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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1916
Page
2
An old panacea ad touts a double strength ethine treatment to erase freckles with a promise of money back if ineffective. It claims rapid removal of dark spots after applying nightly and morning doses, noting most freckles fade quickly and some vanish completely. A gossip line about a nobleman and Gwendolen follows the ad.
In this ad filled excerpt Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic is promoted as a summer fortifier while urging early Renovine heart and nerve tonic use on first symptoms. The copy mixes humor about marriage with medicinal claims and price notes of 50 cents and 1 dollar.
Castoria is presented as a harmless substitute for castor oil and narcotics. It claims to destroy worms feverishness relieve teething constipation and colic aiding digestion and sleep. The product emphasizes its 60 year history and the signature of Charles H. Fletcher as assurance against counterfeit imitations.
The article stresses using fertile soil and large strong plants trained to a single stem, with multiple transplantings from forcing beds eight to ten weeks ahead. It describes spacing, staking, and twine supports, removing lateral shoots, and frame training to maximize sun exposure, air flow, and fruit quality for earlymaturing, larger tomatoes.
The western meadow lark, a resident in the Great Basin, feeds on alfalfa pests including the alfalfa weevil. In tests from April, 27 birds carried weevils and insects, with caterpillars and ground beetles as major foods. Examinations suggest the lark is not a grain threat April to July and helps destroy hibernating insects, meriting protection.
The United States Department of Agriculture highlights Christian County Kentucky as a model of cooperative extension work begun in 1912. A county agent fostering community clubs a good roads program and diversified crops raised yields expanded hog cattle and tobacco profits and reduced hog cholera losses from 225000 to 1000.
Dr M H Reynolda of Minnesota College of Agriculture advises keeping collars clean and well fitted to prevent sore shoulders. Soaking the collar before use helps abnormally shaped shoulders, and simple remedies like white lead ground tin oil or stove blacking protect and soothe raw areas.
A simple winter rust prevention method uses melted lard mixed with two ounces of common resin. Apply a thin coating to metal surfaces with a brush or cloth to guard tools during storage.
Portable corncribs holding 100 to 200 bushels ease summer hog feeding in distant fields or yards. On skids they distribute feed and manure, reducing labor and weather damage common with wagon boxes. A light yet strong portable crib costs little and lasts longer.
Sheep should be kept to consume waste products on farms. They eat weeds and grasses from grain fields after harvest, along highways, and beside fences. By grazing these areas they clean up waste and convert it into useful feed.
F. W. Stemple of Ohio State University notes sweet clover as a valuable green manure due to its rank growth and deep roots that aerate soil. Compared with alfalfa, it reportedly enhances fertility, and when seeded with oats can yield after-harvest green manure equivalent to 20 tons of barnyard manure, especially restoring hillside fertility.
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