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Moulton Eagle

Location

Moulton, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1941

Page

2

Dear Elmer Draft Letters Reflect War Time Anxiety

A long humorous letter from Luke laments army medical exams and wartime drafts, joking about teeth, glasses, ears, and asthma while questioning why he is inducted. The piece is followed by a social note on women’s defense urging better food for men and a satirical quip on defense financing and similes.

Elmer

Depleted Soils Need Minerals for Plant Growth

Dr. C. E. Millar explains that while air and water supply plants, soils lack of mineral salts limits growth. He notes that natural decay and forest grasses once replenished soils, but modern farming removes nutrients, causing shortages of nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash in crops.

Mistaken Flattery and a Canvasser’s Narrow Escape

A master flusters his maid Mary by noting dirty hands while she cleans. She quips she is prettier clean. A book canvasser pushes a sale at Mr. Jones’s door, claiming Mrs. Jones’s husband bought a copy titled 500 Reasons for Staying Out Late.

Mary

Scientists sterilize soil with electrical device

University researchers use electricity to pasteurize soilata Cornell agricultural station. Heat like 150 degrees Fahrenheit kills most weed seeds and disease organisms. Portable pipe heaters and electric dairy steamer pasteurize greenhouse bench soil and trays with low overheating risk.

Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station A. G. Newhall

Valuing Silage by Simple Rule of Thumb

A practical method sets silage at half the value of good legume hay. Ten tons per acre yields about 50 bushels. thus one ton equals 5 bushels of corn plus 300 pounds of hay. With corn at 75 cents per bushel and hay at 15 dollars per ton, good silage runs about six dollars per ton.

Tomato nutrition fact card

A medium tomato provides about half a day's vitamin C and one fifth of the vitamin A for one person, illustrating tomato's nutritional value.

Farm Notes On Hay and Electric Power Growth

Hay crop seed production sits about ten percent above most recent years except 1938 and 1939. Electric light and power company service to farms rose ninety eight percent from 710000 farms in 1932 to over 1400000 farms in 1938 in the United States.

Electric Light United States

Clever Cutout Boxes For Indoor Flowers

Readers can craft decorative plant boxes from plywood using a jig or coping saw. Pattern 29207 features kitten, pup, and hen and rooster motifs with assembly directions. 15 cents. Send order to:

Labor for all we have, nothing is free, John Todd quote

A quotation from John Todd asserts that all value comes from labor and that nothing worth possessing can be gained without effort, emphasizing the costliness of everything obtained. The line frames work as the universal rule for measuring value and exchange.

John Todd

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