Page
6
A discussion on street lighting reflects a town’s public spirit with single and cluster light standards. Concrete lighting standards enhance daytime appearance, resist rust, and age with dignity. In dirty areas posts can be refreshed with a dilute muriatic wash.
Marc N. Goodnow argues against rushed home building and cheap architecture. He urges long planning to ensure a livable home suited to site, life, sentiment, and individuality, as home building is an art that reflects its occupants.
To grow well trees should be planted with roots firmly covered by soil and soaked, soils worked around roots, and the tree set two to three inches lower than in the nursery. Spacing depends on variety from 30 to 80 feet. Prune after planting if not done beforehand, balance top with roots, and often remove side branches leaving the leader.
Study of Recreation Milwaukee has organized a recreation council with delegates from leading civic organizations and clubs to assist the recreational authorities in studying and promoting public recreation in the city.
Plattsburg New York adopts an ordinance to protect local merchants from unsolicited approachers canvassers agents and transient salesmen aiming to safeguard storefronts and reduce disturbances for shopkeepers.
Practical notes from Colorado Agricultural College advise that flies irritate livestock and that most coal tar dips work best when diluted and sprayed. A recommended mixture includes synthetic oil of sassafras two pints with two quarts of lard or neatsfoot oil and enough crude petroleum to make a gallon, costing about a dollar per gallon. A cheaper mix uses fish oil 100 parts, tar oil 50 parts, and crude carbolic acid 1 part. Prevent breeding by avoiding manure piles in stables and yards.
Missouri agricultural station tests show self fed hogs gain 7.4 percent faster than hand fed while using the same total feed. Proper use of supplementary feeds like tankage linseed meal and wheat middlings boosts profits and reduces grain needs. Fat hogs gain 23 to 38 percent faster on mixed rations with corn plus supplements. Pasture crops cut grain use by 20 to 50 percent.
Uprooting orphans requires constant feeding from six to eight times daily in the first week. Fresh cow’s milk is best though sow’s milk is richer. Hand feeding risks indigestion. sow milk yields about a quart daily for a litter. Add small doses of medicine or castor oil around two weeks old to aid digestion.
Feeding stock preserves fertility value that would be lost if feeds were sold. A ton of alfalfa hay or barley carries $6 to $8 of fertility value, with about 75 percent returned to the farm through careful manure handling.
Live stock notes discuss sunburn risk for white hogs on pasture, state rankings for livestock value with Iowa leading and Texas second, and differences in sow milk production. Advice covers pen safety, breeding herd management, growth feeding, and disease prevention through sanitation, worm and lice control, and dry shelters.
Julia Bottomley surveys autumn child fashion focusing on knitted frocks and pantie frocks. The piece highlights new silhouettes, including bolero coatees, front panel skirts, jumper suits, and plaid and stripe weaves in caramel brown serge and wool blends. It notes practical features like nonwrinkable fabrics, color trends, and tunic designs for younger children and two piece outfits for older kids.
A collection of bread recipes including Whole Wheat Nut Bread Southern Spoon Bread Bran Bread and Fig Bread with baking steps and tips. The piece closes with a moral quotation by Ruskin about starting each day anew and leaving kind deeds behind.
A vintage guide lists practical picnic dishes such as Chicken and Nut sandwiches, Fig and Sardine sandwiches, Russian Egg sandwiches, Bacon and Cheese sandwiches, and a potato salad. It also describes Smothered Chicken, a simple whipped cream filled cupcakes dessert, and berry toppings as easy variations.
A French proverb from Proverbs of France notes that every abridgement of a good book is a stupid abridgement, reflecting a critique of shortening cherished texts.
A vintage appeal touts California Fig Syrup as a safe pleasant tasting remedy for fretful constipated children. The ad claims it sweetens the stomach without cramps and has no narcotics. It urges mothers to insist on genuine California Fig Syrup with directions on the bottle and warns against imitations.
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