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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1920
Page
7
A USDA study from 1912 shows meat scrap in mash raises annual egg output from 90 to 125 150 eggs per hen. Trials compared free range and confined pens with meat scrap vs no meat scrap, finding meat product feeding more economical despite higher cost. Milk products offer similar winter gains.
Advice from poultry specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture on duck farm design. It recommends ponds or streams for breeding stock, well located buildings to save labor, central feed and water facilities, and rotating double yards with quick growing crops. It notes some farms keep ducks on dry land and others allow water access before market.
A tested fly repellent mix for cattle combines fish oil one gallon oil of pine tar two ounces oil of pennyroyal two ounces and kerosene one half pint. Applied lightly to exposed areas it kept flies away briefly but risks overheating and hair shedding in hot sun.
A soap solution made from one ounce of laundry soap in a gallon of water can destroy all chicken lice. A second dipping ten days later is needed to kill lice hatched from eggs not killed by the first treatment.
Usually hens make better breeders than pullets. Heat harms eggs. Goose eggs hatch well under hens or geese. Turkeys range far and prey on insects. Avoid wet mashes in summer as they sour. Cracked corn or whole wheat once daily at noon suffices for ducks.
The note urges farmers to improve horse and mule quality, cull poor producers, and invest in superior stallions and brood mares. It warns that 1918-19 breeding declines reduced work stock, predicts further drops through 1921, and calls for careful selection to raise overall farm productivity and profitability.
Post mortem results at federally inspected meat packing plants show declines in tuberculosis condemnations from 1917 to 1919 among cattle and swine. Eight market centers reported cattle condemned at 0.51, 0.38, and 0.32 percent respectively. swine at 0.244, 0.199, and 0.17 percent. The study links swine infections to cattle sources and urges sanitation and tuberculin testing to hasten eradication.
Summary of benefits from crop rotation including higher total yield, risk distribution, labor spread, livestock use and manure, soil fertility through green manures, better weed and pest control, and more efficient soil moisture use per various crops as outlined in Farmer's Bulletin 78.
The text discusses lambs on grass with grain kept away, early hay and grain for a growing colt, and the prime importance of costs in producing and maintaining a cow herd. It notes rapid hoof growth in sheep and the need for rough ground to wear hooves.
A advertorial claims Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasant vegetable liquid that starts the liver like calomel but without sickness or salivation. It targets children and adults as harmless while warning calomel as dangerous mercury. The ad promises relief from biliousness constipation and headaches and offers a money refund if it does not perform as claimed.
A vintage advertisement touts Danderine as a cheap hair product. It promises no more fallen hair or dandruff after use and claims hair regains life, vigor, brightness, more color and thickness.
A technical engineer observes beauty in mechanics as his wife applies makeup. He muses that the precision and artistry involved could inspire a thoughtful piece on the mechanics of beauty.
A promotional note targets southern women promising a bright complexion with Tetterine. It claims the tincture clears blotches and itchy rashes and makes skin soft. Sold by druggists or mailed for 50 cents by Shuptrine Co Savannah Ga.
A fleeting exchange asks about the ideal summer flower with the ice plant named. The text then obsesses on a man plagued by insomnia as he longs to wake famous.
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