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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1914
Page
2
A detailed guide for fruit growers on protecting groves from late spring frosts. It covers heating methods using wood coal coke and fuel oil, heater efficiency, smoke use, and precautions. It emphasizes early preparation, proper equipment coverage, thermometer monitoring, organized labor, and coordination with the local weather bureau for 24 hour forecasts.
The lantern serves multiple farm uses beyond night lighting. It can warm distant rooms before sleeping, and one lantern or coal vessel can prevent frost in the cellar during cold nights if kept secure. Avoid fire risks by securing placements and avoiding cellars with rats.
Safety guidance on using dynamite to remove tree stumps explains storage, separation of caps, and temperature limits. It notes risks from freezing, improper thawing, and the need for proper drilling angles, tamping, and varying charge amounts based on stump size and soil conditions.
Poultryman C E Brown of the North West Experiment Station outlines a winter feeding schedule for stock turkeys. Feed twice daily and provide water and sufficient food to keep them healthy. After winter, offer a small grain portion each evening to guide roosting behavior and prevent wandering. A balanced ration uses equal parts corn or barley oats and wheat screenings plus daily green feed such as mangels cabbage or clover leaves, with grit and water available at all times.
The clover crop is praised as a leading sailing crop hauled directly from field to manger with no equal except alfalfa. It is especially valued as green manure and is often held back by grower inattention to the small details.
Old apple trees in the orchard are described as breeding pests. The guidance urges chopping out the diseased wood and burning it for fuel this winter, then replacing with new healthy trees.
Every station should have a paddock to run in especially if he does not get regular exercise. The note emphasizes providing paddocks to ensure consistent activity for stallions across locations.
W Ballard of the Maryland experiment station notes many still misread fruit flaws as natural. He cites lime-sulphur less effective than Bordeaux mix in his region and advises using lime-sulphur after petals fall, then Bordeaux later. When fruit nears maturity Bordeaux sprayings should be applied to avoid injury.
The plowing under of green crops such as peas oats clover alfalfa and other grasses along with barnyard manure is a proven method to renew depleted soil and maintain fertility when used with crop rotation. With adequate livestock and profits from beef mutton and poultry, the land should grow richer each year.
A profitable dairy herd contains cows that can cover their own board and help offset the costs of two or three unprofitable cows. This balance is achieved using scales and the Babcock test to assess milk quality and profitability.
Advice urges selling unprofitable sheep to boost profit. Emphasizes that six poor sheep can erode gains and suggests culling during small flock management to maximize returns.
The piece notes that scorpion bites range from minor burning pain to deadly for the very young or very old. It attributes higher death risk to poorer Mexicans who often go about half naked, implying greater exposure.
Mrs. Ollie Gwens of Renfroe Alabama reports relief from years of womanly troubles after using Cardus the woman’s tonic and Thedford’s Black-Draught liver medicine. She credits sleep appetite and reduced pain to the regimen and urges others to try Cardui with advice from Chattanooga Medicine Co.
Life notes the Shakespearian club progressing well with two new steps learned last week.
An ad filled page touts Tetterine for eczema and related conditions with physician endorsements and a testimonial from I. S. Giddens of Tampa. It also promotes Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills for constipation and indigestion and includes other ads for tobacco remedies and Hanford's Balsam.
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