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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1914
Page
2
A discussion on intensive fruit growing argues for small plots, close planting, and heavy labor combined with scientific methods. It cites advantages of higher quality, blight prevention, and profitable yields, noting hedge rows for pears and shaded currants with sunlit strawberries. It predicts intensive culture as the future of fruit farming.
A historical note describes clearing overgrown scrub land by burning dry brush after cutting pines. Fire and grazing are used to kill briers and allow regrowth control. Repeated burning and stock grazing eventually rot roots and stumps enabling plowing.
Advice on pest control seed saving and storage notes from a garden guide. Suggestions include lime dust for cabbage worm control and using only perfect potatoes, saving tomato seeds, and burning rusty melon vines. It recommends weed control and moisture, soil nutrients, and a garden of a third to half an acre feeding a family.
The article argues that varied meals can be affordable through judicious selection and versatile preparation. It cites the U S Department of Agriculture Yearbook and explains using mild flavors for bulk with stronger flavors for variation, plus simple methods and time saving serving practices.
Rhubarb sponge is prepared like jelly then thickened. Whip in three beaten egg whites until stiff and serve with whipped cream or a thin custard made from egg yolks.
Instructions advise adding one tablespoon borax and one tablespoon ammonia to boiling water for washing soiled diapers. Rinse thoroughly to keep diapers soft and white and prevent chafing for the baby.
A. C. outlines practical methods for pig management in the barnyard and field. Emphasizing size sorting enclosure feeding and seasonal care to improve growth and profitability while warning against wasteful practices and perpetual boar exposure.
Farmers face losses from pests weeds and unproductive stock. The article urges removing thieves like low quality dairy cows and drone hens, selling unprofitable livestock, and using first class seed corn to protect profits and improve farm efficiency. It warns that poor water and fly issues also eat dairy income and crop yields.
Charles B. Mead of Colorado Agricultural College extols the meadow lark as a valued farmer ally. It consumes numerous harmful insects and weed seeds, tolerates odorous bugs, and even eats grain when scarce. The bird nests concealed and may brood twice, with five or six eggs. It should be protected rigorously.
Ohio experiment station reports net returns from yard manure vary by soil and crops. Eight tons per acre in a five year rotation of corn oats wheat clover timothy yields $4.69 more per ton, average manure return across rotating tests is $2.97 per ton.
Advice on testing clover seed vitality using a simple two-plate cotton cloth setup. It explains sowing seeds between moist cotton, counting germination after five to six days, and selecting seed free from weed seeds and adulteration from reliable or home sources.
The article notes horses used for work and driving receive fly nets during summer to prevent pests from causing annoyance. It stresses that without nets the animals can be distracted and unable to provide good service.
A historical note highlights how rapidly tomatoes respond to selection and how quickly careless handling can waste gains. It emphasizes the fruit's potential for improvement through careful cultivation and seed selection.
A brief quip from the Boston Transcript notes the Bradley family still uses Folsom’s spade and hoe, delaying planting. The line contrasts household chores with lingering equipment shortages affecting common tasks.
A vintage ad claims a special malaria remedy named SIX-SIXTY-SIX with five or six doses to break the fever and a tonic effect to prevent relapse, priced at 25 cents. Includes a humor panel about pin picking and a bowling alley worker anecdote from Judge.
Don’t suffer with itching. Resinol ointment halts itching and begins healing. Resinol soap removes eczema rash tetter ringworm pimples and eruptions while also treating sunburn insect bites sores boils and dandruff. A doctor’s prescription for 19 years, Resinol contains nothing to injure tender skin and is sold by all druggists with warnings about imitators.
Fraulein Darmer, a beautiful actress at the Theater of Varieties in Berne Switzerland, died after falling through a defective stage trap during the final act of The Pride of the Third Company. She was carried to her room unconscious, a doctor attended, but she died as the curtain fell. The company members on stage were unaware of the accident.
An English bishop offers a child an orange to find where God is. The child, son of a clergyman, replies he will trade two oranges if told where God is not. The humorous exchange reflects a playful theological riddle.
A dialogue reveals characters misreading a newspaper as a dialect tale and then discovering it is a Russian newspaper. The exchange shows a casual remark on language skill and the surprise at the paper’s origin.
Bobbie reports confirmation that Mrs. Browns has died after another inquiry by the envoy. The family settles the matter as the search concludes with the grim news.
A West Virginia carpenter writes that swapping heavy meats for Grape Nuts and cream with eggs and toast eased his indigestion. He reduced meat and excess foods, gained energy, and found better work performance, crediting the Postum Co. and the slogan There’s a Reason.
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